7-letter words containing b, u
- belarus — a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)
- belgaum — a city in India, in Karnataka: cotton, furniture, leather. Pop: 399 600 (2001)
- belgium — a federal kingdom in NW Europe: at various times under the rulers of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, France, and the Netherlands before becoming an independent kingdom in 1830. It formed the Benelux customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1948 and was a founder member of the Common Market, now the European Union. It consists chiefly of a low-lying region of sand, woods, and heath (the Campine) in the north and west, and a fertile undulating central plain rising to the Ardennes Mountains in the southeast. Languages: French, Flemish (Dutch), German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Brussels. Pop: 10 444 268 (2013 est). Area: 30 513 sq km (11 778 sq miles)
- belt up — If someone tells you to belt up, they are telling you in a very impolite way to stop talking.
- belukha — a twin-peaked mountain in S central Russia, near the border of Kazakhstan: highest peak in the Altai Mountains. 15,157 feet (4620 meters).
- bemouth — to praise a person dramatically
- bemused — If you are bemused, you are puzzled or confused.
- ben hur — a historical novel (1880) by Lew Wallace.
- benelux — The Benelux countries are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- beothuk — a member of an extinct Native Canadian people formerly living in Newfoundland
- beowulf — an anonymous Old English epic poem in alliterative verse, believed to have been composed in the 8th century ad
- bequest — A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die.
- berceau — an arched trellis for climbing plants
- bergius — Friedrich (Karl Rudolph) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1884– 1949, German chemist, who invented a process for producing oil by high-pressure hydrogenation of coal: Nobel prize for chemistry 1931
- bermuda — a UK Overseas Territory consisting of a group of over 150 coral islands (the Bermudas) in the NW Atlantic: discovered in about 1503, colonized by the British by 1612, although not acquired by the British crown until 1684. Capital: Hamilton. Pop: 69 467 (2013 est). Area: 53 sq km (20 sq miles)
- besague — a plate protecting an open area, as at the elbow or armpit.
- bescour — to scour thoroughly
- beshout — to shout at or about
- bespout — to utter (something) pretentiously
- bethumb — to cause wear to (books) by handling
- bethump — to thump hard
- bethune — Norman. 1890–1939, Canadian physician and campaigner for socialized medicine; pioneered the use of mobile medical units during the Spanish Civil War and in China during the second Sino-Japanese War
- beuthen — German name of Bytom.
- beyoglu — a district of Istanbul, north of the Golden Horn: the European quarter
- bezique — a card game for two or more players with tricks similar to whist but with additional points scored for honours and sequences: played with two packs with nothing below a seven
- bhikshu — a monk.
- bidault — Georges (ʒɔːrʒ). 1899–1983, French statesman; prime minister (1946, 1949–50). His opposition to Algerian independence led him to support the OAS: he was charged with treason (1963) and fled abroad
- bifidus — a genus of anaerobic bacteria, many of which are present natively in the human digestive system
- big bud — a serious disease of plants, esp of blackcurrants, in which the buds swell up as a result of attack by the gall mite Cecidophyopsis ribis
- big gun — If you refer to someone as a big gun, you mean that they have a lot of power or influence.
- bijapur — an ancient city in W India, in N Mysore: capital of a former kingdom, which fell at the end of the 17th century: cotton. Pop: 245 946 (2001)
- bilious — If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting.
- billbug — a type of weevil
- biofuel — A biofuel is a gas, liquid, or solid from natural sources such as plants that is used as a fuel.
- biscuit — A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.
- bisitun — Behistun.
- bismuth — a brittle pinkish-white crystalline metallic element having low thermal and electrical conductivity, which expands on cooling. It is widely used in alloys, esp low-melting alloys in fire safety devices; its compounds are used in medicines. Symbol: Bi; atomic no: 83; atomic wt: 208.98037; valency: 3 or 5; relative density: 9.747; melting pt: 271.4°C; boiling pt: 1564±5°C
- bisutun — Behistun.
- bitumed — covered with bitumen
- bitumen — Bitumen is a black sticky substance which is obtained from tar or petrol and is used in making roads.
- bivious — with a choice of two different ways
- bivouac — A bivouac is a temporary camp made by soldiers or mountain climbers.
- blanqui — Louis Auguste (French lwi oɡyst). 1805–81, French revolutionary, who organized secret socialist societies and preached violent insurrection; he spent over 30 years in prison
- blaubok — a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa: extinct since 1800
- bleaunt — a short tunic or blouse, worn in the Middle Ages.
- blellum — a babbler
- bleuler — Eugen [oi-geyn] /ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1939, Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist.
- blouson — a short jacket or top having the shape of a blouse
- blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
- blowgun — a long, tubelike weapon through which darts or pellets are blown