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more info bureau de change, n.
(bureaux de change)
(French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money
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more info bureaucracy, n.
(bureaucracies)
freq. cnt. 6
nonelective government officials
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any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
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a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
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more info bureaucrat, n.
(bureaucrats)
more info bureaucratic, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
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"his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues"
"a bureaucratic nightmare"
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more info bureaucratic procedure, n.
needlessly time-consuming procedure
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more info bureaucratically, adv.
with respect to bureaucracy
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"it's bureaucratically complicated"
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derived from/pertains to
in a bureaucratic manner
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"his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her"
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more info bureaucratism, n.
(bureaucratisms)
nonelective government officials
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more info buret, n.
(burets)
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
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more info burette, n.
(burettes)
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
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more info burg, n.
(burgs)
colloquial American term for a town
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"I've lived in this burg all my life"
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more info burgeon, v.
(burgeoned, burgeoning, burgeons)
freq. cnt. 3
grow and flourish
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"The burgeoning administration"
"The burgeoning population"

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more info burgeon forth, v.
produce buds, branches, or germinate
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"the potatoes sprouted"

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more info burger, n.
(burgers)
a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
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more info burgess, n.
(burgesses)
a citizen of an English borough
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more info burgh, n.
(burghs)
a borough in Scotland
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more info burgher, n.
(burghers)
a member of the middle class
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a citizen of an English borough
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more info burglar, n.
(burglars)
freq. cnt. 1
a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
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more info burglar alarm, n.
a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary
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a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm
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"they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away"
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more info burglarious, adj.
involving or resembling burglary
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"burglarious tools"
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more info burglarise, v.
(burglarised, burglarises, burglarising)
commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
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more info burglarize, v.
(burglarized, burglarizes, burglarizing)
commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
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more info burglarproof, adj.
secure against burglary
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more info burglary, n.
(burglaries)
freq. cnt. 2
entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
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more info burgle, v.
(burgled, burgles, burgling)
commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
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more info burgomaster, n.
(burgomasters)
a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
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more info burgoo, n.
(burgoos)
thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States
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a gathering at which burgoo stew is served
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porridge made of rolled oats
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more info burgrass, n.
(burgrasses)
a grass of the genus Cenchrus
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more info burgrave, n.
(burgraves)
the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
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a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
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more info burgundy, n.
(burgundies)
a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color
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more info burial, n.
(burials)
freq. cnt. 5
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
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concealing something under the ground
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