English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 18 of 625
To update (partially compiled code) with jump addresses that were previously left as placeholders because they had not yet been encountered in the source code.
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
The addition of a secondary infusion to a patient by priming it with fluid from the first.
To propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received.
The reaction, as a result of Newton's third law, back from a radiating gravitational wave.
To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
An item in a regular expression equivalent to the text matched by an earlier pattern in the expression.
A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
Someone who has an anonymous support role in an organization, especially a technician or scientist; a boffin.
The members of staff who work out of public view, such as the coaching team in a sports club.
An online urban legend or creepypasta of a seemingly endless maze of empty hallways, often described as being inhabited by monsters or having multiple levels or floors.
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 18. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
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