English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 50 of 625
The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana.
A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 CE), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.
An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
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 50. 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.
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