English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 42 of 625
A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
The tenuous peace that existed during the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
To attain balance through the contrasting or reciprocating effect of different elements.
A summary of a person's or organization's assets, liabilities and equity as of a specific date.
To improve the financial state of an organization or individual so they are no longer operating at a loss.
The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.
A man employed to sit on the trunk of a tree while it is transported and keep it horizontal.
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
A large boat, about 18 meters in length, used by Malay settlers of the Philippines in prehispanic times. Such a vessel would carry a small clan or a large family.
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 42. 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.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "B" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.