English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 77 of 625

bullocksnoun

plural of bullock

bullpennoun

An enclosed area used to hold bulls.

bullsnoun

plural of bull

bullseyenoun

The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.

bullshitnoun

Feces produced by a bull.

bullshitternoun

Someone who lies or exaggerates a lot, especially in order to preserve or enhance their reputation.

bullynoun

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

bullyingnoun

An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.

bulwarknoun

A defensive wall or rampart.

bumnoun

The buttocks.

bumblenoun

A confusion; a jumble.

bumblebeenoun

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.

bumblingadj

Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent or inept; showing little or no skill.

bummedverb

simple past and past participle of bum

bummernoun

A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.

bummingverb

present participle and gerund of bum

bumpnoun

A light blow or jolting collision.

bumpedadj

Containing bumps.

bumpernoun

Someone or something that bumps.

bumpingverb

present participle and gerund of bump

bumpkinnoun

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

bumpsnoun

plural of bump

bumpyadj

Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

Bumsname

Nickname of the Brooklyn Dodgers, later the Los Angeles Dodgers.

bunnoun

Senses referring to baked goods.

Bunanoun

Any of an early generation of synthetic polybutadiene rubbers produced using sodium as a catalyst.

Bunburyname

A surname.

buncenoun

A bonus; additional pay; money.

bunchnoun

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

bunchanoun

Contraction of bunch + of.

bunchesnoun

plural of bunch

bunchingnoun

An arrangement of items in a bunch.

buncombenoun

Alternative spelling of bunkum.

bundnoun

A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.

Bundabergname

A city in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.

Bundestagname

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

bundlenoun

A group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.

bundlingnoun

Arrangement in a bundle or collection.

bundtnoun

A baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.

Bundyname

A surname from Middle English.

bungnoun

A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.

bungalownoun

A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.

bungeenoun

An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage.

bungleverb

To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

bungledadj

Incompetently performed; ruined through incompetent action; botched up.

bunglingadj

Incompetent or inept.

bungonoun

A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period, circa 900–1200 C.E., and commonly used until circa 1900.

bunionnoun

A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

bunknoun

One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.

bunkernoun

A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

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