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Burdensome.
Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.
A pilgrim's staff.
A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
Government officials, collectively.
An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.
Alt. of Bureaucratical
Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.
An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
of Bureau
of Bureau
Same as Borrel.
An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.
A fortified town.
A borough.