7-letter words starting with bu
- burnous — a long circular cloak with a hood attached, worn esp by Arabs
- burnout — If someone suffers burnout, they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly.
- burrell — Paul. born 1958, British butler and confidant to Diana, Princess of Wales. After her death he was charged with but (2003) acquitted of stealing from her estate. His book, A Royal Duty (2003), revealed intimate details of her life
- burrhel — a wild sheep, Pseudois nahoor, of Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions, having goatlike horns that curve backward.
- burring — a pronunciation of the r- sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
- burrito — A burrito is a tortilla containing a filling of ground beef, chicken, cheese, or beans.
- bursary — A bursary is a sum of money which is given to someone to allow them to study in a college or university.
- bursate — resembling or containing a bursa
- burseed — a plant, Lapulla echinata, with adhesive seeds
- bursera — of or relating to the Bursera genus of gum trees
- bursted — to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence: The bitter cold caused the pipes to burst.
- burster — a person or thing that bursts.
- burthen — burden1
- burundi — a republic in E central Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (Pygmy); made part of German East Africa in 1899; part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi from 1923 until it became independent in 1962; ethnic violence has erupted at times between Hutu and Tutsi, as in Rwanda; consists mainly of high plateaus along the main Nile-Congo dividing range, dropping rapidly to the Great Rift Valley in the west. Official languages: Kirundi and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Burundi franc. Capital: Bujumbura. Pop: 10 888 321 (2013 est). Area: 27 731 sq km (10 707 sq miles)
- burweed — any of various plants that bear burs, such as the burdock
- bus boy — A bus boy is someone whose job is to set or clear tables in a restaurant.
- busgirl — a waiter's assistant
- bush it — to camp out in the bush
- bushers — bush leaguer (def 1).
- bushfly — any of various small black dipterous flies of Australia, esp Musca vetustissima, that breed in faeces and dung: family Calliphoridae
- bushido — the feudal code of the Japanese samurai, stressing self-discipline, courage and loyalty
- bushing — an adaptor having ends of unequal diameters, often with internal screw threads, used to connect pipes of different sizes
- bushire — a port in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf; nuclear power station. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- bushism — any apparently fatuous statement attributed to George W. Bush
- bushman — A Bushman is an aboriginal person from the southwestern part of Africa, especially the Kalahari desert region.
- bushmen — a woodsman.
- bushpig — a wild pig, Potamochoerus porcus, inhabiting forests in tropical Africa and Madagascar. It is brown or black, with pale markings on the face
- bushtit — any small grey active North American songbird of the genus Psaltriparus, such as P. minimus (common bushtit): family Paridae (titmice)
- bushwah — rubbishy nonsense; baloney; bull: You'll hear a lot of boring bushwa about his mechanical skill.
- busiest — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- busking — Chiefly British. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
- busload — A busload of people is a large number of passengers on a bus.
- bussell — Darcey (Andrea). born 1969, British ballet dancer, principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet (1989–2006)
- bussing — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- bust on — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- bust up — a failure.
- bust-up — A bust-up is a serious quarrel, often resulting in the end of a relationship.
- bustard — any terrestrial bird of the family Otididae, inhabiting open regions of the Old World: order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc). They have long strong legs, a heavy body, a long neck, and speckled plumage
- bustier — A bustier is a type of close-fitting strapless top worn by women.
- busuuti — a long garment with short sleeves and a square neckline, worn by Ugandan women, esp in S Uganda
- busying — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- but for — You use but for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.
- butanol — a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH
- butcher — A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
- butlery — a butler's room
- butlins — one of the two best-known traditional holiday camps in Britain
- butt in — If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
- buttals — the boundary lines of a piece of land
- butters — very ugly
- buttery — Buttery food contains butter or is covered with butter.