English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 47 of 625
A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture.
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).
A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
A reproduction of the material submitted for printing, computer-generated or printed from film, provided to the customer for approval before the material is printed.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
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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 47. 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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