6-letter words containing bu
- buffon — Georges Louis Leclerc (ʒɔrʒ lwi ləklɛr), Comte de. 1707–88, French encyclopedist of natural history; principal author of Histoire naturelle (36 vols., 1749–89), containing the Époques de la nature (1777), which foreshadowed later theories of evolution
- buftie — a homosexual man
- bugaku — a classical Japanese dance of Chinese origin, originally designed as entertainment for the imperial palace: performed exclusively by men, who serve as both dancers and musicians.
- bugboy — an apprentice jockey.
- bugeye — a ketch-rigged sailing vessel used on Chesapeake Bay.
- buggan — an evil spirit
- bugged — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- bugger — Some people use bugger to describe a person who has done something annoying or stupid.
- bugler — A bugler is someone who plays the bugle.
- buglet — a small bugle
- buglix — /buhg'liks/ Pejorative term referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier *severely* buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so much venom. Compare AIDX, HP-SUX, Nominal Semidestructor, Telerat, sun-stools.
- bugong — bogong.
- bugout — act of running away
- bugsha — buqsha.
- bugsys — (programming) A programming system for pattern recognition and preparing animated films, for IBM 7094 and IBM 360.
- buhund — a medium-sized Norwegian spitz dog
- buibui — a piece of black cloth worn as a shawl by Muslim women, esp on the E African coast
- bukavu — a port in E Democratic Republic of Congo, on Lake Kivu: commercial and industrial centre. Pop: 294 000 (2005 est)
- bulbar — of or relating to a bulb, esp the medulla oblongata
- bulbed — having a bulb or bulbs
- bulbil — a small bulblike organ of vegetative reproduction growing in leaf axils or on flower stalks of plants such as the onion and tiger lily
- bulbul — any songbird of the family Pycnonotidae of tropical Africa and Asia, having brown plumage and, in many species, a distinct crest
- bulgar — a member of a group of non-Indo-European peoples that settled in SE Europe in the late 7th century ad and adopted the language and culture of their Slavonic subjects
- bulged — a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
- bulger — a thing which bulges
- bulgur — a kind of dried cracked wheat
- bulker — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- bullae — a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
- bulled — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- buller — to make a bubbling sound
- bullet — A bullet is a small piece of metal with a pointed or rounded end, which is fired out of a gun.
- bulwer — Sir Henry (William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer; Baron Dalling and Bulwer) 1801–72, British diplomat and author.
- bumbag — a small bag worn on a belt, round the waist
- bumble — to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way
- bumbry — Grace. born 1937, US soprano and mezzo-soprano
- bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
- bummel — a stroll
- bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
- bumper — Bumpers are bars at the front and back of a vehicle which protect it if it bumps into something.
- bunche — Ralph Johnson. 1904–71, US diplomat and United Nations official: awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1950 for his work as UN mediator in Palestine (1948–49); UN undersecretary (1954–71)
- bunchy — composed of or resembling bunches
- bundle — A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
- bunged — a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- bungee — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing
- bunger — a firework
- bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- bunion — A bunion is a large painful lump on the first joint of a person's big toe.
- bunker — A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.
- bunkie — bunkmate.
- bunkum — If you say that something that has been said or written is bunkum, you mean that you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.