English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 69 of 625

banternoun

Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

banterernoun

One who banters, one who engages in bantering.

banteringnoun

teasing

banteringlyadv

In a bantering manner.

banterousadj

bantersome; full of or characterized by banter.

bantersaurus rexnoun

Alternative letter-case form of Bantersaurus Rex.

bantersomeadj

Characterised or marked by banter

banteryadj

Full of banter or good-humored raillery.

Banti's syndromenoun

A chronic congestive enlargement of the spleen, resulting in premature destruction of red blood cells.

Bantickname

A surname.

bantingnoun

A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.

Bantingismnoun

Synonym of banting (“weight-loss diet”).

Bantingizeverb

To diet, or restrict the diet of, according to the weight-loss practice called banting.

bantlingnoun

An infant or young child.

Bantoidadj

Of or relating to a putative branch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.

Bantologistnoun

One who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.

Bantryname

A town in West Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

bantsnoun

Banter, particularly among men.

Bantunoun

A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.

Bantuficationnoun

The process of making something Bantu.

Bantuistnoun

A linguist who specializes in studying Bantu languages.

Bantuizationnoun

The process of a language becoming more like a Bantu language.

Bantuizeverb

To make Bantu; to subject to Bantuization.

Bantunessnoun

The quality of being Bantu.

bantustannoun

Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy

bantyadj

bantam (small, but aggressive)

bantznoun

Alternative spelling of bants.

Banuname

A surname.

Banvillename

A surname from French.

banwavenoun

The sudden banning of a large number of users from a system.

banworthyadj

Deserving to be banned.

banxringnoun

An shrew-like insectivorous mammal of the order Scandentia

banyanoun

A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).

Banyacyaname

A surname from Hopi.

Banyamulengenoun

A member of an ethnically Tutsi ethno-cultural group in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

banyannoun

An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.

banyan daynoun

In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.

banzaiadj

Thrill-seeking; wild.

banzai chargenoun

A human-wave suicide attack performed by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

Banzhaf power indexnoun

An index defined by the probability of changing an outcome of a vote where voting rights are not necessarily equally divided among the voters or shareholders.

Banzhudangname

A town in Gong'an, Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

BANZSLname

Acronym of British, Australian, and New Zealand Sign Language.

banzukenoun

the document, published six times a year, before each basho, showing the official rankings of all rikishi

baonoun

Any of various types of steamed bread or bun used in Chinese cuisine

bao tohverb

To inform on someone behind his or her back.

Bao-anganname

A barangay of Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines.

baobabnoun

A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

Baodename

A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

Baodiname

A district of Tianjin, China.

Baodingname

A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

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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 69. 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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