Word
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Definition
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babeldom | a confused sound of voices
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babirusa | large wild pig of Indonesia
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baboonery | foolishness; stupidity; nonsense
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baccate | having berries; berry-like
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bacchanal | drunkard; reveller
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bacciferous | bearing berries
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bacciform | shaped like a berry
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baccivorous | eating berries
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bacillicide | killer of berries
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backpiece | armour covering the back
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backstay | stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship
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bactericide | killer of bacteria
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baculiform | rod-shaped
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baculine | of, like or pertaining to the stick or cane; of, like or pertaining to flogging
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baculum | penis bone in some mammals
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baculus | rod, staff or scepter of power
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badigeon | plaster and ground stone mixture for repairing masonry
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badinage | playful repartee or banter
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badious | chestnut-coloured
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baedeker | guide book
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baetyl | magical or holy meteoric stone
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baft | cheap coarse cotton fabric
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bagarre | scuffle or brawl
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bagging | coarse fabric for making bags or sacks
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bagnio | bathing house
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bahadur | self-important official
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bahuvrihi | compound word whose second part is a noun but that acts as an adjective
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bail | barrier or pole separating horses in an open stable
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bailivate | office of a bailiff
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bailment | delivery of goods in trust
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baisemain | kiss on the hand
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baize | coarse napped cotton or wool fabric
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bakelite | type of solid plastic
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balaniferous | acorn-bearing
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balanism | use of suppositories
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balanoid | acorn-shaped
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balatron | joker; clown
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balbriggan | knitted cotton fabric
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balbutient | stammering
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baldachin | rich embroidered silk and gold fabric
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baldaquin | covering or canopy over a throne or altar
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balderdash | nonsense; a jumble of words
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baldric | shoulder strap for holding sword
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balefire | bonfire or beacon-fire
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balisaur | long-tailed badger
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balistarius | crossbowman
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balistraria | cross-shaped opening in wall for firing arrows
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balize | pole mounted on seashore as beacon
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ballaster | one who supplies ships with ballast
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balletomania | abnormal fondness for ballet
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ballistocardiograph | instrument for detecting body movements caused by heartbeat
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ballistophobia | fear of missiles
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ballottement | diagnosis of pregnancy by applying sharp force to abdomen
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ballyhoo | bombastic or pretentious nonsense
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balmorality | superficial enthusiasm for Scottish culture
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balneary | bath
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balneography | written description of baths
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balneology | the science of the therapeutic use of baths
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balustrade | row of columns supporting a stair rail
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balzarine | light cotton dress material
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bambosh | deceptive nonsense
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banausic | materialistic; merely mechanical; pertaining to workshops
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bandelet | small flat moulding around a column
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banderol | flat band with an inscription; small banner
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bandicoot | small long-nosed ratlike marsupial
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bandobast | detailed organization; settlement
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bandolier | shoulder belt for carrying ammunition
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bandore | bass cittern
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bangtail | mustang or wild horse
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banjolin | combination of banjo and mandolin
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banjulele | combination of banjo and ukulele
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bannock | flat unleavened loaf of bread
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banquette | raised way or footway above a parapet
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banteng | wild ox of Southeast Asia
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bantling | brat; whelp; bastard child
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baptistery | part of church reserved for performing baptisms
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bar | unit of pressure of one million dynes per square centimeter
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baragnosis | loss of ability to distinguish weight
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baragouin | any jargon or unintelligible language
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barasingha | deer dwelling in swamps of India
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barathea | pebbly silk or worsted fabric with broken rib weave
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barathrum | an abyss; an insatiable person
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barbarocracy | government by barbarians
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barbate | bearded
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barbet | stout-billed tropical bird
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barbette | earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart
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barbican | projecting watchtower over the gate of a castle
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barbigerous | bearded; bearing a beard
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barbiton | lute or lyre with many strings
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barbula | small tuft of hair just below the lower lip
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barcarole | gondolier's song
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bardel | pack saddle
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bardocucullus | hooded cloak worn by monks
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bardolatry | excessive devotion to or worship of Shakespeare
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barege | gauzy fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or worsted
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bargemaster | owner of a barge
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barkentine | three-masted vessel
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barleycorn | old unit of length equal to one-third inch
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barm | yeast; froth on fermenting liquor
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barmaster | local judge among miners
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barmcloth | an apron
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barmkin | battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle
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barn | unit of area measurement of particles equal to 100 square femtometres
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barnard | member of gang of thieves who acts as decoy
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barodynamics | science of the support and mechanics of bridges
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barognosis | ability to perceive weight
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barograph | instrument for recording air pressure
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barology | study of gravitation
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baroscope | weather-glass
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barouche | four-wheeled hooded carriage
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barracan | fine silk cloth
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barracoon | depot for slaves
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barras | coarse linen fabric
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barrateen | some kind of fabric
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barratry | inciting riot or violence
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barre | placing capo or finger across guitar strings
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barrulet | narrow heraldic bar
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bartisan | parapet or battlement
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barton | farmyard
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baryecoia | deafness; hardness of hearing
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baryphonic | having difficulty speaking
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bascule | apparatus of which one end rises as the other sinks
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basial | of, like or pertaining to kissing
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basiation | kissing
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basilica | Roman Catholic church given special privileges
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basilicon | kind of ointment
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bassinet | light, conical helmet
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bastinade | to beat with a stick or baton, especially on the feet
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bastion | tower at the corner of a fortification
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bastle | fortified house with vaulted ground floor
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bateleur | short-tailed African eagle
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bathmism | directive evolutionary force
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batholith | large mass of intruded igneous rock
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bathophobia | fear of falling from a high place
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bathos | appearance of the commonplace in elevated matter for rhetorical effect
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bathykolpian | deep-bosomed
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bathymeter | instrument for recording contours of deep oceans
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bathyorographical | of, like or pertaining to depth underwater or elevation above sea level
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bathypelagic | found in the depths of the sea
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bathysmal | of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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bathythermograph | instrument for recording water temperature as compared to depth
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batik | method of dyeing fabric by covering certain sections with wax
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bating | except
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batiste | fine soft sheer fabric of plain weave
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batology | the study of brambles
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baton | heraldic sign of bastardy
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batophobia | fear of heights or being close to tall buildings
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batrachian | of, like or pertaining to frogs or toads
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batrachivorous | frog-eating
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batrachophobia | fear of frogs and toads
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batraquomancy | divination using frogs
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batten | timber used to fasten down a door or hatch
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battledore | bat used to strike shuttlecock; game played with such a bat
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battology | futile, futile repetition in speech or writing
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battue | indiscriminate slaughter; driving game towards slaughter
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baud | unit of data transmission speed of one signal event per second
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bausond | having white spots on the forehead
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bavardage | chattering; prattle
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bavian | insignificant or unskilled poet
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bavin | a bundle of brushwood
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bayadere | fabric with horizontal stripes in strongly contrasting colours
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bdellism | use of leeches for blood-letting
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bdelloid | of, like or pertaining to leeches
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bdellotomy | act of cutting a leech to increase its suction
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beadle | church caretaker or usher; mace-bearing official of an institution
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beadsman | monk or almoner who prays for benefactor
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beata | beatified woman
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Beatlemania | obsession with the Beatles
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beatster | fish net repairer
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beatus | beatified man
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beaupers | linen fabric used for flags
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beaver | hinged face guard on a helmet
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beblubbered | disfigured from weeping
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bechic | relieving coughs
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becket | large hook or bracket used to hold tackle or spars
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beckets | rope handles
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bedaggle | to soil by dragging along the wet ground
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bedswerver | unfaithful spouse
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bee | hardwood on either side of bowsprit through which forestays are reeved
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beele | double-pointed miner's pick
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beerocracy | government by brewers or brewing interests
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beeskep | straw beehive
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beestings | the first milk drawn from a cow after calving
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beforetime | formerly
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behither | on this side of; on the near side of
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behoof | a benefit resulting from some course of action
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beira | pygmy antelope
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bel | unit of noise intensity equal to ten decibels
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belay | to secure a rope by winding on a pin or cleat
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belcher | coloured; spotted neckerchief
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beldam | an old woman; a hag; an ancestress
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belemnoid | shaped like a dart
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belike | most likely; probably
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bellarmine | large jug with rounded belly and narrow neck
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bellcote | ornamental structure to hold one or two large bells
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bellecism | inclination towards violence; hawkishness
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belleter | bell-founder
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belliferous | bringing war
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belling | deer's mating call
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bellipotent | militarily powerful
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bellonion | mechanical instrument combining trumpets and drums
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bellwether | one who takes the lead; indicator of trends
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beloid | shaped like an arrow
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belomancy | divination by means of arrows
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belonephilia | sexual obsession with sharp objects
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belonephobia | fear of pins and needles
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belonoid | shaped like a needle
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belvedere | raised covered terrace or pavilion
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belvedere | raised turret or lantern on the top of a house
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bema | raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar
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benedict | a newly married man who has long been a bachelor
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benefactive | indicating for whom or which
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benefic | kindly; benign; beneficent
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benefice | ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached
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beneficiate | to treat ores to remove impurities
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benet | exorcist
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bengaline | crosswise ribbed fabric
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benish | long-sleeved Middle Eastern outer garment
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benthic | of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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benthos | flora and fauna of the ocean floor
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berceau | covered walk
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berceuse | lullaby
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bergamask | country dance
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berge | spy glass or telescope
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berlin | four-wheeled covered carriage
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berline | crude winter sled
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berm | narrow shelf or ledge at the top or bottom of a slope
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bersatrix | baby-sitter
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besom | curler's broom
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bestiarian | individual opposed to vivisection
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bestiocracy | rule by beasts
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bethel | a place of worship for seamen; nonconformist chapel
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betimes | in short time; speedily
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bêtise | foolish act or situation
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betwixt | between
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bewray | to reveal; to betray; to divulge
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bezel | oblique side or face of a cut gem
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bezesteen | Eastern marketplace
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bezique | card game played with two decks of cards
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bezoar | stony material found in ruminants' stomachs
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bharal | bluish-gray Himalayan goat
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bialate | two-winged
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biarchy | government by two people; diarchy
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bibacious | overly fond of drinking
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bibelot | trinket; miniature book of elegant design
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bibitory | of, like or pertaining or pertaining to drinking
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biblioclasm | destruction of books or the Bible
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bibliogenesis | production of books
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bibliognost | well-read individual; person with wide knowledge of books
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biblioklept | book-thief
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bibliolatry | worship of the Bible or other books
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bibliology | study of books
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bibliomancy | divination by opening a book at random
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bibliomania | craze for books or reading
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bibliopegist | bookbinder
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bibliophagist | one who devours books, literally or figuratively
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bibliophily | love or fondness for books or reading
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bibliophobia | fear of books
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bibliopoesy | making of books
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bibliopolist | bookseller
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bibliopoly | bookselling
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bibliotaph | one who hoards or hides books
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bibliotics | study of documents to determine authenticity
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bibulous | addicted to alcohol
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bicapitate | two-headed
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bickern | anvil pointed at both ends
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bicollateral | having two identical sides
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bicorn | having two horns or points
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biddery | metal alloy inlaid with silver and/or gold
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bidenticulate | having two teeth
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biduous | lasting two days
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bienséance | something appropriate or proper
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bifarious | organized in two rows
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bifid | divided in two by a deep split
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bifilar | having two threads
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bigential | consisting of two races, genera, or subspecies
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biggin | a building
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bight | a wide bay; a bend or coil in a rope
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bijugate | having heads on both sides of a coin
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bilbo | iron bar used to shackle prisoners' feet
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bilge | lower point of inner hull of a ship; nonsense or rubbish
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bilious | ill-tempered; very unpleasant
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billingsgate | coarsely abusive language
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billon | base metal, alloy of copper, tin or silver
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bilocation | ability to be in two places at once
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biloquist | one capable of speaking with two distinct voices
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bimetallism | currency exchange on both the gold and silver standards
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binarchy | government by two people; diarchy
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binate | doubled; coupled
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binaural | of, pertaining to or heard by both ears
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bindle | blanket roll
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binnacle | case in which a ship's compass is kept
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binotonous | consisting or comprised of two musical tones
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binturong | civet of southeastern Asia with long prehensile tail
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biobibliography | annotated biographical bibliography
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biocenosis | state of association of creatures in a certain region
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biocentric | having life as main principle
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biocide | killing living material
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bioecology | study of interaction of life in the environment
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biogenesis | theory that all life is derived from living matter alone
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biognosy | general study or theory of life
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biolith | rock formed by living creatures
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biometrics | study of biological measurement
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bionergy | vital essence or force
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bionomics | study of organisms interacting in their environments
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biopic | film telling the life-story of a celebrity
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biotaxy | classification of living organisms
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biotope | region of uniform environment and types of organisms
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bipennate | two-winged
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biramous | forked; with two branches
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bireme | rowed ship or galley with two banks of oars
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biretta | square three-ridged cap worn by Catholic clergy
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birl | to make a log spin by walking on it
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birostrate | double-beaked
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bis | twice; in two places
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biscacha | burrowing South American rodent
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biserial | in two rows or columns
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bismer | shame; disgrace; scorn
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bisociation | association of an object with two or more ideas
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bisontine | of, like or pertaining to bison
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bistoury | narrow surgical knife
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bistre | pigment with brownish colour derived from soot
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bisulcate | cloven-footed; cleft in two
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bitheism | belief in two gods
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bittern | small heron
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bitts | posts mounted on a ship for fastening ropes
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biune | combining two entities into one
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biverbal | of, like or pertaining to two words; having a double sense
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bivious | offering a choice; splitting between two directions
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blackguard | a menial helper
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blackguard | to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel
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blackmaster | undertaker
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blague | pretentious nonsense
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blain | a boil or blister
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blandiloquence | complimentary speech; flattery
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blandish | to flatter and coax; to cajole
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blanket | coarse woollen cloth
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blarney | skilful flattery; nonsense
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blastogenesis | reproduction by budding
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blattnerphone | instrument used to record sound on magnetic tape
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blattoid | of, like or pertaining to cockroaches
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blauwbok | extinct bluish-coloured antelope of southern Africa
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blazon | heraldic arms painted on knight's shield or surcoat; to describe heraldically
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blench | to shrink or flinch
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blendling | hybrid
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blendure | mixing
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blennoid | of or resembling mucus
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blennophobia | fear of slime
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blenny | small elongated marine fish
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blepharal | of, like or pertaining to eyelids
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blesbok | South African antelope with white patch on forehead
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blesiloquent | speaking with a stammer or lisp
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bletcherous | having an ugly design
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bletherskate | a garrulous talker of nonsense
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bletonism | alleged ability to find an underground water supply
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blewit | type of edible toadstool
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blissom | subject to or having strong sexual desires
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bloomery | factory where iron bars are manufactured
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bloviate | to write or speak windily
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blucher | leather half-boot
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bluepeter | blue flag with white square in centre used as ship's signal
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bluestocking | early feminist; educated or literary woman
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blunge | to mix clay with water
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blype | piece of skin that peels off after a sunburn
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boanerges | skilled orator with powerful voice
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boatswain | ship's crewmember in charge of equipment and maintenance
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bobbinet | machine-made cotton lace
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bobeche | circular wax catcher that fits over a candle
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bobstay | rope used on ships to steady the bowsprit
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bocking | smoked herring
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bodach | old man; churl; goblin or spectre
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bodement | prediction or prophecy
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bodewash | cow dung
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bodge | piece of poor or clumsy workmanship
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bodkin | small tool for pricking holes; small dagger
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boeotian | stupid; dull
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boethetic | helpful, curative
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bogan | quiet tributary or backwater
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boggart | spectre; bugbear; goblin
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bolar | of, like or pertaining to clay
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bolection | moulding around a panel
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bolero | Spanish dance with sudden pauses and sharp turns
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bolide | large meteor that bursts; a fireball
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bollard | short post on a wharf or ship to which ropes are tied
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bolometer | instrument for measuring radiant energy or infrared light
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bolthead | straight-necked distillation vessel or flask
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boltrope | strong rope stitched to edges of a sail
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bolus | rounded mass
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boman | well dressed criminal
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bombard | instrument like the bassoon
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bombardon | large keyless bass trumpet
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bombaster | one who stuffs or pads things
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bombastry | bombastic language or composition
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bombazine | twilled silk and worsted fabric
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bombé | bulging outwards
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bombic | of, like or pertaining to silkworms
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bombilate | to hum, buzz or drone
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bombosity | the buttocks
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bombous | convex; rounded
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bombycine | of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton
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bombylious | humming or buzzing
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bonasus | bison
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bonbonnière | small box used for sweetmeats
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bonce | large marble used in games
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bongo | reddish African antelope with white vertical stripes
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bongre | agreeably
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bonification | paying of bonus or reward
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boniform | having the form of good
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bonify | to improve or ameliorate
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boning | estimating straightness by looking along a row of poles
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bonism | the doctrine that the world is good but not perfect
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bontbok | South African antelope with unusual coloration
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bonzery | Buddhist monastery
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bonzoline | artificial ivory-like substance used to make billiard balls
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boodle | counterfeit money; funds obtained by corruption
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boopic | ox-eyed
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borage | rough-stemmed herb used in salads
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borasco | violent wind squall
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borato | thin fabric
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borborology | filthy talk
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borborygmus | rumbling noise in the intestines
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bordar | tenant who holds land at his lord's pleasure
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bordereau | detailed bill or invoice
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bordure | border surrounding a heraldic shield
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bore | tidal flow of water up estuaries
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borné | limited; narrow-minded
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borsella | instrument for shaping glass vessels
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bort | diamond fragments or dust
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borzoi | wolf-hound
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boscage | thick foliage; woodland
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boschveldt | bush country; wilderness
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bosket | thicket; plantation
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bosky | covered with trees or shrubs
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bossa-nova | Brazilian dance similar to samba
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bosselated | knobby
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boston | waltz-like dance
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bosun | boatswain
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bot | larva of a botfly that infests horses
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botanomancy | divination using burning branches or plants
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botonée | having three buds like a trefoil
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botryoidal | like a bunch of grapes
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bottine | small boot
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bottomry | using the ship as collateral to finance a sea voyage
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bouclé | fabric of uneven looped yarn
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bouillotte | card game resembling poker
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bouleuterion | meeting-place; assembly hall
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bouleversement | overturning; reversal; ruin
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boult | to sift through cloth; to examine by sifting
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boun | to prepare; to dress; to set out
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bourasque | tempest
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bourdon | drone bass of a bagpipe or organ
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bourgeoisification | conversion to a bourgeois way of life or perspective
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bourrée | French baroque dance with quick rhythm
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boursocrat | stock exchange official
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boustrophedon | writing alternating left-right then right-left
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boutade | sudden outburst
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bovicide | slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle
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boviform | cow-shaped
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bower | anchor carried at bow of a ship
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bowery | seedy or run-down district of a city
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bowline | rope used to keep weather edge of a sail taut
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bowsprit | spar that extends at bows of a ship
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boyau | communication trench
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boyg | a problem difficult to get to grips with
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brabble | to squabble or quarrel
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braccate | having feathered legs or feet
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bracciale | bracket or socket mounted on a wall
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bracer | armour for the lower arm
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brach | female hunting hound
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brachal | armour for the arm
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brachet | whelp; brat; bitch hound
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brachiation | act of swinging by one's arms from place to place
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brachiferous | bearing or having branches or arms
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brachiotomy | amputation of an arm
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brachycatalectic | lacking two syllables from end of a line of verse
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brachycerous | having horns or antennae clipped or removed
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brachydactylous | having short or stubby fingers
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brachygraphy | writing using abbreviations or shortened characters; shorthand
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brachymetropia | short-sightedness
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brachyology | laconic, abbreviated or interrupted speech
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brachypodous | short-legged
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brachypterous | short-winged
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brackish | saltish; very salty
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brackle | to break bread or cake into pieces
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bracteate | thin beaten plate of gold or silver
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bradawl | small boring tool
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bradyseism | slow up-and-down movement of the earth's crust
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braguette | armoured codpiece
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brail | leather strap to bind a hawk's wing
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brails | ropes on edge of sail for hauling up
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braird | to appear above ground (of crops)
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branchial | of, like or pertaining to gills
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branchiferous | having or bearing gills
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branchiform | gill-shaped
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brandling | striped earthworm used as fishing bait
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brank | to prance; toss the head; to strut
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bransle | an old French follow-the-leader dance
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brasero | a place where criminals and heretics are burned
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brash | collection of broken pieces of rock or ice
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brassage | difference between cost of minting coin and its value
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brassard | badge worn on the arm; piece of armour for the arm
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brattice | fixed tower of wood on a castle wall
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brattice | partition in mine shaft used to support walls and roof
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braxy | disease of sheep causing fits
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bray | heraldic device of a barnacle or horse's bit
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brayer | instrument for spreading ink in printing
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bream | to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed
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breastsummer | beam supporting front of a building; bressummer
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breccia | geological formation of angular fragments of rock
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breedbate | someone looking for an argument
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brehon | judge or magistrate in ancient Ireland
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breloque | an ornament attached to a watch
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breme | fierce; cruel; keen
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bressummer | beam supporting a wall over an opening
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bretasche | partition to control ventilation in a mine
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breve | mark over letter to indicate a short vowel sound
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brevet | commission enabling officer to take higher rank
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breviary | book containing daily church service
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breviate | a brief compendium; a lawyer's brief
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brevicaudate | short-tailed
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breviloquence | short-windedness; tendency towards brevity in speech
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breviped | short-legged creature
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brevipennate | having short wings
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briarean | many-handed
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bricole | harness for humans to pull heavy loads
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bridewell | house of corrections; jail
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bridgewater | anything undesirable or worthless
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bridoon | light military bridle
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brigandine | leather armour with metal scales
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brigantine | two-masted ship
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brigue | to intrigue
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brilliantine | light lustrous cotton and worsted fabric
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brilliantine | perfumed oil for making hair glossy
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brimborion | worthless nonsense; trash
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brindled | marked with streaks or spots
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brio | enthusiastic vigour
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briquet | heraldic device of a flint and steel
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brisure | part of a parapet breaking from the general direction
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britska | open four-wheeled carriage
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broadcloth | dense twilled wool or worsted fabric
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brobdingnagian | immense
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brocade | rich silk fabric with raised patterns
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brocard | elementary law or principle; canon; axiom; maxim
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broch | luminous ring around the moon
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broché | with raised pattern
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brochette | skewer for holding food steady while cooking
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brocken | two-year-old stag
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brockfaced | having a white mark on the face or snout
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brodequin | light boot worn inside heavier boots
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broderie | embroidery pattern
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brogan | strong and tough working shoe
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broma | food; aliment
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bromatology | study of food
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bromidrosis | strong-smelling sweat
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bromography | a treatise on food
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bromography | written description of food
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bromopnea | bad breath
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bronchos | temporary loss of voice; laryngitis
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bronchoscope | instrument for examining the windpipe
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brontology | scientific study of thunder
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brontomancy | divination using thunder
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brontophobia | fear of thunder and lightning
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brouette | small two-wheeled carriage
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brougham | one-horse closed carriage
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bruit | something rumoured widely; to report or spread rumour
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brumal | of, like or pertaining to winter
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brumous | foggy; wintry
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brunneous | dark brown
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bruxism | habitual grinding of the teeth
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bruxomania | compulsion for grinding teeth
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bryology | the study of mosses and liverworts
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bubaline | of, like or pertaining to buffalo or antelopes
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bubonalgia | painful inflammation of the groin
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buccal | of, like or pertaining to the mouth or cheek
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buccan | metal frame on which meat is dried and/or roasted
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buccina | Roman curved trumpet
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buccinal | shaped or sounding like a trumpet
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buccula | double chin
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bucentaur | legendary half-man and half-ox
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buck-and-wing | solo tap dance with many leg flings and leaps
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buckminsterfullerene | stable carbon molecule with structure like a geodesic dome
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buckram | stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments
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bucoliast | writer of pastoral poems
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bucolic | of, like or pertaining to the tending of cattle; rustic; rural
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buddle | sloping container for washing ore
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buffe | chin-piece for helmet with breathing holes
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bufoniform | shaped like a toad
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bufotenine | hallucinogen found in certain tropical toads
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bugaboo | loud or empty nonsense
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buhl | inlaying of precious material onto furniture
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bulbiferous | bearing bulbs
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bulbul | gregarious songbird
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bulgur | cooked broken wheat
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bulimy | extreme hunger
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bulla | round seal attached to a papal bull
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bullace | wild plum
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bullantic | capitalized and ornamented, as letters used on papal bulls
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bullary | collection of papal bulls
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bullate | having a blistered or puckered appearance
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bulliform | shaped like a blister or boil
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bullionism | belief in the importance of metallic currency in economics
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bullition | the act of boiling
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bullock | an ox or castrated bull
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bullyrag | to assault with abusive language; to badger
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bulse | a small bag for diamonds or gold dust
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bulwark | the side of a ship above the deck
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bumboat | small boat used in harbours to carry provisions
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bumicky | cement mixed with stone chips used in masonry
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bummel | stroll; leisurely journey
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bump | coarse cotton fabric
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bumpkin | spar projecting from stern of ship
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bumptious | offensively conceited or self-assertive
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buncombe | speech-making intended for the mass media; humbug
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bunt | middle of sail, fish-net or cloth when slack
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bunting | light loosely woven fabric used for flags
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buntline | rope attached to middle of square sail to haul it up to the yard
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burdet | cotton fabric
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burgage | tenure in socage for a yearly rent
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burganet | light helmet with nose and cheek protection
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burgee | small ship's flag used for identification or signalling
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burgensic | of, like or pertaining to a borough or its citizens
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burgrave | commander of a German town or castle
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burke | to suppress quietly; to bypass or avoid
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burlap | coarse plain-woven jute or hemp fabric
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burnet | dark brown; dark woollen cloth
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burrel | coarse russet cloth
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burrole | an eavesdropper
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burrstone | type of rock used to make millstones
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bursal | of, like or pertaining to a state's revenues
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bursary | treasury of a monastery or college
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burse | square cloth case to carry the corporal during Communion service
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bursiculate | resembling a small pouch
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bursiform | shaped like a pouch or purse
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bushwa | nonsense
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buskin | tragedy as a dramatic genre
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buss | rude or playful kiss
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buteonine | of, like or pertaining to buzzards
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butt | unit of volume equal to two hogsheads or 126 gallons
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buttery | storeroom for provisions and liquors
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butyraceous | resembling, producing or having the qualities of butter
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butyric | of, like or pertaining to butter
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byre | a cow barn
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byrnie | coat of mail or breastplate
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byssaceous | delicately filamentous
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byssiferous | having tufts or threads
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byssine | silky; soft; having many threads
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byssoid | fibrous; cottony soft
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byssus | mummy-wrapping fabric
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bywoner | agricultural labourer
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