English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 12 of 625
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.
A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
A small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.
The gate at the back of a property, especially a residential property, often leading onto a lane.
In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).
Said as a retort to somebody who has made a cutting remark.
Returned to one's normal, healthy, functioning state, as from an interruption or setback.
To advance to the post-season as a result of another team's loss, especially where one's own team has also lost.
Less important or less hard-hitting material relegated to the later pages of a print publication or the later stages of a television broadcast.
The IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business.
A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.
A pointer that reciprocates another structure's pointer to its own containing structure, typically found in doubly linked lists and trees.
A cinematic technique in which live action is filmed in front of a screen on which the background action or a background scene is projected.
A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
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 12. 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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