Words containing b, u, r, s
5 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- arbus — Diane, original name Diane Nemerov. 1923–71, US photographer, noted esp for her portraits of vagrants, dwarfs, transvestites, etc
- brusa — Bursa.
- brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- brusk — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- burbs — suburb.
6 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- absurd — If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
- abuser — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- airbus — An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.
- asbury — Francis1745-1816; 1st Methodist bishop in U.S.
- birrus — a hooded cloak of coarse wool, a common article of apparel in the later Roman Empire.
7 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- abortus — an aborted human fetus, esp one that is less than 12 weeks old or weighs less than 17 oz
- arbutus — any of several temperate ericaceous shrubs of the genus Arbutus, esp the strawberry tree of S Europe. They have clusters of white or pinkish flowers, broad evergreen leaves, and strawberry-like berries
- astbury — John. 1688–1743, English potter; earliest of the great Staffordshire potters
- 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)
- 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
8 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- absurdly — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- airbrush — An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
9 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- abortuses — immature placental or fetal tissue prematurely passed or curetted.
- absurdism — the belief that life is meaningless and that all attempts to understand the universe are doomed to fail
- absurdist — An absurdist play or other work shows how absurd some aspect of society or human behaviour is.
- absurdity — the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
10 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- absolutory — giving absolution.
- abstrusity — the quality of being abstruse
- absurdness — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- alabastrum — alabastron.
11 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- aquaerobics — A form of aerobics done while in water.
- arboraceous — resembling a tree
- arquebusier — harquebusier.
- atrabilious — irritable
- bacciferous — bearing berries
12 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- abstruseness — hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- agribusiness — Agribusiness is the various businesses that produce, sell, and distribute farm products, especially on a large scale.
- agrobusiness — the businesses collectively associated with the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
- alhambresque — like the Alhambra, especially in richness of ornamentation
- ambartsumian — Viktor A(mazaspovich). 1908–96, Armenian astrophysicist, renowned for his description of radio sources as explosions in the core of galaxies
13 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- antiscorbutic — preventing or curing scurvy
- antisubmarine — (of weapons, missiles, etc) designed to combat or destroy submarines
- aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- balsamiferous — yielding or producing balsam
14 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- ambisinistrous — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
- barber-surgeon — (formerly) a barber practicing surgery and dentistry.
- bascule-bridge — a device operating like a balance or seesaw, especially an arrangement of a movable bridge (bascule bridge) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.
- bastard-turtle — ridley (def 1).
- berberidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Berberidaceae, a mainly N temperate family of flowering plants (mostly shrubs), including barberry and barrenwort
15 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- bioastronautics — the study of the effects of space flight on living organisms
- borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
- brachystomatous — having a short proboscis, as certain insects.
- branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
- buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
16 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- binocular-fusion — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- bouches-du-rhone — a department of S central France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Capital: Marseille. Pop: 1 883 645 (2003 est). Area: 5284 sq km (2047 sq miles)
- branchiopneustic — breathing by means of gills, as certain aquatic insect larvae.
- disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
17 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- bachelor's-button — any of various plants with round flower heads, especially the cornflower.
- barrow-in-furness — an industrial town in NW England, in S Cumbria. Pop: 47 194 (2001)
- boileau-despreaux — Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1636–1711, French critic and poet.
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- countersubversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
18 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- bachelor's-buttons — any of various plants of the daisy family with button-like flower heads
- battleground-state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- bioinstrumentation — the use of instruments, as sensors, to detect and measure certain body functions, as of persons in spaceflight, and transmit the data to a point where it is evaluated
- bullnose-stretcher — Also called bullnose stretcher. a brick having one of the edges along its length rounded for laying as a stretcher in a sill or the like.
- fibrocartilaginous — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
19 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- deoxyribonucleoside — a compound composed of deoxyribose and either a purine or a pyrimidine.
- dutchman's-breeches — a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of pale-yellow, two-spurred flowers.
- hypersuggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- internal-combustion — of or relating to an internal-combustion engine.
- pointe-aux-trembles — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
20 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- buckminsterfullerene — a form of carbon that contains molecules having 60 carbon atoms arranged at the vertices of a polyhedron with hexagonal and pentagonal faces. It is produced in carbon arcs and occurs naturally in small amounts in certain minerals
- mecklenburg-schwerin — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- mecklenburg-strelitz — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- potassium-bitartrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 4 H 5 KO 6 , used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals. Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate. Compare tartar (def 3).
- semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
21 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- intersubstitutability — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- roodepoort-maraisburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
22 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- carboxymethylcellulose — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- mind-your-own-business — baby's-tears.
24 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- black-english-vernacular — Also called African American Vernacular English, African American English, Afro-American English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular English.a dialect of American English characterized by pronunciations, syntactic structures, and vocabulary associated with and used by some North American black people and exhibiting a wide variety and range of forms varying in the extent to which they differ from standard English.
27 letter words containing b, u, r, s
- publius-licinius-valerianus — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.
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