5-letter words containing u
- buffy — of a dull yellow or yellowish-brown colour
- buggy — A buggy is the same as a baby buggy.
- bugle — A bugle is a simple brass musical instrument that looks like a small trumpet. Bugles are often used in the army to announce when activities such as meals are about to begin.
- build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- built — Built is the past tense and past participle of build.
- buist — an identification mark on livestock made with paint or tar
- bulg. — Bulgaria(n)
- bulge — If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
- bulgy — having a bulge or bulges
- bulks — copies of newspapers sold in bulk at a discounted price to hotels, airlines, etc, who issue them free to their customers
- bulky — Something that is bulky is large and heavy. Bulky things are often difficult to move or deal with.
- bull- — of a bull or bulls
- bulla — a leaden seal affixed to a papal bull, having a representation of Saints Peter and Paul on one side and the name of the reigning pope on the other
- bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
- bulow — Prince Bernhard von (ˈbɛrnhart fɔn). 1849–1929, chancellor of Germany (1900–09)
- bulse — a purse or bag for diamonds
- bumbo — a drink with gin or rum, nutmeg, lemon juice, etc
- bumph — alt. spelling of bumf
- bumps — the act of bumping a child
- bumpy — A bumpy road or path has a lot of bumps on it.
- bunce — a windfall or boom
- bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- bunde — a short form of “German-American Volksbund,” a pro-Nazi organization in the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s.
- bundt — a ring-shaped cake
- bundu — a largely uninhabited wild region far from towns
- bundy — a time clock
- bunin — Ivan Alekseyevich (iˈvan alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1870–1953, Russian novelist and poet; author of The Gentleman from San Francisco (1922)
- bunko — bunco
- bunny — A bunny or a bunny rabbit is a child's word for a rabbit.
- bunty — infected with bunt
- bunya — a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii, having edible cones (bunya nuts) and thickish flattened needles
- buppy — a young, upwardly mobile black professional.
- buran — a blizzard, with the wind blowing from the north and reaching gale force
- buraq — the legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.
- burbs — suburb.
- buret — a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
- burga — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- burgh — (in Scotland) a town, esp one incorporated by charter, that enjoyed a degree of self-government until the local-government reorganization of 1975
- burin — a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble
- burka — burqa
- burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- burly — A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles.
- burma — Myanmar: name still in popular use
- burns — Robert. 1759–96, Scottish lyric poet. His verse, written mostly in dialect, includes love songs, nature poetry, and satires. Auld Lang Syne and Tam o' Shanter are among his best known poems
- burnt — Burnt is a past tense and past participle of burn.
- buron — a public official perceived to be a hindrance to enterprise
- buroo — the government office from which unemployment benefit is distributed
- burpy — belching, tending to belch, or feeling like belching: Carbonated beverages make me burpy.
- burqa — A burqa is a long garment that covers the head and body and is traditionally worn by women in Islamic countries.