burrs
Clingy seed casings
Burrs are prickly seed cases or flower heads that cling to clothing and animal fur, helping plants spread their seeds.
The word extends to any rough edge or ridge left after cutting or drilling metal: File down the burrs on that pipe.
A burr can also mean a rough pronunciation of the letter R, particularly the Scottish or Northern English rolled R.
To burr is to speak with such an accent or to form rough edges on metal.
Spiny flowering weed
- cockleburHooked seed casing
- burdockPrickly-burred wild plant
- brambleThorny wild shrub
- briarThorny shrub or bush
nettle · thorn · prickle · spiny · weeds · herbaceous · sandspur · stickseed
Person seeking free rides
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- pericarpMature ovary wall
- acheneClosed one-seeded fruit
seed · husk · pod · capsule · barb · hook · spine · germination
Uneven in surface
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- scratchyRough and irritating
- abrasiveRough enough to erode
- coarseRough in texture
bristly · spiky · jagged · hooked · barbed · clingy · tangled · matted
thistle
Spiny flowering weed
briar · nettle · thorn · prickle · spiny · weeds · herbaceous · sandspur · stickseed · cleavers
hitchhiker
Person seeking free rides
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- pericarpMature ovary wall
achene · seed · husk · pod · capsule · barb · hook · spine · germination · sowing
rough
Uneven in surface
coarse · bristly · spiky · jagged · hooked · barbed · clingy · tangled · matted · fuzzy
annoying
Causing mild irritation
matted · fur · socks · clothing · removal · picking · grooming · pets · hikers · outdoors
filing
Storing documents systematically
- deburringRemoving machining imperfections
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- drillingHole-making by rotation
grinding · milling · lathe · shavings · metal · smoothing · finishing · sharp edge · ragged
- bursbur, burs, burdock, cocklebur, sandbur
- coffeeespresso, latte, cappuccino, macchiato, americano
- roughnessroughness, coarseness, grittiness, bumpiness, abrasiveness
- Biomimicrydragonfly wings, butterfly wing, structural color, honeycomb structures, honeycomb structure
- coffee grindersblade grinder, electric grinder, manual grinder, hand grinder, grind size
- craft flawscracks, tears, holes, stains, gaps
burrsberries
Small fleshy fruits
fleshy fruits · samaras · dandelion puffs · coconuts · acorns
- Aaron BurrDeadly duelist, once VP
- burr grinderDevice crushing beans between plates
- burr under one's saddleOngoing petty irritation
- Bill Burr
- burr in one's saddleOngoing petty vexation