9-letter words containing u, l, s
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- bell push — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- berzelius — Baron Jöns Jakob (ˈjœns ˈjɑːkɔp). 1779–1848, Swedish chemist, who invented the present system of chemical symbols and formulas, discovered several elements, and determined the atomic and molecular weight of many substances
- bev curls — long locks of hair, considered to be typical of a certain kind of unfashionable male
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- bisellium — an ancient Roman seat of honor for two persons.
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bisulfide — disulfide
- bisulfite — an acid sulfite containing the monovalent negative radical HSO3
- blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
- bless you — You can say 'bless you' to someone who has just sneezed.
- bliss out — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
- bloodlust — If you say that someone is driven by a bloodlust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- blue laws — a number of repressive puritanical laws of the colonial period, forbidding any secular activity on Sundays
- blue lias — a type of rock composed of alternating layers of bluish shale or clay and grey argillaceous limestone
- blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
- blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
- blue stem — a disease of raspberries and blackberries, characterized by blue discoloration of the stem, wilting, and discoloration and decay of the roots, caused by a fungus, Verticillium alboatrum.
- bluecurls — a name for the plant Trichostema dichotomum
- bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
- bluejeans — jeans made of blue denim
- blueshift — a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system
- bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- bluntness — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- blushless — without blushes, shameless
- blustered — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- blutwurst — a German blood sausage
- booklouse — any small insect of the order Psocoptera, esp Trogium pulsatorium (common booklouse), a wingless species that feeds on bookbinding paste, etc
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- brushless — (of a motor) not using physical contacts for the communicator
- brusquely — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bruxelles — Brussels