English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 58 of 625

banana-eyadj

Alternative form of bananery.

banana-likeadj

Alternative spelling of bananalike.

banana-philenoun

Alternative form of bananaphile.

bananadinenoun

A fictional psychoactive substance said to be extracted from banana peels.

bananaeyadj

Alternative form of bananery.

Bananagatename

A scandal of the 1970s involving bribes to the Honduran president to reduce the export tax on bananas. It provoked the overthrow of Honduras' military government.

bananageddonname

A catastrophe occurring in the crop of economically important bananas, the Cavendish group in genus Musa.

bananahoodnoun

The property or state of being a banana, chiefly in various idiomatic contexts.

Bananalandname

Nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.

Bananalandernoun

A person from Queensland.

bananalessadj

Without bananas.

bananalikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a banana.

bananapantsadj

(Very) crazy.

bananaphilenoun

One who loves bananas.

bananaphobianoun

Fear, hate, or dislike of bananas.

bananaquitnoun

A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.

bananaritanoun

A margarita cocktail made with banana.

bananarynoun

Alternative spelling of bananery.

bananasnoun

plural of banana

bananas Fosternoun

A dessert made of sliced bananas which are sautéed in rum, brown sugar, and banana liqueur. Served with ice cream and often flambéed at the table.

bananatininoun

A martini cocktail made with banana.

bananerynoun

A banana plantation.

bananivorousadj

Feeding on bananas; banana-eating.

banannernoun

banana

bananoidadj

Having the qualities, particularly the shape, of a banana.

Banarasname

Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Banasiakname

A surname from Polish.

banatnoun

The territory governed by a ban.

banatenoun

Synonym of banat.

banatitenoun

granodiorite or rock of similar composition that intruded in the Banat region of Europe in the Cretaceous

banausicadj

Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.

Banbarname

A county of Chamdo, Tibet autonomous region, China.

Banbridgename

A town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 1246).

Banburismusnoun

A cryptologic process using an early form of Bayesian networks to infer information about the settings of the Enigma machine.

Banburyname

A market town and civil parish with a town council, on the River Cherwell in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4540).

Banbury cakenoun

A spiced, currant-filled, flat pastry cake similar to an Eccles cake, but more oval in shape.

Banbury mixernoun

A kind of internal batch mixer.

Banbury story of a cock and a bullnoun

A roundabout, nonsensical story.

bancnoun

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.

bancanoun

A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.

bancalnoun

An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form.

bancassurancenoun

A banking and insurance structure in which insurance is sold through the bank or the bank's distribution channels.

banchanoun

A type of low-grade Japanese green tea.

banchannoun

A small dish of food served with cooked rice in Korean cuisine.

Banciaoname

Alternative form of Banqiao (Taiwan)

banckettingnoun

Banqueting.

bancoadj

Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.

bancornoun

A hypothetical supranational currency.

bancorporationnoun

A bank holding company.

Bancroftname

A placename:

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