Buprestidan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
Bur (n.) Alt. of Burr
Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.
Burr (n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
Burr (n.) A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
Burr (n.) The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
Burr (n.) The sweetbread.
Burr (n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
Burr (n.) A small circular saw.
Burr (n.) A triangular chisel.
Burr (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
Burr (n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.
Burbolt (n.) A birdbolt.
Burbot (n.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin.
Burdelais (n.) A sort of grape.
Burden (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.
Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
Burden (n.) A birth.
Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burden
Burdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burden
Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
Burden (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Burden (n.) 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.
Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Burden (n.) A club.
Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.
Burdenous (a.) Burdensome.
Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
Burdock (n.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.
Burdon (n.) A pilgrim's staff.
Bureaus (pl. ) of Bureau
Bureaux (pl. ) of Bureau
Bureau (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
Bureau (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
Bureau (n.) 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.
Bureau (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
Bureaucracy (n.) Government officials, collectively.
Bureaucrat (n.) An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.
Bureaucratic (a.) Alt. of Bureaucratical
Bureaucratical (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.
Bureaucratist (n.) An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
Burel (n. & a.) Same as Borrel.
Burette (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.
Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.
Burg (n.) A fortified town.
Burg (n.) A borough.
Burgage (n.) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft.
Burgall (n.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.
Burgamot (n.) See Bergamot.
Burganet (n.) See Burgonet.
Burgee (n.) A kind of small coat.
Burgee (n.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.
Burgeois (n.) See 1st Bourgeois.
Burgeois (n.) A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois.
Burgeon (v. i.) To bud. See Bourgeon.
Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.
Burgess (n.) One who represents a borough in Parliament.
Burgess (n.) A magistrate of a borough.
Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Burgess-ship (n.) The state of privilege of a burgess.
Burggrave (n.) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.
Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.
Burghal (a.) Belonging to a burgh.
Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.
Burgher (n.) A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.
Burgher (n.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers.
Burghermaster (n.) See Burgomaster.
Burghership (n.) The state or privileges of a burgher.
Burghmaster (n.) A burgomaster.
Burghmaster (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.
Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
Burglar (n.) One guilty of the crime of burglary.
Burglarer (n.) A burglar.
Burglarious (a.) Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.
Burglariously (adv.) With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.
Burglaries (pl. ) of Burglary
Burglary (n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.
Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
Burgomaster (n.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.
Burgonet (n.) A kind of helmet.
Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.
Burgrass (n.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.
Burgrave (n.) See Burggrave.
Burgundy (n.) An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
Burgundy (n.) A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.
Burh (n.) See Burg.
Burhel (n.) Alt. of Burrhel
Burrhel (n.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
Burial (n.) A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
Burial (n.) 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 (n.) One who, or that which, buries.
Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.
Burin (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.