Phrase Hound found 124 phrases and 91 compound words that contain but. The most common are listed below. Open but in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 124
- nothing butOnly.
- anything butNot at all; quite the contrary (of).
- all butVery nearly; everything short of. Most often precedes a verb or adjective.
- But Sometimes
- But I Will
- But-but
- I Was at Home But
- I Will... But
- but heyUsed to show that the thing just referred to is not ideal or does not support the argument, but that the situation cannot be improved upon, or the speaker is unwilling to try.
- but goodTo a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.
- But Always
- But I Like You
- But One Day...
- About Us But Not About Us
- No-One But You
- But see
- I Know But
- but ifUnless.
- But Can She Type
- Black but
- Not Only... But Also
- No One But Me
- But Without You
- But is it Art
- slowly but surelyIn a slow but consistent manner; inexorably.
Compound words 91
- butylAny of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- butaneA hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- nobbutnothing but; only; just
- butoconazoleAn imidazole antifungal drug used in gynecology.
- butyneEither of two isomeric acetylenes containing four carbon atoms and a triple bond, with the empirical formula (C₄H₆)
- dobuprideAn antipsychotic drug.
- murabutideA synthetic immunomodulator derived from muramyl dipeptide, the smallest bioactive unit of bacterial peptidoglycan.
- buttonA knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- butterA soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- butcherA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).