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9-letter words containing u, b, e, n

  • obsequent — (obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
  • obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
  • oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
  • ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
  • omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
  • otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
  • outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
  • outnumber — to exceed in number.
  • overbound — Simple past tense and past participle of overbind.
  • penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
  • plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
  • prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
  • prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
  • queen bee — a fertile female bee.
  • queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
  • rebounder — a player who excels in gaining hold of rebounds.
  • rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
  • rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
  • recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
  • reubenite — a member of the tribe of Reuben.
  • rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope
  • rubbering — Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants, especially Hevea and Ficus species.
  • rubensian — Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
  • rubescent — becoming red; blushing.
  • rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
  • semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
  • shelburneWilliam Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
  • sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
  • soundbite — short statement, quotation
  • subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
  • subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
  • subaltern — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subcenter — a secondary or subordinate center, as in the location of a business.
  • subcentre — a secondary centre
  • subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
  • subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented
  • subgenres — a lesser or subordinate genre: a subgenre of popular fiction.
  • subincise — to perform a subincision
  • subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
  • subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
  • sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
  • sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
  • submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
  • submental — situated beneath the chin
  • submentum — the base of an insect's lip
  • subneural — beneath or below a nerve
  • subniveal — beneath the snow
  • subnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • suboscine — of or relating to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
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