7-letter words containing bur
- cliburn — Van [van] /væn/ (Show IPA), (Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr) 1934–2013, U.S. pianist.
- clotbur — the burdock
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- duxbury — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- fosbury — Richard D ("Dick") born 1947, U.S. athlete: developed “Fosbury flop” high jump style.
- garbure — a thick soup usually made with bacon, cabbage, and other vegetables, originally from Bearn in SW France
- goburra — The kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
- hamburg — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- hepburn — Audrey, 1929–93, U.S. actress, born in Belgium.
- homburg — a man's felt hat with a soft crown dented lengthwise and a slightly rolled brim.
- imburse — (obsolete) To supply or stock with money.
- inburst — an irruption
- lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
- limburg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lisburn — a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
- marburg — a city in central Germany.
- mowburn — the natural process of heating and fermenting that takes place when hay or corn is piled up when it is damp or green
- netburp — (networking, chat) (Or "netsplit") When netlag gets really bad, and delays between IRC servers exceed a certain threshhold, the network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance of this is called a "netburp" (or, sometimes, netsplit).
- newburg — (of seafood) cooked with a cream sauce containing sherry: lobster Newburg.
- newbury — a market town in West Berkshire unitary authority, S England: scene of a Parliamentarian victory (1643) and a Royalist victory (1644) during the Civil War; telecommunications, racecourse. Pop: 32 675 (2001)
- outburn — (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
- outburp — (informal, transitive, rare) To burp louder or better than.
- raeburn — Sir Henry, 1756–1823, Scottish painter.
- rayburn — Sam, 1882–1961, U.S. lawyer and political leader: Speaker of the House 1940–47, 1949–53, 1955–61.
- rexburg — a town in E Idaho.
- saburra — a granular deposit
- sandbur — any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
- seabury — Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- sudbury — a city in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- sunburn — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbury — a city in E central Pennsylvania.
- tambura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
- tilburg — a city in the S Netherlands.
- tilbury — a light two-wheeled carriage without a top.
- tipburn — a disease of lettuce, potatoes, and other plants, characterized by browning of the tips and edges of the leaves, resulting from any of several environmental factors, as excessive heat and humidity.
- to burn — in excess
- unburnt — a simple past tense and past participle of burn1 .
- upburst — a burst upward.
- warburg — Otto Heinrich [awt-oh hahyn-rikh] /ˈɔt oʊ ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1883–1970, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1931.