5-letter words starting with bu
- 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.
- burra — Edward (John). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects
- burro — a donkey, esp one used as a pack animal
- burry — full of or covered in burs
- bursa — a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between movable parts of the body, esp at joints
- burse — a flat case used at Mass as a container for the corporal
- burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- bus's — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- busan — a port in SE South Korea, on the Korea Strait: the second largest city and chief port of the country; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 3 527 000 (2005 est)
- busby — a tall fur helmet with a bag hanging from the top to the right side, worn by certain soldiers, usually hussars, as in the British Army
- busch — Adolf Georg Wilhelm [German gey-awrk] /German geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1952, Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer, born in Germany.
- bused — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- buses — a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- bushy — Bushy hair or fur is very thick.
- busra — Basra.
- bussu — a South American palm tree, Manicaria saccifera
- busti — a small settlement; village.
- busty — If you describe a woman as busty, you mean that she has large breasts.
- butch — If you describe a woman as butch, you mean that she behaves or dresses in a masculine way. This use could cause offence.
- buteo — a type of American hawk
- butle — to act as butler
- butsu — a representation of the Buddha.
- butte — an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
- butts — a large cask for wine, beer, or ale.
- butty — A butty is a sandwich.
- butut — a Gambian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a dalasi
- butyl — of, consisting of, or containing any of four isomeric forms of the group C4H9–
- buxom — If you describe a woman as buxom, you mean that she looks healthy and attractive and has a rounded body and big breasts.
- buyer — A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it.
- buyup — an act or instance of buying up: a spectacular buyup of the city's most valuable real estate.
- buzau — city in Walachia, SE Romania: pop. 149,000
- buzzy — If a place, event, or atmosphere is buzzy, it is lively, interesting, and modern.