7-letter words containing b, u, e
- baulker — Someone who baulks.
- bautzen — a town in E Germany, in Saxony: site of an indecisive battle in 1813 between Napoleon's army and an allied army of Russians and Prussians. Pop: 42 160 (2003 est)
- bauxite — Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained.
- be sure — to be careful or certain
- 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
- beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- beauish — vain and showy
- beautie — Obsolete spelling of beauty.
- bebeeru — a tropical South American evergreen tree (Nectandra rodioei) of the laurel family
- because — You use because when stating the reason for something.
- becloud — to cover or obscure with a cloud
- becquer — Gustavo Adolfo [goos-tah-vaw ah-th awl-faw] /gusˈtɑ vɔ ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1836–70, Spanish poet.
- becrust — to cover with crust
- becuase — Misspelling of because.
- becurse — to curse (someone)
- bedaubs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedaub.
- bedbugs — Plural form of bedbug.
- bedouin — A Bedouin is a member of a particular Arab tribe.
- bedunce — to cause to look or feel foolish
- bee gum — a hollow gum tree or log used as a hive by bees
- beef up — If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
- beef-up — an act or instance of strengthening or reinforcing.
- beer-up — a drinking bout
- beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- beguine — a dance of South American origin in bolero rhythm
- bejesus — an exclamation of surprise, emphasis, etc, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
- 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)
- belgaum — a city in India, in Karnataka: cotton, furniture, leather. Pop: 399 600 (2001)
- belgium — a federal kingdom in NW Europe: at various times under the rulers of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, France, and the Netherlands before becoming an independent kingdom in 1830. It formed the Benelux customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1948 and was a founder member of the Common Market, now the European Union. It consists chiefly of a low-lying region of sand, woods, and heath (the Campine) in the north and west, and a fertile undulating central plain rising to the Ardennes Mountains in the southeast. Languages: French, Flemish (Dutch), German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Brussels. Pop: 10 444 268 (2013 est). Area: 30 513 sq km (11 778 sq miles)
- belt up — If someone tells you to belt up, they are telling you in a very impolite way to stop talking.
- belukha — a twin-peaked mountain in S central Russia, near the border of Kazakhstan: highest peak in the Altai Mountains. 15,157 feet (4620 meters).
- bemouth — to praise a person dramatically
- bemused — If you are bemused, you are puzzled or confused.
- ben hur — a historical novel (1880) by Lew Wallace.
- benelux — The Benelux countries are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- beothuk — a member of an extinct Native Canadian people formerly living in Newfoundland
- beowulf — an anonymous Old English epic poem in alliterative verse, believed to have been composed in the 8th century ad
- bequest — A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die.
- berceau — an arched trellis for climbing plants
- bergius — Friedrich (Karl Rudolph) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1884– 1949, German chemist, who invented a process for producing oil by high-pressure hydrogenation of coal: Nobel prize for chemistry 1931
- 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)
- besague — a plate protecting an open area, as at the elbow or armpit.
- bescour — to scour thoroughly
- beshout — to shout at or about
- bespout — to utter (something) pretentiously
- bethumb — to cause wear to (books) by handling
- bethump — to thump hard
- bethune — Norman. 1890–1939, Canadian physician and campaigner for socialized medicine; pioneered the use of mobile medical units during the Spanish Civil War and in China during the second Sino-Japanese War