9-letter words containing erb
- nonverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
- overbaked — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- overbears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbear.
- overbills — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbill.
- overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
- overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- overbooks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbook.
- overborne — overcome; crushed; oppressed.
- overbound — Simple past tense and past participle of overbind.
- overbrake — to brake (a wheel, vehicle, etc.) excessively.
- overbreak — earth or rock excavated outside of neat lines.
- overbreed — To breed excessively.
- overbrief — too brief
- overbroad — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- paderborn — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in NW Germany.
- paperback — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paperbark — cajeput.
- pepperbox — a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- preverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- proverbed — a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.
- riverbank — the slopes bordering a river.
- riverboat — any shallow-draft boat used on rivers.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
- soderblom — Nathan, 1866–1931, Swedish theologian: Nobel Peace Prize 1930.
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- subverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- superbaby — an infant whose mental development and language acquisition are stimulated and presumably accelerated by certain teaching methods.
- superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
- superbike — a high-performance motorcycle
- superbity — pride
- superbold — (of writing, ornamentation, styling) very or exceptionally bold or striking
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- the derby — an annual horse race run at Epsom Downs, Surrey, since 1780: one of the English flat-racing classics
- tinderbox — a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
- unacerbic — (of a taste) not sharp or bitter
- underbake — to bake insufficiently
- underbear — to tolerate or endure
- underbite — occlusion in which the lower incisor teeth overlap the upper.
- underbody — the bottom or underneath part, as of a mechanism or animal: the underbody of a tank.
- underboss — a lesser or minor boss, often the second in command, as in an underworld hierarchy.
- underbred — having inferior breeding or manners; vulgar.