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8-letter words containing bur

  • airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
  • alburnum — sapwood
  • amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
  • aramburu — Pedro Eugenio [pe-th raw e-oo-he-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ˌɛ uˈhɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–70, president of Argentina 1955–58.
  • augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
  • backburn — to clear (an area of scrub, bush, etc) by creating a new fire that burns in the opposite direction to the line of advancing fire
  • boksburg — city in central Gauteng province, South Africa: pop. 120,000
  • boomburb — a large suburb experiencing rapid population growth
  • bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
  • braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
  • bur reed — a marsh plant of the genus Sparganium, having narrow leaves, round clusters of small green flowers, and round prickly fruit: family Sparganiaceae
  • buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
  • burberry — a light good-quality raincoat, esp of gabardine
  • burbidge — (Eleanor) Margaret (Peachey) [pee-chee] /ˈpi tʃi/ (Show IPA), born 1919, U.S. astronomer, born in England.
  • burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
  • burdened — If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work.
  • burdener — a person who burdens
  • burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
  • burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
  • burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
  • burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
  • burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
  • burgrave — the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries
  • burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
  • burinist — a person who works with a burin
  • burlecue — burlesque (def 3).
  • burleigh — Burghley
  • burleson — a city in N Texas.
  • burletta — a type of comic opera
  • burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
  • burn bag — a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.
  • burn off — If someone burns off energy, they use it.
  • burn out — If a fire burns itself out, it stops burning because there is nothing left to burn.
  • burnable — able to be burned
  • burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
  • burnside — land along the side of a burn
  • burp gun — an automatic pistol or submachine gun
  • burpless — a belch; eructation.
  • burr cut — crew cut.
  • burramys — the very rare mountain pigmy possum, Burramys parvus, of Australia. It is about the size of a rat and restricted in habitat to very high altitudes, mainly Mt Hotham, Victoria. Until 1966 it was known only as a fossil
  • burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
  • burrowed — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
  • bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
  • bursitis — inflammation of a bursa, esp one in the shoulder joint
  • bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
  • burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
  • carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
  • cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
  • deburred — to remove burrs from (a piece of machined work); burr.
  • dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)

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