English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 79 of 625

Buriname

A surname from German.

burialnoun

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

buriedadj

Placed in a grave at a burial.

burkverb

To vomit.

burkanoun

Alternative form of burqa.

burkeverb

To murder by suffocation.

burlnoun

A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.

burlapnoun

A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

burlesqueadj

Parodical; parodic

burleynoun

A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.

Burlingname

A surname.

Burlingamename

A surname.

Burlingtonname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

burlyadj

Large, well-built, and muscular.

Burmaname

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.

Burmanadj

Of or relating to the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar.

Burmeseadj

Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

burnnoun

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

Burnabyname

A city in British Columbia, Canada.

Burnename

A surname.

burnedadj

Damaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.

burnernoun

Someone or something that burns.

burnetnoun

Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.

Burnettname

A surname from Old French.

Burneyname

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Burnhamname

A placename:

burnienoun

A small brook.

burningverb

present participle and gerund of burn

burnishverb

To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

burnishedadj

Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).

burnishingnoun

A polishing.

Burnleyname

A market town in Lancashire, England.

burnoutnoun

The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.

burnsverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of burn

Burnsidename

Any of various places in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.

Burnsvillename

A city in Minnesota.

burntverb

simple past and past participle of burn

burpnoun

A belch.

burpeenoun

A physical exercise performed by bending over, performing a squat thrust, returning to a standing position, and jumping once.

burpingnoun

The sound of a burp.

burqanoun

An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

burrnoun

A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.

burraadj

Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.

Burrenname

A large area of northern County Clare in western Ireland.

burritonoun

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

burronoun

A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

Burroughsname

An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.

burrownoun

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

burrowingnoun

The act or result of making a burrow.

burryadj

Abounding in burs.

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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 79. 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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