9-letter words containing b, r, u, s
- over-busy — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- 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
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- pressburg — German name of Bratislava.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- 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.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- 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.
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- saturable — capable of being saturated.
- saver sub — A saver sub is a short piece of connecting pipe with threads on both ends, which is part of a drill string.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scrub jay — a crestless jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, of the western and southern U.S. and Mexico, having blue and grayish plumage.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- scrubbily — in a scrubby or messy manner
- scrubbing — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- scrutable — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- securable — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- 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.
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- shrubless — devoid of shrubs
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- skunkbird — a North American songbird with a black-and-white striped back, also known as a bobolink