bur

Noun

bur

1. abbreviation of burdock or cocklebur

3 letters in word "bur": B R U.

Anagrams of bur:

• rub

• urb

Words found within bur:

ur

• Definitions:
• A rough or prickly envelope around a seed or fruit
• (bur) (b?r) 1. a metal rotary dental instrument with cutting heads of various shapes, held and revolved in a handpiece; used to remove carious material from within decayed teeth, reduce decayed or fractured hard tissues, form the design of the cavity preparation, and finish and polish the teeth ...
• (Icelandic) [from burdr birth] Emanation of Buri, primeval root of being in the Norse Eddas. From Bur sprang the creative trinity: Odin (Allfather), Vile (divine will), and Vi or Ve (awe, sanctity). ...
• Any continuous, semiflexible roof covering made up of laminations or plies of saturated or coated felts alternated with layers of bitumen, surfaced with mineral aggregation or asphaltic materials.
• Built-up roofing.
• Layers, or plies of roofing felt, bonded together with hot bitumen (see bitumen and asphalt), typically finished with a flood coat of hot bitumen and a protective coating or aggregate (rock etc)
• An acronym for Built-Up Roof. See Built-Up Roof.
• A fruiting structure covered with spines or prickles.
• A rough or prickly covering surrounding the fruits or spikelets of some genera.
• A flat or low-slope roof consisting of multiple layers of asphalt and ply sheets {unsaturated felt}. Commonly referred to as "hot tar" or "tar and gravel".
• seed vessel having hooks or prickles remove the burrs from small bit used in dentistry or surgery

• buqshas ←
• buqsha ←
• buprestids ←
• bur
• → bura
• → buran
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