English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 48 of 625

bluffsnoun

plural of bluff

Blufftonname

A hamlet in Ponoka County, Alberta, Canada.

bluishadj

Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.

Blumname

A surname from German.

Blumbergname

A surname.

Blumename

A surname from German.

Blumenthalname

A surname from German.

Blundellname

A surname.

blundernoun

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

blunderbussnoun

An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.

blunderingnoun

The act of making a blunder.

bluntadj

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

bluntedverb

simple past and past participle of blunt

bluntingverb

present participle and gerund of blunt

bluntlyadv

In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.

bluntnessnoun

The characteristic of being blunt.

bluntsnoun

plural of blunt

blurverb

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

blurbnoun

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

blurredadj

Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

blurringnoun

A blurry patch.

blurryadj

Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

blursnoun

plural of blur

blurtverb

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

blurtingnoun

Something that is blurted, or spoken hastily without thinking.

blushnoun

An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

blushedverb

simple past and past participle of blush

blushernoun

One who blushes.

blushesnoun

plural of blush

blushingverb

present participle and gerund of blush

blusternoun

Pompous, officious talk.

blusteringnoun

A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.

blusteryadj

Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.

blynoun

Likeness; resemblance; look aspect; species; character.

Blythname

A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).

Blythename

Any of a number of places in England and the United States.

Blytonname

A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8594).

BMnoun

Initialism of ballistic missile.

BMAverb

Beat my ass.

BMEnoun

Initialism of biomedical engineering.

BMInoun

Initialism of body mass index.

BMJname

The BMJ, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.

BMPname

Initialism of Basic Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode, formally known as Plane 0; the conventional full set of all characters in basic Unicode, using the 65,536-codepoint range from U+0000 through U+FFFF.

BMTnoun

Initialism of basic military training, which includes physical training, where Singaporean males will learn basic skills of a soldier.

BMWname

A manufacturer of motor vehicles (Bayerische Motoren-Werke (Bavarian Motor Works)).

BMXnoun

Bicycle motocross, a form of cycling on BMX bikes, originating in California in the 1970s.

bnsymbol

Billion.

BNFnoun

Initialism of Backus-Naur form.

bointj

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

boanoun

Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.

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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 48. 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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