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8-letter words containing b, u

  • buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
  • buckshee — without charge; free
  • buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
  • buckskin — Buckskin is soft, strong leather made from the skin of a deer or a goat.
  • buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
  • bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
  • bucolics — a pastoral poem.
  • bucovina — Bukovina
  • bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
  • bud vase — a relatively tall, slender vase, usually footed, for holding a single, stemmed flower, usually a rosebud
  • budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
  • buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
  • buddhist — A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
  • buddleia — any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia, esp B. davidii, which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae
  • buddy up — comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
  • budgeree — excellent; fine
  • budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
  • budgeted — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
  • budgeter — a person who budgets
  • buff top — a very low, almost flat, cabochon cut.
  • buffable — able to be buffed
  • buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
  • buffered — an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
  • buffeted — a blow, as with the hand or fist.
  • bug-eyed — A bug-eyed person or animal has eyes that stick out.
  • buggered — If someone says that they will be buggered if they will do something, they mean that they do not want to do it and they will definitely not do it.
  • bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
  • buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
  • bugzilla — (programming)   The web-based bug tracking system used by the Mozilla project.
  • build in — to incorporate or construct as an integral part
  • build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
  • build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
  • build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
  • building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
  • built-in — Built-in devices or features are included in something as a part of it, rather than being separate.
  • built-up — A built-up area is an area such as a town or city which has a lot of buildings in it.
  • bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
  • bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
  • bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
  • bulb fly — a hoverfly, the larvae of which live in bulbs and can become serious pests, esp the yellow and black narcissus bulb fly (Meridon equestris)
  • bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
  • bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
  • bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
  • bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
  • bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
  • bulk-buy — to buy (goods) in large quantities
  • bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
  • bull ant — any large Australian ant of the genus Myrmecia, having a powerful stinging bite: subfamily Ponerinae
  • bull bar — On some motor vehicles, bull bars are metal bars fixed to the front that are designed to protect it if it crashes.
  • bull bay — evergreen magnolia.
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