Words starting with B

107 words.

• babouche A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
• backbite To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
• balatron A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
• balderdash Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
• balebos Master of the house, head of the household, host.
• ballyhoo To sensationalize or make grand claims.
• bandoneon A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
• banjax A mess or undesirable situation made as a result of incompetence.
• barachois A coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar.
• baragouin A pidgin.
• barbican A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
• barbute A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for th
• barythymia A depressed state of mind.
• basorexia An overwhelming urge to be kissed.
• bastinado A blow with a cudgel or stick.
• bathos Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
• battology Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
• bawneen Woven wool or flannel; especially undyed, unbleached wool.
• bedizen To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
• beestings The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
• beghast To fill with shock, awe, wonder, or amazement; inspire; enthuse.
• behoof That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
• bejan A freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
• belcher A dark blue neckerchief with white spots, each having a dark-blue spot in the centre.
• bellibone A beautiful and nice woman.
• belligerati Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.
• belonephobia An irrational fear of needles and pins, usually resulting in abnormal behavior and anxiety.
• benison A blessing; benediction.
• besagew A small disc of metal which protects the armpit, a piece of armor typically worn together with a spa
• beslobber To wet, besmear, or befoul with spittle or anything running from the mouth; cover in slobber; bespaw
• bespredel A fundamental breakdown in the established norms of a society, due to its citizens no longer having
• bezzle The level or proportion of financial sector activity that consists of hidden embezzlement, varying i
• biblioklept A person who steals books.
• bibliomigrancy The movement of books between geographical locations or physical or textual formats.
• bibliophage A person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
• bibliotaph One who "buries" books, typically by hoarding them unread, hiding them, locking them away, or otherw
• billingsgate Profane, abusive language; coarse words.
• biloquist A person having the ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist.
• bimble To walk or travel with no particular haste.
• bisociation A blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated patterns of thought into a new pattern.
• blague Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingl
• blandiloquent Speaking, or spoken, in a mild, flattering manner.
• blennophobia The irrational fear of slime.
• blicker To flicker, to shine or reflect light intermittently.
• blindage A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by
• blipvert A subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time.
• bluette A short but scintillating play or other work.
• bobbery A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance.
• boffin An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
• bogatyr A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
• boggart A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
• bogle A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
• bokeh A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.
• bolide An extremely bright meteor.
• bombinate to buzz or hum; to speak idly, vacuously, or to little effect.
• bombinator A person who speaks or makes noise to no effect, as a flattering toady or empty orator.
• bombogenesis Rapid or extreme cyclogenesis, often characterized by a barometric pressure drop of 24 millibars in
• bonhomie A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
• bonistics The study and collecting of paper money and banknotes
• bonspiel A tournament in the sport of curling.
• bonzer Remarkable; wonderful; excellent; terrific.
• booklegging The illicit publication and distribution of banned books.
• borborygm A gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels.
• boreas The north wind.
• boreen A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing
• boscage A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
• bosket A small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
• bothy A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remot
• bouleuterion A building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were dis
• boulevardier To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
• bowdlerize To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
• bowssen To dunk or immerse (into water, for remedial purposes).
• boyar A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, No
• brabble To make clamorous noises; to act noisily.
• brachistochrone A cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points.
• brachygraphy A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
• brachyology A figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good
• braird The first shoots of grass or crops.
• brame Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
• brank A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
• brattle To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
• bravura A highly technical or difficult piece, usually written for effect.
• brayette An item of armor (mail or plate) protecting the groin.
• breenge To lunge forward, to dash ahead, to move recklessly.
• brehon A judge or lawgiver in ancient Celtic Ireland.
• bretheling Wretch; worthless person.
• bricoleur A person who constructs bricolages; one who creates using whatever materials are available.
• bridewell A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
• brigue To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.
• brinded Especially of the fur or skin of animals: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey
• brinkmanship The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, b
• brisure Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
• brouhaha A stir; a fuss or uproar.
• broyges A falling out or feud.
• brumous Foggy or misty; wintry.
• brustle To crackle; to rustle.
• buckeen a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
• bucranium The depiction of the head of an ox, as ornamental flourishes in architectural works.
• buffont An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puff
• buirdly Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.
• bulchin A little bull; a bull calf.
• bulse A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.
• bundobust A system of discipline; organisation, arrangement, preparation.
• burgernomics An informal measurement of the purchasing power parity between currencies, based on the price of a B
• burkundaz An armed guard or watchman.
• burletta A comic operetta; a musical farce.
• bwthyn A small Welsh cottage.