9-letter words containing u, s, b, e
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- perusable — having the ability to be perused
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbless — incapable of being sounded
- 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.
- pressburg — German name of Bratislava.
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- push bike — A push bike is a bicycle which you move by turning the pedals with your feet.
- push-bike — a standard bicycle, operated by pedals rather than a motor.
- quebecois — Quebecer.
- refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- reimburse — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- resubject — to subject again
- reusables — products that can be used more than once
- reuseable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- rubbishes — worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
- 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.
- rust belt — the heavily industrial area of the northeastern U.S. containing the older industries and factories.
- sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- saver sub — A saver sub is a short piece of connecting pipe with threads on both ends, which is part of a drill string.
- saxe blue — a light greyish-blue colour
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- sea squab — the blowfish: used especially on menus as a euphemism.
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- seducible — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- see about — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- set about — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sex abuse — rape, sexual assault, or sexual molestation.
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- shrubbery — a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery.
- shrubless — devoid of shrubs
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- slumbered — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall