Definition that contains bure
- agent any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- han imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
- lobby an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- choke a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
- mandarin any high government official or bureaucrat
- ds the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
- irs the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
- parkinson British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
- bureaucracy a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- bureaucratic of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy