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