| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| burbot | noun | A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. |
| burden | noun | That which is borne or carried; a load., That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive., The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden., The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin., The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace., A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds., A birth., To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load., To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes., To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)., The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer., The drone of a bagpipe., A club. |
| burdon | noun | A pilgrim’s staff. |
| bureau | noun | Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers., The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted., Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief., A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. |
| burgee | noun | A kind of small coat., A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels. |
| burgoo | noun | A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen. |
| burhel | noun | Alt. of Burrhel |
| burial | noun | A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture., The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. |
| burier | noun | One who, or that which, buries. |
| burion | noun | The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); — called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. |
| burked | imp. & past participle | of Burke |
| burled | imp. & past participle | of Burl |
| burlap | noun | A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc. |
| burler | noun | One who burls or dresses cloth. |
| burman | noun | A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese., Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah. |
| burned | imp. & past participle | of Burn, See Burnt., Burnished. |
| burner | noun | One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything., The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. |
| burnet | noun | A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. |
| burnie | noun | A small brook. |
| burred | imp. & past participle | of Burr |
| burrel | noun | A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp., Same as Borrel. |
| burrow | noun | An incorporated town. See 1st Borough., A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation., A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse., A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5., To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits., To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. |
| bursae | plural | of Bursa |
| bursal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a bursa or to bursae. |
| bursar | noun | A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery., A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support. |
| bursch | noun | A youth; especially, a student in a german university. |
| burton | noun | A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part. |
| buried | imp. & past participle | of Bury |