Words containing burn
4 letter words containing burn
- burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
5 letter words containing burn
6 letter words containing burn
- auburn — Auburn hair is reddish brown.
- burned — having been cheated in a sale of drugs
- burner — A burner is a device which produces heat or a flame, especially as part of a cooker, stove, or heater.
- burnet — a plant of the rosaceous genus Sanguisorba (or Poterium), such as S. minor (or P. sanguisorba) (salad burnet), which has purple-tinged green flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
- burney — Charles. 1726–1814, English composer and music historian, whose books include A General History of Music (1776–89)
7 letter words containing burn
- burn-in — 1. (hardware) screen saver. 2. (hardware, testing) burn-in period.
- burnaby — city in SW British Columbia, Canada; suburb of Vancouver: pop. 179,000
- burnett — Frances Hodgson (ˈhɒdʒsən). 1849–1924, US novelist, born in England; author of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886) and The Secret Garden (1911)
- burnham — Daniel Hudson, 1846–1912, U.S. architect and city planner.
- burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
8 letter words containing burn
- alburnum — sapwood
- 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
- braeburn — a variety of eating apple from New Zealand having sweet flesh and green and red skin
- burnable — able to be burned
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
9 letter words containing burn
- alburnous — relating to alburnum
- blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
- burnt-out — Burnt-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used.
10 letter words containing burn
- backburned — Simple past tense and past participle of backburn.
- backburner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- barnburner — something, esp. a closely contested sports event, that is very exciting, intense, dramatic, etc.
- baseburner — a stove into which coal is automatically fed from a hopper above the fire chamber
- bra-burner — a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
11 letter words containing burn
- afterburner — a device in the exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine for removing or rendering harmless potentially dangerous components in the exhaust gases
- back-burner — a condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election.
- bannockburn — a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop: 7396 (2001)
- barn-burner — Informal. something that is highly exciting, impressive, etc.: The All Stars game was a real barnburner.
- burkburnett — a town in N Texas.
12 letter words containing burn
- afterburners — Plural form of afterburner.
- afterburning — a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
14 letter words containing burn
- slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
15 letter words containing burn
- charcoal-burner — a device that burns charcoal, as a stove or brazier.
- compton-burnett — Dame Ivy. 1884–1969, English novelist. Her novels include Men and Wives (1931) and Mother and Son (1955)
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