9-letter words containing bu
- a bum rap — If you say that someone has gotten a bum rap, you mean that they have been treated unfairly or punished unfairly.
- a bursary — the higher of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- abu dhabi — a sheikhdom (emirate) of SE Arabia, on the S coast of the Persian Gulf: the chief sheikhdom and capital of the United Arab Emirates, consisting principally of the port of Abu Dhabi and a desert hinterland; contains major oilfields. Pop: 476 000 (2005 est). Area: 67 350 sq km (25 998 sq miles)
- abuilding — in the process of being built or building
- abundance — An abundance of something is a large quantity of it.
- abundancy — A state of plentifulness. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abundaunt — Obsolete form of abundant.
- abusement — Abuse; one or many acts of abuse.
- abusively — using, containing, or characterized by harshly or coarsely insulting language: an abusive author; abusive remarks.
- abutments — Plural form of abutment.
- ad verbum — word for word; verbatim
- airbursts — Plural form of airburst.
- albucasis — Abu al-Qāsim
- albuginea — (anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
- alburnous — relating to alburnum
- albuterol — a bronchodilator used by sufferers of asthma, emphysema, and other lung conditions, to treat symptoms such as wheezing or shortness of breath
- aldeburgh — a small resort in SE England, in Suffolk: site of an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten. Pop: 2654 (2001)
- ambulacra — Plural form of ambulacrum.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- ambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of ambulate.
- ambulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate.
- ambulator — a person who walks
- ambulette — a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people
- ambuscade — an ambush
- ambuscado — an ambush
- ambushing — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antibully — Intended to counter bullying.
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- arbuthnot — John. 1667–1735, Scottish physician and satirist: author of The History of John Bull (1712) and, with others, of the Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus (1741)
- arbutuses — Plural form of arbutus.
- arquebuse — A sort of trigger-based handgun or firearm, by which a burning match was applied, from which the musket was derived.
- ashburton — 1st Baron, Baring, Alexander.
- ashtabula — a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- b bursary — the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- babushkas — Plural form of babushka.
- baby bump — the rounded abdominal area of a pregnant woman: She's delighted to be pregnant, and loves showing off her baby bump.
- bandobust — (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beelzebub — a god of the Philistines (2 Kings 1:2)
- beer bust — an occasion on which a lot of beer is drunk
- bell buoy — a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy
- bendy bus — an articulated bus
- big bucks — If someone earns or spends big bucks, they earn or spend a lot of money.
- bilobular — having two lobules
- black bun — a very rich dark fruitcake, usually in a pastry case
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