any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
<noun.plant>

butterwort

resembling or containing or spread with butter
<adj.all>

buttery

sample sentences

"a rich buttery cake"

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buttery

fulsome

oily

oleaginous

smarmy

soapy

unctuous

sample sentences

"buttery praise"
"gave him a fulsome introduction"
"an oily sycophantic press agent"
"oleaginous hypocrisy"
"smarmy self-importance"
"the unctuous Uriah Heep"
"soapy compliments"

a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
<noun.artifact>

buttery

a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buttery

larder

pantry

a meddler who tends to butt in
<noun.person>

buttinsky

either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
<noun.body>

buttock

cheek

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

arse

ass

backside

behind

bottom

bum

buns

butt

buttocks

can

derriere

fanny

fundament

hind end

hindquarters

keister

nates

posterior

prat

rear

rear end

rump

seat

stern

tail

tail end

tooshie

tush

sample sentences

"he deserves a good kick in the butt"
"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

button

an electrical switch operated by pressing
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

button

push

push button

sample sentences

"the elevator was operated by push buttons"
"the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"

any artifact that resembles a button
<noun.artifact>

button

a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
<noun.artifact>

button

release

a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
<noun.body>

button

clit

clitoris

a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment
<noun.communication>

button

sample sentences

"they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"

any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
<noun.plant>

button

fasten with buttons
<verb.contact>

button

sample sentences

"button the dress"

provide with buttons
<verb.contact>

button

sample sentences

"button a shirt"

an accordion with buttons rather than keys
<noun.artifact>

button accordion

Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
<noun.plant>

Tectaria cicutaria

button fern

fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
<noun.plant>

Pellaea rotundifolia

button fern

a hole through which buttons are pushed
<noun.artifact>

button hole

buttonhole

evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
<noun.plant>

Conocarpus erectus

button mangrove

button tree

much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William
<noun.plant>

Dianthus latifolius

button pink

small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
<noun.animal>

bustard quail

button quail

button-quail

hemipode

any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
<noun.plant>

blazing star

button snakeroot

gay-feather

gayfeather

snakeroot

coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
<noun.plant>

Eryngium aquaticum

button snakeroot

coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
<noun.plant>

Eryngium yuccifolium

button snakeroot

rattlesnake master

rattlesnake's master

evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
<noun.plant>

Conocarpus erectus

button mangrove

button tree

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

be quiet

belt up

button up

clam up

close up

dummy up

keep mum

shut up

sample sentences

"The children shut up when their father approached"

unimaginatively conventional
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

button-down

buttoned-down

conservative

sample sentences

"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons
<adj.all>

button-down

sample sentences

"Brooks Brothers button-down shirts"

small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
<noun.animal>

bustard quail

button quail

button-quail

hemipode

shaped like a button
<adj.all>

button-shaped

sample sentences

"button-shaped white flowers"

furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buttoned

fastened

unimaginatively conventional
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

button-down

buttoned-down

conservative

sample sentences

"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

conservative in professional manner
<adj.all>

buttoned-up

sample sentences

"employers are looking for buttoned-up types"

(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
<adj.all>

buttoned-up

a hole through which buttons are pushed
<noun.artifact>

button hole

buttonhole

detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

buttonhole

lobby

a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole
<noun.artifact>

buttonhole stitch

a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
<noun.artifact>

buttonhook

small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beadlike

beady

buttonlike

buttony

sample sentences

"bright beady eyes"
"black buttony eyes"

very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
<noun.plant>

American plane

American sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

buttonwood

ornamented with many buttons
<adj.all>

buttony

small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beadlike

beady

buttonlike

buttony

sample sentences

"bright beady eyes"
"black buttony eyes"