English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 54 of 625

boofintj

The sound of a blow or collision; wham.

boogverb

Clipping of boogie (“to dance”)

A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.

A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

Alternative form of bogeyman.

A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril cavity.

To cry, weep.

A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.

booknoun

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

Able to be booked or reserved.

A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.

bookbindingnoun

The art, craft or process of binding books.

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

Archaic spelling of book.

simple past and past participle of book

A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.

plural of bookend

One who makes a reservation.

A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.

present participle and gerund of book

plural of booking

Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.

A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.

bookkeepingnoun

The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.

A small or thin book.

Any list of books.

A person who prints or binds books.

The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.

One who held bookland.

A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.

plural of book

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

booksellingnoun

The sale of books.

A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.

A shop that sells books.

A store where books are bought and sold.

Any of various insects that infest books.

boolnoun

A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).

Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.

boomverb

To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.

A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.

simple past and past participle of boom

Something that makes a booming sound.

Any of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the returning boomerang).

The men's national basketball representative team of Australia.

Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.

plural of boom

Alternative form of boom town.

boonnoun

A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.

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 54. 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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