8-letter words containing ub
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- incubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jubilees — Plural form of jubilee.
- jubilent — Misspelling of jubilant.
- kasavubu — Joseph, 1917?–69, African political leader: first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) 1960–65.
- key club — a private nightclub admitting only members and their guests, the members often being given door keys to the club.
- lion cub — baby lion
- lubberly — of or resembling a lubber.
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- macahuba — a South American palm tree of the genus Acrocomia
- mail hub — mail server
- maubeuge — a city in N France, on the Sambre River, near the Belgian border.
- misdoubt — doubt or suspicion.
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- no doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- nubbiest — Superlative form of nubby.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nubility — (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- phubbing — to ignore (a person or one's surroundings) when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device: Hey, are you phubbing me? I hate to see a mother wheeling a stroller while phubbing her baby.
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- pub date — publication date.
- pub food — food served in a pub
- pub grub — food served in a pub
- pub quiz — a quiz, often a regular event, held in a pub
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- publicly — by the state
- publics' — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- redouble — to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- resubmit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- rhubarby — similar to or tasting like rhubarb
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubaiyat — (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
- rubbaboo — a soup made from pemmican boiled in water, sometimes thickened with flour
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- rubboard — a board for scrubbing clothes on