English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 98 of 625

bashfullyadv

In a bashful manner.

bashfulnessnoun

The quality or property of being bashful

Bashi Channelname

The strait, part of Luzon Strait, dividing Mavulis Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island/Lanyu of Taiwan and connecting the South China Sea/Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean.

bashi-bazouknoun

An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal.

bashi-bazoukerynoun

Extreme physical violence; brutality; cruelty.

bashingverb

present participle and gerund of bash

bashingsnoun

plural of bashing

Bashirname

A male given name from Arabic.

bashismnoun

A shell command specific to the Bash interpreter.

Bashkiradj

Of or pertaining to a certain Turkic ethnic group that lives mostly in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.

Bashkirianame

Synonym of Bashkortostan.

Bashkiriannoun

A native or inhabitant of Bashkiria.

Bashkortostanname

A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Bashkortostan. Capital: Ufa.

Bashkortostaniadj

Of, from or relating to the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

bashlessadj

shameless

bashlessnessnoun

The quality of being bashless.

bashliknoun

Alternative spelling of bashlyk.

bashlyknoun

A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.

bashmentnoun

A party or rave.

Bashmurname

A historical region of the Nile Delta.

Bashmuricadj

Of or relating to the Bashmur region or its inhabitants.

bashonoun

A sumo tournament of any kind.

Bashorname

A surname.

Bashorename

A surname from Dutch.

bashownoun

In matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes.

bashtagnoun

A hashtag used to criticize something, especially one that was intended for promotional use but repurposed by users to criticize that which it was intended to promote, or make the opposite point.

Bashtankaname

A city in Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine.

bashyadj

Intensely percussive

basi-prefix

Positioned at the base; forming a base

basialveolaradj

Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation)

basiapicaladj

Situated at the base of an apex

basiationnoun

Kissing.

basibiontnoun

An organism that is host to an epibiont

basibranchialadj

Relating to the bony base of gills, or to the corresponding parts of abranchiate vertebrates

basibregmaticadj

Relating to, or connecting the basion and the bregma

basicadj

Necessary, essential for life or some process.

basic Bnoun

Abbreviation of basic bitch.

basic bitchnoun

A person (usually a woman) who likes mainstream music and fashion, or is otherwise unexceptional and uninteresting.

basic blocknoun

A sequence of contiguous instructions that contains no jumps or labels.

basic bronoun

A person (usually a man) who likes mainstream music and fashion, or is otherwise unexceptional and uninteresting.

Basic Englishname

A simplified controlled language based on English and intended for international communication and TESL.

basic incomenoun

Ellipsis of universal basic income, a form of social security in which all citizens or residents of a jurisdiction receive a sum of money, regularly and unconditionally.

basic needsnoun

The absolute minimum resources necessary for long-term physical well-being, usually in terms of consumption goods.

Basic Pokémonnoun

A Pokémon card (in Pokémon Trading Card Game) that does not evolve from any other Pokémon card, or evolves from a Baby Pokémon card.

basicaladj

Basic.

basicallyadv

In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.

basicapsularadj

At the base of a capsule

basiceritenoun

The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans.

basichondrocraniumnoun

A basal chondrocranium

basichromatinnoun

The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell.

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 98. 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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