Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*bʰuH-
15 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-, most common first.
- wasUsed in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
- futureThe time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- buildTo form (something) by combining materials or parts.
- physicalPertaining to the field of medicine; medical.
- physicsThe branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
- bondA document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- beamAny large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- boothA small stall for the display and sale of goods.
- impTo engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).
- embossTo cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
- physicRelating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
- bothyA small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
- apophysisA natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
- boskA bush.
- buronA traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic mountain chalet in the same style.