11-letter words containing bu
- butterbread — bread spread with butter.
- buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
- butterfield — William. 1814–1900, British architect of the Gothic Revival; his buildings include Keble College, Oxford (1870) and All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849–59)
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- butterflyer — a swimmer who performs the butterfly stroke
- butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
- butterworth — George. 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- button lift — a kind of ski lift for one person consisting of a moving cable to which is attached a pole with a circular plate at the bottom, which a skier places between his or her legs to be carried up the hill
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- button tree — any of a genus (Conocarpus) of dicotyledonous West Indian trees with buttonlike fruit
- button-down — A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.
- button-hole — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- buttoned up — If you say that someone is buttoned up, you mean that they do not usually talk about their thoughts and feelings.
- buttoned-up — carefully planned, operated, supervised, etc.: one of the most buttoned-up companies in the business.
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
- butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- buy-to-fret — denoting the practice of buying a property to let to tenants during a period when property values are falling
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- cabbage bug — harlequin bug
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- carbuncular — of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburetter — Alternative spelling of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- circumburst — (physics, astronomy) Surrounding a burst.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- combustibly — In a combustible manner.
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- combustious — turbulent
- confabulate — to talk together; converse; chat