English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 124 of 625

bdelloidadj

Of or pertaining to rotifers of the subclass Bdelloidea

bdelloid rotifernoun

One of a class of rotifers in the class Bdelloidea, found in freshwater and moist soil.

bdellometernoun

A cupping glass to which a scarificator and an exhausting syringe are attached.

bdelloplastnoun

A modified cell formed in the host of a parasitic Bdellovibrio bacterium

bdelygmianoun

Abnormal disgust at or loathing of food.

BDFname

Initialism of Bahrain Defence Force.

BDFLnoun

Initialism of benevolent dictator for life.

bDMARDnoun

Initialism of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug.

BDOnoun

Initialism of Big Dumb Object.

bdrm.noun

Abbreviation of bedroom.

BDSname

Initialism of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (academic qualification to practise dentistry in the UK and most of the Commonwealth except Canada)

BDSernoun

A proponent of the BDS movement

BDSMnoun

A variety of often erotic practices involving bondage, discipline, sadomasochism, dominance and submission, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

BDSMernoun

One who participates in BDSM.

bdótename

holy region at the convergence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers where all life started according to Dakota religious tradition

beverb

As an auxiliary verb:

be a devilintj

Used to encourage someone to do something when they are unsure whether they should.

be a hundred years too earlyverb

To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.

be a poet and not know itverb

Used when someone accidentally says something that rhymes

be a thingverb

To exist, or to be available, widespread, possible, or a common practice.

be able to count on one's fingersverb

Used to indicate that the number of some specified thing is very small.

be aboutverb

To have (something) as a primary focus.

be ages withverb

To be approximately the same age as.

be all aboutverb

To deal with, to be focused on.

be alongverb

To arrive.

be aroundverb

To be alive, existent, or present.

be at the plagueverb

To be bothered; to make the effort to do something.

be big onverb

Have great interest in something; be enthusiastic about something.

be born yesterdayverb

To be new, naive, innocent, inexperienced, or easily deceived.

be botheredverb

To have the enthusiasm (to do something).

be calledverb

To have a specific name.

be coolintj

Used to implore someone to not reveal illegal or improper activity.

be cruel to be kindverb

To act cruelly in order to achieve a positive outcome in the future.

be damnedphrase

Used as an exclamation to express irritation with or reckless disregard of a person or thing.

be down withverb

To be alright, okay, or in agreement with; approve of; stand for; to accept as good, right, or preferred.

be gathered to one's fathersverb

To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.

be goneintj

Alternative form of begone.

be here forverb

To be excited for; to be in favour of.

be in and outverb

To enter somewhere, and then quickly leave.

be in forverb

To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.

be in luckphrase

To be lucky in getting something that one wants.

be in ordersverb

To be an ordained priest; to have taken the holy orders, the sacrament to become a priest

be it what it wouldadv

Synonym of regardless.

be kind, rewindphrase

A friendly reminder for a customer who is renting a VHS videotape to rewind it for the next customer.

be likeverb

To be similar to (something).

be motherverb

To pour out tea for others.

be my guestverb

Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it!

be no exceptionverb

To be usual, not out of the ordinary; to follow an established pattern.

be no match forverb

To be outmatched by; to be much weaker, less capable, or less desirable than.

be no stranger toverb

To be familiar with due to past experience.

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 124. 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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