English Words: B
31,241 words · Page 82 of 625
Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.
A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.
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 82. 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.