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English words: blotting paper to blue blazes

300 English words, part 85 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words blotting paper to blue blazes

  1. blotting paper noun: Absorbent paper used to dry ink.
  2. blottingly adverb: So as to produce blots.
  3. blotto adjective, noun, verb /ˈblɒtəʊ/: (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
  4. blotto box noun: A supposed device used in phreaking, capable of shorting out every telephone in the local area; actually a hoax.
  5. blottoed adjective, verb: Blotto; drunk.
  6. blotty adjective: Characterised or ridden with blots or blemishes.
  7. bloubok noun: bluebuck
  8. Blough proper noun: A surname.
  9. Blouin proper noun: A surname from French.
  10. Blount proper noun /blʌnt/: A surname.
  11. Blount's disease noun: A growth disorder of the tibia (shin bone) that causes the lower leg to angle inward, resembling a bowleg.
  12. Blountstown proper noun: A city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Florida, United States.
  13. blousabella noun: Alternative spelling of blowsabella.
  14. blousalinda noun: Alternative form of blowsabella.
  15. blouse noun, verb /ˈblaʊ̯z/: A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
  16. bloused adjective, verb: Wearing a blouse.
  17. blouseless adjective: Without a blouse (item of clothing).
  18. blouselessness noun: Absence of a blouse.
  19. blouselike adjective: Resembling a blouse.
  20. blousey adjective: Alternative form of blousy.
  21. blousily adverb: In a blousy manner.
  22. blouson noun /ˈbluːzɔ̃ː/: A garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband; a blouse jacket.
  23. blousy adjective /ˈblaʊsi/: Resembling or characteristic of a blouse; loose, flowing.
  24. blouwildebeesoog noun: An African disease of cattle (sheep, horses and cows), marked by protrusion of the eye, blindness, and rupture
  25. blouzabella noun: Alternative spelling of blowsabella.
  26. blouzalinda noun: Alternative form of blowsabella.
  27. blouze noun: A prostitute.
  28. blouzy adjective: Alternative spelling of blowsy.
  29. bloviant adjective: Tending to bloviate.
  30. bloviate verb /ˈbloʊ.viˌeɪt/: To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
  31. bloviatingly adverb: In a bloviating manner.
  32. bloviation noun /bləʊvɪˈeɪʃən/: A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
  33. bloviative adjective: Tending to bloviate.
  34. bloviator noun: One who habitually bloviates; a pompous, opinionated, typically voluble commentator.
  35. bloviatory adjective: Of or pertaining to bloviation.
  36. blow adjective, interjection, noun, verb /bləʊ/: To produce an air current.
  37. blow a backsight verb: To occupy a point, then enter the wrong point for the backsight, or forget to enter the backsight.
  38. blow a cloud verb: To smoke a cigar or pipe.
  39. blow a fuse verb: To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing.
  40. blow a gasket verb: To become very angry or upset.
  41. blow a hole through verb: To destroy the integrity or cohesion of.
  42. blow a kiss verb: To kiss one's own hand, then blow on it in a direction towards the recipient.
  43. blow apart verb: To destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively similar disasters (e.g. a scandal for a company).
  44. blow away verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
  45. blow-back noun: Alternative form of blowback.
  46. blow buddy noun: Alternative form of blowbuddy.
  47. blow-by noun: In an internal combustion engine, any burnt or unburnt matter escaping from the cylinder, past the (worn) rings on the piston, and into the crankcase.
  48. blow-by-blow adjective, noun: Detailing every action or occurrence completely.
  49. blow chunks verb: To vomit chunks of undigested food.
  50. blow down verb: To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
  51. blow dried adjective, verb: Looking well-groomed, but superficial or vacuous.
  52. blow drier noun: Alternative form of blow-dryer.
  53. blow dry noun, verb: To dry with a hair dryer.
  54. blow dryer noun: A handheld electrical device used for drying hair.
  55. blow fish noun: Alternative form of blowfish.
  56. blow fly noun: Alternative form of blowfly.
  57. blow football noun: An indoor tabletop game, normally for children, simulating football (soccer), in which plastic straws are blown through in order to move a small ball and...
  58. blow forward noun: A firearm action where the propellant gas pressure and the friction of the bullet traveling down the bore drag the whole gun barrel forward to facilitate...
  59. blow from a gun verb: To execute by tying against the muzzle of a loaded cannon, which is then fired.
  60. blow high, blow low adverb: Regardless of what else happens; come what may.
  61. blow horn noun: Alternative form of blowhorn.
  62. blow hot air verb: To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.
  63. blow hot and cold verb: To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
  64. blow in noun, verb: Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
  65. blow in the bag verb: To supply a specimen of breath for alcohol analysis.
  66. blow into verb: To enter (a place) casually.
  67. blow it out one's ear verb: Synonym of blow it out one's ass.
  68. blow me down interjection: A cry of surprise
  69. blow me over interjection: An expression of surprise.
  70. blow me pink interjection: An expression of surprise.
  71. blow me tight interjection: An expression of surprise.
  72. blow me up interjection: An expression of surprise.
  73. blow mould noun: A hinged mould that is used to shape molten blown glass
  74. blow my buttons interjection: A cry of surprise.
  75. blow off noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, off.
  76. blow off course verb: To affect negatively, often in an unexpected manner; to derail.
  77. blow off one's steam verb: Synonym of blow off steam.
  78. blow off steam verb: To vent; to talk or take action (especially in a ranting or unrestrained way) so as to relieve stress.
  79. blow on verb: To forcefully expel air from the lungs onto an object.
  80. blow one's chance verb: To ruin, or fail to capitalise on an opportunity.
  81. blow one's cool verb: Alternative form of lose one's cool.
  82. blow one's cork verb: Synonym of pop one's cork.
  83. blow one's lid verb: Alternative form of blow one's top.
  84. blow one's nose verb: To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.
  85. blow one's own horn verb: Alternative form of toot one's own horn.
  86. blow one's own trumpet verb: To praise oneself.
  87. blow one's stack verb: Synonym of blow one's top.
  88. blow one's top verb: To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
  89. blow one's wad verb: To spend all of one's money.
  90. blow one's wig verb: Synonym of flip one's wig.
  91. blow-organ noun: Synonym of melodica.
  92. blow out noun, verb: To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
  93. blow out of proportion verb: To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
  94. blow out of proportions verb: Synonym of blow out of proportion.
  95. blow out of the water verb: To trounce; to defeat thoroughly, as at a game or in battle.
  96. blow out one's bags verb: To talk in a boastful or overweening manner.
  97. blow over verb: To blow on something causing it to topple.
  98. blow past verb: To easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.
  99. blow poke noun: A hollow poker through which air can be blown to fuel a fire.
  100. blow sky high verb: To destroy totally by explosion.
  101. blow smoke verb: To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
  102. blow snake noun: Any snake of the genus Heterodon.
  103. blow someone's back out verb: To sexually penetrate someone in a vigorous, intense manner, as if causing them to throw out their back.
  104. blow someone's brains out verb: To shoot someone in the head.
  105. blow someone's cover verb: To reveal that someone's behavior, situation, or identity has been fabricated or deliberately misrepresented for an ulterior motive.
  106. blow someone's mind verb: To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.
  107. blow someone's skirt up verb: To appeal to or be pleasing to someone; to be the sort of thing that one enjoys.
  108. blow someone's socks off verb: Alternative form of knock someone's socks off.
  109. blow someone's trumpet verb: To praise someone.
  110. blow sunshine up someone's skirt verb: Synonym of blow sunshine up someone's ass.
  111. blow the coals verb: To excite passion.
  112. blow the cobwebs away verb: To make changes for space for new fresh ideas
  113. blow the doors off verb: To be much more important or impressive than.
  114. blow the gaff verb: To disclose a secret.
  115. blow the grampus verb: To throw water on a sleeping person, generally as a practical joke.
  116. blow the lid off verb: To uncover (a secret or scandal).
  117. blow the roof off verb: To give a great performance that causes the audience to go wild with enthusiasm.
  118. blow the whistle verb: To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a...
  119. blow this for a game of soldiers interjection: Expressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.
  120. blow this for a lark phrase: Synonym of sod this for a game of soldiers.
  121. blow this pop stand verb: To exit or remove oneself from a less than exciting location or environment.
  122. blow this popsicle stand verb: To leave an establishment speedily.
  123. blow this taco stand verb: To exit or remove oneself from a less than exciting location or environment.
  124. blow through verb: To expend or waste rapidly.
  125. blow to kingdom come verb /ˈbləʊ tə ˌkɪŋdəm ˈkʌm/: To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something), often via an explosion.
  126. blow tomahawks verb: Of the wind, to blow with great violence.
  127. blow torch noun: Alternative spelling of blowtorch.
  128. blow town verb: To suddenly leave one's residence.
  129. blow up adjective, noun, verb: Inflatable; able to be blown up.
  130. blow-up doll noun: A sex toy in the form of an inflatable life-size doll.
  131. blow up in one's face verb: To fail disastrously.
  132. blow up the tote verb: To win a race as a long shot.
  133. blow upon verb: To defame, discredit; make someone the subject of a scandal.
  134. blow valve noun: snifting valve
  135. blow water verb: to brag; to boast; to talk big
  136. blow-wave verb: To blow-dry (hair) with the use of a brush, to make it wavy.
  137. blow wide open phrase: To expose (problems, lies, or corruption).
  138. blow wind up someone's skirt verb: Synonym of blow sunshine up someone's ass.
  139. blow wise to verb: To take heed of; to inform oneself of, or pay attention to.
  140. blow with the wind verb: Synonym of go with the flow.
  141. blowability noun: The quality of being blowable.
  142. blowable adjective: Capable of being blown or blown away; that can be subjected to blowing.
  143. blowback noun /ˈbloʊˌbæk/: A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge,...
  144. blowball noun: The downy seedhead of a dandelion, a dandelion clock.
  145. blowbuddy noun: A male same-sex partner, especially for fellatio and handjobs, or by extension a close friend (humorous, mockingly).
  146. blowby noun: Alternative spelling of blow-by.
  147. blowdart noun: A dart fired from a blowpipe or blowgun.
  148. blowdown noun: The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
  149. blowdown limit noun: The maximum deflection that a control surface is capable of reaching under given flight conditions, past which the aerodynamic forces acting on the control...
  150. blowdrier noun: Alternative form of blow-dryer.
  151. blowdry noun, verb: Alternative form of blow-dry.
  152. blowdryer noun: Alternative spelling of blow-dryer.
  153. blower noun /ˈbləʊ.ə/: A person who blows.
  154. blower door noun: A machine used to measure the airtightness of a building or ductwork, etc., incorporating a variable-speed fan and a manometer.
  155. blowfish noun /ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ/: Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water...
  156. blowfly noun /ˈbloʊˌflaɪ/: Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
  157. blowgun noun /ˈbloʊˌɡʌn/: A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.
  158. blowhole noun, verb /ˈbləʊhəʊl/: The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe.
  159. blowhorn noun: A device, often funnel-shaped and sometimes hand-held, which is used to emit loud sounds or amplified human speech.
  160. blowie noun: A blow job.
  161. blowin' verb /ˈbloʊ.ɪn/: Pronunciation spelling of blowing.
  162. blowing noun, verb /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/: The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
  163. blowing agent noun: An expanding agent used to produce a gas by chemical or thermal action, or both, in the manufacture of hollow or cellular materials.
  164. blowing cave noun: Synonym of breathing cave.
  165. blowing house noun: A building traditionally used for smelting tin in Cornwall and Devon, England, containing a furnace and a pair of bellows powered by an adjacent water wheel.
  166. blowing mill noun: Synonym of blowing house.
  167. blowing pipe noun: Synonym of blowpipe (“pipe for blowing glassware”).
  168. blowing up noun, verb: Explosion.
  169. blowingly adverb: Accompanied by blowing.
  170. blowlamp noun: A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
  171. blown adjective, verb /bləʊn/: Distended, swollen, or inflated.
  172. blown diffuser noun: A diffuser which uses exhaust gases to generate aerodynamic forces.
  173. blown glass noun: Glass that has been shaped by a glassblower.
  174. blown-in-the-bottle adjective: True, genuine, indubitable
  175. blown off adjective, verb: Having been blown off; removed by the wind.
  176. blown out adjective, verb: overexposed
  177. blown pupil noun: Mydriasis.
  178. blown save noun: A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save.
  179. blownup adjective: Enlarged
  180. blowoff noun: Something that is blown off.
  181. blowout noun /ˈbloʊaʊt/: A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
  182. blowout coil noun: A coil, carrying an electric current, that serves to deflect and thus extinguish an arc formed when the contacts of a switch part to turn off the current.
  183. blowout preventer noun: A device that sits at the surface interface of an oil well and prevents a blowout from occurring by closing the orifice, allowing material to flow from the...
  184. blowout sale noun: A sale that is advertised as having bigger than usual discounts, with a real or notional intent to deplete the inventory.
  185. blowover noun: The situation where a vehicle or vessel overturns because of excessive air under the chassis or hull.
  186. blowpipe noun, verb /ˈbloʊˌpaɪp/: A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.
  187. blowpiper noun: One who uses a blowpipe (a chemistry tool).
  188. blowpoint noun: A child's game, probably involving blowing small fragments of wood through a tube at targets.
  189. blowproof adjective: Resistant to being blown.
  190. blowsabella noun: A rural woman; a country wench.
  191. blowsalinda noun: Alternative form of blowsabella.
  192. blowsed adjective: Made blowsy.
  193. blowsey adjective: Alternative spelling of blowsy.
  194. blowsily adverb /ˈblaʊzɪli/: In a blowsy manner.
  195. blowsiness noun: The state or quality of being blowsy.
  196. blowsy adjective /ˈblaʊzi/: Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
  197. blowth noun /bləʊθ/: Bloom or blossom; blossoms collectively; the state of blossoming.
  198. blowtorch noun, verb /ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ/: A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
  199. blowtube noun: A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.).
  200. blowup noun: Alternative form of blow-up.
  201. blowup doll noun: Alternative form of blow-up doll
  202. blowvalve noun: Alternative form of blow valve.
  203. blowy adjective, noun /ˈbləʊi/: Windy or breezy.
  204. blowze noun: A ruddy, fat-faced woman, or a wench.
  205. blowzed adjective: Rendered blowsy by weather, drink, exertion, etc.
  206. blowzily adverb: Alternative spelling of blowsily.
  207. blowziness noun: Alternative spelling of blowsiness.
  208. blowzy adjective: Alternative spelling of blowsy.
  209. blox noun, verb: To kill (a character) in a Roblox game, causing the blocks that make up it to fall to the ground.
  210. Bloxam proper noun: A surname.
  211. Bloxham proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).
  212. Bloxwich proper noun: A town in Walsall borough, West Midlands, England, historically in Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9902).
  213. BLP noun: Initialism of biography of a living person.
  214. BLQ noun: Abbreviation of broad emission-line quasar.
  215. BLR noun, suffix /-blə/: Initialism of broad-line region.
  216. BLRG noun: broad emission-line radio-galaxy
  217. BLS noun: Initialism of basic life support.
  218. BLS1 noun: broad emission-line Seyfert type-1 galaxy
  219. BLT noun /ˌbiː.ɛlˈtiː/: Initialism of bacon, lettuce and tomato.
  220. blu adjective, noun: Abbreviation of blue.
  221. Blu-Ray noun [ˈbluːˌɹeɪ]: The Blu-ray Disc format.
  222. Blu-ray burner noun: A device that permanently records (burns) information onto a Blu-ray.
  223. Blu-ray Disc noun: An optical disc storage medium used for data and video, introduced in 2006, having the same physical dimensions as a CD or DVD but greater storage capacity.
  224. Blu-ray drive noun: An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a Blu-ray disc.
  225. Blu-ray player noun: An electronic device for playing Blu-ray Discs.
  226. Blu-Tack noun, verb: A solid putty-like adhesive, originally blue in colour, used to secure items to walls and other surfaces.
  227. Blu-Tacked adjective, verb: Affixed with Blu-Tack.
  228. blub adjective, noun, verb /blʌb/: To cry, whine or blubber (usually carries a connotation of disapproval).
  229. blubber adjective, noun, verb /ˈblʌbə/: Often followed by out: to cry out (words) while sobbing.
  230. blubber fish noun: A marine animal yielding blubber, especially a whale.
  231. blubber-lip noun: A thick or swollen lip.
  232. blubber-lipped adjective: Having a thick or swollen lip.
  233. blubberation noun: Crying; blubbering.
  234. blubbered adjective, verb: Of the face: swollen from weeping.
  235. blubberer noun: Someone who blubbers.
  236. blubberfest noun: An event characterized by weeping.
  237. blubberhead noun: A fool.
  238. blubbering noun, verb: noisy sobbing
  239. blubberingly adverb: With blubbering sounds; with broken or noisy sobs.
  240. blubberless adjective: Without blubber.
  241. blubberlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of blubber.
  242. blubberous adjective: Blubbery.
  243. blubbersome adjective: Characterised by blubber; (by extension) fat, obese.
  244. blubbery adjective /ˈblʌbəɹi/: Having the characteristics of blubber.
  245. blubbing noun, verb /ˈblʌbɪŋ/: Crying; whining; blubbering.
  246. blube noun: Alternative form of blueb.
  247. blucher noun /ˈbluːkə/: A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.
  248. Bluck proper noun: A surname
  249. blucka interjection: Representing the sound of gunfire.
  250. blucket noun: A type of turbine blade where the inner portion of the blade is driven by expanding exhaust gases from the engine core, while the outer portion extends into...
  251. blud noun, pronoun /blʌd/: Informal address to a man.
  252. bludge noun, verb /blʌdʒ/: The act of bludging.
  253. bludgeon noun, verb /ˈblʌd͡ʒ.ən/: A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
  254. bludgeoner noun: One who bludgeons.
  255. bludgeoning noun, verb: An assault with a club or similar weapon.
  256. bludgeonman noun: A person armed with a bludgeon.
  257. bludgeonry noun: Harsh coercion; bludgeoning.
  258. bludger noun: A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot.
  259. blue adjective, noun, verb /bluː/: Of a blue hue.
  260. blue acara noun: Any member of the species Andinoacara pulcher of blue-grey freshwater cichlids found in Central and South America.
  261. blue admiral noun: Any member of the species Kaniska canace of black and blue nymphaline butterflies.
  262. blue agave noun: Any member of the species Agave tequilana of agave plants used in making tequila.
  263. blue alert noun: A bulletin announcing information about the injuring or killing of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty, to aid in catching the perpetrator.
  264. blue ammonia noun: ammonia produced from blue hydrogen and nitrogen
  265. blue-and-gold macaw noun: Synonym of blue-and-yellow macaw.
  266. blue and green should never be seen proverb: Fashion advice: blue and green clothing or accessories should not be worn together as they will clash.
  267. blue-and-white adjective, noun: A police car.
  268. blue-and-yellow macaw noun: Ara ararauna, a large South American parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow-orange venter, and gradient hues of green on top of its head.
  269. Blue Andalusian noun: A domestic chicken of a breed indigenous to Andalusia in Spain.
  270. blue angel noun: A blue flame produced by lighting one's flatus.
  271. blue ant noun: A parasitic tiphiid wasp of the species Diamma bicolor
  272. blue antelope noun: A bluebuck of the extinct species †Hippotragus leucophaeus.
  273. blue argus noun: A butterfly of species Junonia orithya, family Nymphalidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia.
  274. blue asbestos noun: Crocdilite
  275. blue ash noun: Any member of the species Fraxinus quadrangulata of ash trees native primarily to the Midwestern United States, as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky...
  276. blue ash tree noun: Synonym of blue ash.
  277. blue baby noun: A baby born with cyanosis as a result of a congenital defect.
  278. blue baby syndrome noun: Cyanotic heart defects in a newborn baby.
  279. blue badge noun: A blue parking disc issued to disabled drivers that allows them to park on most double yellow lines
  280. blue bag noun: A lawyer's bag made of blue fabric to carry briefs, now as typically carried by a junior barrister.
  281. blue baller noun: Alternative spelling of blue-baller.
  282. blue balls noun, verb: A cramp-like ache in the testicles and prostate region caused by prolonged sexual arousal; testicles experiencing such an ache.
  283. blue-banded eggfly noun: A species of nymphalid butterfly, Hypolimnas alimena, of Australasia and Oceania.
  284. blue-banded sea krait noun: Synonym of blue-lipped sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata).
  285. blue bean noun: Discomfort or swelling in the clitoris from prolonged sexual arousal without orgasm.
  286. blue-bearded adjective: Having thick, dark facial hair.
  287. blue beat noun: Alternative form of bluebeat
  288. blue beech noun: Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
  289. blue-bellied black snake noun: A snake of species Pseudechis guttatus, of eastern Australia.
  290. blue belly noun: Alternative form of bluebelly.
  291. blue beret noun: A United Nations peacekeeper.
  292. blue beryl noun: A pleochroic, light-sensitive variety of the mineral beryl containing aluminium, beryllium, oxygen and silicon.
  293. blue bible noun: Synonym of Tijuana Bible (“kind of pornographic comic book”).
  294. blue-billed duck noun: A species of stiff-tailed duck, Oxyura australis, endemic to southern Australia including Tasmania.
  295. blue Billy noun: The refuse ammoniacal lime from gas factories.
  296. blue bindweed noun: Synonym of bittersweet (“plant of species Solanum dulcamara”).
  297. blue-black adjective, noun: A very dark blue.
  298. blue-black grosbeak noun: Any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from southern Mexico down to northern South America.
  299. blue blanket noun: A rough overcoat made of coarse pilot cloth.
  300. blue blazes noun: Alliterative elaboration or intensification of 'blazes', a euphemism for 'hell'.

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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.