7-letter words containing b, u, h
- bullish — On the stock market, if there is a bullish mood, prices are expected to rise. Compare bearish.
- bulrush — a grasslike cyperaceous marsh plant, Scirpus lacustris, used for making mats, chair seats, etc
- bunched — a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- bunches — a hairstyle in which hair is tied into two sections on either side of the head at the back
- burdash — a fringed sash worn over a coat
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- burgher — The burghers of a town or city are the people who live there, especially the richer or more respectable people.
- burnham — Daniel Hudson, 1846–1912, U.S. architect and city planner.
- burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
- burrhel — a wild sheep, Pseudois nahoor, of Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions, having goatlike horns that curve backward.
- burthen — burden1
- 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.
- 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.
- chabouk — a long horse-whip, also used for inflicting punishment
- cherubs — Plural form of cherub.
- chibouk — a Turkish tobacco pipe with an extremely long stem
- chiluba — Frederick, 1943–2011, president of Zambia 1991–2002.
- chumble — To peck at or nibble.
- churban — the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
- cubbish — the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- cubhood — the condition of being a cub
- debauch — to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- debouch — (esp of troops) to move into a more open space, as from a narrow or concealed place
- ebauche — a rough sketch or initial version
- ephebus — in ancient Athens, a young citizen (18 to 20 years) undergoing physical and military training
- furbish — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- go bush — to abandon city amenities and live rough
- gubbish — (jargon) /guhb'*sh/ (A portmanteau of "garbage" and "rubbish" which may have originated with SF author Philip K. Dick) Garbage; crap; nonsense. "What is all this gubbish?" The opposite portmanteau "rubbage" is also reported.
- habitue — a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.
- habitus — the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease.
- habutae — a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
- habutai — a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
- hackbut — harquebus.
- hagbuts — Plural form of hagbut.
- halibut — either of two large flatfishes, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, of the North Atlantic, or H. stenolepis, of the North Pacific, used for food.
- hamburg — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- handrub — to rub by hand, especially so as to polish: Handrubbing the wood brings out the natural grain.
- harbour — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hauberk — a long defensive shirt, usually of mail, extending to the knees; byrnie.