6-letter words containing b, u, e
- besmut — to blacken with smut
- bestud — to set with studs
- beulah — the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4)
- beurre — butter
- bisque — a thick rich soup made from shellfish
- biuret — a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- blague — pretentious but empty talk; nonsense
- blouse — A blouse is a kind of shirt worn by a girl or woman.
- bludge — to scrounge from (someone)
- bluest — the pure color of a clear sky; the primary color between green and violet in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 450 and 500 nm.
- bluesy — If you describe a song or the way it is performed as bluesy, you mean that it is performed in a way that is characteristic of the blues.
- blunge — to mix (clay or a similar substance) with water in order to form a suspension for use in ceramics
- bosque — a clump or grove of trees
- bouake — a market town in S central Côte d'Ivoire. Pop: 521 000 (2005 est)
- bouche — the notch cut in the top corner of a shield to support a lance
- boucle — looped yarn giving a knobbly effect
- bouffe — opéra bouffe
- bouget — a representation of a water-carrying vessel consisting of a yoke with a bucket at either end
- bougie — a long slender semiflexible cylindrical instrument for inserting into body passages, such as the rectum or urethra, to dilate structures, introduce medication, etc
- boules — Boules is a game in which a small ball is thrown and then the players try to throw other balls as close to the first ball as possible.
- boulez — Pierre (pjɛr). 1925–2016, French composer of modernist music; also a noted conductor
- boulle — denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- bourne — a brook or rivulet.
- bourse — A country's or region's bourse is its stock exchange.
- boutel — boltel (def 1).
- braque — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1882–1963, French painter who developed cubism (1908–14) with Picasso
- breuer — Josef (ˈjoːzɛf). 1842–1925, Austrian physician: treated the mentally ill by hypnosis
- brieux — Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, French playwright, journalist, and editor.
- brigue — an act of intrigue
- brogue — If someone has a brogue, they speak English with a strong accent, especially Irish or Scots.
- bruges — a city in NW Belgium, capital of West Flanders province: centre of the medieval European wool and cloth trade. Pop: 117 025 (2004 est)
- brugge — city in NW Belgium: pop. 116,000
- bruise — A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- brulee — (in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brunei — a sultanate in NW Borneo, consisting of two separate areas on the South China Sea, otherwise bounded by Sarawak: controlled all of Borneo and parts of the Philippines and the Sulu Islands in the 16th century; under British protection since 1888; internally self-governing since 1971; became fully independent in 1984 as a member of the Commonwealth. The economy depends chiefly on oil and natural gas. Official language: Malay; English is also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim. Currency: Brunei dollar. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan. Pop: 415 717 (2013 est). Area: 5765 sq km (2226 sq miles)
- brunel — Isambard Kingdom (ˈɪzəmˌbɑːd). 1806–59, English engineer: designer of the Clifton Suspension Bridge (1828), many railway lines, tunnels, bridges, etc, and the steamships Great Western (1838), Great Britain (1845), and Great Eastern (1858)
- brunet — dark brown
- bruted — to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.
- bruter — a person who cuts diamonds
- bubble — Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
- bubkes — nothing
- buboes — an inflammatory swelling of a lymphatic gland, especially in the groin or armpit.
- bucked — cheered up
- bucker — the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
- bucket — A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water.
- buckie — a whelk or its shell
- buckle — A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- budded — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- budder — a plant which buds