English words: bust chops to butorphanol

300 English words, part 138 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words bust chops to butorphanol

bust chops verb: To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action.
bust down noun, verb: A woman of easy virtue.
bust improver noun: A late Victorian and Edwardian-era woman’s undergarment providing padding for the breasts.
bust in verb: To enter or join (something) aggressively and without an invitation.
bust into verb: Synonym of bust in.
bust it down verb: Synonym of bust down.
bust off verb: To shoot (a gun); to shoot or start a shootout.
bust on verb: To make a joke concerning; to ridicule or make fun of.
bust one's chops verb: To exert oneself.
bust one's gut verb: Synonym of bust one's balls.
bust one's hump verb: To work very hard; to put in strenuous effort.
bust one's neck verb: To work exceptionally hard.
bust out noun, verb: To escape (from); break out.
bust-out man noun: A cheat who surreptitiously exchanges normal dice with crooked ones such as "busters".
bust the dust verb: To clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.
bust up noun, verb: An angry argument.
busta noun: Pronunciation spelling of buster.
bustable adjective: That one may be busted for
Bustamante proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Bustamante backbone noun: A hard confection made with grated coconut and ginger.
bustamite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
bustangee noun: Alternative spelling of bostanji.
bustard noun /ˈbʌs.təd/: Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
bustard quail noun: Synonym of buttonquail (Turnix spp. etc.)
bustaurant noun: An eat-in restaurant situated inside a converted bus.
bustdown noun: Rare spelling of bust down.
busted adjective, verb /ˈbʌs.tɪd/: Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
busted flush noun: A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.
busted pilot noun: A pilot that fails to be developed into a series.
busted valise noun: A person who has run out of money
bustee noun: Alternative spelling of basti.
buster noun: Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
Buster Brown noun: Ellipsis of Buster Brown suit
Buster Brown suit noun: A belted, double-breasted tunic or jacket worn with a large round collar, floppy bow, and shorts or knickerbockers, popular for young boys in the United...
buster collar noun: Synonym of Elizabethan collar (“a protective device worn by an animal”)
busthead noun: moonshine (strong home-brewed alcoholic drink)
Busti proper noun: A surname.
bustic noun: A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium
busticate verb /ˈbʌstɪˌkeɪt/: To break into pieces.
bustier adjective, noun /ˈbuːstiɚ/: A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
Bustillo proper noun: A surname.
Bustillos proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
bustily adverb: In a busty manner.
bustin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of busting.
bustiness noun: The condition or state of being busty.
busting adjective, noun, verb /ˈbʌstɪŋ/: Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.
bustitute verb: To substitute (a rail service) with buses or a bus service, either temporarily or permanently.
bustle noun, verb /ˈbʌsəl/: An excited activity; a stir.
bustled adjective, verb: Having a bustle, as clothing.
bustler noun: One who bustles; an active, stirring person.
bustlesome adjective: Characterised or marked by bustling; full of activity.
bustlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a bust.
bustline noun: A notional line around a woman's bust.
bustling adjective, noun, verb /ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ/: Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
bustlingly adverb: In a bustling manner.
bustluscious adjective: (of a woman) Having sexually attractive breasts.
bustly adjective: Full of bustle; tending to bustle around.
busto noun /ˈbʌstəʊ/: A bust.
bustrophedon adjective, adverb, noun: Alternative form of boustrophedon.
busty adjective /ˈbʌsti/: Having large breasts.
busulfan noun /bjuːˈsʌlfæn/: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
busulphan noun: Alternative form of busulfan.
busuti noun: A long dress worn by women in Uganda.
busuuti noun: A gomesi.
busway noun: A right of way, roadway, or lane for the exclusive use of buses, possibly only during peak traffic hours.
Buswell proper noun: A surname.
busy adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɪz.i/: Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
busy around verb /ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/: To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.
busy as a beaver adjective: Very busy.
busy as a bee adjective /ˈbɪziæzəˈbiː/: Very active; working constantly.
busy as a nailer adjective: working constantly.
busy as a one-armed paper hanger adjective: Alternative spelling of busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
busy as a one-armed paperhanger adjective: Extremely busy.
busy beaver noun /ˈbɪzi ˈbiːvə/: Someone who is very busy or hard-working.
busy beaver function noun: The mathematical function, denoted by Σ(n), that maps each positive integer n to the number of steps required for the busy beaver among machines with two...
busy bee noun: A hardworking person.
busy belt noun: A long stretch of land, such as an industrial strip, manufacturing zone, or chain of connected cities, marked by high economic activity, crowded...
busy board noun: A baby's toy consisting of a board with various movable parts mounted on it.
busy body noun: Alternative spelling of busybody.
busy book noun: An interactive activity book designed primarily for young children.
busy box noun: A young child's toy that features multiple activities.
busy little beaver noun: Someone who has completed or accomplished many tasks or works.
busy loop noun: A loop that actively consumes CPU cycles while waiting for an event.
busy-ness noun: Alternative spelling of busyness.
busy signal noun: An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; an engaged tone.
busy wait noun: Synonym of busy loop.
busy work noun: Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low...
busybodiness noun: Alternative spelling of busybodyness.
busybody noun, verb: Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
busybodying noun: The behaviour of a busybody; interference, meddlesomeness.
busybodyish adjective /ˈbɪzibɒdiɪʃ/: Like a busybody; interfering, meddling.
busybodyism noun /ˈbɪzibɒdiɪzm̩/: The behaviour of a busybody; interfering, meddling.
busybodyness noun: The quality of being a busybody.
busying noun, verb: busyness; making oneself busy with something
busyish adjective: Somewhat busy.
busyness noun /ˈbɪz.i.nɪs/: The state of being busy.
busywork noun: Alternative form of busy work.
but adverb, conjunction, noun, prefix, preposition, verb /ˈbʌt/: Apart from, except (for), excluding.
but and ben adverb, noun: A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack
but for adjective, preposition: Except, except for; save for; not counting; were it not for; had it not been for.
but for the grace of God phrase: Were it not for God's help.
but good adverb: To a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.
but hey interjection: Used to show that the thing just referred to is not ideal or does not support the argument, but that the situation cannot be improved upon, or the speaker...
but if conjunction: Unless.
but me no buts phrase: Used to cut off objections or qualifications.
but's contraction /bʌts/: Contraction of but + has.
but seriously folks interjection: Used to redirect attention to immediately preceding a failed attempt at humor.
but that conjunction: Except that.
but then conjunction: Then again, on the other hand; used to show that the opposite viewpoint is possible.
but who's counting phrase: Used as a retort or comeback, often to deprecate oneself or another for excessive concern or attention to detail.
buta noun: Alternative form of boteh.
butabarbital noun /ˌbju.təˈbɑɹ.bɪˌtɔl/: The United States Adopted Name of secbutabarbital.
butacaine noun: A local anesthetic.
butachlor noun: An acetanilide herbicide.
butaclamol noun: An antipsychotic drug used only in research.
butadiene noun: An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.
butadienoate noun: Any salt or ester of butadienoic acid
butadienoic acid noun: The allenyl carboxylic acid CH₂=C=CH-COOH
butadienyl noun: Any substituent derived from butadiene
butadienylation noun: reaction with butadiene
butadione noun: The diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃ that is used in organic synthesis
butadiyne noun: diacetylene
butadiynyl noun: The univalent radical HC≡C-C≡C- derived from butadiyne
butadon noun: A Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with braised or grilled pork; pork donburi.
butafosfan noun: An organic phosphorus compound used as a drug in animals.
butagest noun: A steroidal progestin which was developed in Russia for potential clinical use as a progesterone supplement primarily for Hormone replacement therapy.
butalamine noun: A vasodilator drug.
butalbital noun: A barbiturate drug.
butalene noun: A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composed of two cyclobutadiene rings
butamben noun: A local anesthetic, the ester of 4-aminobenzoic acid and butanol.
butamirate noun: A particular cough suppressant.
butamisole noun: An anthelminthic drug.
butamoxane noun: An adrenergic antagonist.
butanal noun: butyraldehyde
butanamide noun /bjuːˈtænəmaɪd/: butyramide
butane noun /ˈbjuːteɪn/: A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
butanediamide noun: succinamide
butanediamine noun: Alternative form of putrescine.
butanedicarboxylic acid noun: adipic acid
butanedinitrile noun /ˌbjuːteɪndaɪˈnaɪtɹaɪl/: Succinonitrile.
butanedioate noun: Alternative form of malathion.
butanedioic acid noun: Succinic acid.
butanediol noun: Any of four isomeric diols derived from butane.
butanedione noun: The simplest diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃, used as an aroma agent; and derivative of this compound
butanethiol noun: The thiol, derived from butane, that is the sulfur equivalent of butanol; it is partly responsible for the smell of skunk
butanilicaine noun: An anesthetic.
butanoate noun: Any salt or ester of butanoic acid
butanoic adjective: Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
butanoic acid noun: The chemical compound with the formula CH₃(CH₂)₂COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principle components of the flavor of butter.
butanol noun: butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
butanolate noun: butoxide
butanolid noun: Alternative form of butanolide.
butanolide noun: The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
butanone noun: A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints, parts cleaning, and other tasks.
butanoyl noun: A univalent radical derived from butanoic acid
butanoylation noun: A reaction that introduces a butanoyl group into a molecule
butanserin noun: A particular alpha-adrenergic blocking drug.
butantrone noun: An anthraquinone compound.
butaperazine noun: A typical antipsychotic of the phenothiazine class.
butaprost noun: A prostaglandin analogue.
butaxamine noun: A β2-selective beta blocker used in certain experimental situations but not clinically.
butch adjective, noun, verb /bʊt͡ʃ/: Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
butch cut noun: Synonym of brush cut.
butch queen noun: A gay male who is neither overtly masculine nor overtly feminine, but displays the mannerisms of both genders.
butch up verb: To become more butch (masculine).
butcha noun: The young of any animal.
Butchart proper noun: A surname.
butcher adjective, noun, verb /ˈbʊt͡ʃə/: A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
butcher bird noun: Alternative spelling of butcherbird.
butcher block noun: A style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards.
butcher blue noun: navy blue
butcher boy noun: A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea.
butcher knife noun: A large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.
butcher paper noun: A kind of absorbent kraft paper, originally sold to butchers in large sheets for wrapping meat and fish, and now used for arts and crafts in primary education.
butcher's noun /ˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z/: Synonym of butchershop.
butcher's apron noun: The Union Jack, as a symbol of oppressive British nationalism.
butcher's bill noun: death toll
butcher's block noun: Alternative form of butcher block.
butcher's broom noun: Any plant of the genus Ruscus, especially Ruscus aculeatus.
butcher's hook noun: A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat.
butcher's knife noun: Alternative form of butcher knife.
butcher's mourning noun: A white hat with a black mourning hatband.
butcher's paper noun: A strong slightly off-white paper coming in large sheets and traditionally used to wrap meat.
butcher's shop noun: Synonym of butchershop.
butcher's steak noun: Synonym of hanger steak.
butcher's stripes noun: Alternative form of butcher stripes.
butcher's thumb noun: A dishonest practice in which a butcher uses their thumb to add extra weight to a scale when weighing meat.
butcher's wart noun: Synonym of prosector's wart.
butcher shop noun: Alternative spelling of butchershop.
butcher stripes noun: Vertical stripes on a garment, usually thin white stripes on a navy blue background.
butcherbird noun: Any of the magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus, of Australia and New Guinea.
butcherdom noun /ˈbʊt͡ʃədəm/: The condition or trade of a butcher.
butchered adjective, verb: Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
butcherer noun: One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
butcheress noun: A female butcher (dealer in meat).
butchering noun, verb: Dismemberment of animals as food.
butcherknife noun: Alternative form of butcher knife.
butcherless adjective: Without a butcher.
butcherlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a butcher.
butcherliness noun: The quality of being butcherly.
butcherly adjective, adverb /ˈbʊtʃəli/: Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
butcherous adjective: Involving butchery, or violent bloodshed.
butchers noun, verb: Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
butchers' knife noun: Alternative form of butcher knife.
butchers' paper noun: Alternative form of butcher paper.
butchers' tubercle noun: Synonym of prosector's wart.
butchershop noun: A store that sells meat.
butchery noun /ˈbʊt͡ʃəɹi/: The butchering of meat.
butchiness noun: butchness
butching noun: The trade of a butcher.
butchly adverb: In a butch manner.
butchness noun: The quality of being butch.
butchphobia noun: The dislike or hatred of butch women.
butchy adjective /ˈbʊt͡ʃi/: Like or characteristic of a butch.
bute noun: Phenylbutazone.
Buteau proper noun: A surname from French.
butenafine noun: A synthetic benzylamine antifungal drug.
butenal noun: crotonaldehyde
butene noun: Any of several forms of butylene.
butenedione noun: Any diketone derived from a butene
butenoate noun: Any salt or ester of butenoic acid; crotonate
butenoic adjective: Of or pertaining to butenoic acid or its derivatives
butenoic acid noun: crotonic acid
butenol noun: Any of several isomeric alcohols derived from a butene, but especially crotyl alcohol
butenolide noun: The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybut-2-enoic acid (one of the isomers of furanone); any of its derivatives
butenone noun: The unsaturated aliphatic ketone but-3-en-2-one CH₂=CH-CO-CH₃
butenoyl noun: a functional group consisting of a butene chain with an attached carbonyl group, or a compound that contains such a functional group.
butenyl noun: Any of several isomeric univalent radicals derived from butene; but especially crotyl
butenylidene noun: Any of four isomeric divalent radicals derived from a butene
butenyne noun: Synonym of vinylacetylene.
buteo noun: Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
buteonine noun: Any bird in the accipitrid subfamily Buteoninae
Butera proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Buterbaugh proper noun: A surname.
Buterin proper noun: A surname from Russian.
-buterol noun, suffix /ˈbjuː.tə.ɹɒl/: Used to form names of phenethylamine derivatives used as bronchodilators.
butethal noun: butobarbital
butethamine noun: A particular local anesthetic
Butetown proper noun: A suburban area and community in the City of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1875).
Buth proper noun: A surname.
buthalital noun: A barbiturate derivative which was under development as a short-acting anesthetic.
buthid noun: Any scorpion in the family Buthidae.
buthiobate noun: A particular fungicide.
buthionine noun: An amino acid whose sulfoximine is used in chemotherapy
butibufen noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
butidrine noun: An adrenergic antagonist.
butifarra noun /ˌbutɪˈfɑɹə/: Alternative form of botifarra.
butikacin noun: A semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C₂₂H₄₅N₅O₁₂ which produces similar levels of cochleotoxicity to that of kanamycin A in guinea pigs.
butilfenin noun: A diagnostic reagent.
Butin proper noun: A surname.
butinazocine noun: An opioid analgesic of the benzomorphan family, never marketed.
Buting proper noun: A barangay of Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines.
butinoline noun: An anticholinergic drug used as an antispasmodic.
butirosin noun: Any of a family of aminoglycoside antibiotics produced by Bacillus circulans.
butixocort noun: A therapeutic glucocorticoid.
butizide noun: A diuretic.
Butland proper noun: A surname.
butle verb: Alternative form of buttle.
butler noun, verb /ˈbʌt.lə(ɹ)/: A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
butler cafe noun: A novelty restaurant, originating in and found predominantly in Japan, in which guests are served by male waiters in butler costumes, who treat them as...
butler lie noun: A polite lie told in a text, on the phone, or through a similar electronic medium that provides an excuse for why one is unavailable.
butler's assistant noun: Synonym of lazy Susan (“rotating tray for serving food”).
butler's pantry noun: A large walk-in pantry equipped with a sink and possibly some kitchen appliances.
butler's sink noun: A deep, rectangular ceramic sink with an exposed front apron, originally designed for use in a butler's pantry.
butler's steak noun: Alternative form of butler steak.
butler steak noun: Synonym of flat iron steak.
butlerage noun: A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
butlerdom noun: The status or sphere of butlers.
butleress noun: A female butler.
Butlerian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic Victorian author.
Butlerian Jihad noun: A war waged in the Duneverse by the last free humans against autonomous (“thinking”) machines; the Great Revolt.
butlerin noun: An organic compound found in some lichens.
butlerite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
butlerless adjective: Without a butler.
butlerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a butler.
butlerly adjective: Befitting a butler.
butlers' steak noun: Alternative form of butler steak.
butlership noun: The rank, office, or position of a butler.
butlery noun: A butler's pantry; a serving pantry.
Butlin proper noun: A surname.
Butlinesque adjective: Reminiscent of the Butlins chain of British holiday camps, with various family-oriented activities and entertainments supervised by redcoats.
butment noun: A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
butment cheek noun: The part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
Butner proper noun: A surname.
Buto proper noun /ˈb(j)uː.toʊ/: Synonym of Wadjet.
butobarbital noun: A hypnotic barbiturate drug.
butobarbitone noun: butobarbital
butobendine noun: An antiarrhythmic drug.
butoconazole noun: An imidazole antifungal drug used in gynecology.
butofilolol noun: A beta blocker drug for the treatment of hypertension.
butoh noun: A form of Japanese contemporary dance.
butomaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Butomaceae.
Buton proper noun: An island of Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi.
butonate noun: An anthelminthic drug.
butonitazene noun: A potent synthetic opioid belonging to the benzimidazole class, producing strong analgesic effects similar to or exceeding those of fentanyl.
butopamine noun: A beta-adrenergic agonist.
butopiprine noun: An antitussive drug.
butoprozine noun: An antiarrhythmic drug.
butopyronoxyl noun: An insect repellent used against ticks
butorphanol noun /bjuˈtɔɹ.fəˌnɔl/: A synthetic analgesic and antitussive opioid drug (trademark Stadol) administered in the form of its tartrate C₂₁H₂₉NO₂·C₄H₆O₆ as a nasal spray or by...

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.