English words: babygram to back country

300 English words, part 3 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 29 have a page of their own.

English words babygram to back country

babygram noun: An X-ray of the entire body of an infant.
babygramme noun: Alternative spelling of babygram.
babygro noun: Alternative letter-case form of Babygro.
babygrow noun /ˈbeɪbiː.ɡɹəʊ/: Alternative form of babygro.
babyhood noun /ˈbeɪbihʊd/: The state or period of infancy.
babying noun, verb: The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
babyish adjective /ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/: Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
babyishly adverb: In a babyish manner.
babyishness noun: The state or quality of being babyish.
babyism noun: The state of being a baby.
babykiller noun: Alternative form of baby-killer.
babykin noun: young baby.
babykins noun: Fond term of address for a baby, child, lover, or spouse.
babykisser noun: Alternative form of baby-kisser.
babyleaf noun: Small salad leaves that are harvested early.
babyless adjective: Without a baby.
babylessness noun: Absence of babies.
babylift noun: The evacuation of foreign children from abroad into a country for adoption.
babylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a baby.
babylon noun /ˈbæ.bɪ.lɒn/: A female breast.
Babylon willow noun: Synonym of weeping willow (“Salix babylonica”).
Babylonia proper noun /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/: An ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering...
Babylonian adjective, noun /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/: Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
Babylonic adjective /ˌbæbɪˈlɒnɪk/: Pertaining to Babylon, or made there.
Babylonical adjective: Synonym of Babylonic.
Babylonically adverb: In a Babylonic manner.
babylonise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Babylonize.
Babylonish adjective: Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
Babylonism noun: The belief that the Semitic faith and culture of the ancient Israelites was an outgrowth of Babylonian faith and culture.
babylonize verb: Alternative form of Babylonize.
babymaker noun: Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
babymaking noun: The act or process of conceiving or giving birth to a baby.
babymama noun: Alternative form of baby mama.
babymamma noun: Alternative spelling of baby mama.
babymax verb: Alternative spelling of babymaxx.
babymaxx verb: To have as many children as possible.
babyminder noun: Someone who takes care of another person's baby
babymom noun: Alternative form of baby mama.
babymomma noun: Alternative spelling of baby mama.
babymoon noun, verb /ˈbeɪ.biˌmuːn/: A period of calm spent together by a newborn baby and its parents.
babymother noun: The biological mother of a baby, especially one who is young and unwed.
babyness noun: The property or state of being a baby or being babylike.
babyolatry noun: Adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies.
babyproof adjective, verb: Resistant to damage caused by babies, or unable to harm them; childproof.
babyproofed adjective: Made babyproof.
babyproofer noun: One who babyproofs a dwelling.
babyproofing noun: The act or process of making babyproof.
babyqueer noun: Alternative spelling of baby queer.
babyroussa noun: Alternative form of babiroussa.
babyship noun: The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
babysit verb /ˈbeɪ.bi.sɪt/: To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
babysittee noun: The person who is looked after by a babysitter.
babysitter noun /ˈbeɪ̯biˌsɪtə/: A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
babysitting noun, verb: The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.
babysitting circle noun: A group of families who share the task of babysitting on a rotational, or other equalising basis.
babyspace noun: The state of mind one enters when age regressing as a baby.
babyspeak noun: The infantile protolanguage of babies.
babystay noun: A stay just forward of the mast, used to support the mast.
babystep noun: Alternative spelling of baby step.
babytalk noun, verb: To speak in baby talk (form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children).
babytrans noun: Alternative form of baby trans.
babyware noun: Products designed for babies
babywear noun, verb: Collectively, clothes made for babies.
babywearing noun: The act of wearing a child, carrying them close to the body.
babywise adverb: Alternative form of baby-wise.
bac infix, noun /ˈbæk/: A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
Bắc Hà dog noun: A medium size spitz dog breed and one of Vietnam's Four Great National Dogs.
Baca proper noun: A surname.
bacalao noun: Alternative spelling of bacalhau.
bacalhau noun: Dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish.
Bacall proper noun: A surname.
bacampicillin noun: An antibiotic which is converted to ampicillin in the body.
Bacani proper noun: A surname from Kapampangan
bacanora noun: A Mexican alcoholic beverage distilled from agave plants, made in the state of Sonora.
bacaro noun: A traditional wine bar of Venice or Veneto, often serving cicchetti (snacks and bar food).
Bacaudae noun: Alternative form of Bagaudae.
bacaw interjection: A representation of the vocal sound made by a chicken at the end of a series of clucks. Usually used in conjunction with either buck or cluck.
bacc noun: Clipping of baccalaureate.
baccaceous adjective: Resembling a berry.
baccala noun: Dried and salted codfish.
baccalaurean adjective: Relating to a baccalaureate.
baccalaureat noun /bækəˈlɔːɹɪət/: Alternative form of baccalaureate (“bachelor's degree”).
baccalaureate noun /bækəˈlɔːɹɪət/: A bachelor's degree.
baccara noun /ˈbæk.əˌɹɑː/: Alternative form of baccarat (“French card game”).
baccarat noun /ˈbækəɹɑː/: A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms, usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt, and also bearing some...
baccare interjection: Stand back! give place!
Baccarin proper noun: A surname from Italian
baccate adjective: Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.
baccated adjective: Having many berries.
baccatin noun: Any of a group of complex organic compounds present in the yew tree Taxus baccata
baccer noun: Tobacco.
Bacchae noun: The maenads; followers of Bacchus.
bacchanal adjective, noun /ˈbækənəl/: Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
bacchanale noun: Alternative spelling of bacchanal.
bacchanalia noun /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/: A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
bacchanalian adjective, noun /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/: Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
bacchanalianism noun: The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
bacchanalianly adverb: In a Bacchanalian manner.
bacchanalise verb: Alternative form of bacchanalize.
bacchanalism noun: Alternative form of bacchanalianism.
bacchanalist noun: One who takes part in a bacchanalia.
bacchanalization noun: Riotous revelry.
bacchanalize verb: To behave as if at a bacchanal; to revel riotously.
bacchanology noun: The study of drinking and its preparations, and history.
bacchant adjective, noun /ˈbækənt/: A priest of Bacchus.
bacchante noun: A priestess of Bacchus.
bacchantic adjective: Bacchanalian; drunken or frenzied and unrestrained; orgiastic.
bacchiac noun: Synonym of bacchius.
bacchian adjective: jovial or drunken
bacchic adjective: Of or relating to Bacchus.
bacchical adjective: Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication.
bacchius noun /ˈbækiəs/: A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
Bacchus proper noun /ˈbækəs/: The Greco-Roman god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
Bacchus-like adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Bacchus; bacchic.
Bacchuslike adjective: rare spelling of Bacchus-like
Bacchylides proper noun: An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
Bacci proper noun: A surname from Italian.
bacciferous adjective /bækˈsɪfəɹəs/: Producing berries.
bacciform adjective /ˈbæksɪfɔːm/: Having the form of a berry.
baccivorous adjective /bækˈsɪvəɹəs/: Eating, or having a diet based on, berries
'bacco noun: tobacco
baccoo noun: A mischievous little male spirit in Caribbean folklore.
baccy noun /ˈbæki/: Tobacco.
bacDNA noun: bacterial artificial chromosome DNA
bace noun: A blow; a drubbing.
baceridin noun: A cyclic hexapeptide present in an epiphytic bacillus
bach noun, verb /bæt͡ʃ/: A bachelor.
Bach flower remedy noun: A homeopathic solution of brandy and water, with extremely diluted trace amounts of flower material, supposed to treat emotional and spiritual conditions.
Bach flower therapy noun: The use of Bach flower remedies.
BACH motif noun: A sequence of four notes (B flat, A, C, B natural), included in a piece of music as a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Bach trumpet noun: The piccolo trumpet in D.
bacha noun: A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
bacha bazi noun: A pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys for sexual abuse and/or cross-dressing.
bachac noun: A leaf-cutter ant.
Bachand proper noun: A surname from French.
Bachao proper noun: A barangay of the municipality of Leyte, province of Leyte, Philippines.
Bachar proper noun: A surname.
Bacharach noun: A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.
Bacharachian adjective: Of or relating to Burt F. Bacharach (1928–2023), American pianist, composer and music producer.
bachata noun /bəˈt͡ʃɑːtə/: A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
bachatero noun: A singer of bachata music.
bache noun: The dale of a stream or rivulet.
Bachelardian adjective: Of or relating to Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher.
Bachelder proper noun: A surname.
Bachelet proper noun: A surname from French
bachelor noun /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/: A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry but has not yet.
bachelor apartment noun: An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living room, dining room, and bedroom combined.
bachelor degree noun: Alternative form of bachelor's degree.
bachelor dinner noun: A dinner hosted and attended only by men, sometimes as part of a bachelor party for a man who is soon to be married.
bachelor flat noun: Synonym of bachelor apartment.
Bachelor of Applied Science noun: An undergraduate degree focused on applied sciences.
Bachelor of Arts noun: A collegiate degree, usually involving three to four years of study (about 120 semester hours) in liberal arts.
Bachelor of Divinity noun: An undergraduate orpostgraduate degree in divinity (religious studies).
Bachelor of Engineering noun: An undergraduate degree focused on engineering.
Bachelor of Laws noun: An undergraduate degree in the study of law.
Bachelor of Philosophy noun: An undergraduate degree focused on philosophy.
Bachelor of Science noun: A three- to four-year (about 120 credit hours) undergraduate degree, with a concentration in the sciences or scientific applications.
Bachelor of Surgery noun: An undergraduate degree, equivalent to a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) in North America.
bachelor pad noun: A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried man lives, usually by himself, but sometimes with other men.
bachelor party noun: A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male friends and relatives.
bachelor's noun: Ellipsis of bachelor's degree.
bachelor's button noun: Any one of a number of plants with daisy-like, button-shaped flowers of the genus Centaurea, especially the species Centaurea cyanus.
bachelor's chest noun: A compact chest of drawers, sometimes with a hinged top that can serve as a desk.
bachelor's degree noun: The first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges.
bachelor's dinner noun: Alternative form of bachelor dinner.
bachelor's fare noun /ˈbæt͡ʃələz ˈfɛə(ɹ)/: A simple meal that requires no cooking, such as bread and cheese.
bachelor's hall noun: A place where unmarried men live.
bachelor's handbag noun: A roast chicken sold in a disposable plastic carry bag with a handle.
bachelor's thesis noun: A thesis for bachelor's degree.
bachelordom noun: The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed.
bacheloress noun: A female bachelor.
bachelorette noun /ˌbatʃləˈɹɛt/: An unmarried woman.
bachelorette pad noun: A nice, well-furnished dwelling where an unmarried woman lives, usually by herself, but sometimes with other women.
bachelorette party noun: A party held for a woman who is about to be married.
bachelorhood noun: The condition of being a bachelor.
bachelorise verb: Alternative form of bachelorize.
bachelorism noun: Bachelorhood.
bachelorize verb: To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
bachelorlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.
bachelorly adjective: Befitting a bachelor.
bachelors button noun: Any one of a number of plants with daisylike, button shaped flowers.
bachelorship noun: The state of being a bachelor.
bachelorwise adverb: In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
bachelorx noun [bæ.tʃə.lɝ.ɛks]: Someone who has not yet married; a bachelor or bachelorette of any gender identity, especially one identifying as non-binary.
bachelorx party noun: A party held for a couple about to be married; a bachelorette party or bachelor party open to all guests, rather than those of a specific gender.
bachelry noun: Collectively, aspiring knights.
Bacher proper noun: A surname.
bachfisch noun: Alternative form of backfisch.
bachi noun: A drumstick for East Asian percussion instruments such as the taiko drum.
Bachian adjective: Of or relating to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German composer and musician of the Baroque period.
Bachman proper noun: A surname.
Bachman's sparrow noun: Peucaea aestivalis A small American sparrow, endemic to the southeastern United States.
Bachman's warbler noun: Vermivora bachmanii, a small passerine migratory bird of America. It was declared extinct in 2021.
Bachmann proper noun: A surname.
Bachmann hitch noun: A type of quick-release friction hitch used to hitch a carabiner to a main supporting rope.
Bachmann knot noun: Synonym of Bachmann hitch.
Bachmann's bundle noun: A branch of the anterior internodal tract that resides on the inner wall of the left atrium.
Bachner proper noun: A surname from German.
Bachovian adjective: Of, or characteristic of Johann Sebastian Bach, or his music.
bachshish noun: Alternative form of baksheesh.
Bachu proper noun: Synonym of Maralbexi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
bachur noun: A yeshiva student
Bachus proper noun: A surname.
Baci proper noun: A type of Italian chocolates made in Perugia.
bacillaemia noun: The presence of bacilli in the bloodstream
bacillar adjective: Shaped like a rod or staff.
bacillariaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Bacillariaceae; rod-shaped.
bacillariophycean noun: Any diatom of the class Bacillariophyceae
bacillariophyte noun: Any alga of the class Bacillariophyceae; a diatom
bacillary adjective: Of or pertaining to a bacillus
bacillemia noun: A form of bacteraemia where the infectious agent is a bacillus.
bacillian adjective: Relating to a bacillus.
bacilliary adjective: Of or pertaining to a bacillus; bacterial.
bacillibactin noun: A siderophore, produced by several bacilli, that scavenges iron from proteins
bacillicidal adjective: Killing bacilli.
bacillicide noun: Any material that kills bacilli.
bacillicidic adjective: bacillicidal
bacilliculture noun: The cultivation of bacilli.
bacilliferous adjective: Carrying (infected with) a bacillus
bacilliform adjective, noun: Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped
bacillin noun: An antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against many types of bacterium.
bacillithiol noun: A glycoside present in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.
bacillo- prefix: bacillus
bacillolysin noun: A form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.
bacillomycin noun: Any of a family of antifungal polypeptide antibiotics obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
bacillomyxin noun: An antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against some pathogenic fungi
bacillopeptidase noun: Any peptidase produced by a bacillus
bacillopeptin noun: Any of a group of cyclic lipopeptide antibiotics present in Bacillus subtilis
bacillophobia noun: The fear of microbes.
bacillophobic adjective: Of or relating to bacillophobia.
bacillosamine noun: The amino sugar 2,4-diamino-2,4,6-trideoxy-D-glucose found in some bacilli
bacilloscopic adjective: Relating to bacilloscopy.
bacilloscopist noun: A practitioner of bacilloscopy.
bacilloscopy noun: The examination of a diagnostic smear (typically of skin or sputum) in order to verify the presence of specific bacilli
bacillosis noun: infection with bacilli
bacilluria noun: The discharge of urine containing bacilli.
bacillus noun /bæˈsɪl.əs/: Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
bacilosarcin noun: Any of a group of antiplasmodial amicoumacins found in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.
bacilycin noun: Alternative form of bacilysin.
bacilysin noun: An antibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis
bacinet noun: Alternative form of bascinet.
bacitracin noun /ˌbæs.ɪˈtɹeɪ.sɪn/: A nonprescription polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus (Bacillus subtilis or Bacillus licheniformis), usually provided in topical ointment form...
Baciu proper noun: A commune of Cluj County, Romania.
back adjective, adverb, noun, prefix, verb /bæk/: At or near the rear.
back action noun: The effect of a detector on the measurement being recorded.
back actor noun: Synonym of backhoe.
back against the wall noun: Synonym of back to the wall.
back alley adjective, noun: Occurring away from publicity, or in mean surroundings; backstreet.
back alleyway noun: A back alley
back and edge phrase /bak ənd ɛd͡ʒ/: In a thorough manner, entirely, completely.
back and fill verb: To manage a sailing ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while...
back and fore adverb: Back and forth; from one place to another and back again.
back and forth adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈbæ.kənˌfɔːθ/: From one place to another and back again.
back-and-forthing noun: The situation where something figuratively oscillates back and forth.
back and forward adverb: Synonym of back and forth.
back anno noun: An announcement at the end of a broadcast item and relating back to that item.
back-annotate verb: To carry out back-annotation.
back-annotation noun: The process of updating the logical design of a circuit with physically measured values, to allow for more accurate simulation.
back announce noun, verb: A brief statement or synopsis identifying a piece of music or story when it completes; outro.
back announcement noun: Synonym of back announce; outro.
back answer noun: A sharp reply given to someone.
back-arc noun: Alternative form of backarc.
back-assward adjective: Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
back at ya prepositional phrase: Pronunciation spelling of back at you.
back at you prepositional phrase: Used to return a greeting or insult.
back atcha phrase: Pronunciation spelling of back at you.
back away verb: To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided.
back azimuth noun: Alternative form of backazimuth.
back bacon noun: Bacon prepared from centre-cut boneless pork loin.
back beam noun: Synonym of back course.
back bearing noun: A bearing taken pointing to the exact opposite direction to the direction heading
back beat noun: Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats
back bench noun: Alternative form of backbench.
back-bencher noun: Alternative form of backbencher.
back-bite verb: Alternative form of backbite.
back biter noun: Alternative form of backbiter.
back block noun: Alternative form of backblock
back blocks noun: Alternative spelling of backblocks.
back board noun: The border at the extreme ends of the sheet.
back boiler noun: a boiler that supplies a central heating and hot water system and is fitted into a fireplace recess, normally behind a gas fire
back bone noun: Alternative spelling of backbone.
back-breaking adjective: Alternative form of backbreaking.
back buffer noun: A buffer used to store graphics while they are being drawn, and later copied to the display in a single operation.
back-build verb: Of a thunderstorm or supercell, to generates new cells on the side opposite its direction of movement.
back burn noun: Alternative spelling of backburn.
back burner adjective, noun, verb: A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.
back-butt noun: Buttocks.
back butter verb: To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.
back catalog noun: US spelling of back catalogue.
back catalogue noun: A listing of all the works of a specific artist, or all the books, records, etc. of a specific publisher, including works that are no longer available.
back channel noun, verb: The smaller of two channels in a river that diverge to form an island.
back chat noun, verb: Alternative form of backchat.
back-check noun, verb: Alternative form of backcheck.
back-class verb: To retake a failed part of training.
back-cloth noun: Alternative spelling of backcloth.
back-cloth star noun: An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.
back comb noun, verb: Alternative form of backcomb.
back-counterbore noun, verb: To counterbore from the backside of a workpiece by using a boring tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual...
back-countersink noun, verb: To countersink from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual...
back country noun: Alternative form of backcountry.

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.