4-Letter Words That Start With: BU

• a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

• United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

• a piece of paper money worth one dollar

• a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

• mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

• to strive with determination

• resist

• move quickly and violently

• jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

• an ardent follower and admirer

• a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen

• bare skin

• a medium to dark tan color

• an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

• of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

• strike, beat repeatedly

• polish and make shiny

• reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring

• a lump on the body caused by a blow

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• an impact (as from a collision)

• knock against with force or violence

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• to enjoy some music greatly

• to play music at loud volume

• a long trough for feeding cattle

• a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

• a rough bed (as at a campsite)

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• beds built one above the other

• avoid paying

• provide with a bunk

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part

• the property of something that is great in magnitude

• the property possessed by a large mass

• stick out or up

• cause to bulge or swell outwards

• to gain size and weight by means of exercise and diet

• play music in a public place and solicit money for it

• actively or fully engaged or occupied

• overcrowded or cluttered with detail

• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

• crowded with or characterized by much activity

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• keep busy with

• 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

• a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

• a large wilderness area

• United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

• dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

• vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

• hair growing in the pubic area

• not of the highest quality or sophistication

• provide with a bushing