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- BURNTsimple past and past participle of burn
- BUROOThe Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
- BURPA belch.
- BURPEEA physical exercise performed by bending over, performing a squat thrust, returning to a standing position, and jumping once.
- BURQAAn enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to
- BURRA sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- BURROWA tunnel or hole, or a system of tunnels, often as dug by a small creature for use as a home.
- BURRYAbounding in burs.
- BURSAAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
- BURSALRelating to, or resembling, a bursa
- BURSARThe treasurer of a university, college or school.
- BURSARYA monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
- BURSEA purse.
- BURSEEDThe European stickseed, Lappula squarrosa
- BURSICULATEbursiform
- BURSITISAn inflammation of a bursa, most common in the shoulder, elbow or knee
- BURSTTo break from internal pressure.
- BURTHENArchaic form of burden. The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds. Rarely used musical tempo, meaning slow and ponderous (e.g., mov
- BURTHENSOMEObsolete spelling of burdensome.
- BURTONAn arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
- BURYTo ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
- BURYINGpresent participle and gerund of bury
- BUSBOYAn assistant waiter; one who clears plates from and cleans tables.
- BUSBYA fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
- BUSGIRLA female busser; one who clears plates from and cleans tables; one who buses.
- BUSHA woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
- BUSHCRAFTThe skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
- BUSHEDVery tired; exhausted.
- BUSHELA dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S.
- BUSHELMANA tailor's assistant for repairing garments.
- BUSHELWOMANA tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
- BUSHERA major league baseball player who has recently come from a small league.
- BUSHFIREAn uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
- BUSHIDOAn ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above li
- BUSHIDOSAn ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above li
- BUSHIESomeone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
- BUSHILYIn a bushy manner.
- BUSHINGA type of plain bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
- BUSHLANDAn area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
- BUSHLIKEResembling a bush; bushly.
- BUSHMANA man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
- BUSHMEATAny edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
- BUSHTITAny of the long-tailed tits of the family Aegithalidae A North American long-tailed tit, of the genus Psaltriparus, that has mostly grey plumage
- BUSHVELDA terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of bush, interspersed with grassy groundcover.
- BUSHWALKA hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity.
- BUSHWALKERA hiker or backpacker.
- BUSHWALKINGThe activity of hiking or backpacking.
- BUSHWOMANA woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
- BUSHYLike a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.
- BUSIESTsuperlative form of busy: most busy
- BUSILYIn a busy manner; actively.
- BUSKTo solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
- BUSKERA person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.
- BUSKETA small bush.
- BUSKINA soft boot reaching to calf or knee height.
- BUSKINEDWearing buskins.
- BUSLOADThe amount that can fit on a bus.
- BUSMANA person employed to drive a bus.
- BUSSA kiss.
- BUSTTo break.
- BUSTARDAny of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
- BUSTEDHaving a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
- BUSTERSomeone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
- BUSTIERA tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
- BUSTLEAn excited activity; a stir.
- BUSTLEROne who bustles; an active, stirring person.
- BUSTYHaving large breasts.
- BUSYCrowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
- BUSYBODYSomeone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
- BUTANEA hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- BUTANOICOf or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
- BUTANOLAny of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH3(CH2)3-OH butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH3CH2CH(CH3)-OH 2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-bu
- BUTCHVery masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
- BUTCHERA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- BUTCHERINGThe act by which someone or something is butchered.
- BUTCHERLYLike a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
- BUTCHERYThe butchering of meat.
- BUTCHINGThe trade of a butcher.
- BUTCHINGSVery masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
- BUTCHNESSThe quality of being butch.
- BUTEPhenylbutazone.
- BUTENEAny of several forms of butylene.
- BUTEOAny of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
- BUTESPhenylbutazone.
- BUTLERA manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
- BUTLERAGEA duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
- BUTLERSHIPThe rank, office, or position of a butler.
- BUTLERYA butler's pantry; a serving pantry.
- BUTOHA form of Japanese contemporary dance.
- BUTSUDANA Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.
- BUTTThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The buttocks or anus .
- BUTTEAn isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
- BUTTERA soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- BUTTERFISHAny of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus. A rock
- BUTTERFLYA flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. The imago (final form) of such an insect, consisting
- BUTTERLESSWithout butter.
- BUTTERYMade with or tasting of butter.
- BUTTLETo serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
- BUTTONA knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- BUTTONHOLEA hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.