Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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bug | a tiny insect |
build | to make or construct |
builder | a man who puts up buildings |
building | anything with a roof and walls |
bulb | a mall glass lamp which gives out electrical light. The same word also means the rounded root from which some flowers grow |
bulge | to swell out |
bulk | a large amount |
bull | the male of cattle. Male elephants are also called bulls |
bull fight | a combat between armed men, fight of bulls in a closed arena |
bulldog | a heavily-built dog with a large head and powerful shoulders |
bulldozer | a powerful tractor used for shifting large loads of earth, sand or rubbish |
bullet | a small piece of metal which is shot from a gun |
bullfrog | a large frog with a deep voice |
bullock | a young bull |
bully | someone who picks on others weaker or smaller than himself |
bumblebee | a large fluffy bee which makes a loud buzzing noise |
bump | a swelling, or a raised part of anything. The same word also means to knock into something. |
bumper | a piece of curved metal on the front and back of cars to protect them if they bump into something |
bun | a small soft round cake |
bunch | a group of things tied or growing together, like a bundle of clothes |
bundle | a number of articles bound together, like a bundle of clothes |
bungalow | a house without upstairs |
bunk | a shelf-like bed attached to a walk |
buoy | (say boy) something floating on the water but anchored to sea bed. It marks the places where there is danger, or where small boats can be tied up |
burden | a load that is very heavy to carry |
burdensome | heavy, oppressive |
bureau | a chest of drawers with a writing-desk on top. The same word also means an office. |
bureaucracy | government through officials |
burglar | someone who breaks into buildings at night and steals things |
burial | the burying of something, like a dead body, in the ground |
burly | sturdy, great in size |
burn | to be on fire, or to set something on fire |
burrow | a hole in the ground which has been dug by wild animals to live in. Rabbits and foxes live in burrows |
burst | to give way suddenly; to rush forward |
bury | to put something somewhere deep. usually under the ground |
bus | a large vehicle which carries many people |
busby | a tall fur hat that some soldiers wear |
bush | a shrub, like a small tree with lots of branches growing close to the ground |
bushy | full of bushes, like a bush |
business | (say bizness) occupation, work |
buss | a kiss, to kiss |
bust | a sculpture of someone’s head, shoulders and chest. Sometimes the word means the breast |
bustle | to rush about busily |
busy | having something to do all the time; working hard |
butcher | a man who cuts up meat and sells it |
butt | a large barrel for holding liquids |
butter | a kind of soft yellow fat made form cream |
buttercup | a bright yellow wildflower |
butterfly | an insect with colured wings |
butterscotch | a sweet made form sugar and butter |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.