English words: borborygmus to Borneo birdwing

300 English words, part 99 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words borborygmus to Borneo birdwing

borborygmus noun /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/: A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
borborygmy noun: Borborygmus.
borcarite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.
Borchard proper noun: A surname from German.
Borchardt proper noun: A surname.
Borchert proper noun: A surname.
Borck proper noun: A surname.
bord noun: The coalface parallel to the natural fissures.
bord Alexander noun: An imported striped silk fabric that was highly prized in Western Europe from the late Middle Ages into the 16th century.
bord halfpenny noun: A fee paid in markets and fairs by the Saxons to the lord for the privilege of having a bord or bench for the sale of articles.
bord service noun: Service due from a bordar; bordage.
Borda proper noun: A surname.
Borda count noun: A voting system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference and points are awarded to candidates based these rankings, and in which the winning...
bordage noun: The low-level tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.
bordar noun: A person ranking below villeins and above serfs in the social hierarchy of a manor, holding just enough land to feed a family (about five acres) and...
bordarius noun /bɔːˈdɛəɹi.əs/: Synonym of bordar (“person ranking below villeins and above serfs”).
Bordas proper noun: A surname.
bordeaux noun /bɔɹˈdoʊ/: A wine coming from that area.
Bordeaux mixture noun: A mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.
Bordeaux turpentine noun: The resin of the maritime pine (Pinus pinaster).
bordei noun: Alternative spelling of burdei.
bordel noun: A brothel.
Bordelais adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city of Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
bordelaise adjective, noun /ˌbɔːdəˈleɪz/: Ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
Bordelaise sauce noun: A French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
Bordelese adjective, noun: A person from Bordeaux.
bordello noun /bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/: A brothel.
Bordelon proper noun: A surname from French.
Borden noun /ˈbɔː.dən/: Alternative form of Robert Borden.
Bordentown proper noun: A city and township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
border noun, verb /ˈbɔə.də/: The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
border ballad noun: A traditional ballad from the border region connecting England and Scotland.
border blaster noun: A broadcast station used to target listeners in another country, despite not being licensed to do so.
border collie noun: Alternative letter-case form of border collie.
border control noun: Measures taken by a state or a bloc of states to monitor its borders and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across the border.
border czar noun: An official (czar) who has been appointed to oversee borders and immigration.
border dancing noun: Synonym of border morris.
border fancy noun: A breed of domesticated canary.
border gore noun: Political borders which appear extremely messy and unaesthetic when viewed on a map, typically due to being extremely jagged or involving many enclaves.
border guard noun: A national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders.
Border Leicester noun: A sheep of a polled, long-wool British breed reared for meat and wool.
border-line noun, verb: Alternative form of borderline
border morris noun: A vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from the villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers...
border on verb: To share a border with.
border patrol noun: Synonym of border guard
border post noun: Alternative form of borderpost.
border reiver noun: A member of the predatory clans of the border region between England and Scotland.
border state noun: In the American Civil War, one of the slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
border stone noun: Alternative spelling of borderstone.
Border Terrier noun: A British breed of small, rough-coated terrier, traditionally used in fox-hunting.
bordereau noun: A detailed statement, especially one containing a detailed listing of documents or accounts.
bordered adjective, verb: having a border
borderer noun: A person who lives near the border of a country or district, especially that between England and Scotland.
bordergore noun: Alternative form of border gore.
Borderies noun: A cognac from the Borderies, a small cru with clayey and flinty soil.
bordering adjective, noun, verb: Having a common boundary or border
borderism noun /ˈbɔːdərɪzəm/: A form of racial discrimination faced by those who disregard the colour bar.
borderization noun /ˌboɹdɚ(a)ɪˈzeɪʃən/: The establishment or demarcation of a border; or the process of doing so by militarizing or otherwise fortifying it, often to alter its status or restrict...
borderland noun /ˈbɔː(ɹ).də(ɹ)ˌlænd/: Land near a border; marches.
borderlander noun: One who lives in the borderland.
borderless adjective: Not having a border.
borderlessness noun: Absence of borders.
borderline adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/: Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
borderline case noun: A person, thing, or situation that is difficult to classify.
borderline lichen noun: A structurally simple symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner (an alga or cyanobacterium), unlike typical lichens in lacking a...
borderline personality disorder noun: A mental health disorder marked by intense emotions, unstable relationships, a shaky sense of self, and impulsive behavior.
borderline personality disordered adjective: Having borderline personality disorder.
borderlineness noun: The quality of being borderline.
borderliner noun: A person who has borderline personality disorder.
borderlinking noun: The linking together of borderspaces.
bordermark noun: Something that marks the border between two regions.
borderplex noun: A metropolitan area on the border of the United States and Mexico.
borderpost noun: An installation, situated on a border, that deals with customs, immigration etc.
borderspace noun: A space between conceptual borders such as culturally-imposed binaries.
borderstone noun: A stone marking a border or boundary
Bordertown proper noun: A town, the seat of Tatiara council area, South Australia, close to the border with Victoria.
borderwide adjective, adverb: Throughout an entire border.
borderwork noun: The exploration of conceptual borders and borderspaces.
borderzone noun: The zone surrounding a border
Bordes proper noun: A surname from French.
Bordesley proper noun: An urban area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0886).
bordetella noun: Any of several gram-negative coccobacilli, of the genus Bordetella, many of which are pathogenic; especially Bordetella pertussis which causes whooping...
bordetellosis noun: An infection by bacteria of the genus Bordetella.
Bordieuan adjective: Of or relating to Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002), French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.
Bordighera proper noun: A town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy.
Bordigism noun: The Marxist politics of Amadeo Bordiga
Bordigist adjective, noun: Relating to Bordigism.
Bordiguism noun: Alternative spelling of Bordigism
Bordiguist adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Bordigist
bordism noun: The property of two closed manifolds whose disjoint union is the boundary of a compact manifold
bordland noun: The land held by a bordar.
Bordley proper noun: A village in Hetton-cum-Bordley parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9464).
bordman noun: A bordar
bordon noun: Alternative spelling of bourdon (“pilgrim's staff”).
Bordonaro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
bordonua noun: A large stringed instrument of Puerto Rican origin, a low-pitched version of the guitar-like cuatro.
bordure noun /ˈboɹ.d͡ʒɚ/: A contrasting border around a shield.
bordured adjective: Having or exhibiting a bordure.
Bordwellian adjective: Of or relating to David Bordwell (born 1947), American film theorist and film historian.
bore noun, verb /bɔː/: To inspire boredom in somebody.
bore draw noun: A draw in which neither team scores, i.e. the game ends 0–0.
bore in verb: For a prop to turn in on an opposing prop, in a forbidden move.
bore lake noun: A lake formed from artesian water brought up from below the ground via a bore.
bore needle noun: A needle with a hole in its center.
bore off verb: Get lost; go away.
bore out verb: To form or enlarge by boring.
bore sight noun, verb: An optical device, mounted on or near the end of a firearm's barrel, used to align the sights with the bore.
bore water noun: Water accumulated in aquifers below the earth's surface that can be accessed via a bore or well.
boreable adjective: Capable of being bored or drilled into.
Boread noun: A descendant of Boreas.
boreal adjective, noun /ˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/: Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
boreal bluet noun: The damselfly Enallagma boreale.
boreal chickadee noun: A small bird of species Poecile hudsonicus, of the tit family (Paridae).
boreal owl noun: A species of owl, Aegolius funereus.
borealian adjective: Synonym of boreal
borealization noun: Conversion to the ecology of a typical northern coniferous forest
boreally adverb: In a boreal manner; of or to the north.
borealoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Borean proper noun: Hypothetical linguistic macrofamily that encompasses almost all language families worldwide except those native to sub-Saharan Africa, New Guinea,...
Boreanaz proper noun: A surname from Italian [in turn from Slovene].
boreas noun: The north wind.
boreaspidid noun: Any extinct vertebrate of the family †Boreaspididae
borecole noun: A form of the kale plant, Brassica oleracea var. acephala, used as the vegetable spring greens / collard greens.
bored adjective, verb /bɔːd/: Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
bored out of one's brains adjective: Extremely bored.
bored out of one's mind adjective: Extremely bored.
bored out of one's tree adjective: Extremely bored.
bored stiff adjective: Extremely bored.
bored to tears adjective: Extremely bored.
boredly adverb: In a bored manner.
boredness noun: The state or condition of being bored; boredom.
boredom noun /ˈbɔː.dəm/: The state of being bored.
boree noun /bɔˈɹi/: Any of various species of wattle tree (genus Acacia), especially Acacia pendula and Acacia glaucescens.
boreen noun /bɔːˈɹiːn/: A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.
borefest noun: An extremely boring event.
borefield noun: An area where bores or wells are drilled.
boregasm noun /ˈbɔːɡaz(ə)m/: The result of or act of reaching the apex or climax of boredom; filling one’s capacity for boredom.
Boreham proper noun: A village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).
Borehamwood proper noun: A town in Elstree and Borehamwood parish, Hertsmere district, southern Hertfordshire, England, the original spelling was Boreham Wood (OS grid ref TQ1996).
borehole noun, verb: A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
Boreiad noun: Alternative form of Boread.
boreid noun: Any scorpionfly in the Boreidae.
boreism noun: The state of being boring.
borek noun: Alternative form of burek.
Borel adjective: being a member of a Borel σ-algebra; being a Borel set
Borel σ-algebra noun: The smallest σ-algebra which contains the topology of a given topological space.
Borel function noun: A function which is Borel measurable.
Borel measurable adjective: Such that the inverse image of any open set in its codomain is a Borel set of its domain.
Borel measure noun: A measure whose domain is the Borel σ-algebra of a locally compact Hausdorff space.
Borel set noun: Any of the members of a Borel σ-algebra.
Borel summation noun: A summation method for divergent series, particularly useful for summing divergent asymptotic series, and in some sense giving the best possible sum for...
Borel transform noun: A transform used in Borel summation.
borele noun /ˈbɔɹ.əˌleɪ/: A black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
boreless adjective: Lacking a bore.
borelian adjective: Of or pertaining to a Borel set.
Borelli proper noun: A surname.
Borena noun: Alternative form of Boorana.
borene noun: a boranylidene
Borenstein proper noun: A surname.
boreo- prefix: northern
boreo-montane adjective: Occupying both boreal and montane habitats.
boreoarctic adjective: Relating to northern and Arctic regions
boreoeutherian noun: Any placental mammal of the clade, magnorder, or superorder Boreoeutheria.
boreomontane adjective: Alternative form of boreo-montane.
boreonemoral adjective: Containing both deciduous and evergreen trees
boreotropic adjective: Alternative form of boreotropical.
boreotropical adjective: Relating to the boreotropics
boreotropics noun: A northern tropical region, at the latitude of southern Europe, that lasted until about 38 million years ago
boreout noun: A malaise due to excessive boredom at work.
borepin noun: A seven-membered unsaturated ring which includes one tricoordinate boron atom.
borer noun /ˈbɔːɹə/: A tool used for drilling.
borer bomb noun: A device used to eradicate pests, especially boring insects, by releasing toxic fumes.
Borerian adjective: Of or relating to the linguist Hagit Borer.
borescope noun, verb: An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a...
boresight noun, verb: The optical axis of a directional antenna.
boresighting noun, verb: The alignment of a microwave or radar antenna using purely optical means.
boresome adjective: Marked by boredom; boring; uninteresting
boresomely adverb: In a boresome manner.
boresomeness noun: The state or condition of being boresome; dullness, uninterestingness.
borewell noun: A well constructed by boring a vertical hole (often subsequently fitted with a casing).
borey noun: a gated community
borfee noun: Alternative form of barfi.
borg noun, verb /bɔːɡ/: Synonym of cyborg.
borganism noun /ˈbɔː.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/: An organization of autonomous organisms that exhibit collectivism: individual "units" that have merged to yield a unified construct and may have a...
Borgen proper noun: A surname from Norwegian.
Borger proper noun: A surname.
Borges proper noun: A surname.
Borgesian adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Jorge Luis Borges or his writings.
Borgesian library noun: A fictitious vast library containing all possible 410-page books of a certain format, including books resulting from random concatenation of letters, spaces...
Borggreve rotation noun: rotationplasty
borghetto noun: An Italian shanty town.
borghol noun: Alternative form of bulgur.
borgi noun /ˈbɔːɡi/: A crossbreed dog resulting from the breeding of a border collie and a corgi.
Borgia proper noun: A surname. Famously borne by the House of Borgia, a prominent family during the Renaissance.
Borgian adjective: Of or pertaining to the House of Borgia, a Valencian-Italian noble family who became prominent during the Renaissance.
Borglike adjective: Characteristic of the Borg, an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the Star Trek fictional universe.
Borgman proper noun: A surname.
Borgmann proper noun: A surname.
Borgne proper noun: A commune in northern Haiti.
borgo noun /ˈbɔː(ɹ)ɡəʊ/: A small Italian village.
Borgu proper noun: A region in northwest Nigeria and in the northern Republic of Benin, partitioned between Great Britain and France by the Anglo-French Convention of 1898.
borhani noun: Yoghurt-like drink of Bangladesh.
borhyaenid noun: Any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.
borhyaenoid adjective, noun: Relating to, or characteristic of, the borhyaenids
Boria proper noun: A surname.
borian adjective: Containing boron.
boric adjective: Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron.
boric acid noun: H₃BO₃; B(OH)₃; a white crystalline solid, soluble in hot water to form a weak acid. Used as a mild antiseptic, flame retardant, insecticide, and in the...
boric oxide noun: A white solid, of empirical formula B₂O₃; it is an inorganic polymer used in making glass and enamel and for synthesizing other boron compounds.
borickite noun: Synonym of delvauxite.
boricua adjective, noun: Puerto Rican.
borid noun: Any beetle of the family Boridae.
boride noun /ˈboɹˌaɪd/: The B³⁻ anion.
boriding noun: The treatment of a metal surface with boride (or the formation of a boride layer)
borinane noun: A saturated heterocycle that has five carbon atoms and a boron atom
borinate noun: Any compound of general formula R₂B-OR (an ester of borinic acid)
borine noun: A compound of one atom of boron and three atoms or molecules of a univalent radical
borinene noun: An alkene that includes a benzene ring with one of the carbon atoms replaced by a boron atom.
boring adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɔː.ɹɪŋ/: The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
boring as beans adjective: Very boring; devoid of interest.
boring bit noun: Synonym of drill bit.
boring clam noun: A clam, Tridacna crocea, capable of burrowing even through rock.
boringly adverb: In a boring manner.
boringness noun: The state or condition of being boring.
borinic adjective: Of or pertaining to the borinic acids or their derivatives
borinic acid noun: Any compound of general formula R₂BOH.
borinine noun: An unsaturated heterocycle that has five carbon atoms, one boron atom and three delocalise double bonds
Borinqueño noun: A Puerto Rican.
borirane noun: A saturated heterocycle that has two carbon atoms and a boron atom
borirene noun: An unsaturated heterocycle that has two carbon atoms, a boron atom and a double bond
Boris proper noun /ˈbɒɹɪs/: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Boris bike noun /ˈbɒɹɪs ˈbaɪk/: A bicycle offered for hire in London, England as part of a bike-share scheme launched in 2010.
Boris bus noun: A particular type of double-decker bus used in London, as popularized by mayor Boris Johnson; New Routemaster.
Boris's den noun: Ten.
borishanskiite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, and palladium.
Borisian adjective: Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
Borisism noun /ˈbɔ.rɪ.zɪ.zəm/: A turn of phrase employed by British politician Boris Johnson.
borism noun: boron poisoning
Borismania noun: Enthusiasm for Boris Johnson (born 1964), British politician and Mayor of London.
Borisov proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian surname Борисов (Borisov).
borite noun: A polyborate, such as tetraborate.
Borivali proper noun: A northern suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
borivilianoside noun: Any of a group of complex glycosides present in the plant Chlorophytum borivilianum
Borjas proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Börjeson–Forssman–Lehmann syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder that causes intellectual disability, obesity, and growth defects.
Borjomi proper noun: A resort town in south-central Georgia famous for its mineral water industry.
bork noun, verb /bɔːk/: To defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
borkage noun: A failure or breakdown.
borked adjective, verb /bɔːkt/: Particularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
borken adjective, verb: Broken; wrongly designed or configured.
borkha noun: Alternative spelling of burka.
Borko proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Borkowski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
Borkum proper noun: An island of Lower Saxony, Germany in the North Sea.
borky adjective: broken
Borland proper noun: A surname.
Borlase proper noun: A surname.
Borley proper noun: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Braintree district, Essex, England, near Sudbury, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8443).
borlotti noun: Ellipsis of borlotti bean.
borlotti bean noun: A kind of plump, creamy bean with variegated coloration, related to the kidney bean.
borm verb: To smear with paint, oil, etc.
Borman proper noun: A surname.
Bormann proper noun: A surname.
born adjective, noun, verb /bɔːn/: Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
born again adjective, noun: Having been spiritually changed through faith.
born-again virgin noun: A person who refrains from sexual activity, regardless of any past unchaste behavior.
born-again virginity noun: Synonym of second virginity
born-alive adjective: Surviving childbirth, Caesarean section, or an attempted abortion.
born and bred phrase: Showing characteristics of birth and upbringing, especially in relation to a particular location.
born at night but not last night phrase: Aware of one's situation; not as naive as a listener might expect.
born digital adjective: Created in an electronic format; never having existed in a physical edition.
born-free noun: A Namibian born after independence was achieved in 1990.
Born-Haber cycle noun: A cycle concerned with the formation of an ionic compound from the reaction of a metal (often a Group I or Group II element) with a halogen or other...
born in a barn adjective: In a past tense: criticizing the person to whom the phrase is directed for inappropriately, and usually neglectingly, leaving an exterior door or window...
born in a mill phrase: Applied to a person who speaks more loudly than necessary.
born in the purple adjective: Alternative form of born to the purple.
born in the vestry prepositional phrase: Born out of wedlock.
Born rigidity noun: A concept in special relativity that corresponds to the rigid body of nonrelativistic classical mechanics. It is satisfied if the orthogonal spacetime...
born sleeping adjective: Stillborn; having died in utero in the middle to late part of a pregnancy, usually after 20-28 weeks.
born tired adjective: Chronically tired; asthenic.
born to the purple adjective: Born and raised in a royal family.
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth adjective: Born rich, or into a wealthy family.
Borna proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Borna disease noun: An infectious neurological syndrome caused by infection with Borna disease virus.
bornane noun: (1S,4S)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, an organic compound closely related to norbornane; any derivative of this compound.
bornaprine noun: An anticholinergic used as an antiparkinsonian agent.
bornaprolol noun: A particular beta-adrenergic antagonist.
bornaviral adjective: Of or relating to bornaviruses.
bornavirus noun: Any of a group of viruses, of the genus Bornavirus, responsible for Borna disease
borne adjective, suffix, verb /bɔːn/: carried, supported.
Bornean adjective, noun /ˈbɔː(ɹ)niən/: From, or pertaining to, Borneo.
Bornean clouded leopard noun: A subspecies of Sunda clouded leopard, found on Borneo and Sumatra, Neofelis diardi borneensis.
Bornean swiftlet noun: The swiftlet Collocalia dodgei.
borned verb: born
bornellid noun: Any sea slug in the family Bornellidae.
Borneman proper noun: A surname.
bornemanite noun: A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, sodium, and...
Bornemann proper noun: A surname.
Borneo proper noun /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/: A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
Borneo birdwing noun: Troides andromache, a species of Bornean birdwing butterfly.

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.