8-letter words containing b, u, c
- curbable — able to be curbed or restrained
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- cutbacks — Plural form of cutback.
- cuthbert — Saint. ?635–87 ad, English monk; bishop of Lindisfarne. Feast day: March 20
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- debouche — an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
- debounce — To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- duckbill — platypus.
- dulbecco — Renato [ruh-nah-toh;; Italian re-nah-taw] /rəˈnɑ toʊ;; Italian rɛˈnɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1914–2012, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- educable — capable of being educated.
- educible — Able to be elicited or evoked.
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.
- fullback — a running back who lines up behind the quarterback and is farthest from the line of scrimmage.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- hackbuss — Alternative form of hagbut.
- haulback — (in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
- hibiscus — Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
- humpback — a back that is humped in a convex position.
- ice blue — a very pale blue color.
- ice cube — a small cube of ice, as one made in a special tray in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator or by an ice-making machine.
- ice-blue — Ice-blue is a very pale blue colour.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- icy blue — of a very pale blue colour
- 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.
- incumber — encumber.
- jumbucks — Plural form of jumbuck.
- key club — a private nightclub admitting only members and their guests, the members often being given door keys to the club.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- lion cub — baby lion
- 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.
- lucky sb — You can use lucky in expressions such as 'Lucky you' and 'Lucky devil' when you are slightly jealous of someone else's good luck or success, or surprised at it.
- lunchbox — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- macahuba — a South American palm tree of the genus Acrocomia
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- microbus — minibus.
- muck bar — a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- mudbrick — A brick made from mud or clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun rather than being fired.