English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 75 of 625

Barbiecorenoun

A style of fashion inspired by the fashion doll Barbie, characterized by hot pink colors and glamorous styling.

Barbieficationnoun

A cultural move toward superficiality and a focus on physical attractiveness at the expense of depth and intellect.

Barbieriname

A surname from Italian.

barbiersnoun

A paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast, thought to be a chronic form of beriberi.

Barbiesqueadj

Reminiscent of a Barbie fashion doll: slender and conventionally attractive, often with implications of shallowness and materialism.

Barbificationnoun

Alternative spelling of Barbiefication.

barbigerousadj

Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

Barbillionname

The attainment of 1 billion US dollars in global ticket sales for the 2023 film Barbie.

Barbinname

A surname from French.

barbitalnoun

The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s.

barbitalismnoun

barbital poisoning

barbitonnoun

an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre

barbitosnoun

An ancient stringed musical instrument from Greece, apparently a type of lute or lyre.

barbituatenoun

Alternative form of barbiturate.

barbituratenoun

Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.

barbituratismnoun

Synonym of barbiturism.

barbituricadj

Of or pertaining to barbituric acid or its derivatives.

barbituric acidnoun

A heterocyclic compound derived from pyrimidine that is the basis of all barbiturate drugs.

barbiturismnoun

A morbid condition caused by excessive use of barbiturates.

Barbizonname

A town in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France.

Barbizonianadj

Of or relating to the Barbizon school, a 19th-century movement in painting characterised by realism, loose brushwork, and softness of form.

barblessadj

Lacking a barb.

barblessnessnoun

Absence of a barb.

barbletnoun

A little barb.

Barboname

A surname.

Barbockname

A surname from German.

barbosalitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.

barbotinenoun

A soft clay used for moulding or decorating pottery

barbottenoun

A Canadian dice game akin to craps.

Barbourname

A surname.

Barbour Countyname

One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Clayton.

barboynoun

A young man who works in a bar, serving alcohol etc.

Barbraname

A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Barbara. Associated with Barbra Streisand, who changed the spelling of her name from Barbara.

Barbsname

A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.

barbtailnoun

Any of the birds in the genera Premnornis, Premnoplex and Roraimia, found in South America.

barbthroatnoun

Any of the birds in the genus Threnetes, found in Central America and South America.

Barbudaname

An island and dependency of Antigua and Barbuda. Largest city: Codrington.

Barbudannoun

A native or inhabitant of the island and dependency of Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda

Barbudiannoun

Alternative form of Barbudan

barbulenoun

A small barb or beard.

barbuledadj

Having a barbule or barbules.

barbutnoun

Alternative form of barbute (“helmet”).

barbutenoun

A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.

Barbutoname

A surname from Italian.

barbwirenoun

Alternative spelling of barbed wire.

barbyadj

Barbed, like the ends of an arrow cross.

Barcaname

A surname from Punic, particularly (historical) a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders.

barcadenoun

A bar (drinking establishment) equipped with video arcade games.

barcaloungernoun

A plush stuffed recliner armchair.

BarCampnoun

A form of user-generated conference (or unconference) originally focused on technology and the web.

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 75. 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.

For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "B" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.