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13-letter words containing bu

  • business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
  • business plan — A business plan is a detailed plan for setting up or developing a business, especially one that is written in order to borrow money.
  • business suit — a formal suit suitable for wearing to work
  • business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
  • businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
  • bustard quail — button quail.
  • bustard-quail — any of several birds of the family Turnicidae, of warmer parts of the Old World, resembling but not related to the true quail. Also called bustard quail, hemipode.
  • buster collar — a round collar, similar to a lampshade in shape, that is fitted round the neck of an animal or bird, for example to prevent it removing or interfering with a dressing or other treatment
  • busto arsizio — a city in Lombardy, N Italy.
  • butanoic acid — kind of acid
  • butch haircut — a short haircut for men, similar to a crew cut.
  • butcher block — designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
  • butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
  • butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
  • butcher paper — heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
  • butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
  • butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
  • butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
  • butter cookie — Cookery. a plain cookie whose chief ingredients are butter, flour, and sugar.
  • butter cooler — an earthenware container, consisting of a dish and cover, used to keep butter cool
  • butter muslin — a fine loosely woven cotton material originally used for wrapping butter
  • butterfingers — a person who drops things inadvertently or fails to catch things
  • butterfly net — a lightweight, fine net on the end of a pole used for catching butterflies
  • butterfly nut — wing nut.
  • butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
  • butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
  • buttoned-down — conventional or conservative
  • buttress root — a tree root that extends above ground as a platelike outgrowth of the trunk supporting the tree. Buttress roots are mainly found in trees of tropical rain forests
  • butyl acetate — a colourless liquid with a fruity odour, existing in four isomeric forms. Three of the isomers are important solvents for cellulose lacquers. Formula: CH3COOC4H9
  • butyl alcohol — any of four isomeric alcohols, C4H9OH, obtained from petroleum products: used as solvents and in organic synthesis
  • butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
  • butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
  • butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
  • butyryl group — the univalent group C 4 H 7 O–.
  • buzzard's bay — an inlet of the Atlantic, in SE Massachusetts. 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
  • cheeseburgers — Plural form of cheeseburger.
  • chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
  • clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
  • clipper-built — (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.
  • coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • collar button — the button used to fasten the collar down on a garment
  • concept album — an album that has a unifying theme or that tells a single story
  • confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
  • confabulation — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • contributable — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
  • contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
  • contributions — Plural form of contribution.
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