The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

birthdatenoun

The year, month, and day of someone's birth; a date of birth.

birthdaynoun

The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

birthernoun

One who gives birth.

birthingnoun

The act of giving birth.

birthmarknoun

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

birthplacenoun

The location where a person was born.

birthratenoun

The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year.

birthrightnoun

Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.

birthstonenoun

Any of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one's birth.

biryaninoun

A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.

bisnoun

plural of bi

Biscayname

A province of the Basque Country, Spain.

biscottinoun

A hard, usually nut-flavored biscuit, derived from the Tuscan cantuccio.

biscuitnoun

A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

bisectedadj

Divided into two equal pieces.

bisexualadj

Sexually attracted to both opposite-sex and same-sex individuals. (Compare pansexual.)

bisexualitynoun

The state of being sexually attracted to members of either sex; experiencing both heterosexual and homosexual attraction.

bishnoun

A minced oath (as a term of abuse).

Bishkekname

The capital city of Kyrgyzstan.

bishopnoun

An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

bishopricnoun

A diocese: a region in which a bishop of a church governs.

bishopsnoun

plural of bishop

Bishopsgatename

A street and ward in the City of London, England (OS grid ref TQ3381).

bismarcknoun

A dessert pastry:

bismillahintj

Alternative letter-case form of Bismillah.

bismuthnoun

A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.

bisonnoun

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

bisphenolnoun

Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from methylenediphenol, CH₂(C₆H₄OH)₂, formed by the condensation of a phenol with an aldehyde or ketone.

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 39. 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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