7-letter words containing bu
- buckley — William F., Jr. 1925–2008, U.S. writer and editor.
- buckner — Simon Bolivar [bol-uh-ver] /ˈbɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1823–1914, U.S. Confederate general and politician.
- buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
- bucksaw — a woodcutting saw having its blade set in a frame and tensioned by a turnbuckle across the back of the frame
- bucolic — Bucolic means relating to the countryside.
- bucyrus — a city in N central Ohio.
- budding — If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art.
- budenny — Semën Mikhailovich [syi-myawn myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1973, Russian general in 1917 revolution and World War II.
- budless — without buds
- budlike — resembling a bud
- budokon — a self-help program based on Japanese principles that incorporates yoga, martial arts, and meditation
- budweis — České Budějovice
- budworm — a larval pest that feeds on buds and leaves
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- buffers — a foolish or incompetent person.
- buffett — Warren (Edward). born 1930, US financier, investor, and philanthropist
- buffing — polishing
- buffoon — If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- bug fix — (programming) A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug. Often a fix for one bug inadvertantly introduces new bugs, hence the need for careful forethought and testing. Compare: workaround.
- bug off — to stop annoying someone and leave
- bug out — to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat
- bugaboo — Something or someone that is your bugaboo worries or upsets you.
- bugaloo — a fast dance of Afro-American origin, performed by couples and characterized by dancing apart and moving the body in short, quick movements to the beat of the music.
- buganda — a region of Uganda: a powerful Bantu kingdom from the 17th century
- bugatti — Ettore (Arco Isidoro) (ˈɛttore). 1881–1947, Italian car manufacturer; founder of the Bugatti car factory at Molsheim (1909)
- bugayev — Boris Nikolayevich [bawr-is nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˌbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Bely, Andrei.
- bugbane — any of several ranunculaceous plants of the genus Cimicifuga, esp C. foetida of Europe, whose flowers are reputed to repel insects
- bugbear — Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.
- bugeyed — with bulging eyes, as from surprise or wonderment; astonished.
- bugfoot — Loch Ness Monster Bug
- buggery — Buggery is anal intercourse.
- bugging — surveillance using a hidden microphone
- bugloss — any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers
- bugseed — any tumbleweed of the genus Corispermum, native to North America and Eurasia and found in fields and areas of wasteland
- bugshah — (formerly) an aluminum-copper coin and monetary unit of the Yemen Arab Republic, the 40th part of a riyal.
- builder — A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings.
- buildup — praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
- buirdly — well-built; stocky
- buisson — Ferdinand Édouard [fer-dee-nahn ey-dwar] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃ eɪˈdwær/ (Show IPA), 1841–1932, French statesman and educator: Nobel Peace Prize 1927.
- bukhara — a city in S Uzbekistan. Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)
- bukkake — a sexual practice in which several men ejaculate on the face of an individual woman
- bukshee — a paymaster-general in the Anglo-Indian army
- bulblet — a small bulb or bulblike structure, especially one growing in the axils of leaves, as in the tiger lily, or replacing flowers, as in the onion.
- bulbous — Something that is bulbous is round and fat in a rather ugly way.
- bulging — a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
- bulimia — Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating.
- bulimic — If someone is bulimic, they are suffering from bulimia.
- bulimus — any of a genus of terrestrial molluscs with elongated spiral shells, commonly found in tropical America
- bulk up — If someone or something bulks up or bulks out, they become bigger or heavier.
- bulkage — any agent that aids peristalsis by increasing the bulk of material in the intestine