13-letter words containing bu
- core business — the business activity that is main source of a company's profits and success, usually the activity that the company was originally set up to carry out
- corticobulbar — Of or pertaining to the cerebral cortex and the brainstem, especially with regard to the corticobulbar tract, a white matter pathway connecting the two.
- cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
- credit bureau — an agency that is a clearinghouse for information on the credit rating of individuals or firms
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- disburdenment — The removal of a burden; an unburdening.
- disbursements — Plural form of disbursement.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distributions — Plural form of distribution.
- distributives — Plural form of distributive.
- dumdum bullet — a hollow-nosed or soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound.
- dumdum-bullet — a hollow-nosed or soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact, inflicting a severe wound.
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- excalibur bug — (humour, programming) The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
- false bulrush — a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae
- fantabulously — In a fantabulous manner; fantastically, wonderfully.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- filibusterism — (dated) Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
- filibusterous — resembling a filibuster or the actions of a filibuster
- finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- funambulation — the act of walking on a tightrope; funambulism
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
- george w bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- great bustard — a large bustard, Otis tarda, of southern and central Europe and western and central Asia, having a wingspread of about 8 feet (2.4 meters).
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- have a bun on — have a bun on, Slang. to be intoxicated: Everyone at the party seemed to have a bun on.
- heavily built — with a big heavy body
- honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- hubble-bubble — a simple form of the hookah, in which the smoke passes through water, causing a bubbling sound.
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- jitterbugging — Present participle of jitterbug.
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- lightning bug — firefly.
- loft building — a building of several floors with large areas of unobstructed space, originally rented out for light industrial purposes and now frequently converted to residential occupancy.
- lower burrell — a city in SW Pennsylvania.