15-letter words containing bu
- field ambulance — a mobile medical unit that accepts casualties from forward units, treating the lightly wounded and stabilizing the condition of the seriously wounded before evacuating them to a hospital
- floral tributes — bunches or arrangements of flowers left as a memorial at the site of a fatal incident
- flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
- francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
- galactic nebula — a nebula in the Milky Way.
- gamma ray burst — a short-lived, extremely luminous burst of gamma radiation from an unknown astronomical source, occurring at random positions in the sky several times a day. Abbreviation: GRB.
- gamma-ray burst — a short-lived, extremely luminous burst of gamma radiation from an unknown astronomical source, occurring at random positions in the sky several times a day. Abbreviation: GRB.
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- go for a burton — to be broken, useless, or lost
- guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
- hindenburg line — a line of elaborate fortifications established by the German army in World War I, near the French-Belgian border, from Lille SE to Metz.
- hit the buffers — to finish or be stopped, esp unexpectedly
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- immunoglobulins — Plural form of immunoglobulin.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- in all but name — If you say that a situation exists in all but name, you mean that it is not officially recognized even though it exists.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- infundibuliform — having the shape of a funnel; funnel-shaped.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- kick the bucket — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
- leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- maldistribution — bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group.
- marburg disease — a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
- marriage bureau — an agency that provides introductions to single people seeking a marriage partner
- medicine bundle — a wrapped package of items used by some North American Indians for religious or ceremonial purposes.
- microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
- non combustible — not flammable.
- non-combustible — not flammable.
- non-contributor — a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
- nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
- nonbureaucratic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.
- noncontributory — pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- office building — building containing offices
- omnibus edition — a television or radio programme consisting of two or more programmes broadcast earlier in the week