English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 30 of 625

baffed outadj

Worn out, exhausted, in dilapidated condition.

baffienoun

Alternative form of baffy.

Baffinname

An English surname.

Baffin Bayname

A sea between Greenland and Nunavut.

Baffin Islandname

A large island of Nunavut, Canada, north of the Canadian mainland.

baffleverb

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.

baffleableadj

Able to be baffled.

bafflectomynoun

The removal of baffles from stock motorcycle exhaust canisters.

baffledverb

simple past and past participle of baffle

bafflegabnoun

Pretentious, incomprehensible, or overly technical language, especially legal or bureaucratic jargon.

bafflementnoun

The result or state of being baffled, confused, or puzzled.

bafflernoun

Something that causes a person to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle.

bafflestonenoun

A kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy.

bafflingadj

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

bafflinglyadv

In a baffling or puzzling manner.

bafflingnessnoun

The characteristic of being baffling; mysteriousness.

baffoundverb

To perplex; to bewilder.

baffoundingverb

present participle and gerund of baffound

baffynoun

An obsolete wooden golf club with high loft.

BAFTAnoun

A mask sculpture, similar in purpose to an Oscar, awarded for excellence in film, television, etc.

Bafumbiranoun

A Bantu ethnic group from Kisoro District in southwestern Uganda.

bagnoun

A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.

bag and baggagenoun

All one's possessions.

bag gasnoun

Natural gas for use as fuel in the home which has been stored in an inflated plastic bag as form of improvised storage device, with the bag being disconnected and refilled as needed; especially such gas which has to be carried some distance back to the home in the bag.

bag of antlersnoun

an emaciated woman, frequently a model or actress, who looks so underweight that her bones and joints stretch out her skin similar to how a burlap sack filled with deer or elk antlers would.

bag of bonesnoun

A skinny, malnourished person or animal.

bag of dicksnoun

A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.

bag of fruitnoun

A suit (clothing).

bag of holdingnoun

A magical bag that can hold an infinite amount of items.

bag of mysterynoun

A sausage.

bag of shellsnoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bag, shell.

bag of tricksnoun

A set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.

bag of weaselsnoun

Something that has pronounced weaselly characteristics, such as pettiness, bad temper, and deviousness.

bag of wordsnoun

The collection of words from an unprocessed text without regard to grammar; a collection of word unigrams.

bag outverb

to criticise someone

bag peoplenoun

Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.

bag phonenoun

An early mobile phone consisting of a handset attached by a cord to a bag containing a transceiver and battery pack.

bag upverb

To put into a bag.

bag wignoun

An 18th-century wig, the back-hair of which was enclosed in an ornamental bag.

bag-carriernoun

A person who carries someone's bags

bagadnoun

A Breton band composed of bagpipes, bombards, and drums.

Baganname

A town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, formerly known as Pagan

Baganuurname

A city and district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

bagarapadj

broken down; broken; wrecked; messed up

bagassenoun

The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.

bagassosisnoun

A pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from sugarcane processing

bagatellenoun

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

bagatellizeverb

To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.

bagboynoun

A man or boy employed to put clients' purchases (e.g. groceries) into bags at the checkout line of a store.

Bagbyname

A placename:

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 30. 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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