7-letter words containing b, u, i
- gubbish — (jargon) /guhb'*sh/ (A portmanteau of "garbage" and "rubbish" which may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick) Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The opposite portmanteau "rubbage" is also reported.
- gumboil — a small abscess on the gum, originating in an abscess in the pulp of a tooth.
- habitue — a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.
- habitus — the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease.
- habutai — a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
- halibut — either of two large flatfishes, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, of the North Atlantic, or H. stenolepis, of the North Pacific, used for food.
- helibus — a helicopter with the capacity to carry many passengers
- holibut — halibut.
- hubbies — husband.
- hubbing — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
- humbird — (obsolete) A hummingbird.
- imbrued — Simple past tense and past participle of imbrue.
- imbrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrue.
- imbrute — to reduce to a bestial state
- imbuing — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- imburse — (obsolete) To supply or stock with money.
- in bulk — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- inbound — Throw (the ball) from out of bounds, putting it into play.
- inbuild — Something built-in, structure, a construct.
- inbuilt — built-in (def 2).
- inburst — an irruption
- incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- isa bus — Industry Standard Architecture
- itabuna — a city in E Brazil.
- jabirus — Plural form of jabiru.
- jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- jubilus — (in Roman Catholic music) a rejoicing, melodic group of tones to which is chanted the last “a” of the second and third alleluias, often following the gradual of the Mass.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- kibbutz — (in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.
- kubelik — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1880–1940, Czech violinist and composer in Hungary.
- kubrick — Stanley, 1928–99, U.S. film director.
- librium — a brand of the drug chlordiazepoxide
- lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
- limbous — with slightly overlapping edges
- limburg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lisburn — a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
- lubfish — a stockfish
- lyublin — Lublin.
- minibus — a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances.
- minisub — a small submarine, holding only one or a few persons, used in naval operations, underwater exploration, or conducting underwater experiments.
- mitumba — used clothes imported for sale in African countries from more developed western countries
- moebius — August Ferdinand, Möbius, August Ferdinand.
- naibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- netbeui — NetBIOS Extended User Interface. The network transport protocol used by all of Microsoft's network systems and IBM's LAN Server based systems. NetBEUI is often confused with NetBIOS. NetBIOS is the applications programming interface and NetBEUI is the transport protocol.
- niebuhr — Barthold Georg [bahr-tawlt gey-awrk] /ˈbɑr tɔlt geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1776–1831, German historian.
- niobium — a steel-gray metallic element resembling tantalum in its chemical properties; becomes a superconductor below 9 K; used chiefly in alloy steels. Symbol: Nb; atomic number: 41; atomic weight: 92.906; specific gravity: 8.4 at 20°C.
- niobous — Chemistry. containing trivalent niobium, as niobous chloride, NbCl 3 .
- nubbier — Comparative form of nubby.
- nubbing — the act of hanging (a criminal)