English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 123 of 625

Baʿalimname

plural of Baʿal; alternative form of Baalim

Baṭḥariname

A South Arabian language spoken in Oman.

BBnoun

Initialism of baseband.

BB creamnoun

A type of facial cosmetic product which provides the benefits of a foundation, moisturizer and sunblock in one.

BB gunnoun

A gun that shoots BB-size pellets, typically using compressed air, or sometimes just a compressed spring.

BBBname

Initialism of Better Business Bureau.

BBBMnoun

Initialism of big beautiful black man.

BBBWnoun

Initialism of big beautiful black woman.

BBCname

Initialism of British Broadcasting Corporation.

BBC-esqueadj

Alternative form of BBCesque.

BBCesqueadj

Resembling or characteristic of the BBC.

BBCodename

A lightweight markup language, with tags in square brackets, used to format posts on message boards.

BBDname

Initialism of Beer Business Daily.

BBGname

Initialism of Broadcasting Board of Governors.

bbiabphrase

Be back in a bit.

BBIPOCphrase

Initialism of black, brown, indigenous, and (other) people of color.

bblnoun

Abbreviation of barrels and occasionally also of barrel (singular).

bblsnoun

plural of bbl

BBMname

Initialism of BlackBerry Messenger.

bboardnoun

bulletin board (electronic message system)

BBQnoun

Abbreviation of barbecue.

BBQ'dadj

Alternative form of barbecued.

BBQernoun

barbecuer

BBSnoun

Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.

BBSernoun

A person who uses a BBS (bulletin board system).

BBSingnoun

The hobby or practice of using a BBS (bulletin board system).

BBStronoun

An intro created to publicize a bulletin board system.

BBWnoun

Initialism of big beautiful woman, used as a positive description for women who are (sometimes slightly) overweight and physically attractive.

bbynoun

Alternative form of baby (term of endearment).

BCadv

Initialism of Before Christ.

BCCnoun

Alternative letter-case form of bcc; initialism of blind carbon copy.

BCEadv

Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.

BCernoun

Abbreviation of British Columbian.

BCGname

Initialism of Boston Consulting Group, a large US management consulting firm.

BCInoun

Initialism of bit-count integrity.

BCPDnoun

Initialism of Baltimore County Police Department

BCRnoun

B cell receptor

BCSname

Initialism of best-case scenario.

BCS theorynoun

A theory for explaining superconductivity.

bdnoun

Abbreviation of boulevard.

BD-ROMnoun

Initialism of Blu-ray Disc read-only memory.

bdainoun

Alternative spelling of bday.

bdaynoun

Abbreviation of birthday.

BDCnoun

Initialism of bullet drop compensation.

BDDnoun

Initialism of binary decision diagram.

BDEnoun

Initialism of bond dissociation energy.

Bde Maka Skaname

A lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota; more commonly known by its former official name, Lake Calhoun.

bdellatomynoun

The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.

bdellinnoun

Any of a class of proteinase inhibitors found in leeches.

bdelliumnoun

An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.

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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 123. 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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