9-letter words containing bur
- galesburg — a city in NW Illinois.
- glyburide — a hypoglycemic substance, C 23 H 28 ClN 3 O 5 S, used orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- hamburger — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- heartburn — an uneasy burning sensation in the stomach, typically extending toward the esophagus, and sometimes associated with the eructation of an acid fluid.
- heuneburg — an excavated prehistoric site in S Germany, near Ulm, consisting chiefly of a great early Iron Age fortification dating mostly to the second half of the first millennium b.c. and indicating that the inhabitants carried on an extensive trade with cities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- inburning — burning within
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- lean-burn — (esp of an internal-combustion engine) designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- magdeburg — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- merseburg — a city in E Germany, on the Saale River, in Saxony-Anhalt: residence of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg (1656–1738); chemical industry. Pop: 35 358 (2003 est)
- neuenburg — Neuchâtel
- oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
- outbursts — Plural form of outburst.
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pressburg — German name of Bratislava.
- reimburse — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- starburst — a pattern of lines or rays radiating from a central point.
- subbureau — a bureau subordinate to the main bureau
- subursine — resembling a bear to some degree
- sunburned — burned by sun's heat
- swinburne — Algernon Charles, 1837–1909, English poet and critic.
- tewksbury — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- thon buri — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- upburning — burning upwards
- van buren — Martin, 1782–1862, 8th president of the U.S. 1837–41.
- vicksburg — a city in W Mississippi, on the Mississippi River: important Civil War siege and Confederate surrender 1863.
- waterbury — a city in W Connecticut.
- wilburite — a member of a conservative body of Quakers formed in 1845 in protest against the evangelicalism of the Gurneyites.
- windburnt — Alternative form of windburned.
- wolfsburg — a city in Lower Saxony, in N central Germany, near Brunswick.