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7-letter words containing u, r, b

  • lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
  • limburg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
  • lisburn — a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
  • lobular — composed of, having the form of, or pertaining to lobules or small lobes.
  • lubbers — Plural form of lubber.
  • lumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lumber.
  • marabou — any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
  • marburg — a city in central Germany.
  • marybud — a bud of a marigold
  • mowburn — the natural process of heating and fermenting that takes place when hay or corn is piled up when it is damp or green
  • mubarak — (Mohammed) Hosni [hoz-nee,, hos-] /ˈhɒz ni,, ˈhɒs-/ (Show IPA), born 1928, Egyptian political leader: president 1981–2011.
  • mumbler — Agent noun of mumble; one who mumbles.
  • murghob — a river in NE Afghanistan and SE Turkmenistan, flowing from the Hindu Kush W and NW to the Kara Kum Desert. 530 miles (853 km) long.
  • naibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
  • nebular — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
  • neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
  • netburp — (networking, chat)   (Or "netsplit") When netlag gets really bad, and delays between IRC servers exceed a certain threshhold, the network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance of this is called a "netburp" (or, sometimes, netsplit).
  • newburg — (of seafood) cooked with a cream sauce containing sherry: lobster Newburg.
  • newbury — a market town in West Berkshire unitary authority, S England: scene of a Parliamentarian victory (1643) and a Royalist victory (1644) during the Civil War; telecommunications, racecourse. Pop: 32 675 (2001)
  • niebuhr — Barthold Georg [bahr-tawlt gey-awrk] /ˈbɑr tɔlt geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1776–1831, German historian.
  • nubbier — Comparative form of nubby.
  • numbers — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
  • outbark — to bark more than or louder than
  • outbrag — to brag more than or better than
  • outbred — Simple past tense and past participle of outbreed.
  • outburn — (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
  • outburp — (informal, transitive, rare) To burp louder or better than.
  • overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
  • overdub — to add other recorded sound or music, as a supplementary instrumental or vocal track, to a taped musical track to complete or enhance a recording.
  • pabular — relating to pabulum
  • perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • plumber — 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.
  • pre-buy — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
  • puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
  • puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
  • purbach — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 75 miles (120 km) in diameter.
  • raeburn — Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
  • railbus — a bus-like vehicle for use on railway lines
  • rayburn — Sam, 1882–1961, U.S. lawyer and political leader: Speaker of the House 1940–47, 1949–53, 1955–61.
  • rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
  • rebuild — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
  • rebuilt — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
  • red bug — chigger (def 1).
  • redoubt — Mount, an active volcano in S Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: highest peak in the Aleutian Range. 10,197 feet (3108 meters).
  • replumb — to replace the plumbing of (a house, building, etc)
  • rexburg — a town in E Idaho.
  • rhabdus — a needlelike structure supporting the soft tissue in an invertebrate sponge
  • rhombus — an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
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