8-letter words containing b, u, s
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- barbules — Plural form of barbule.
- barbusse — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1873–1935, French novelist and poet. His novels include L'Enfer (1908) and Le Feu (1916), reflecting the horror of World War I
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
- bas bleu — a bluestocking; intellectual woman
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bashfull — Archaic form of bashful.
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- basilius — Saint, Basil, Saint.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- bathtubs — Plural form of bathtub.
- bathurst — a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)
- baudrons — a cat
- be-jesus — Informal. dickens; devil; deuce: The conglomerate plans to take that tiny company and expand the bejesus out of it.
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- beauvais — a market town in N France, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Paris. Pop: 55 392 (1999)
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- beehouse — A beehive or apiary.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- bejesuit — to convert to Jesuitism
- bellpush — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- berceuse — a cradlesong or lullaby
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- beshroud — to cover with a shroud
- besmudge — to blacken
- besought — beseech
- besouled — having a soul
- bespouse — to marry
- besuited — wearing a suit
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- bhikshus — a monk.
- bibulous — addicted to alcohol
- bicuspid — having or terminating in two cusps or points
- big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- biscuity — tasting or smelling of biscuit
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- blastula — an early form of an animal embryo that develops from a morula, consisting of a sphere of cells with a central cavity
- blesbuck — blesbok.