6-letter words starting with bu
- burier — a person or thing that buries
- buries — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- buriti — a variety of palm tree of the genus Mauritia
- burked — to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- burker — a person who burkes
- burkha — all-enveloping garment worn by Muslim women
- burlap — Burlap is a thick, rough fabric that is used for making sacks.
- burled — having burls that produce a distorted grain: burled lumber.
- burley — a light thin-leaved tobacco, grown esp in Kentucky
- burman — a member of the dominant ethnic group of Burma, living mainly in the lowlands of the Irrawaddy and Chindwin River drainages and the S panhandle.
- burned — having been cheated in a sale of drugs
- burner — A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame, especially as part of a cooker, stove, or heater.
- burnet — a plant of the rosaceous genus Sanguisorba (or Poterium), such as S. minor (or P. sanguisorba) (salad burnet), which has purple-tinged green flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
- burney — Charles. 1726–1814, English composer and music historian, whose books include A General History of Music (1776–89)
- burnie — a sideburn
- burnup — the nuclear fuel consumed in a reactor, often measured as a percentage of the atoms of fuel that have undergone fission.
- burpee — a squat thrust that starts and ends in a standing position
- burred — prickly or rough in texture.
- burrer — a person who removes burrs
- burrow — A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- bursae — Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- bursal — Anatomy, Zoology. a pouch, sac, or vesicle, especially a sac containing synovia, to facilitate motion, as between a tendon and a bone.
- bursar — The bursar of a school or college is the person who is in charge of its finance or general administration.
- burton — a kind of light hoisting tackle
- buryat — a member of a Mongoloid people living chiefly in the Buryat Republic
- busbar — an electrical conductor, maintained at a specific voltage and capable of carrying a high current, usually used to make a common connection between several circuits in a system
- busboy — waiter's assistant
- busera — a Ugandan alcoholic drink made from millet: sometimes mixed with honey
- bushed — If you say that you are bushed, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- bushel — A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons.
- busher — a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
- bushie — a supporter of US President George W. Bush or a member of his administration
- bushwa — nonsense
- busied — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- busier — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- busily — If you do something busily, you do it in a very active way.
- busing — the practice of transporting by bus
- busker — Chiefly British. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
- busket — a bouquet
- buskin — (formerly) a sandal-like covering for the foot and leg, reaching the calf and usually laced
- busman — someone who works on buses, particularly as a driver or conductor
- busoni — Ferruccio Benvenuto (fɛʀˈʀutˌtʃɔ bɛnvɛˈnutɔ) ; ferro̅otˈch^ō benˌveno̅oˈt^ō) 1866-1924; It. composer
- bussed — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- busser — A busser is someone whose job is to set or clear tables in a restaurant.
- busses — bus
- busted — caught out doing something wrong and therefore in trouble
- bustee — a small settlement; village.
- buster — a person or thing destroying something as specified
- bustic — a small American tree, Dipholis salicifolia
- bustle — If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.