6-letter words containing a, b, u
- baluba — (Ireland) Unruly or wild person.
- baluch — Baluchi.
- baluns — Plural form of balun.
- bangue — Alternative form of bhang.
- bangui — the capital of the Central African Republic, in the south part, on the Ubangi River. Pop: 732 000 (2005 est)
- banjul — the capital of The Gambia, a port at the mouth of the Gambia River. Pop: 392 000 (2005 est)
- banquo — a character in Shakespeare's Macbeth: the ghost of Banquo appears to Macbeth, who had ordered his murder
- baotou — an industrial city in N China, in the central Inner Mongolia AR on the Yellow River. Pop: 1 367 000 (2005 est)
- barbut — an open-faced Italian helmet made from one piece of metal and reaching the shoulders
- barful — presenting difficulties or obstacles
- barium — Barium is a soft, silvery-white metal.
- barnum — P(hineas) T(aylor). 1810–91, US showman, who created The Greatest Show on Earth (1871) and, with J. A. Bailey, founded the Barnum and Bailey Circus (1881)
- barque — a sailing ship of three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft
- baruch — a disciple of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32–36)
- baruta — a city in N Venezuela: a suburb of Caracas.
- barzun — Jacques (Martin) 1907–2012, U.S. historian, educator, and writer, born in France.
- basque — a short extension below the waist to the bodice of a woman's jacket, etc
- basuco — a highly addictive drug consisting of low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and other substances, often cannabis
- basuto — Sotho (def 3).
- bateau — a light flat-bottomed boat used on rivers in Canada and the northern US
- battue — the beating of woodland or cover to force game to flee in the direction of hunters
- batumi — seaport in Georgia, on the Black Sea, near the Turkish border: pop. 136,000
- baubee — Alternative form of bawbee.
- bauble — A bauble is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery.
- bauchi — a state of N Nigeria; tin mining. Capital: Bauchi. Pop: 4 676 465 (2006). Area: 45 837 sq km (17 698 sq miles)
- baucis — a poor peasant woman who, with her husband Philemon, was rewarded for hospitality to the disguised gods Zeus and Hermes
- bauera — any small evergreen Australian shrub of the genus Bauera, having pink or purple flowers
- baulks — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- bauson — a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- baveux — a meanspirited know-it-all.
- bayeux — a town in NW France, on the River Aure: its museum houses the Bayeux tapestry and there is a 13th-century cathedral: dairy foods, plastic. Pop: 13 478 (2008)
- bayous — Plural form of bayou.
- beaune — a town in E France, near Dijon: an important trading centre for Burgundy wines. Pop: 22 218 (2008)
- beaute — Archaic spelling of beauty.
- beauts — (often used ironically) something or someone beautiful, remarkable, or amazing.
- beauty — Beauty is the state or quality of being beautiful.
- bedaub — to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty
- belaud — to praise highly
- beluga — a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- bemaul — to maul
- benaud — Richard, known as Richie. 1930–2015, Australian cricketer; played in 63 test matches, 28 as captain; an all-rounder, he was the first to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in tests; TV commentator on the sport for many decades
- beulah — the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4)
- bhutan — a kingdom in central Asia: disputed by Tibet, China, India, and Britain since the 18th century but most closely connected with India; contains inaccessible stretches of the E Himalayas in the north. Official language: Dzongka; Nepali is also spoken. Official religion: Mahayana Buddhist. Currencies: ngultrum and Indian rupee. Capital: Thimbu. Pop: 725 296 (2013 est). Area: about 46 600 sq km (18 000 sq miles)
- bissau — a port on the Atlantic, the capital of Guinea-Bissau (until 1974 Portuguese Guinea). Pop: 369 000 (2005 est)
- blague — pretentious but empty talk; nonsense
- bouake — a market town in S central Côte d'Ivoire. Pop: 521 000 (2005 est)
- brahui — a language spoken in Pakistan, forming an isolated branch of the Dravidian family
- braque — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1882–1963, French painter who developed cubism (1908–14) with Picasso
- bruant — Libéral [lee-bey-ral] /li beɪˈral/ (Show IPA), c1635–1697, French architect.
- brumal — of, characteristic of, or relating to winter; wintry