English words: baithook to balance down

300 English words, part 10 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words baithook to balance down

baithook noun: A hook that can be baited.
baiting noun, verb /ˈbeɪtɪŋ/: A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
baitless adjective: Without bait.
baitly adverb /ˈbeɪtli/: Blatantly; clearly; obviously.
baitshop noun: A shop that sells bait for anglers.
baitware noun: Freeware of deliberately poor quality with some, but generally not all, of the features of a software application, intended to entice those who download the...
baitwell noun: A water-filled container for preserving live bait until needed.
baitworm noun: Any of various types of worm used as fishing bait
baity adjective /ˈbeɪti/: Angry, bad-tempered.
baitylos noun: Alternative form of baetyl.
Baiyun proper noun: A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
baiza noun: Alternative form of paisa.
baize noun, verb /beɪz/: A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
baize door noun: A door with a baize surface attached to deaden noise, traditionally separating the servants' quarters from the main part of a house.
baized adjective: Covered with baize.
Baja proper noun /ˈbɑ.jɑ/: A city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary.
Baja Californian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Baja California.
Baja jacket noun: A kind of jacket with a single large pocket on the front, and vents on the side.
Baja Midnight noun: A time of night when one is tired or feels as if it were midnight before it actually is, usually considered to be between 8pm and 9pm local time.
Bajacalifornio adjective: a person from one of the former territories or modern states of the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.
bajada noun: In the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus.
bajaj noun /ˈbɑ.d͡ʒaɪ/: A tuk-tuk.
bajan adjective, noun /ˈbeɪd͡ʒən/: A Barbadian.
Bajanism noun: Alternative form of Baianism.
Bajanness noun: The quality or state of being Bajan.
Bajau noun: An island in Indonesia (part of the Riau Islands) with the coordinate location 3°7'31.84"N, 106°18'38.30"E.
bajee noun: Alternative spelling of bhaji
baji noun: Synonym of chiura (“beaten rice”).
bajillion noun /bəˈd͡ʒɪljən/: An unspecified, absurdly large number (of).
bajillionaire noun: An incredibly rich person.
bajillionth adjective: The ordinal form of the number bajillion (an unspecified large number).
bajo quinto noun: A stringed instrument of Mexican origin, with ten thick strings in five double-courses, a short neck and a deep soundboard; a type of acoustic bass guitar...
bajo sexto noun: A stringed instrument of Mexican origin, with twelve thick strings in six double-courses, with a short neck and a deep soundboard; a type of acoustic bass...
bajocco noun: A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.
Bajocian proper noun: A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
bajonado noun: Synonym of jolthead porgy.
bajra noun: Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).
bajre noun: Alternative form of bajra.
bajree noun: Alternative form of bajri (“pearl millet”).
bajri noun: Alternative form of bajra.
baju noun: A traditional Malay jacket worn with a sarong.
baju kurung noun: A traditional Malay form-fitting outfit for women consisting of a long-sleeved shirt and long skirt.
bajuband noun /ˈbɑːdʒuːbɑːnd/: A type of Indian armlet or bracelet worn around the upper arm, often ornate and made of precious metals like gold or silver, embellished with gemstones,...
Bajun noun: A member of an ethnic group native to Kenya and Somalia, particularly the Bajuni Islands.
bajury noun: Alternative form of bajra.
Bajwa proper noun: A surname from Punjabi.
bak adverb, noun: Abbreviation of back.
bak chang noun [ˈbɑ˦˨ ˌt͡s˭ɑŋ˨˩]: Synonym of zongzi (“A traditional Chinese dumpling of glutinous rice stuffed with a savoury or sweet filling, wrapped in large flat leaves, and cooked by...
bak chor mee noun [ˈbɑ˦˨ ˈt͡sʰɔ˦˨ ˌmiː˨]: A noodle dish made with minced meat (usually pork), soy sauce, oyster sauce and black vinegar.
bak choy noun: Alternative spelling of bok choy.
bak kut teh noun /baʔˈkut̪.t̪e/: A pork rib dish cooked in broth, popular in Malaysia and Singapore.
bak kwa noun: Alternative form of bakkwa.
Bak̓ʷəmgala noun: Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)
Bakʷəmk̓ala noun: Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)
bak tong gou noun: Alternative form of pak tong gou.
bak zhang noun: Alternative spelling of bak chang.
baka adjective, noun /ˈbɑːkə/: An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.
baka bomb noun: The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka, a rocket-powered, human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft employed by Japan against Allied ships towards the end of the Pacific War.
bakability noun: Alternative form of bakeability.
bakable adjective: Alternative spelling of bakeable.
bakaga noun: Synonym of dingiso.
bakain noun: Synonym of chinaberry (“the tree Melia azedarach”).
Bakairi noun: A member of a certain indigenous people of Brazil.
bakait noun /bəˈkaɪt/: A boastful, overconfident, or rowdy person who talks or acts with exaggerated bravery, often without substance; a showoff or know-it-all.
Bakalahadi noun: Synonym of Kgalagadi
Bakalahari noun: Synonym of Kgalagadi
Bakalai noun: A Bantu tribe inhabiting a wide tract of land, formerly part of French Congo, between the Ogowe river and 2° south.
Bakale noun: Alternative form of Bakalai.
bakanae noun: A disease of rice plants, caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, whose metabolism produces a surplus of gibberellic acid that causes hypertrophy in the...
Bakar proper noun: A town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia.
bakarkhani noun: A sweet biscuity flatbread originating in Old Dhaka.
Bakatan noun: Alternative form of Bukitan.
bakaw interjection /bəˈkɔː/: The cluck of a chicken.
bakchodi noun: idle or worthless chatter
bakchoi noun: In the Eleusinian Mysteries, the branches that initiates swung along the ground along the Sacred Way, the 22-kilometer pilgrimage from Athens to Eleusis.
bake noun, verb /beɪk/: To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
bake-danuki noun: A yokai that is commonly associated with the Japanese raccoon dog or tanuki, sometimes reputed to be able to shapeshift into other things or people and...
bake in verb: To include as an essential, pre-existing or integral part of something.
bake off adjective, noun, verb: A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.
bake out verb: To heat a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bake oven noun: An oven used for baking.
bake sale noun: A fundraising activity where baked goods are sold, with profits going to charity or some other good cause.
bake shop noun: Alternative spelling of bakeshop.
bake someone's bread verb: To kill or murder someone.
bake something blind verb: To bake an unfilled pie crust or tart shell.
bake up verb: To prepare by baking.
bakeability noun: The extent to which something is bakeable, that is, can be baked and result in a satisfactory end product, e.g. usable ceramic or edible or palatable bread.
bakeable adjective: Able to be baked (and result in a satisfactory end product, e.g. edible or palatable bread).
bakeaholic noun: A person who is very fond of baking.
bakeapple noun: The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakeboard noun: A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread.
bakecraft noun: The skills of a baker; the art of baking.
baked adjective, verb /beɪkt/: That has been cooked by baking.
baked Alaska noun /beɪkt əˈlaskə/: A dessert consisting of ice cream encased in cake and meringue and briefly baked.
baked-apple noun: Alternative form of bakeapple (“the cloudberry”).
baked bean noun: A single bean in a portion of baked beans.
baked beans noun: A food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce.
baked good noun: An item or class of items with a flour as a main ingredient, prepared by baking.
baked in adjective, verb: Built in; inseparably included.
baked potato noun: A potato that has been baked for eating.
bakehead noun: A fireman (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler on a railroad locomotive).
bakehouse noun /ˈbeɪkhaʊs/: A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
bakelite noun /ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt/: A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).
bakelization noun: The process of bakelizing.
bakelize verb: To coat with Bakelite.
bakemeat noun /ˈbeɪkˌmiːt/: Any baked product (such as a pie)
bakemonger noun: A seller of baked goods.
bakeoff noun: Alternative spelling of bake-off.
bakeout noun: The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bakeoven noun: Alternative form of bake oven
bakepan noun: Synonym of baking tray.
baker noun /ˈbeɪ.kə/: A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
Baker Act verb: To invoke the Baker Act, i.e., the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual in the state of Florida, or (by extension) elsewhere in...
Baker day noun: An INSET day.
baker-legged adjective: Having legs that bend inward at the knees.
Baker-Miller pink noun: A shade of pink thought to reduce hostile, violent and aggressive behavior.
Baker-Nunn camera noun: A device like a Schmidt camera but having a small triplet corrector lens closer to the focus of the camera.
baker's adjective, noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baker, -'s.
baker's ammonia noun: ammonium carbonate
baker's chocolate noun: Unsweetened chocolate mostly used for cooking.
Baker's cyst noun: A benign swelling of the semimembranosus or more rarely some other synovial bursa found behind the knee joint.
baker's dozen noun /ˌbeɪkəz ˈdʌzən/: Thirteen; a group of thirteen.
baker's half dozen noun: Seven, a group of seven.
baker's itch noun: A cutaneous reaction caused by bites of Acarus siro, the flour mite.
baker's percentage noun: A measurement of the proportion of an ingredient to be used when making bread, cakes, etc., expressing the ingredient in parts per hundred as a ratio of the...
baker's salt noun: ammonium carbonate
Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse noun: Reithrodontomys bakeri, a species of Mexican harvest mouse.
baker's yeast noun: Any of the strains of yeast of species (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) commonly used in baking bread and similar products.
Baker Street Irregular noun: A casual assistant, especially in the context of detection or solving crime.
bakerdom noun: The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakeress noun: A female baker or baxter.
Bakerian adjective: Applied to prize lectures by fellows of the Royal Society on natural history or experimental philosophy.
bakerite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
bakerless adjective: Without a baker.
Bakerloo proper noun /beɪkəˈluː/: The Bakerloo Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway.
bakerly adjective: Characteristic of a baker.
Bakersfield proper noun: A major city, the county seat of Kern County, California, United States.
Bakersfieldian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the city of Bakersfield, California.
bakership noun: The role or status of a baker.
Bakersville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
bakery noun /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/: A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
bakery paper noun: Synonym of parchment paper.
bakery release paper noun: Synonym of parchment paper.
bakeryful noun: A quantity that would be supplied by a bakery.
bakerylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a bakery.
bakesale noun: Alternative form of bake sale.
bakeshop noun: A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bakester noun: Alternative form of baxter.
bakestone noun: Synonym of baking stone.
bakestuff noun: baked goods, or ingredients and preparations for the making thereof.
Baketan noun: Alternative form of Bukitan.
bakevelliid noun: Any of the extinct bivalves in the family Bakevelliidae.
bakeware noun: Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven.
bakewell noun: Ellipsis of Bakewell tart.
Bakewell pudding noun: An English dessert consisting of a flaky pastry base with a layer of sieved jam and topped with a filling made of egg and almond paste.
bakewell tart noun /ˈbeɪk.wɛlˌtɑː(ɹ)t/: A tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with jam and covered with a sponge-like filling enriched with frangipane.
bakfiet noun: Alternative form of bakfiets.
bakfiets noun /ˈbækfiːts/: A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now...
Bakgalagadi noun: Synonym of Kgalagadi
Bakgalagalis noun: Synonym of Kgalagadi
bakgat adjective: Great, good, fine, excellent.
bakhchisaraitsevite noun: A soft mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
Bakhchisaray proper noun: A city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia; the former capital of the Crimean Khanate.
bakhoor noun: incense in the form of scented chips or blocks, used in Arab countries
bakhsh noun: An administrative division of Iran, similar to a township in the United States or a district in England.
bakhshish noun, verb: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
Bakhtiari noun: A member of a Lur tribe from Iran.
Bakhtinian adjective: Of or pertaining to Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin.
Bakhtiyari noun: Alternative form of Bakhtiari.
Baki proper noun: A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
bakin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of baking.
baking adjective, noun, verb /ˈbeɪkɪŋ(ɡ)/: That bakes.
baking beans noun: Small heat-resistant weights, usually ceramic or metal, used to hold pastry down during blind baking in order for it to not puff up or shrink.
baking board noun: A board on which the dough is kneaded before being baked into bread.
baking chocolate noun: Alternative form of baker's chocolate.
baking hot adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baking, hot: very hot in a way that involves baking (in an oven or as if in an oven).
baking mat noun: A reusable mat, usually made from silicon, that is placed on the bottom of a pan or baking sheet to prevent food from sticking.
baking pan noun: Synonym of baking tray.
baking paper noun: Synonym of parchment paper.
baking parchment noun: Synonym of parchment paper.
baking powder noun: A dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is...
baking sheet noun: Synonym of baking tray.
baking soda noun: Sodium bicarbonate.
baking stone noun: A flat cooking surface, typically stone or ceramic, used in an oven for baking.
baking tin noun: A deep baking tray that may be used in making cakes etc.
baking tray noun: An oven-proof metal tray used to hold foods in the oven.
bakingly adverb: So as to bake.
bakingware noun: Synonym of bakeware.
bakkal noun: A shopkeeper or dealer.
Bakke proper noun: A surname.
Bakken proper noun: A surname from Norwegian.
Bakker proper noun: A surname.
bakkie noun /ˈbæki/: A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
bakkra noun: A white person, especially one who owned slaves.
bakkwa noun [ˈbɑ(ʔ)˦˨ k˭wɑ̃˦]: A Chinese salty-sweet dried meat product similar to jerky.
bakla noun: Effeminate man.
baklava noun /ˈbæk.lə.və/: A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.
baklava-like adjective: Resembling baklava.
baklavalike adjective: Alternative form of baklava-like.
baklawa noun: Alternative form of baklava.
baklawah noun: Alternative form of baklava.
baklol noun /ˈbʌk.loʊl/: A foolish or silly person; someone who behaves in a clownish, childish, or laughable way.
bakmi noun: A type of semi-thick Chinese wheat noodle, or a dish chiefly composed of them.
Bakongo noun: Synonym of Kongo (“a Bantu ethnic group”).
Bakos proper noun: A surname.
bakoula noun: A spicy Moroccan salad made with mallow.
bakra adjective, noun: Alternative form of buckra.
Bakrism noun: Sunni Islam
baksanite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, sulfur, and tellurium.
baksari noun: A soldier armed with a matchlock.
Baksh proper noun: A surname.
Bakshaish noun: An ornamental rug from the village of Bakshaish in northwest Iran.
bakshalu noun: Synonym of bobbatlu (“sweet flatbread”).
bakshee noun: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
baksheesh noun, verb /bækˈʃiːʃ/: In the Middle East or southwest Asia: a bribe or tip.
Bakshi proper noun: A surname.
bakshish noun, verb: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
baksmal verb: Converting a Dalvik executable file (.dex file) to smali language (a human-readable representation of the binary Dalvik bytecode)
bakso noun: Indonesian meatball.
bakstone noun: Obsolete form of bakestone.
baktun noun: Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun.
baku noun: A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.
bakuchiol noun: A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity
bakufu noun: A shogunate; the office and administration of a shogun.
bakula noun: The tree Mimusops elengi.
Bakumatsu proper noun: The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to...
Bakun proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Bakuninian adjective: Of or relating to Mikhail Bakunin (Russian: Михаил Бакунин; 1814–1876), Russian revolutionary anarchist and founder of collectivist anarchism.
Bakuninism noun: Support for Mikhail Bakunin respectively his propositions.
Bakuninist adjective, noun: Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of Mikhail Bakunin
Bakunism noun: Alternative form of Bakuninism.
Bakunist adjective, noun: Alternative form of Bakuninist.
bakunyu noun: Alternative form of bakunyuu.
bakunyuu noun: A pair of very large breasts.
bakupari noun: Alternative form of bacupari.
Bakur proper noun: A male given name from Armenian
Bakuvian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Baku.
Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala noun: Kwak'wala (in the broad sense)
bakwan noun: A kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour.
bakwan kepiting noun: A kind of Peranakan soup with crab meatballs.
bakwit noun: An evacuee.
bal adjective, noun: The surface of a mine.
bal-chatri noun: A trap for catching hunting birds, consisting of a cage with bait and a slip noose.
Balıkesir proper noun: A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara.
bal musette noun: A French dance hall with an accordion player.
Bala proper noun: A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).
bala shark noun: A species of cyprinid; Balantiocheilos melanopterus.
Balaam noun /ˈbeɪləm/: A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column.
Balaam basket noun: A receptacle for rejected articles.
Balaam box noun: A receptacle for rejected articles.
Balaamite adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Balaam (a Biblical figure).
Balaamitical adjective: Characteristic of Balaam or Balaamites.
balaban noun: An Azerbaijani wind instrument made of wood.
balaboosta noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balabooste noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balabos noun: Alternative spelling of balebos.
balabosta noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balabusta noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balabuste noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balabusteh noun: Alternative form of baleboste.
balace noun: Alternative form of balas.
Balachandran proper noun: A surname from Malayalam.
balachaung noun: Alternative form of balachong.
balachong noun: A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp.
balaclava noun /ˌbæl.əˈklɑː.və/: A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.
balaclava helmet noun: A balaclava (type of headgear).
balaclavaed adjective: Wearing a balaclava.
balada noun /bəˈlɑdə/: A Spanish-language ballad.
baladin noun: Alternative form of balladine.
baladine noun: Alternative form of balladine.
baladiyah noun: A municipality in Iraq.
balaenid noun: Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale.
balaenoid adjective: Relating to whales of the family Balaenidae, certain of the baleen whales.
balaenopterid noun: Any member of family Balaenopteridae of rorqual whales.
balaenopteroid noun: Any baleen whale of the superfamily Balaenopteroidea
balafon noun: A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.
balaganjur noun: Alternative form of beleganjur.
Balaghat proper noun: A district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
balaglitazone noun: A thiazolidinedione derivative that shows antihyperglycemic activity.
Balagtas proper noun: A barangay of Orion, Bataan, Philippines.
Balaguer proper noun: The capital city of the county of Noguera, Catalonia.
balagyptin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Balaji proper noun: A surname from Tamil.
balaklava noun: Alternative spelling of balaclava
Balakrishnan proper noun: A surname from Tamil.
Balala proper noun: A locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
balalaika noun /bæləˈlaɪkə/: A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
balalaikist noun: Someone who plays the balalaika.
balalajka noun: Alternative form of balalaika.
balalayka noun: Alternative form of balalaika.
Balam proper noun: A gewog of Mongar District, Bhutan.
balamuthosis noun: An infectious disease produced by amoebae of the genus Balamuthia.
Balan proper noun: A town in Harghita County, Romania.
balance noun, verb /ˈbæləns/: A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
balance beam noun: A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
balance bicycle noun: A bicycle without pedals.
balance bike noun: Synonym of balance bicycle
balance board noun: A device used for recreation, athletic training, circus acts, etc. consisting of a rectangular or circular board on a fulcrum on which board the user...
balance dock noun: A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
balance down verb: To achieve a balance, usually by decreasing something, e.g., revenue.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.