9-letter words containing u, b, e, r, a
- bigarreau — any of several heart-shaped varieties of sweet cherry that have firm flesh
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- blue crab — any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species (C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
- bordereau — a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- bourasque — a tempest
- break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
- breathful — full of breath; living
- brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- budgetary — A budgetary matter or policy is concerned with the amount of money that is available to a country or organization, and how it is to be spent.
- bull gear — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bunkerage — the act of bunkering a vessel.
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- by nature — essentially or innately
- calembour — a pun
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- carburate — carburet.
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- crushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cubatures — Plural form of cubature.
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
- cupbearer — an attendant who fills and serves wine cups, as in a royal household
- curveball — a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- embrasure — (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- embrazure — Alternative form of embrasure.
- endurable — Able to be endured; bearable.
- endurably — In an endurable or tolerable manner.