| buttermilk |
a sour liquid residue of butter-making, used as a drink or in cooking. [2 definitions] |
| butternut |
a deciduous tree of North America, related to the walnut. [2 definitions] |
| butternut squash |
a yellow, bell-shaped winter squash. |
| butterscotch |
a flavoring or candy prepared from butter, brown sugar, and other ingredients. [2 definitions] |
| butter up |
(informal) to praise or act very nicely toward (someone), sometimes insincerely, in hopes of gaining something from that person. |
| buttery1 |
like, containing, or covered with butter. [2 definitions] |
| buttery2 |
a storeroom for liquor and provisions of a household; larder. |
| butt in |
(informal) to mix into or intrude in other people's activities or conversation. |
| buttock |
(usu. pl.) either of the rounded, fleshy parts of the human body behind the pelvis. [2 definitions] |
| button |
any of various small, usually round, fasteners which are attached to a garment and designed to slide through a slit or loop. They may also be used purely for decoration. [7 definitions] |
| button-down |
with the collar tips held down with buttons. |
| buttonhole |
a small slit in a garment through which a button can be fastened. [3 definitions] |
| buttonhook |
a small, usu. metal hook used to pull buttons through their holes, esp. on shoes and gloves. |
| buttonless |
combined form of button. |
| button tree |
a West Indian tree or shrub that bears hard, button-shaped fruit and yields heavy, compact wood. |
| buttonwood |
a North American tree related to the sycamore, which bears a nonedible button-shaped fruit and yields hardwood suitable for timber. |
| buttress |
a structure that gives support to the outside of a building by absorbing excessive outward thrust. [4 definitions] |
| butut |
the smaller monetary unit of Gambia. (Cf. dalasi.) |
| butyl |
any of four hydrocarbon radicals having three carbon molecules and a valence of one. |
| butyl alcohol |
any of four isomeric alcohols with three carbon molecules, obtained from petroleum products and used in organic synthesis or as solvents. |
| butyric acid |
an organic acid found in animal milk fats, esp. rancid butter, and used to produce certain fragrances, disinfectants, flavors, and pharmaceuticals. |