6-letter words containing b, n
- bunged — a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- bungee — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing
- bunger — a firework
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- bunion — A bunion is a large painful lump on the first joint of a person's big toe.
- bunker — A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.
- bunkie — bunkmate.
- bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- bunnia — a Hindu shopkeeper
- bunsen — Robert Wilhelm (ˈroːbɛrt ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1811–99, German chemist who with Kirchhoff developed spectrum analysis and discovered the elements caesium and rubidium. He invented the Bunsen burner and the ice calorimeter
- buntal — straw obtained from leaves of the talipot palm
- bunter — a batter who deliberately bunts the ball
- bunton — one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- bunuel — Luis (lwis). 1900–83, Spanish film director. He collaborated with Salvador Dali on the first surrealist films, Un Chien andalou (1929) and L'Age d'or (1930). His later films include Viridiana (1961), Belle de jour (1966), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- bunyan — John. 1628–88, English preacher and writer, noted particularly for his allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
- bunyip — a legendary monster said to inhabit swamps and lagoons of the Australian interior
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- 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.
- burton — a kind of light hoisting tackle
- busing — the practice of transporting by bus
- 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
- butane — Butane is a gas that is obtained from petroleum and is used as a fuel.
- butene — a pungent colourless gas existing in four isomeric forms, all of which are used in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H8
- button — Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
- butuan — city on the NE coast of Mindanao, the Philippines: pop. 228,000
- butung — an island of Indonesia, southeast of Sulawesi: hilly and forested. Chief town: Baubau. Area: 4555 sq km (1759 sq miles)
- buxton — a town in N England, in NW Derbyshire in the Peak District: thermal springs. Pop: 20 836 (2001)
- buy in — to buy back for the owner (an item in an auction) at or below the reserve price
- buy-in — an act or instance of buying in.
- buying — (as modifier)
- bygone — Bygone means happening or existing a very long time ago.
- bylane — a side lane or alley off a road
- byline — A byline is a line at the top of an article in a newspaper or magazine giving the author's name.
- byname — a name that is additional to a person's main name, such as a surname
- byrnes — James Francis, 1879–1972, U.S. statesman and jurist: secretary of state 1945–47.
- byrnie — a coat of mail; hauberk.
- byzant — bezant (def 2).
- cabana — a tent used as a dressing room by the sea
- cabane — a mastlike structure on some early airplanes, used for supporting the wing.
- cabbin — Obsolete spelling of cabin.
- cabins — Plural form of cabin.
- cabman — the driver of a cab