buns | (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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bunsen | (noun) a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air | Synonyms: bunsen burner, etna |
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bunt | (noun) (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it | - |
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(noun) fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores | Synonyms: Tilletia caries |
(noun) similar to Tilletia caries | Synonyms: stinking smut, Tilletia foetida |
(noun) disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores | Synonyms: stinking smut |
buntal | (noun) fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats | - |
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bunter | (noun) a batter who bunts | - |
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bunting | (noun) any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America | - |
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(noun) a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. | - |
bunyavirus | (noun) an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon | - |
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buoy | (noun) a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; typically brightly-coloured | - |
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buoyancy | (noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial | Synonyms: airiness |
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(noun) irrepressible liveliness and good spirit | Synonyms: irrepressibility |
(noun) the tendency to float in water or other liquid | - |
(noun) cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface | Synonyms: perkiness |
bur | (noun) small bit used in dentistry or surgery | Synonyms: burr |
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(noun) seed vessel having hooks or prickles | Synonyms: burr |
burbot | (noun) elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | Synonyms: cusk, eelpout, ling, Lota lota |
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burden | (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: load, loading |
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(noun) the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse | - |
(noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus |
(noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: core, effect, essence, gist |
burdensomeness | (noun) unwelcome burdensome difficulty | Synonyms: heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness |
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burdock | (noun) any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs | Synonyms: clotbur |
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bureau | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
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(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, federal agency, government agency, office |
bureaucracy | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucratism |
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(noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials | - |
(noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape | - |
bureaucrat | (noun) an official of a bureaucracy | Synonyms: administrative official |
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bureaucratism | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucracy |
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buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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burette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: buret |
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burg | (noun) colloquial American term for a town | - |
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burger | (noun) a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients | Synonyms: beefburger, hamburger |
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burgess | (noun) a citizen of an English borough | Synonyms: burgher |
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burgh | (noun) a borough in Scotland | - |
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burgher | (noun) a member of the middle class | Synonyms: bourgeois |
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(noun) a citizen of an English borough | Synonyms: burgess |
burglar | (noun) a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | - |
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burglary | (noun) entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property | - |
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burgomaster | (noun) a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria | - |
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burgoo | (noun) porridge made of rolled oats | Synonyms: oatmeal |
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(noun) thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States | - |
(noun) a gathering at which burgoo stew is served | - |
burgrass | (noun) a grass of the genus Cenchrus | Synonyms: bur grass |
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burgrave | (noun) the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries | - |
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(noun) a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right | - |
burgundy | (noun) a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color | - |
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burial | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burying |
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(noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture |
burin | (noun) a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving | - |
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burka | (noun) a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan | Synonyms: burqa |
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burl | (noun) soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | Synonyms: knot, slub |
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(noun) a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree | - |
(noun) the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer | - |
burlap | (noun) coarse jute fabric | Synonyms: gunny |
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burlesque | (noun) a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) | - |
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(noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
burn | (noun) damage inflicted by fire | - |
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(noun) a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: burn mark |
(noun) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | Synonyms: burning |
(noun) an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation | - |
burnability | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: combustibility, combustibleness |
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burner | (noun) an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) | - |
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(noun) the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking | - |
burning | (noun) the act of burning something | Synonyms: combustion |
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(noun) execution by electricity | Synonyms: electrocution |
(noun) execution by fire | Synonyms: burning at the stake |
(noun) a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin | - |
(noun) a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | Synonyms: combustion |
(noun) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | Synonyms: burn |
burnish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: gloss, glossiness, polish |
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burnisher | (noun) a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding. | Synonyms: burnishing tool |
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burnoose | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnous, burnouse |
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burnous | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnouse |
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burnouse | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnous |
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burnside | (noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) | Synonyms: mutton chop, side-whiskers, sideburn |
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burnup | (noun) the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) | - |
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(noun) a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road | - |
burp | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burping, eructation |
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burping | (noun) a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, eructation |
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burqa | (noun) a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan | Synonyms: burka |
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burr | (noun) rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting | - |
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(noun) rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece | - |
(noun) small bit used in dentistry or surgery | Synonyms: bur |
(noun) seed vessel having hooks or prickles | Synonyms: bur |
burrawong | (noun) large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales | Synonyms: Macrozamia communis, Macrozamia spiralis |
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burrfish | (noun) any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines | - |
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burrito | (noun) a flour tortilla folded around a filling | - |
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burro | (noun) small donkey used as a pack animal | - |
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burrow | (noun) a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter | Synonyms: tunnel |
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bursa | (noun) a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints | - |
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bursar | (noun) the treasurer at a college or university | - |
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bursary | (noun) the treasury of a public institution or religious order | - |
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bursitis | (noun) inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder | - |
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burst | (noun) the act of exploding or bursting | Synonyms: explosion |
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(noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: fusillade, salvo, volley |
(noun) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Synonyms: fit |
(noun) a sudden intense happening | Synonyms: flare-up, outburst |
burster | (noun) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time | Synonyms: bursting charge, charge, explosive charge |
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burthen | (noun) a variant of `burden' | - |
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burunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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burying | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burial |
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bus | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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(noun) a car that is old and unreliable | Synonyms: heap, jalopy |
(noun) an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits | Synonyms: busbar |
(noun) the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar | Synonyms: bus topology |
busbar | (noun) an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits | Synonyms: bus |
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busboy | (noun) a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes | Synonyms: waiter's assistant |
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busby | (noun) tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | Synonyms: bearskin, shako |
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bush | (noun) hair growing in the pubic area | Synonyms: crotch hair, pubic hair |
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(noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: chaparral, scrub |
(noun) a large wilderness area | - |
(noun) a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | Synonyms: shrub |
bushbaby | (noun) agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears | Synonyms: bush baby, galago |
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bushbuck | (noun) antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns | Synonyms: guib, Tragelaphus scriptus |
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bushel | (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks | - |
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(noun) a United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches | - |
bushing | (noun) a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction | Synonyms: cylindrical lining |
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(noun) an insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass | - |
bushman | (noun) a dweller in the Australian bush country | - |
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bushtit | (noun) active grey titmice of western North America | Synonyms: bush tit |
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bushwhacker | (noun) a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | Synonyms: hillbilly |
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(noun) a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War | - |
business | (noun) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | Synonyms: job, line, line of work, occupation |
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(noun) the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | Synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
(noun) the volume of commercial activity | - |
(noun) incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | Synonyms: byplay, stage business |
(noun) an immediate objective | - |
(noun) a rightful concern or responsibility | - |
(noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | Synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern |
(noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: clientele, patronage |
(noun) business concerns collectively | Synonyms: business sector |
businessman | (noun) a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) | Synonyms: man of affairs |
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businessmen | (noun) the body of individuals who manage businesses | Synonyms: business community |
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businesspeople | (noun) people who transact business (especially business executives) | Synonyms: business people |
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businessperson | (noun) a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise | Synonyms: bourgeois |
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businesswoman | (noun) a female businessperson | - |
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busker | (noun) a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money | - |
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buskin | (noun) a boot reaching halfway up to the knee | Synonyms: combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot |
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busload | (noun) the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry | - |
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busman | (noun) someone who drives a bus | Synonyms: bus driver |
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buspirone | (noun) a drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety | Synonyms: BuSpar |
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buss | (noun) the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: kiss, osculation |
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bust | (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, tear |
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(noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person | - |
(noun) the chest of a woman | Synonyms: female chest |
(noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: fizzle, flop |
bustard | (noun) large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
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buster | (noun) a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something | - |
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(noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, broncobuster |
(noun) a robust child | - |
(noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: dude, fellow |
(noun) a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | Synonyms: baby buster |
bustier | (noun) a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress | - |
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bustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir |
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(noun) a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt | - |
busybody | (noun) a person who meddles in the affairs of others | Synonyms: nosey-parker, nosy-parker, quidnunc |
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busyness | (noun) the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity | Synonyms: hum |
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busywork | (noun) active work of little value | Synonyms: make-work |
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butacaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: butacaine sulfate |
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