9-letter words containing b, u, i
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- bursiform — shaped like a pouch or sac
- burundian — of or relating to Burundi or its inhabitants
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- bushiness — a bushy quality or state
- businessy — of, relating to, typical of, or suitable for the world of commercial or industrial business
- busticate — to break
- bustiness — the state of being busty
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- buteonine — of or relating to hawks
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- butterine — an artificial butter made partly from milk
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- buttinski — a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.
- buttinsky — a busybody
- buzzingly — in a buzzing manner
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- cat-built — (of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead.
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- cherubini — (Maria) Luigi (Carlo Zenobio Salvatore) (luˈiːdʒi). 1760–1842, Italian composer, noted particularly for his church music and his operas.
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- coenobium — a monastery or convent
- colubriad — a poem about a snake
- colubrine — of or resembling a snake
- columbian — of or relating to the United States
- columbine — any plant of the ranunculaceous genus Aquilegia, having purple, blue, yellow, or red flowers with five spurred petals
- columbite — a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: (Fe, Mn)(Nb)2O6
- columbium — niobium
- concubine — In former times, a concubine was a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.
- connubial — of or relating to marriage; conjugal
- corbicula — pollen basket.
- corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- coulibiac — a Russian dish of rich pastry with a filling of salmon or other fish and mushrooms, onions, egg, buckwheat, dill, etc.
- coulombic — relating to the discoveries of Charles Augustin de Coulomb
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- cribellum — a sievelike spinning organ in certain spiders that occurs between the spinnerets
- crucibles — Plural form of crucible.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- cube unit — Cube units are shelving units made up of horizontal and vertical dividers which form open-ended cubes, suitable for displaying products such as towels in a range of colors.
- cubically — In a cubic manner.
- cubiculum — an underground burial chamber in Imperial Rome, such as those found in the catacombs
- cucurbits — Plural form of cucurbit.