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Bura
- noun - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
Burg
- noun - colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
Burk
- noun - United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
Burl
- 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
Burn
- 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"
- 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 hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
Burp
- 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"
Burr
- 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)
Burs
- noun -
- seed vessel having hooks or prickles
- small bit used in dentistry or surgery
Burt
- noun - English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)