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- BUMPA light blow or jolting collision.
- BUMPERSomeone or something that bumps.
- BUMPILYIn a bumpy manner.
- BUMPKINA clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
- BUMPKINISHResembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
- BUMPKINLYBefitting a bumpkin.
- BUMPOLOGYphrenology
- BUMPTIOUSObtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
- BUMPTIOUSLYIn a bumptious manner.
- BUMPYRough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
- BUMSTERA pair of very low-cut trousers which reveal part of the buttocks.
- BUMSUCKERA sycophant or toady.
- BUNCEA bonus; additional pay; money.
- BUNCHA group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
- BUNCHILYIn a bunchy manner.
- BUNCHYHaving, or growing in bunches.
- BUNCOA swindle or confidence trick.
- BUNDA league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
- BUNDLEA group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
- BUNDLERA machine that bundles.
- BUNDTA baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
- BUNDUA wilderness region, away from cities.
- BUNDYA tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx
- BUNGA stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
- BUNGALOIDA house resembling a bungalow.
- BUNGALOWA single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
- BUNGEEAn elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage.
- BUNGERA cigarette.
- BUNGLETo incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
- BUNGLEDIncompetently performed; ruined through incompetent action; botched up.
- BUNGLERSomeone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
- BUNGLESOMECharacterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent.
- BUNIONA bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
- BUNKOne of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- BUNKERA hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
- BUNKHOUSEA building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.
- BUNKMATEOne who sleeps in the same area as another person.
- BUNKUMSenseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.
- BUNNYA rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
- BUNODONTWhose cusps are rounded, not sharp peaks.
- BUNRAKUA traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
- BUNRAKUSA traditional form of Japanese puppet theatre.
- BUNTThe middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- BUNTALA fibre obtained from palms of the genus Corypha.
- BUNTEROne who bunts.
- BUNYAThe bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
- BUNYIPA mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
- BUOYA float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes A lifebuoy; a life preserver.
- BUOYAGEA series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
- BUOYANCEThe state or quality of being buoyant
- BUOYANCYThe upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- BUOYANTHaving buoyancy; able to float.
- BUPIVACAINEA local anesthetic C18H28N2O that is like lidocaine in its action but is longer acting.
- BUPKISAbsolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance.
- BUPRESTIDAny of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
- BUQSHAA former currency unit of Yemen, worth one 40th of a rial.
- BURBLEA bubbling, gurgling sound, as of a creek.
- BURBLYburbling, bubbling
- BURDmaiden, young woman
- BURDENA heavy load.
- BURDENOUSHeavy; oppressive.
- BURDENSOMECharacteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
- BURDOCKAny of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
- BUREAUAn administrative unit of government; office.
- BUREKA type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.
- BURETTEA glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock at the bottom, used in laboratory procedures for accurate fluid dispensing and titration.
- BURGA city or town. Martinsburg, West Virginia.
- BURGEONA bud, sprout, or shoot.
- BURGHa small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
- BURGHALRelating to a burgh or borough.
- BURGHERA citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class. A member of the medieval mercantile class. A citizen of a medieval city.
- BURGLARYThe crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another a
- BURGLETo commit burglary.
- BURGONETA light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.
- BURGOOA dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
- BURGUNDYAlternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
- BURIALThe act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
- BURIEDPlaced in a grave at a burial.
- BURINA chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
- BURINISTOne who engraves with a burin.
- BURKAAlternative form of burqa.
- BURKETo murder by suffocation.
- BURLA tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
- BURLAPA very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
- BURLESQUEParodical; parodic
- BURLETTAA comic operetta; a musical farce.
- BURLEYA tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.
- BURLINESSThe characteristic of being burly.
- BURLYLarge, well-built, and muscular.
- BURNA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- BURNEDDamaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
- BURNERSomeone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized heat for cooking.
- BURNETAny of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
- BURNIEA small brook.
- BURNISHTo make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.
- BURNISHERA tool used to burnish, for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
- BURNOOSEA thick hooded cloak worn by Berbers and Arabs in Northwest Africa.
- BURNOOSEDDressed in a burnoose.
- BURNOUTThe experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.
- BURNSIDEA moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.