English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 115 of 625
A town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, which absorbed the old town of Harrisonville.
The notional line on either side of which opposing forces are arrayed, and at which they meet in battle; a fortified line, short of the line where battle is expected, and behind which forces are arrayed; a forward line of infantry or other force, prepared for battle.
A map showing the location of a battle and the things needed to oversee the course of the battle, including positions of troops, armaments, battlements and trenches, supply lines, etc.
The persistent state of rivalry, opposition, or tension between men and women in society.
A contest in which participants attempt to insult their opponent by using witty improvised rapping.
A fight involving three or more individuals, teams, or factions; fought until one person, team, or faction is left standing.
A coach used as a mobile operational centre by a particular political party during an election campaign.
A hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier, with both one or more heavy gun turrets and a large aircraft hangar and flight deck.
A fast warship with thicker armor and heavier guns than a typical cruiser, but with armor, armament, or both still inferior to that of a dreadnought battleship; designed to act as an advanced scout of the battle fleet and to destroy enemy cruisers.
A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
A two-dimensional region with parallel sides and pointed ends, usually representing the emergence and later disappearance of an entity in a graph over time.
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The English alphabetical index for the letter B contains 31,241 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 625 pages, and you are currently viewing page 115. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
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