English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 8 of 625

Balthasarname

Alternative form of Balthazar.

Balthazarname

A name ascribed to one of the Magi.

baltinoun

A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani cuisine

Balticadj

Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.

Balticsname

The Baltic states, i.e. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Baltimorename

An independent city in central Maryland, United States.

Baltistanname

A very mountainous region just to the south of K2, located between China, India and Pakistan; most of the region is de-facto governed by Pakistan as Gilgit–Baltistan.

Baluchnoun

Alternative form of Baloch.

balustradenoun

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

bamintj

Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.

Bamaname

Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.

Bamakoname

The capital city of Mali.

Bambangname

A municipality of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

Bambername

A surname.

Bambiname

A female given name.

bambinonoun

A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.

bamboonoun

Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.

bamboozleverb

To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

BAMEadj

Initialism of black, Asian, and minority ethnic.

Bamfordname

A place in England:

Bamptonname

A placename:

banverb

To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

Banachadj

being a Banach space

banaladj

Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

banalitynoun

The quality of being banal.

banananoun

An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.

bananasnoun

plural of banana

Banarasname

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

Banbridgename

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

Banburyname

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

bancnoun

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

bancanoun

A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.

bancoadj

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

Bancroftname

A placename:

bandnoun

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

bandanoun

A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.

bandagenoun

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

bandagingnoun

Strips of cloth or other material used to create a bandage.

bandananoun

A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.

bandannanoun

Alternative spelling of bandana.

bandarnoun

A rhesus macaque.

bandeaunoun

A band for the hair.

bandedadj

Marked with bands of colour.

Banderaname

A surname from Spanish.

bandgapnoun

The energy difference between two allowed ranges of electron energy in a solid; especially the difference between the energies of the valence band and the conduction band.

bandhnoun

A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work.

bandicootnoun

Any of various small marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, some with distinctive long snouts, of the family Peramelidae.

bandingnoun

A pattern of band-like markings.

banditnoun

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

banditrynoun

Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.

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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 8. 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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