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Bunts
- noun - (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- similar to Tilletia caries
- to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
Buoys
- noun - bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- float on the surface of water
- keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
- mark with a buoy
Burgs
- noun - colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
Burls
- noun - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
- remove the burls from cloth
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
Burns
- noun - a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
- burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
- celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)
- create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- damage inflicted by fire
- destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- feel
Burps
- noun - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
- expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"
Burrs
- noun -
- accent / lilt
- rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
- rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
- United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)
Buses
- verb - remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
- ride in a bus
- send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to school"
Busks
- verb - play music in a public place and solicit money for it; "three young men were busking in the plaza"
Busts
- noun -
- a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
- a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
- break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
- separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
- the chest of a woman