6-letter words containing b, u, r
- bruise — A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- bruits — to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed by about): The report was bruited through the village.
- brulee — (in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- brulot — a biting crane fly
- brumal — of, characteristic of, or relating to winter; wintry
- brumby — a wild horse, esp one descended from runaway stock
- brunch — Brunch is a meal that is eaten in the late morning. It is a combination of breakfast and lunch.
- 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
- brushy — like a brush; thick and furry
- brutal — A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.
- bruted — to shape (a diamond) by rubbing with another diamond or a diamond chip.
- bruter — a person who cuts diamonds
- bruton — John Gerard. born 1947, Irish politician: leader of the Fine Gael party (1990–2001); prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1994–97)
- brutus — Lucius Junius (ˈluːʃəs ˈdʒuːnɪəs). late 6th century bc, Roman statesman who ousted the tyrant Tarquin (509) and helped found the Roman republic
- bucker — the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
- buckra — (used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man
- budder — a plant which buds
- budger — a person who budges or stirs
- buffer — A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other.
- bugger — Some people use bugger to describe a person who has done something annoying or stupid.
- bugler — A bugler is someone who plays the bugle.
- bulbar — of or relating to a bulb, esp the medulla oblongata
- bulgar — a member of a group of non-Indo-European peoples that settled in SE Europe in the late 7th century ad and adopted the language and culture of their Slavonic subjects
- bulger — a thing which bulges
- bulgur — a kind of dried cracked wheat
- bulker — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- buller — to make a bubbling sound
- bulwer — Sir Henry (William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer; Baron Dalling and Bulwer) 1801–72, British diplomat and author.
- bumbry — Grace. born 1937, US soprano and mezzo-soprano
- bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
- bumper — Bumpers are bars at the front and back of a vehicle which protect it if it bumps into something.
- bunger — a firework
- bunker — A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.
- bunter — a batter who deliberately bunts the ball
- burble — If something burbles, it makes a low continuous bubbling sound.
- burbly — burbling
- burbot — a freshwater gadoid food fish, Lota lota, that has barbels around its mouth and occurs in Europe, Asia, and North America
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- bureau — A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information.
- burele — the netlike pattern of colored lines or dots forming the background design of certain postage stamps.
- burgas — a port in SE Bulgaria on an inlet of the Black Sea. Pop: 177 000 (2005 est)
- burgee — a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club
- burger — A burger is a flat round mass of minced meat or vegetables, which is fried and often eaten in a bread roll.
- burgle — If a building is burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- burgoo — porridge
- burgos — a city in N Spain, in Old Castile: cathedral. Pop: 169 317 (2003 est)
- burial — A burial is the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a grave in the ground.
- buriat — Buryat.