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7-letter words containing b, u, r

  • bleuler — Eugen [oi-geyn] /ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), 1857–1939, Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist.
  • blu-ray — Blu-Ray is a type of video disk that is used for storing large amounts of high quality digital information.
  • blubber — Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals.
  • blucher — a high shoe with laces over the tongue
  • bludger — a person who scrounges
  • bluffer — good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
  • blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
  • blunger — a large vat in which the contents, esp clay and water, are mixed by rotating arms
  • blunker — a person who prints cloths
  • blunter — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
  • blurgle — /bler'gl/ [Great Britain] Spoken metasyntactic variable, to indicate some text that is obvious from context, or which is already known. If several words are to be replaced, blurgle may well be doubled or trebled. "To look for something in several files use "grep string blurgle blurgle"." In each case, "blurgle blurgle" would be understood to be replaced by the file you wished to search. Compare mumble.
  • blurred — to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance: The windows were blurred with soot.
  • blurted — to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed by out): He blurted out the hiding place of the spy.
  • blurter — a person who blurts
  • blusher — Blusher is a coloured substance that women put on their cheeks.
  • bluster — If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
  • boerbul — a crossbred mastiff used esp as a watchdog
  • bohrium — a transuranic element artificially produced in minute quantities by bombarding 204Bi atoms with 54Cr nuclei. Symbol: Bh; atomic no: 107
  • bonheur — Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals
  • bonjour — hello
  • bordure — the outer edge of a shield, esp when decorated distinctively
  • borglum — (John) Gutzon (ˈɡʌtsən). 1867–1941, US sculptor, noted for his monumental busts of US presidents carved in the mountainside of Mount Rushmore
  • borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
  • borough — A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
  • boucher — François (frɑ̃swa). 1703–70, French rococo artist, noted for his delicate ornamental paintings of pastoral scenes and mythological subjects
  • boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
  • boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
  • boulter — a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
  • bouncer — A bouncer is a man who stands at the door of a club, prevents unwanted people from coming in, and makes people leave if they cause trouble.
  • bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
  • bourbon — Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
  • bourder — a person who jests or jokes
  • bourdon — a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
  • bourges — a city in central France. Pop: 72 480 (1999)
  • bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
  • bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
  • bourree — traditional French dance in fast duple time
  • boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
  • bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
  • brangus — one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
  • braudel — ˈFernand Paul (fɛʀˈnɑ̃ pɔl) ; fernänˈ p^ōl) 1902-85; Fr. historian
  • bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
  • bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
  • breakup — The breakup of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully.
  • breslau — Wrocław
  • brew up — If someone brews up or if they brew up some tea, they make tea by pouring hot water over tea leaves.
  • brewpub — a pub that incorporates a brewery on its premises
  • brimful — Someone who is brimful of an emotion or quality feels or seems full of it. An object or place that is brimful of something is full of it.
  • briquet — briquette.
  • brisure — a mark of cadency in heraldry
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