8-letter words containing n, u
- brugmann — (Friedrich) Karl [free-drik kahrl;; German free-drikh kahrl] /ˈfri drɪk kɑrl;; German ˈfri drɪx kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1849–1919, German philologist.
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- bruncher — a person who eats brunch
- brunette — A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair.
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- brunizem — a type of dark prairie soil
- brush-on — fit to be applied with a brush: a brush-on paint remover.
- bsd unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- bubbling — a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- buchanan — George. 1506–82, Scottish historian, who was tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI; author of History of Scotland (1582)
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buckhorn — horn from a buck, used for knife handles, etc
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- buckling — Buckling happens when a force presses on a slender structure and makes it collapse.
- buckskin — Buckskin is soft, strong leather made from the skin of a deer or a goat.
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
- bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
- bull ant — any large Australian ant of the genus Myrmecia, having a powerful stinging bite: subfamily Ponerinae
- bull gun — a target rifle with a heavy barrel.
- bull pen — Baseball. a place where relief pitchers warm up during a game. the relief pitchers on a team.
- bull run — small stream in NE Va.: site of two Civil War battles (1861 & 1862) in which Union forces were defeated
- bulletin — A bulletin is a short news report on the radio or television.
- bullgine — a steam locomotive
- bullhorn — A bullhorn is a device for making your voice sound louder in the open air.
- bullneck — an enlarged neck
- bullnose — a rounded exterior angle, as where two walls meet
- bullring — A bullring is a circular area of ground surrounded by rows of seats where bullfights take place.
- bullying — the intimidation of weaker people
- bultmann — Rudolf Karl. 1884–1976, German theologian, noted for his demythologizing approach to the New Testament
- bumbling — If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bun foot — a foot having the form of a slightly flattened ball.
- bunch up — If people or things bunch up or bunch together, or if you bunch them up or bunch them together, they move close to each other so that they form a small tight group.
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- bunching — a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- buncombe — bunkum
- bundling — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
- bundwall — a concrete or earth wall surrounding a storage tank containing crude oil or its refined product, designed to hold the contents of the tank in the event of a rupture or leak
- bunfight — a tea party
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.