8-letter words containing a, b, u
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- bust ass — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- but that — about the fact that
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- butt bra — an undergarment for supporting the buttocks
- butthead — a stupid person
- buttyman — a male homosexual
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- buy boat — a boat sent out by a dealer to purchase the catches of fishing vessels.
- buy-back — A buy-back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors.
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- buzz saw — a power-operated circular saw
- buzz-saw — a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
- buzzbait — a fishing lure with small blades that stir the water
- cabassou — (obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- can buoy — a buoy with a flat-topped cylindrical shape above water, marking the left side of a channel leading into a harbour: red in British waters but green (occasionally black) in US waters
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carnauba — a Brazilian fan palm, Copernicia cerifera
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- causable — that can be caused
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- club bag — a soft, usually leather, two-handled bag suitable for use in traveling or for general utility.
- club car — a railway carriage with comfortable extending chairs, a bar, and other comforts
- clubable — Alternative form of clubbable.
- clubface — the face of a golf club
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- clubhaul — to force (a sailing vessel) onto a new tack, esp in an emergency, by fastening a lee anchor to the lee quarter, dropping the anchor as the vessel comes about, and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward
- clubhead — the head of a golf club
- clubland — A city's clubland is the area that contains all the best nightclubs.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cube van — a van with a cube-shaped storage compartment that is wider and taller than the front of the vehicle
- cubicula — a burial chamber, as in catacombs.
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cue ball — the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants