English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 5 of 625

bahadurnoun

A warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.

Bahamanoun

Any of the islands that constitute the Bahamas.

Bahamasname

An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Bahamianadj

Of, from, or pertaining to the Bahamas, or the Bahamian people.

baharnoun

A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single standard but rather of varying sizes sometimes termed little bahars and great bahars.

Bahasaname

the Malay-Indonesian language

Bahianame

A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador.

Bahlname

A surname.

Bahmanname

The eleventh solar month of the Persian calendar.

Bahrainname

An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

Bahraininoun

A person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent.

bahtnoun

The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.

bahunoun

A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.

bainoun

A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.

Baianame

A village in Vărădia de Mureș, Arad County, Romania.

Baiduname

A search engine owned by the company of the same name.

Baikalname

A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.

Baikonurname

A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.

bailnoun

Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

bailenoun

A specific genre of dance music originating in Rio de Janeiro, also known as Funk Carioca

bailedverb

simple past and past participle of bail

baileenoun

One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.

baileynoun

The outer wall of a feudal castle.

Baileysname

plural of Bailey

bailienoun

A bailiff.

bailiffnoun

An officer of the court

bailiffsnoun

plural of bailiff

bailingverb

present participle and gerund of bail

bailiwicknoun

The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

baillienoun

The jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff; a bailiwick.

Baillyname

A surname from French.

bailoutnoun

A rescue, especially a financial rescue.

bailsnoun

plural of bail

bainadj

Ready; willing.

Bainbridgename

A placename:

Bainesname

A surname.

Bairdname

A surname.

bairnnoun

A child or baby.

baitnoun

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

baitedverb

simple past and past participle of bait

baitingverb

present participle and gerund of bait

baitsnoun

plural of bait

Bajaname

A city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary.

bajajnoun

A tuk-tuk.

Bajannoun

A Barbadian.

Bajwaname

A surname from Punjabi.

baknoun

A wooden clapper used in Korean courts and rituals

bakanoun

An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.

Bakarname

A town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia.

bakeverb

To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).

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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 5. 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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