English words: bassinette to batement light

300 English words, part 26 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.

English words bassinette to batement light

bassinette noun: Alternative spelling of bassinet.
bassist noun /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/: A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.
basskaap noun: Alternative form of baasskap.
basskap noun: Alternative form of baasskap.
Bassler proper noun: A surname.
bassless adjective: Lacking a bass
basslessness noun: Absence of bass.
basslet noun /ˈbæslət/: Any of several small, colourful fish, of the family Grammatidae, popular in aquaria
basslike adjective: Resembling a bass.
bassline noun /ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn/: The relatively low-pitched instrumental part of a piece of popular music.
bassly adverb: In a bass tone.
bassman noun: A man who plays the bass guitar.
bassness noun: The quality of being bass.
basso noun: A bass singer, especially in opera.
basso cantante noun: A voice with an upper range that is more developed than that of the basso profundo.
basso continuo noun: The continuous realization of harmony throughout a musical piece, usually by a harpsichord and/or cello, typical of the Baroque period. Abbreviation: bc.
basso ostinato noun: Synonym of ground bass.
basso profondo noun: A singer with a bass voice of the lowest range.
basso profundo noun: Alternative spelling of basso profondo.
basso-relievo noun: Synonym of bas-relief.
basso-rilievo noun: Synonym of bas-relief.
bassock noun: A hassock.
bassoon noun, verb /bəˈsuːn/: A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
bassooner noun /bəˈsuːnɚ/: Synonym of bassoonist.
bassooning noun, verb /bəˈsuːnɪŋ/: Action of the verb to bassoon; playing the bassoon.
bassoonist noun: A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family.
bassorin noun: An amylose that is a constituent part of a species of gum from Basra (previously called Bassora), tragacanth, and some gum resins.
bassorine noun: Alternative form of bassorin.
bassplayer noun: Alternative form of bass player
basswood noun /ˈbæswʊd/: Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
basswork noun: The playing of the bass
bassy adjective, noun /bæsi/: Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds.
bast adjective, noun /bɑːst/: Inner bark of a tree from which rope is traditionally made.
basta interjection /ˈbɑstɑ/: (that's) enough; stop!
bastable noun: A cast iron pot that is suspended over an open fire, often with hot coals placed on the lid for more even cooking.
bastable cake noun /ˈbæstəbl ˌkeɪk/: A round loaf of soda bread that is baked in a bastable (“an earthenware or cast-iron pot used for baking over a fire”).
bastadin noun: Any of a series of brominated aromatic amides based on...
Bastani proper noun: A surname from Persian.
Bastar proper noun: A district of Chhattisgarh, India.
bastard adjective, interjection, noun, verb /ˈbɑːs.təd/: A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
bastard agrimony noun: Aremonia agrimonoides, a herbaceous flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae.
bastard alkanet noun: Lithospermum arvense, a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and Asia and known as an introduced species, in much of North America...
bastard ashlar noun: Stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry.
bastard bar noun: baton sinister
bastard big-footed mouse noun: Macrotarsomys bastardi, a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, found only in Madagascar.
bastard bully tree noun: Pithecellobium lanceolatum.
bastard camphor tree noun: Synonym of Cape quince.
bastard cedar noun: An incense cedar (Calocedrus spp.),
bastard coolibah noun: Synonym of gum coolibah (Eucalyptus intertexta)
bastard craps noun: Synonym of crapless craps (“dice game”).
bastard-dom noun: The condition, quality, or realm of a bastard; bastards collectively
bastard dory noun: An old wife: the fish Enoplosus armatus.
bastard eel noun: A moray, Gymnothorax miliaris.
bastard eigne noun: A bastard eldest son whose parents marry each other afterwards.
bastard file noun: A half-round file or rasp (being a flat file on one side, and a round file on the other); typically having coarse teeth.
bastard fox noun: A cross between a standard red fox and a silver fox, featuring fur coloration of both.
bastard gemsbok noun: roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.
bastard gumwood noun: Commidendrum rotundifolium, a gumwood tree endemic to Saint Helena which evolved from the sunflower, which is now nearly extinct.
bastard halibut noun: The olive flounder.
bastard hartebeest noun: The sassaby.
bastard hemp noun: False hemp (Datisca cannabina).
bastard hogberry noun: Margaritaria nobilis, a plant of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies, which bears fruit with a complex surface structure which...
bastard horn snake noun: The common kingsnake.
bastard ironwood noun: Pouteria costata, a coastal tree native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island (Australia), in New Zealand also called the tawapou; its leathery leaves have...
bastard mahogany noun: Any of various eucalypts with hard wood, especially Eucalyptus botryoides.
bastard manchineel noun: Cameraria latifolia, a tree of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties to those of the manchineel.
bastard pellitory noun: Synonym of sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica).
bastard pennyroyal noun: Bluecurls (Trichostema dichotomum, native to the eastern US.
bastard pimpernel noun: chaffweed.
bastard pop noun: mashups of pop music
bastard saffron noun: safflower
bastard sandalwood noun: Synonym of false sandalwood.
bastard speedwell noun: Veronica spuria, a flower of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
bastard strangles noun /ˈbɑːstəd ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/: A form of strangles, a bacterial upper respiratory tract infection of horses potentially causing airway obstruction, that has spread to other parts of the...
bastard sugar noun: An impure light brown sugar containing molasses.
bastard sword noun: Any of the large, straight-bladed European swords used with either one or two hands; a longsword.
bastard teak noun: Butea monosperma, of south and southeast Asia, with many uses.
bastard title noun: An abbreviated book title on an otherwise blank page preceding the main title page.
bastard toadflax noun: Any plant in the genus Thesium.
bastard trumpeter noun: A trumpeter (fish) of the species Latridopsis forsteri
bastard type noun: A type having the face of a larger or smaller size than the body.
bastard umbrella thorn noun: Acacia luederitzii, a tree of Namibia.
bastard verdict noun: The verdict of "not proven" in Scottish law.
bastard viol noun: Synonym of viola bastarda.
bastard wing noun: A tuft of feathers borne by the bony thumb-like structure in a bird's wing; alula.
bastarda noun: A type of simplified Gothic script used primarily in continental Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
bastardess noun: A woman who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
bastardhood noun: The state, quality, or condition of a bastard
Bastardi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
bastarding adjective: damned, bloody; hateful
bastardisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardization.
bastardise verb /ˈbæstə(ɹ)daɪz/: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.
bastardiser noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardizer.
bastardish adjective: Like or characteristic of a bastard; bastardised
bastardism noun: The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
bastardization noun: The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
bastardize verb /ˈbæstɚdaɪz/: To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
bastardizer noun: One who bastardizes.
bastardizing noun, verb: The act or process by which something is bastardized.
bastardless adjective: Without a bastard; lacking or devoid of bastards
bastardlike adjective: Like, resembling, or characteristic of a bastard; bastardly
bastardliness noun: The state or quality of being bastardly.
bastardling noun: A young or petty bastard
bastardly adjective, adverb: Having been born out of marriage.
bastardly gullion noun: A bastard's bastard.
bastardness noun: The condition or quality of a bastard
Bastardo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
bastardous adjective: That is or is like a bastard; bastardly
bastardry noun: The state of being a bastard (illegitimate child).
bastardship noun: The state or condition of a bastard; bastardness
bastardsword noun: Alternative spelling of bastard sword.
bastardy noun /ˈbæstə(ɹ)di/: The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
bastardy bond noun: A document that named the father of a child whose parents were not married, and stipulated payments (to the mother or to the parish) to be made for its upkeep
baste noun, verb /beɪst/: To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
baste up verb: To prepare or treat a fabric by basting (to sew with long or loose stitches).
basted adjective, verb /ˈbeɪstɪd/: Having been cooked by basting.
bastee noun: Alternative form of basti (“slum”).
bastegh noun: Alternative form of pastegh.
baster noun /ˈbeɪstɚ/: One who bastes.
basterd noun: Eye dialect spelling of bastard.
Bastet proper noun: The goddess of the sun and the moon, of cats, and Lower Egypt; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ptah, often depicted as having a...
basti noun /bʌstiː/: A slum.
Bastia proper noun /ˈbæstiə/: A town and port, the capital of the department of Upper Corsica, Corsica, France.
Bastian adjective: Of or relating to the city of Bastia, Corsica, France.
bastible noun: Alternative form of bastable.
Bastida proper noun: A surname.
bastide noun: A mansion in Provence.
bastille noun, verb /bæˈstiːl/: Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion (“projecting part of a rampart or other fortification”) or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other...
bastillion noun: A fortress or fortified position.
Bastin proper noun: A surname.
bastinade noun, verb: A blow with a stick or cudgel.
bastinado noun, verb: A blow with a cudgel or stick.
basting noun, verb /ˈbeɪstɪŋ/: The act by which a food item is basted.
bastion noun, verb /ˈbæsti.ən/: A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
bastion forest noun: Synonym of red forest.
bastionary adjective: Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
bastioned adjective, verb: Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
bastionet noun: A small bastion.
bastionlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a bastion.
bastirma noun: Alternative form of pastirma.
bastle noun: A medieval fortified house, in northern England and the Scottish borders
bastnaesite noun: A yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium.
bastnasite noun: Alternative form of bastnaesite.
basto noun /ˈbæstəʊ/: A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards
Bastogne proper noun: A city in Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium.
baston noun /ˈbæstən/: Obsolete form of baton.
bastonade verb: To beat a person with a stick, especially on the soles of the feet.
Bastone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
bastourma noun: Alternative form of pastirma.
Bastow proper noun: A surname.
Bastrop proper noun /ˈbæstɹɑp/: A city, the parish seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States.
bastrovirus noun: A basal astrovirus present in feces
basturma noun: Alternative form of pastirma.
basuco noun: Cocaine paste, especially in the context of its manufacture or consumption in South America.
basuko noun: Alternative form of basuco.
basun noun: Powdered gram used in cookery or in cleansing the hair, etc.
Basutho noun: Alternative form of Basotho.
Basuto noun: A member of the Basotho people.
Basutoland proper noun /bəˈsutəʊˌlænd/: A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, now Lesotho.
Basutolander noun: A native or inhabitant of Basutoland.
basyle noun: A positive or non-acid constituent of a compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.
basylous adjective /ˈbæsɪləs/: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electropositive; basic.
bat noun, prefix, verb /bæt/: Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
bat a thousand verb: To reach first base on every at-bat.
bat about verb: Alternative form of bat around (certain senses)
bat an eye verb: Synonym of bat an eyelid.
bat an eyelash verb: Synonym of bat an eyelid.
bat an eyelid verb: To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
bat and ball noun: A style of handwriting with distinct circles and straight lines, rather than a more cursive style.
bat around verb: To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.
bat away verb: To knock an object, usually a ball, away from oneself.
bat bomb noun: An experimental weapon developed by the United States designed to carry tiny incendiary devices strapped to Mexican free-tailed bats.
bat box noun: Synonym of bat house.
bat bug noun: A bloodsucking insect parasite (of families Cimicidae and Polyctenidae) that feeds primarily on the blood of bats.
bat chayil noun: A Jewish confirmation ceremony for girls practiced in some synagogues.
bat deep verb: To have a significant number of talented batters, even batting low in the order.
bat detector noun: A device that helps to identify the presence of bats by converting their echolocation ultrasound signals to audible frequencies.
bat ear noun: Synonym of otapostasis.
bat-eared fox noun: Otocyon megalotis, a canid of the African savanna, with large black ears and tawny fur.
bat five hundred verb: To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.
bat flower noun: Any of several tropical plants in the genus Tacca which are grown for their distinctive flowers, especially the black bat flower, Tacca chantrieri and the...
bat fly noun /ˈbæt flaɪ/: Any member of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.
bat for both sides verb: To be bisexual.
bat for the other side verb: Synonym of bat for the other team.
bat for the other team verb: To be homosexual.
bat-fowler noun: Alternative spelling of batfowler.
bat-fowling noun: The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon they fly towards the flames and can be caught in...
bat girl noun: Alternative form of batgirl.
bat hawk noun: A slender, long-winged raptor of species Macheiramphus alcinus, found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea, and having a diet of mainly bats.
bat horse noun: Alternative form of bathorse.
bat house noun: A nest box for bats.
bat in verb: To bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).
bat laurel noun: A Singaporean tree, Prunus polystachya.
bat'leth noun /ˈbæt.lɪθ/: A double-ended curved blade weapon with spiked protrusions, controlled by grips along its back, used by Klingons in Star Trek.
bat mitzvah noun, verb /bɑt ˈmɪtsvə/: A Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl.
bat nut noun: A nut of water caltrop (Trapa bicornis) or a plant of the species.
bat of an eye noun: Synonym of blink of an eye.
bat one's eyelashes verb: Alternative form of bat one's eyes.
bat one's eyes verb: To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.
bat one thousand verb: Alternative form of bat a thousand.
bat out verb: to expel, using bats, paddles or similar things.
bat-pad noun: One of a pair of soft padded coverings that protect the legs of the person batting; a pad or batting pad.
bat phone noun: A telephone that has a direct connection to an important caller, or is only used for important calls
bat ray noun: Myliobatis californica, a kind of eagle ray.
bat round verb: Synonym of bat around.
bat's wing noun: Alternative spelling of batwing.
Bat-Signal noun: A thing which serves to attract or summon something.
bat speed noun: The speed of the bat during a swing.
bat star noun: A species of starfish, Patiria miniata, characterised by webbing between its arms.
bat the breeze verb: To chat; to shoot the breeze.
bat tick noun: Any of various wingless dipterous insects that are parasitic to bats, such as some in genus Argas
bat wing noun: Alternative spelling of batwing.
bata noun: A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
Bataan proper noun /bɐ.tɐˈʔan/: A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Balanga.
batab noun: The chief of a batabil.
batabil noun: A Mayan town or village, headed by a batab.
batable adjective: disputable; disputed
bataca noun: bat or club with heavy padding for sparring or therapeutic use without causing injury
batagur noun: A roofed turtle.
batagurid noun: Any member of the Bataguridae (now Geoemydidae).
Batahin noun: An Arab tribe in Butana in Sudan.
Bataillean adjective: Of or pertaining to Georges Bataille (1897–1962), French writer.
Batak noun: A member of any of several different peoples of North Sumatra in Indonesia.
batakari noun: A plaid shirt, similar to the dashiki, worn by men in Ghana.
Bataknese adjective: Of or relating to the Batak people of Sumatra.
bataleur noun: Alternative form of bateleur (“kind of eagle”).
Batalla proper noun: A surname.
Batam proper noun /ˈbætəm/: The largest city in the Riau Islands, Indonesia.
batamote noun: seepwillow
Batan proper noun: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
Batanes proper noun /bɐˈta.nɛs/: A province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines.
Batang proper noun: A barangay of Ligao, Albay, Philippines.
batanga noun: A cocktail consisting of tequila, coke and lime juice, traditionally mixed with a knife. Usually also prapaired with ice cubes and spearmint
Batangas proper noun /bɐˈtaŋ.ɡɐs/: A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Batangas City. Largest city: Lipa.
Batangas knife noun: A butterfly knife.
Batangueño adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to Batangas.
batanopride noun: An antiemetic benzamide drug.
batarang noun /ˈbætəˌræŋ/: a bat-shaped sharp-edged boomeranglike missile weapon, primarily used by the fictional character Batman
batard noun /bəˈtɑɹd/: A loaf of bread similar in shape to a baguette, but shorter (15 to 30 cm / 6 to 12 inches in length).
batardeau noun: A cofferdam.
Batasan proper noun: A barangay of Arayat, Pampanga, Philippines.
batasha noun: A kind of sugar-based confection.
batata noun /bəˈtɑ.tə/: sweet potato (plant)
batata vada noun: A popular vegetarian fast food in Maharashtra, India, consisting of a potato mash patty coated with chickpea flour, then deep-fried and served hot with...
batatilla noun: Any of various plants of genus Ipomoea.
Batavi noun: An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
batavia noun /bəˈteɪvi.ə/: A variety of lettuce with broad flat leaves.
Batavia cassia noun: Synonym of Korintje (“Cinnamomum burmanni'”).
Batavian adjective, noun: From Batavia; Jakartan.
Batavianization noun: The process or result of making something Batavian.
Batavism noun: A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
Batavophone adjective, noun: Dutch-speaking.
batboy noun: A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.
batcape noun: Alternative letter-case form of Batcape.
batcaver noun: An early member of the goth subculture.
batch adjective, noun, verb /bæt͡ʃ/: The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
batch-edit verb: To carry out a batch edit.
batch file noun: A file containing a series of instructions to be carried out by the operating system.
batch job noun: A series of instructions executed by the operating system.
batch picking noun: An order picking method where several goods are picked at the same time.
batch process noun: Any process that is not continuous, but is carried out with a discrete amount of material.
batch processing noun: the processing of materials in batches rather than in continuous flow or in an assembly line
batch production noun: A manufacturing technique in which the product is created stage by stage over a series of workstations, and in different batches.
batch queue noun: A system software data structure maintained by job scheduler software.
batch up verb: To line up multiple tasks to be executed at once in order to improve efficiency.
batcha noun: Alternative form of bacha.
batchable adjective: Capable of being run as a batch (a set of data processed at one time).
batched adjective, verb /bæt͡ʃt/: Made in batches
batchedit verb: edit in batch; change a whole group of items in one
Batchelder proper noun: A surname.
batchelor noun: Archaic spelling of bachelor.
batchelor's fare noun: Alternative spelling of bachelor's fare.
batchelorite noun: A green, slaty variety of muscovite.
batcher noun /ˈbæt͡ʃɚ/: A machine for preparing batches, especially of concrete, of a fixed size or volume.
batchim noun: The final consonant (or consonant cluster) at the end of a Korean syllable.
batching plant noun: Usually a set of equipment assembled for the purpose of mixing concrete from raw materials, typically sand or gravel, cement, and water, but some are used...
batchmate noun: classmate
batchoy noun: Noodles mixed with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, and beef loin.
batchsize noun: The number of items in a batch.
batchwise adjective, adverb: In batches; one batch at a time
batchy adjective, noun: Of unsound mind, crazy; lacking good sense or judgment, silly.
batcorder noun: A device that detects and records the call of bats
batdom noun /ˈbætdəm/: The world of bats.
bate noun, verb /beɪt/: To reduce the force of something; to abate.
bate an ace verb: To make the least abatement or reduction.
bateau noun /bætˈəʊ/: A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
bateau neck noun: Synonym of boat neckline.
bateau neckline noun: Synonym of boat neckline
bated adjective, verb /ˈbeɪtɪd/: Reduced; lowered; restrained
bateel noun: Alternative form of batil.
batefenterol noun: A particular muscarinic antagonist.
bateful adjective: Causing contention; contentious.
bateid noun: Any amphipod in the family Bateidae.
Bateke noun: Synonym of Teke (“member of a Bantu group”)
bateless adjective: Not to be abated or subdued; impossible to blunt, curtail, or reduce to anything other than full strength or intensity.
bateleur noun /ˌbætəˈlɜː/: Any member of the species Terathopius ecaudatus of eagles, endemic to Africa and Arabia.
bateleur eagle noun: Synonym of bateleur.
Bateman proper noun: A surname.
batement noun: abatement; diminution
batement light noun: A window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, such as where it follows the rake (slope angle) of a staircase.

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.