7-letter words containing b, u, o
- brouwer — Adriaen [ah-dree-ahn] /ˈɑ driˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1606?–38, Flemish painter.
- brumous — mist; fog.
- bubonic — of or relating to a bubo.
- bucardo — a recently extinct Spanish mountain goat
- buccaro — unglazed pottery.
- bucolic — Bucolic means relating to the countryside.
- budokon — a self-help program based on Japanese principles that incorporates yoga, martial arts, and meditation
- budworm — a larval pest that feeds on buds and leaves
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- buffoon — If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- bug off — to stop annoying someone and leave
- bug out — to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat
- bugaboo — Something or someone that is your bugaboo worries or upsets you.
- bugaloo — a fast dance of Afro-American origin, performed by couples and characterized by dancing apart and moving the body in short, quick movements to the beat of the music.
- bugfoot — Loch Ness Monster Bug
- bugloss — any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers
- buisson — Ferdinand Édouard [fer-dee-nahn ey-dwar] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃ eɪˈdwær/ (Show IPA), 1841–1932, French statesman and educator: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- bulbous — Something that is bulbous is round and fat in a rather ugly way.
- bulldog — A bulldog is a small dog with a large square head and short hair.
- bullion — Bullion is gold or silver, usually in the form of bars.
- bullock — A bullock is a young bull that has been castrated.
- bullous — blistered
- bum boy — a person who assumes the passive role in anal intercourse
- bum out — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- bum-out — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- bumboat — any small boat used for ferrying supplies or goods for sale to a ship at anchor or at a mooring
- bummalo — Bombay duck.
- bummock — a submerged mass of ice projecting downwards
- bumpoff — murder.
- bundook — (in India) a rifle
- bunuelo — a thin, round, fried pastry, often dusted with cinnamon sugar.
- buoyage — a system of buoys
- buoyant — If you are in a buoyant mood, you feel cheerful and behave in a lively way.
- buoying — Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- bur oak — an E North American oak, Quercus macrocarpa, having fringed acorn cups and durable timber
- burdock — a coarse weedy Eurasian plant of the genus Arctium, having large heart-shaped leaves, tiny purple flowers surrounded by hooked bristles, and burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burgeon — If something burgeons, it grows or develops rapidly.
- burnous — a long circular cloak with a hood attached, worn esp by Arabs
- burnout — If someone suffers burnout, they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly.
- burrito — A burrito is a tortilla containing a filling of ground beef, chicken, cheese, or beans.
- bus boy — A bus boy is someone whose job is to set or clear tables in a restaurant.
- bushido — the feudal code of the Japanese samurai, stressing self-discipline, courage and loyalty
- busload — A busload of people is a large number of passengers on a bus.
- bust on — Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- but for — You use but for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.
- butanol — a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH
- buttock — Your buttocks are the two rounded fleshy parts of your body that you sit on.
- buttons — a page boy
- buttony — like a button.
- buy off — If you say that a person or organization buys off another person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble.