7-letter words containing r, u
- bluster — If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- boerbul — a crossbred mastiff used esp as a watchdog
- bohrium — a transuranic element artificially produced in minute quantities by bombarding 204Bi atoms with 54Cr nuclei. Symbol: Bh; atomic no: 107
- bonheur — Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals
- bonjour — hello
- bordure — the outer edge of a shield, esp when decorated distinctively
- borglum — (John) Gutzon (ˈɡʌtsən). 1867–1941, US sculptor, noted for his monumental busts of US presidents carved in the mountainside of Mount Rushmore
- borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
- borough — A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
- boucher — François (frɑ̃swa). 1703–70, French rococo artist, noted for his delicate ornamental paintings of pastoral scenes and mythological subjects
- boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- boulter — a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- bouncer — A bouncer is a man who stands at the door of a club, prevents unwanted people from coming in, and makes people leave if they cause trouble.
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- bourbon — Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
- bourder — a person who jests or jokes
- bourdon — a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
- bourges — a city in central France. Pop: 72 480 (1999)
- bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- bourree — traditional French dance in fast duple time
- boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
- bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
- brangus — one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
- braudel — ˈFernand Paul (fɛʀˈnɑ̃ pɔl) ; fernänˈ p^ōl) 1902-85; Fr. historian
- bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
- bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
- breakup — The breakup of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully.
- breslau — Wrocław
- brew up — If someone brews up or if they brew up some tea, they make tea by pouring hot water over tea leaves.
- brewpub — a pub that incorporates a brewery on its premises
- brimful — Someone who is brimful of an emotion or quality feels or seems full of it. An object or place that is brimful of something is full of it.
- briquet — briquette.
- brisure — a mark of cadency in heraldry
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- brotula — any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- brought — Brought is the past tense and past participle of bring.
- brouter — A device which bridges some packets (i.e. forwards based on data link layer information) and routes other packets (i.e. forwards based on network layer information). The bridge/route decision is based on configuration information.
- brouwer — Adriaen [ah-dree-ahn] /ˈɑ driˌɑn/ (Show IPA), 1606?–38, Flemish painter.
- brubeck — Dave. 1920–2012, US modern jazz pianist and composer; formed his own quartet in 1951
- bruchid — any of a genus of small, often parasitic, beetles
- brucine — bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4
- brucite — the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, translucent and white or pale green in colour
- bruckle — brittle, fragile
- bruegel — Jan (jɑn ) ; yän) 1568-1625; Fl. painter: son of Pieter
- bruised — injured in a way that causes discoloration to the skin
- bruiser — A bruiser is someone who is tough, strong, and aggressive, and enjoys a fight or argument.
- bruited — to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed by about): The report was bruited through the village.
- bruiter — a person who spreads a rumour