7-letter words containing a, r, u
- banbury — a town in central England, in N Oxfordshire: telecommunications, financial services. Pop: 43 867 (2001)
- bandura — a Ukrainian stringed instrument, resembling a lute
- barbour — John. c. 1320–95, Scottish poet: author of The Bruce (1376), a patriotic epic poem
- barbuda — a coral island in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the independent state of Antigua and Barbuda. Area: 160 sq km (62 sq miles)
- barbudo — beardfish.
- barbule — a very small barb
- barnaul — a city in S Russia, on the River Ob. Pop: 605 000 (2005 est)
- baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
- barques — Plural form of barque.
- barthou — (Jean) Louis [zhahn lwee] /ʒɑ̃ lwi/ (Show IPA), 1862–1934, French statesman and author.
- batture — A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
- baulker — Someone who baulks.
- bay rum — an aromatic liquid, used in medicines and cosmetics, originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree (Pimenta racemosa) with rum: now also synthesized from alcohol, water, and various oils
- bear up — If you bear up when experiencing problems, you remain cheerful and show courage in spite of them.
- bearhug — to give someone a bear hug
- 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)
- berceau — an arched trellis for climbing plants
- 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)
- 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)
- blu-ray — Blu-Ray is a type of video disk that is used for storing large amounts of high quality digital information.
- borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- brangus — one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
- braudel — ˈFernand Paul (fɛʀˈnɑ̃ pɔl) ; fernänˈ p^ōl) 1902-85; Fr. historian
- bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
- bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
- breakup — The breakup of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully.
- breslau — Wrocław
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- brotula — any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- bucardo — a recently extinct Spanish mountain goat
- buccaro — unglazed pottery.
- buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
- bugbear — Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.
- bukhara — a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)
- bullary — a place where salt is prepared or boiled
- bulwark — A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
- bum rap — a trumped-up or false charge
- bunraku — a Japanese form of puppet theatre in which the puppets are usually about four feet high, with moving features as well as limbs and each puppet is manipulated by up to three puppeteers who remain onstage
- bur oak — an E North American oak, Quercus macrocarpa, having fringed acorn cups and durable timber
- burbage — James. ?1530–97, English actor and theatre manager, who built (1576) the first theatre in England
- burbank — Luther1849-1926; U.S. horticulturist: bred numerous varieties of fruits, vegetables, & flowers
- burdash — a fringed sash worn over a coat
- bureaux — Bureaux is a plural form of bureau.
- burgage — (in England) tenure of land or tenement in a town or city, which originally involved a fixed money rent
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- burglar — A burglar is a thief who enters a house or other building by force.
- burnaby — city in SW British Columbia, Canada; suburb of Vancouver: pop. 179,000
- burnham — Daniel Hudson, 1846–1912, U.S. architect and city planner.
- bursary — A bursary is a sum of money which is given to someone to allow them to study in a college or university.