6-letter words containing B
Embark on an exploration of 6-letter words that contain the letter B. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate B within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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before | 11 | earlier in time; previously | I had known her before |
better | 8 | (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable | it would be better to speak to him |
number | 10 | put into a group | - |
nobody | 12 | a person of no influence | - |
become | 12 | undergo a change or development | - |
behind | 12 | of timepieces | my watch is running behind |
bought | 12 | - | - |
became | 12 | - | - |
bloody | 12 | informal intensifiers | a bloody fool |
broken | 12 | out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') | a broken washing machine |
public | 12 | people in general considered as a whole | he is a hero in the eyes of the public |
bother | 11 | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | a bit of a bother |
double | 9 | used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis | - |
beauty | 11 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
bigger | 10 | large or big relative to something else | - |
bottle | 8 | the quantity contained in a bottle | - |
battle | 8 | an energetic attempt to achieve something | he fought a battle for recognition |
bottom | 10 | low-lying alluvial land near a river | - |
breath | 11 | a short respite | - |
beyond | 12 | - | - |
bodies | 9 | - | - |
belong | 9 | be in the right place or situation | Where do these books belong? |
bridge | 10 | the link between two lenses; rests on the nose | - |
boring | 9 | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum | - |
bullet | 8 | a projectile that is fired from a gun | - |
bright | 12 | clear and sharp and ringing | the bright sound of the trumpet section |
buried | 9 | placed in a grave | the hastily buried corpses |
member | 12 | the male sex organ (`member' is a euphemism) | - |
buying | 12 | the act of buying | buying and selling fill their days |
borrow | 11 | take up and practice as one's own | - |
barely | 11 | almost not | she barely seemed to notice him |
burned | 9 | ruined by overcooking | - |
behave | 14 | behave well or properly | The children must learn to behave |
border | 9 | form the boundary of; be contiguous to | - |
button | 8 | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism | - |
mobile | 10 | affording change (especially in social status) | upwardly mobile |
beaten | 8 | much trodden and worn smooth or bare | did not stray from the beaten path |
rabbit | 10 | the fur of a rabbit | - |
object | 17 | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | the sole object of her trip was to see her children |
global | 9 | involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | global war |
berlin | 8 | capital of Germany located in eastern Germany | - |
nearby | 11 | close at hand | the nearby towns |
beside | 9 | At the side of; on one side of. | - |
butter | 8 | a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head | - |
albert | 8 | prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861) | - |
brazil | 17 | the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter | - |
abroad | 9 | far away from home or one's usual surroundings | - |
behalf | 14 | as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of') | the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child |
backup | 16 | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts | - |
boxing | 16 | the enclosure of something in a package or box | - |
unable | 8 | lacking in power or forcefulness | like an unable phoenix in hot ashes |
symbol | 13 | something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible | the eagle is a symbol of the United States |
boston | 8 | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services | - |
busted | 9 | out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') | the coke machine is busted |
bishop | 13 | a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ | - |
breast | 8 | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | he beat his breast in anger |
combat | 12 | an engagement fought between two military forces | - |
bitter | 8 | the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth | - |
budget | 10 | a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them | the president submitted the annual budget to Congress |
burden | 9 | weight down with a load | - |
cowboy | 16 | a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging | - |
blonde | 9 | a light grayish yellow to near white | - |
betray | 11 | disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | - |
absurd | 9 | a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless | The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth |
branch | 13 | a part of a forked or branching shape | he broke off one of the branches |
aboard | 9 | side by side | anchored close aboard another ship |
stable | 8 | showing little if any change | - |
rubber | 10 | an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil | - |
booked | 13 | reserved in advance | - |
bucket | 14 | the quantity contained in a bucket | - |
breeze | 17 | a slight wind (usually refreshing) | the breeze was cooled by the lake |
buddha | 13 | founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC) | - |
bureau | 8 | furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | - |
belief | 11 | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | it strengthened my belief in his sincerity |
banana | 8 | any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits | - |
basket | 12 | horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | - |
ballet | 8 | a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers | - |
subway | 14 | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
forbid | 12 | command against | I forbid you to call me late at night |
humble | 13 | of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | of humble (or lowly) birth |
arabic | 10 | the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects | - |
carbon | 10 | a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper | - |
debate | 9 | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | - |
beware | 11 | be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to | - |
bubble | 12 | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | - |
burger | 9 | United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) | - |
gamble | 11 | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | - |
brakes | 12 | a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle | - |
bounce | 10 | move up and down repeatedly | - |
bugger | 10 | practice anal sex upon | - |
harbor | 11 | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | - |
brutal | 8 | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | brutal beatings |
barrel | 8 | a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends | - |
zombie | 19 | someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way | - |
brandy | 12 | distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice | - |
obtain | 8 | be valid, applicable, or true | - |
behold | 12 | see with attention | behold Christ! |
isabel | 8 | - | - |
blamed | 11 | expletives used informally as intensifiers | it's a blamed shame |
batman | 10 | an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer | - |
bitten | 8 | - | - |
fabric | 13 | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent |
abused | 9 | subjected to cruel treatment | an abused wife |
superb | 10 | of surpassing excellence | a superb actor |
bonnie | 8 | very pleasing to the eye | - |
biting | 9 | causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold | a biting wind |
barber | 10 | United States composer (1910-1981) | - |
banned | 9 | forbidden by law | - |
subtle | 8 | difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze | his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change |
backed | 15 | having a back or backing, usually of a specified type | - |
boogie | 9 | an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano) | - |
breach | 13 | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | - |
absent | 8 | go away or leave | He absented himself |
submit | 10 | yield to another's wish or opinion | - |
burial | 8 | concealing something under the ground | - |
hereby | 14 | (formal) by means of this | I hereby declare you man and wife |
banker | 12 | a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank | - |
beggar | 10 | reduce to beggary | - |
labour | 8 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | - |
barney | 11 | - | - |
robber | 10 | a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence | - |
blouse | 8 | a top worn by women | - |
boiled | 9 | cooked in hot water | - |
ambush | 13 | hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing | - |
buster | 8 | a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | - |
reborn | 8 | spiritually reborn or converted | - |
bounty | 11 | payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military | - |
boards | 9 | (used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink | - |
butler | 8 | a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table | - |
marble | 10 | a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material | - |
bunker | 12 | a hazard on a golf course | - |
debris | 9 | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | - |
bakery | 15 | a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold | - |
bailey | 11 | United States singer (1918-1990) | - |
bandit | 9 | an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | - |
bamboo | 12 | the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles | - |
phoebe | 13 | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | - |
buckle | 14 | a shape distorted by twisting or folding | - |
broker | 12 | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | - |
beaver | 11 | a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) | - |
ribbon | 10 | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | - |
bundle | 9 | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | she made a bundle selling real estate |
buffet | 14 | usually inexpensive bar | - |
baxter | 15 | - | - |
beetle | 8 | be suspended over or hang over | This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town |
bourne | 8 | an archaic term for a goal or destination | - |
buzzer | 26 | a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | - |
beacon | 10 | a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes | - |
bender | 9 | revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | - |
chubby | 18 | sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure | a chubby child |
banner | 8 | any distinctive flag | - |
brooks | 12 | United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963) | - |
billie | 8 | - | - |
bikini | 12 | a woman's very brief bathing suit | - |
bumper | 12 | a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast) | we quaffed a bumper of ale |
herbal | 11 | tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs | - |
upbeat | 10 | a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles |
bomber | 12 | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | - |
bronze | 17 | of the color of bronze | - |
batter | 8 | strike violently and repeatedly | - |
basics | 10 | principles from which other truths can be derived | let's get down to basics |
tribal | 8 | relating to or characteristic of a tribe | tribal customs |
bruise | 8 | injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | I bruised my knee |
basque | 17 | a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain | - |
tablet | 8 | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | - |
baking | 13 | as hot as if in an oven | - |
gibson | 9 | United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003) | - |
boiler | 8 | a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid | - |
birdie | 9 | badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers | - |
bummer | 12 | a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug | - |
rubble | 10 | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | - |
boxers | 15 | underpants worn by men | - |
goblin | 9 | (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings | - |
burton | 8 | English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) | - |
biggie | 10 | - | - |
quebec | 19 | the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River | - |
braces | 10 | an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | - |
verbal | 11 | communicated in the form of words | verbal imagery |
hybrid | 15 | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | - |
absorb | 10 | consume all of one's attention or time | Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely |
bypass | 13 | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | - |
crumbs | 12 | - | - |
bounds | 9 | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | - |
barren | 8 | providing no shelter or sustenance | barren lands |
rumble | 10 | a fight between rival gangs of adolescents | - |
bowman | 13 | a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow | - |
bodily | 12 | affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | bodily needs |
bridal | 9 | of or relating to a wedding | bridal procession |
shabby | 16 | showing signs of wear and tear | shabby furniture |
enable | 8 | render capable or able for some task | This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street |
broads | 9 | - | - |
bearer | 8 | someone whose employment involves carrying something | - |
timber | 10 | land that is covered with trees and shrubs | - |
liable | 8 | (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with | liable to diabetes |
humbly | 16 | in a miserly manner | - |
cyborg | 14 | a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices | a cyborg is a cybernetic organism |
badger | 10 | annoy persistently | - |
beagle | 9 | a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound | - |
viable | 11 | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | - |
sabine | 8 | a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico | - |
unborn | 8 | not yet brought into existence | unborn generations |
morbid | 11 | suggesting the horror of death and decay | morbid details |
booing | 9 | - | - |
brunch | 13 | combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning | - |
bleach | 13 | an agent that makes things white or colorless | - |
bonnet | 8 | protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | - |
bowels | 11 | the center of the Earth | - |
blimey | 13 | - | - |
ballot | 8 | a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | - |
barred | 9 | preventing entry or exit or a course of action | barred doors |
gobble | 11 | eat hastily without proper chewing | - |
banish | 11 | ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | - |
oblige | 9 | force somebody to do something | - |
barker | 12 | informal terms for dogs | - |
tumble | 10 | understand, usually after some initial difficulty | - |
feeble | 11 | lacking strength or vigor | feeble efforts |
blower | 11 | a fan run by an electric motor | - |
barley | 11 | a grain of barley | - |
barbed | 11 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | - |
bitchy | 16 | marked by or arising from malice | - |
bennet | 8 | avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers | - |
rabies | 8 | an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain | - |
edible | 9 | any substance that can be used as food | - |
bugged | 11 | having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices | even the car is bugged |
bertha | 11 | - | - |
phobia | 13 | an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations | phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias |
ballad | 9 | a narrative poem of popular origin | - |
barton | 8 | - | - |
boomer | 10 | a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s | they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers |
blurry | 11 | indistinct or hazy in outline | the trees were just blurry shapes |
burrow | 11 | move through by or as by digging | burrow through the forest |
mumble | 12 | talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice | - |
briefs | 11 | (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts) | - |
bookie | 12 | a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) | - |
turban | 8 | a small round woman's hat | - |
hobbit | 13 | an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien | - |
embryo | 13 | an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | - |
bazaar | 17 | a shop where a variety of goods are sold | - |
suburb | 10 | a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | - |
lumber | 10 | move heavily or clumsily | The heavy man lumbered across the room |
baboon | 10 | large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles | - |
beeper | 10 | an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged | - |
bogart | 9 | United States film actor (1899-1957) | - |
abrupt | 10 | marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | abrupt prose |
robust | 8 | marked by richness and fullness of flavor | a robust claret |
pebble | 12 | a small smooth rounded rock | - |
barrie | 8 | Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937) | - |
bidder | 10 | someone who makes a bid at cards | - |
booger | 9 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children | - |
barman | 10 | an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | - |
biopsy | 13 | examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease | - |
biased | 9 | favoring one person or side over another | a biased account of the trial |
nibble | 10 | eat intermittently; take small bites of | She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles |
bouncy | 13 | elastic; rebounds readily | clean bouncy hair |
bikers | 12 | originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers | - |
blanco | 10 | - | - |
bestow | 11 | present | bestow an honor on someone |
rabble | 10 | disparaging terms for the common people | - |
newbie | 11 | any new participant in some activity | - |
burner | 8 | an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) | a diesel engine is an oil burner |
cabbie | 12 | - | - |
bowing | 12 | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting | - |
lambda | 11 | the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
bubbly | 15 | a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there | - |
debtor | 9 | a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt | - |
embark | 14 | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers | - |
booker | 12 | someone who engages a person or company for performances | - |
buller | 8 | - | - |
banger | 9 | firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | - |
buffer | 14 | a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict | - |
biceps | 12 | any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm) | - |
libido | 9 | (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire | - |
behead | 12 | cut the head of | the French King was beheaded during the Revolution |
emblem | 12 | a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | - |
bodied | 10 | possessing or existing in bodily form | - |
wobbly | 16 | inclined to shake as from weakness or defect | a wobbly chair with shaky legs |
nebula | 8 | a medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer | - |
grubby | 14 | small sculpin of the coast of New England | - |
banter | 8 | be silly or tease one another | - |
benign | 9 | pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence | a benign smile |
baltic | 10 | a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy | - |
bonded | 10 | - | - |
bodega | 10 | a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries | - |
brooch | 13 | fasten with or as if with a brooch | - |
bungee | 9 | an elasticized rope | - |
combed | 13 | (of hair) made tidy with a comb | with hair combed to the side |
banzai | 17 | a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph | - |
barter | 8 | an equal exchange | we had no money so we had to live by barter |
hombre | 13 | an informal term for a youth or man | - |
brainy | 11 | having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | our project needs brainy women |
brahma | 13 | any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding | - |
barlow | 11 | - | - |
subdue | 9 | correct by punishment or discipline | - |
biking | 13 | - | - |
blazer | 17 | lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school | - |
blazes | 17 | - | - |
belive | 11 | - | - |
amoeba | 10 | naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion | - |
babble | 12 | to talk foolishly | The two women babbled and crooned at the baby |
bagger | 10 | a workman employed to pack things into containers | - |
bowler | 11 | a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim | - |
brewer | 11 | someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water | - |
barrow | 11 | the quantity that a barrow will hold | - |
albeit | 8 | - | - |
somber | 10 | lacking brightness or color; dull | children in somber brown clothes |
talbot | 8 | English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877) | - |
inbred | 9 | normally existing at birth | - |
ablaze | 17 | lighted up by or as by fire or flame | forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning |
abduct | 11 | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | - |
albino | 8 | a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink | - |
boldly | 12 | with boldness, in a bold manner | we must tackle these tasks boldly |
brazen | 17 | unrestrained by convention or propriety | brazen arrogance |
binary | 11 | a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation | - |
braver | 11 | - | - |
usable | 8 | convenient for use or disposal | 2000 square feet of usable office space |
flabby | 16 | out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance | flabby around the middle |
boozer | 17 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | - |
breton | 8 | a Celtic language of Brittany | - |
busboy | 13 | a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes | - |
doable | 9 | capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | - |
bushed | 12 | very tired | bushed after all that exercise |
reboot | 8 | cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | - |
scribe | 10 | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | - |
casbah | 13 | an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located | - |
banyan | 11 | a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | - |
wobble | 13 | move sideways or in an unsteady way | - |
tomboy | 13 | a girl who behaves in a boyish manner | - |
jabber | 17 | talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | - |
embody | 14 | represent, as of a character on stage | - |
boning | 9 | - | - |
bumble | 12 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
breezy | 20 | abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes | - |
beater | 8 | an implement for beating | - |
befall | 11 | become of; happen to | He promised that no harm would befall her |
booted | 9 | wearing boots | - |
begone | 9 | - | - |
bistro | 8 | a small informal restaurant; serves wine | - |
doubly | 12 | to double the degree | she was doubly rewarded |
cobalt | 10 | a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition | - |
fumble | 13 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
busier | 8 | - | - |
bangle | 9 | jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | - |
seabed | 9 | the bottom of a sea or ocean | - |
browse | 11 | the act of feeding by continual nibbling | - |
brasil | 8 | the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter | - |
buries | 8 | - | - |
binder | 9 | something used to tie or bind | - |
billed | 9 | having a beak or bill as specified | a thick-billed bird |
bergen | 9 | a port city in southwestern Norway | - |
scrubs | 10 | protective garment worn by surgeons during operations | - |
wasabi | 11 | a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root | - |
goblet | 9 | a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup | - |
bronco | 10 | an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang | - |
bustle | 8 | a rapid active commotion | - |
basing | 9 | - | - |
subtly | 11 | in a subtle manner | late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy |
nimble | 10 | mentally quick | nimble wits |
baller | 8 | - | - |
bovver | 14 | - | - |
bobble | 12 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
boyish | 14 | befitting or characteristic of a young boy | a boyish grin |
sombre | 10 | lacking brightness or color; dull | - |
jumble | 17 | small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie | - |
icebox | 17 | white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures | - |
bonita | 8 | - | - |
burley | 11 | - | - |
bedlam | 11 | a state of extreme confusion and disorder | - |
ramble | 10 | an aimless amble on a winding course | - |
kabuki | 16 | - | - |
limber | 10 | (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely | - |
dobson | 9 | large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait | - |
bovine | 11 | of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | - |
bedpan | 11 | a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination | - |
barrio | 8 | an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country | - |
bionic | 10 | having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components | - |
jibber | 17 | - | - |
fabled | 12 | celebrated in fable or legend | the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox |
beanie | 8 | a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen | - |
obsess | 8 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | - |
beluga | 9 | valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas | - |
webcam | 15 | a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet | - |
humbug | 14 | something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | - |
botany | 11 | the branch of biology that studies plants | - |
bolero | 8 | a short jacket; worn mostly by women | - |
hubbub | 15 | loud confused noise from many sources | - |
breech | 13 | opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded | - |
reebok | 12 | - | - |
lumbar | 10 | of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones | lumbar vertebrae |
gerbil | 9 | small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping | - |
dabble | 11 | work with in an amateurish manner | She dabbles in astronomy |
bluish | 11 | of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky | - |
bereft | 11 | unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love | - |
abound | 9 | be in a state of movement or action | The room abounded with screaming children |
sambar | 10 | a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines | - |
hotbed | 12 | a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants | - |
backer | 14 | invests in a theatrical production | - |
blinks | 12 | small Indian lettuce of northern regions | - |
bulbul | 10 | nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry | - |
busses | 8 | - | - |
beamer | 10 | - | - |
belfry | 14 | a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building | - |
barret | 8 | - | - |
balboa | 10 | Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) | - |
bursar | 8 | the treasurer at a college or university | - |
behest | 11 | an authoritative command or request | - |
treble | 8 | increase threefold | - |
obtuse | 8 | lacking in insight or discernment | too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior |
bowers | 11 | - | - |
cabana | 10 | a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool | - |
basalt | 8 | the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene | - |
berets | 8 | - | - |
bellow | 11 | shout loudly and without restraint | - |
gazebo | 18 | a small roofed building affording shade and rest | - |
bowery | 14 | a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts | - |
abject | 17 | showing utter resignation or hopelessness | abject surrender |
kibble | 14 | an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining | - |
bunion | 8 | a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe | - |
bridle | 9 | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
brogan | 9 | a thick and heavy shoe | - |
cherub | 13 | an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child | - |
bicker | 14 | a quarrel about petty points | - |
rebuke | 12 | censure severely or angrily | - |
webbed | 14 | having open interstices or resembling a web | - |
wombat | 13 | burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger | - |
hubris | 11 | overbearing pride or presumption | - |
gibbon | 11 | English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) | - |
crabby | 15 | annoyed and irritable | - |
blight | 12 | cause to suffer a blight | Too much rain may blight the garden with mold |
bygone | 12 | well in the past; former | bygone days |
sorbet | 8 | an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice | - |
thebes | 11 | an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs | - |
fables | 11 | - | - |
fibula | 11 | the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | - |
bushel | 11 | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | - |
befell | 11 | - | - |
blaise | 8 | - | - |
snobby | 13 | befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | - |
ghibli | 12 | - | - |
baleen | 8 | a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets | - |
blotch | 13 | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | - |
beaded | 10 | covered with beads of liquid | a face beaded with sweat |
bettor | 8 | someone who bets | - |
abbess | 10 | the superior of a group of nuns | - |
abuser | 8 | someone who abuses | - |
tubing | 9 | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases | - |
kasbah | 15 | an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located | - |
bonsai | 8 | a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot | - |
bunsen | 8 | a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air | - |
boxcar | 17 | a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides | - |
broach | 13 | bring up a topic for discussion | - |
beheld | 12 | - | - |
batten | 8 | furnish with battens | batten ships |
bended | 10 | used of the back and knees; stooped | on bended knee |
berber | 10 | a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco | - |
pueblo | 10 | a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs | - |
phobic | 15 | suffering from irrational fears | - |
hobble | 13 | strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | hobble race horses |
imbued | 11 | - | - |
dauber | 9 | an unskilled painter | - |
dobbin | 11 | a quiet plodding workhorse | - |
beckon | 14 | signal with the hands or nod | - |
beaker | 12 | a cup (usually without a handle) | - |
baring | 9 | the removal of covering | - |
bisque | 17 | a thick cream soup made from shellfish | - |
sublet | 8 | lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | We sublet our apartment over the summer |
lesbos | 8 | an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry | - |
flyboy | 17 | - | - |
grabby | 14 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | - |
bonito | 8 | fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna | - |
booboo | 10 | - | - |
butane | 8 | occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels | - |
biding | 10 | - | - |
bagman | 11 | a salesman who travels to call on customers | - |
bonobo | 10 | small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species | - |
bobcat | 12 | small lynx of North America | - |
braced | 11 | held up by braces or buttresses | - |
buyout | 11 | acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock | - |
rebate | 8 | a refund of some fraction of the amount paid | - |
ribbed | 11 | (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture | - |
robbin | 10 | - | - |
reverb | 11 | - | - |
strobe | 8 | scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary | - |
stubby | 13 | short and blunt | stubby fingers |
goober | 9 | pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | - |
baffle | 14 | be a mystery or bewildering to | - |
bonbon | 10 | a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate | - |
basest | 8 | - | - |
basses | 8 | - | - |
berate | 8 | censure severely or angrily | - |
gambia | 11 | a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa | - |
gambit | 11 | a maneuver in a game or conversation | - |
brunet | 8 | marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes | a brunette beauty |
bedded | 11 | deposited or arranged in horizontal layers | - |
banded | 10 | characterized by a band of especially white around the body | banded cattle |
scarab | 10 | scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians | - |
skylab | 15 | United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979 | - |
nubile | 8 | of girls or women who are eligible to marry | - |
bootie | 8 | a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | - |
boggle | 10 | overcome with amazement | This boggles the mind! |
budgie | 10 | small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors | - |