6-letter words containing b, u
- bulbul — any songbird of the family Pycnonotidae of tropical Africa and Asia, having brown plumage and, in many species, a distinct crest
- 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
- bulged — a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
- bulger — a thing which bulges
- bulgur — a kind of dried cracked wheat
- bulker — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- bullae — a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
- bulled — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- buller — to make a bubbling sound
- bullet — A bullet is a small piece of metal with a pointed or rounded end, which is fired out of a gun.
- bulwer — Sir Henry (William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer; Baron Dalling and Bulwer) 1801–72, British diplomat and author.
- bumbag — a small bag worn on a belt, round the waist
- bumble — to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way
- bumbry — Grace. born 1937, US soprano and mezzo-soprano
- bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- bummel — a stroll
- 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.
- bunche — Ralph Johnson. 1904–71, US diplomat and United Nations official: awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1950 for his work as UN mediator in Palestine (1948–49); UN undersecretary (1954–71)
- bunchy — composed of or resembling bunches
- bundle — A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
- bunged — a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- bungee — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing
- bunger — a firework
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- bunion — A bunion is a large painful lump on the first joint of a person's big toe.
- bunker — A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.
- bunkie — bunkmate.
- bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- bunnia — a Hindu shopkeeper
- bunsen — Robert Wilhelm (ˈroːbɛrt ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1811–99, German chemist who with Kirchhoff developed spectrum analysis and discovered the elements caesium and rubidium. He invented the Bunsen burner and the ice calorimeter
- buntal — straw obtained from leaves of the talipot palm
- bunter — a batter who deliberately bunts the ball
- bunton — one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
- bunuel — Luis (lwis). 1900–83, Spanish film director. He collaborated with Salvador Dali on the first surrealist films, Un Chien andalou (1929) and L'Age d'or (1930). His later films include Viridiana (1961), Belle de jour (1966), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
- bunyan — John. 1628–88, English preacher and writer, noted particularly for his allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
- bunyip — a legendary monster said to inhabit swamps and lagoons of the Australian interior
- buoyed — Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- buppie — an affluent young Black person
- buqsha — a former Yemeni coin worth one-fortieth of a rial
- 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.