9-letter words containing u, n, b, o, s
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outbounds — boundaries
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.
- snowbound — shut in or immobilized by snow.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- snuff-box — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- softbound — book: paperback
- sound bow — that part of a bell against which the tongue strikes.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcolony — a colony established by an existing colony
- subconsul — an assistant to a consul
- subcounty — a division of a county
- subdeacon — a member of the clerical order next below that of deacon.
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- 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.
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- subregion — a division or subdivision of a region, especially a division of a zoogeographical region.
- sun block — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- sunbonnet — a bonnet with a large brim shading the face and sometimes a piece projecting over the neck, worn by women and children.
- tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- thornbush — any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.
- tubesnout — a slender, marine fish, Aulorhynchus flavidus, inhabiting coastal waters from southern California to Alaska, having a long, tubelike snout.
- un-robust — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- unbespoke — not prearranged
- unbookish — not studious or bookish
- underboss — a lesser or minor boss, often the second in command, as in an underworld hierarchy.
- unlosable — susceptible to becoming lost.
- unobvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- unsoberly — in an unsober manner
- westbound — proceeding or headed west.