English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 4 of 625

Badenochname

A traditional district of Scotland in Highland council area.

badgenoun

A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

badgernoun

Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.

badgeringnoun

The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.

badlandsnoun

An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

badlyadv

In a bad manner.

badmannoun

A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.

badmintonnoun

A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

badmouthverb

To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

badnessnoun

The quality or degree of being bad.

badsnoun

plural of bad

Badshahnoun

Alternative form of Padishah.

BAEname

Alternative letter-case form of BAe (“British Aerospace”).

Baekname

A surname from Korean.

Baekjename

An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 18 BCE to 660 CE; at its maximum covering most of modern western South Korea.

Baezname

A surname.

Baffinname

An English surname.

baffleverb

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

baffledverb

simple past and past participle of baffle

bafflingadj

Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

BAFTAnoun

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

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.

Baganname

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

bagatellenoun

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

Bagbyname

A placename:

bagelnoun

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

bagelsnoun

plural of bagel

baggagenoun

Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling

baggedverb

simple past and past participle of bag

baggernoun

One who bags.

baggienoun

A small bag, especially a small, clear, plastic bag.

baggiesnoun

plural of baggie

baggingverb

present participle and gerund of bag

baggyadj

Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

baghnoun

A type of enclosed garden common in south and south-eastern Asia.

Baghdadname

The capital city of Iraq.

Baghdadiadj

Of, from or relating to Baghdad.

Bagheeraname

A cat name; a name given to pet cats.

Bagleyname

A surname.

bagmannoun

A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.

Bagoname

A city in Myanmar near Yangon, formerly known as Pegu.

bagpipenoun

singular of bagpipes

bagpipesnoun

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

Bagramname

A town, the capital of the district of Bagram, Parwan Province, Afghanistan; the former capital of the Kushan Empire and the Kingdom of Kapisa.

bagsnoun

plural of bag

baguettenoun

A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.

baguettesnoun

plural of baguette

Baguioname

An independent city within Benguet in Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.

bahintj

Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.

Bahaname

A male given name from Arabic.

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 4. 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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