8-letter words containing b, u, s
- bushnell — David, 1742?–1824, U.S. inventor: pioneered in submarine construction.
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- buskined — relating to tragic drama
- bust ass — 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.
- bust out — escape from somewhere
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- busy bee — a person who is industrious or has many things to do
- busybody — If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs.
- busyness — the quality or condition of being busy.
- busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- buttocks — the two large fleshy masses of thick muscular tissue that form the human rump
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- butyrous — resembling butter; butyraceous
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- buzz saw — a power-operated circular saw
- buzz-saw — a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
- by turns — You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.
- cabassou — (obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
- cambiums — Plural form of cambium.
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- causable — that can be caused
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- clubbers — Plural form of clubber.
- clubbish — clubby
- clubbism — the system of club membership
- clubbist — a member of a club
- clubmoss — Alternative spelling of club moss.
- clubrush — any rush of the genus Scirpus
- cobhouse — A structure built of cob.
- columbus — a city in central Ohio: the state capital. Pop: 728 432 (2003 est)
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- coulombs — Plural form of coulomb.
- crumbles — Plural form of crumble.
- cubicles — A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example one containing a bed in a dwelling or one containing a desk in an office.
- cubistic — a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- curbless — with no curb or restraint
- curbside — at the curb or on the sidewalk adjacent to the street
- cutbacks — Plural form of cutback.