12-letter words starting with B
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter B. This section showcases how B at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with B, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| breakthrough | 25 | a productive insight | - |
| broadcasting | 18 | a medium that disseminates via telecommunications | - |
| bullshitting | 18 | - | - |
| breathtaking | 22 | tending to cause suspension of regular breathing | breathtaking adventure |
| bloodthirsty | 21 | marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed | bloodthirsty yells |
| brainwashing | 21 | forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| bureaucratic | 18 | of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy | his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues |
| bachelorette | 19 | a young unmarried woman who lives alone | - |
| backstabbing | 25 | - | - |
| biologically | 20 | with respect to biology | biologically related |
| biochemistry | 24 | the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry | - |
| bullfighting | 22 | the activity at a bullfight | - |
| biodiversity | 21 | the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole) | a high level of biodiversity is desirable |
| battleground | 16 | a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | - |
| butterscotch | 21 | a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar | - |
| blabbermouth | 23 | someone who gossips indiscreetly | - |
| bloodstained | 16 | covered with blood | a bloodstained shirt |
| biographical | 22 | of or relating to or being biography | biographical data |
| bodybuilding | 22 | exercise that builds muscles through tension | - |
| breathlessly | 20 | in a breathless manner | she spoke breathlessly |
| bloodsucking | 22 | of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | bloodsucking blackmailer |
| brontosaurus | 14 | huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | - |
| breathalyzer | 29 | a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | - |
| bloodletting | 16 | indiscriminate slaughter | ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name |
| bewilderment | 20 | confusion resulting from failure to understand | - |
| businesslike | 18 | not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | - |
| bespectacled | 21 | wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass | a bespectacled grandmother |
| breaststroke | 18 | a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
| bibliography | 25 | a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) | - |
| bachelorhood | 23 | the state of being an unmarried man | - |
| bicentennial | 16 | of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | bicentennial celebration |
| breathalyser | 20 | a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | - |
| benevolently | 20 | in a benevolent manner | she looked on benevolently |
| benefactress | 19 | a woman benefactor | - |
| brilliantine | 14 | a pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous | - |
| backlighting | 25 | lighting from behind | - |
| backbreaking | 27 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | - |
| blackcurrant | 22 | - | - |
| belligerence | 17 | hostile or warlike attitude or nature | - |
| bushwhacking | 30 | lying in ambush | bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush |
| buccaneering | 19 | hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it | - |
| bioterrorism | 16 | terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare | - |
| bacchanalian | 21 | used of riotously drunken merrymaking | a night of bacchanalian revelry |
| bantamweight | 23 | an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds | - |
| backstopping | 25 | - | - |
| behaviourist | 20 | a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism | - |
| baccalaurean | 18 | - | - |
| bachelordoms | 22 | - | - |
| bachelorisms | 21 | - | - |
| bachelorship | 24 | - | - |
| bacillaemias | 18 | - | - |
| babyproofing | 25 | - | - |
| babingtonite | 17 | - | - |
| bacillicides | 19 | - | - |
| backbenchers | 27 | - | - |
| backblockers | 28 | - | - |
| backfittings | 24 | - | - |
| backflipping | 28 | - | - |
| backgammoned | 26 | - | - |
| backgrounded | 23 | - | - |
| backgrounder | 22 | a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy | the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues |
| backhandedly | 28 | - | - |
| backpackings | 29 | - | - |
| backdropping | 26 | - | - |
| backdraughts | 25 | - | - |
| backboneless | 22 | - | - |
| backbreakers | 26 | - | - |
| backchatting | 26 | - | - |
| backchecking | 32 | - | - |
| backcourtman | 24 | - | - |
| backcourtmen | 24 | - | - |
| backcrossing | 23 | - | - |
| backpedaling | 24 | - | - |
| balletically | 19 | - | - |
| banalization | 23 | - | - |
| bancassurers | 16 | - | - |
| bandeirantes | 15 | - | - |
| banderillero | 15 | the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
| bandersnatch | 20 | - | - |
| bandicooting | 18 | - | - |
| bankruptcies | 22 | - | - |
| banalisation | 14 | - | - |
| balneologist | 15 | - | - |
| balletomanes | 16 | - | - |
| balletomania | 16 | extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets | - |
| ballhandling | 19 | - | - |
| ballicatters | 16 | - | - |
| ballottement | 16 | a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
| ballsinesses | 14 | - | - |
| ballyragging | 20 | - | - |
| balneologies | 15 | - | - |
| baptisteries | 16 | - | - |
| baraesthesia | 17 | - | - |
| barbarianism | 18 | - | - |
| barometrical | 18 | relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | - |
| baronetesses | 14 | - | - |
| barophoreses | 19 | - | - |
| barophoresis | 19 | - | - |
| baroreceptor | 18 | a sensory receptor that responds to pressure | - |
| barotraumata | 16 | - | - |
| barquantines | 23 | - | - |
| barquentines | 23 | - | - |
| barodynamics | 22 | - | - |
| barnstorming | 17 | - | - |
| barbarically | 21 | - | - |
| barbastelles | 16 | - | - |
| barbiturates | 16 | - | - |
| bardolatries | 15 | - | - |
| bardolatrous | 15 | - | - |
| baresthesias | 17 | - | - |
| bargemasters | 17 | - | - |
| barnstormers | 16 | - | - |
| barramundies | 17 | - | - |
| ballcarriers | 16 | - | - |
| backpedalled | 24 | - | - |
| backstabbers | 24 | - | - |
| backstamping | 25 | - | - |
| backstarting | 21 | - | - |
| backstitched | 26 | - | - |
| backstitches | 25 | - | - |
| backswordman | 26 | - | - |
| backsplashes | 25 | - | - |
| backspeiring | 23 | - | - |
| backscatters | 22 | - | - |
| backsheeshed | 27 | - | - |
| backsheeshes | 26 | - | - |
| backshishing | 27 | - | - |
| backslappers | 24 | - | - |
| backslapping | 25 | - | - |
| backslidings | 22 | - | - |
| backspeering | 23 | - | - |
| backswordmen | 26 | - | - |
| backtracking | 27 | - | - |
| backwardness | 24 | lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | - |
| bailiffships | 25 | - | - |
| baillieships | 19 | - | - |
| bakhshishing | 28 | - | - |
| baksheeshing | 25 | - | - |
| balderdashes | 19 | - | - |
| balladeering | 16 | - | - |
| balladmonger | 18 | - | - |
| ballanwrasse | 17 | - | - |
| baddeleyites | 19 | - | - |
| bacteriurias | 16 | - | - |
| backwoodsman | 26 | a man who lives on the frontier | - |
| backwoodsmen | 26 | - | - |
| bacteraemias | 18 | - | - |
| bactericidal | 19 | preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | - |
| bactericides | 19 | - | - |
| bacteriocins | 18 | - | - |
| bacteriology | 20 | the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease | - |
| bacteriostat | 16 | a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth | - |
| ballbreakers | 20 | - | - |
| bioflavonoid | 21 | - | - |
| biomaterials | 16 | - | - |
| biomechanics | 23 | - | - |
| biomedicines | 19 | - | - |
| biometrician | 18 | - | - |
| biomimicries | 20 | - | - |
| biomolecular | 18 | - | - |
| biomolecules | 18 | - | - |
| bionomically | 21 | - | - |
| biomagnetics | 19 | - | - |
| biogenetical | 17 | - | - |
| biogeography | 24 | dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants | - |
| biographised | 21 | - | - |
| biographises | 20 | - | - |
| biographized | 30 | - | - |
| biographizes | 29 | - | - |
| biohazardous | 27 | - | - |
| biopesticide | 19 | - | - |
| biophysicist | 24 | a physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology | - |
| biorhythmics | 27 | - | - |
| bipartitions | 16 | - | - |
| bipedalities | 17 | - | - |
| bipolarising | 17 | - | - |
| bipolarities | 16 | - | - |
| bipolarizing | 26 | - | - |
| bipropellant | 18 | - | - |
| biquadratics | 26 | - | - |
| biracialisms | 18 | - | - |
| biparentally | 19 | - | - |
| bioturbation | 16 | - | - |
| biosatellite | 14 | - | - |
| bioscientist | 16 | - | - |
| biosurgeries | 15 | - | - |
| biosyntheses | 20 | - | - |
| biosynthesis | 20 | production of a chemical compound by a living organism | - |
| biosynthetic | 22 | of or relating to biosynthesis | - |
| biotechnical | 21 | - | - |
| biotelemetry | 19 | - | - |
| birdwatchers | 23 | - | - |
| biofeedbacks | 26 | - | - |
| biddableness | 18 | - | - |
| billboarding | 18 | - | - |
| billingsgate | 16 | foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | - |
| billionaires | 14 | - | - |
| billpostings | 17 | - | - |
| billstickers | 20 | - | - |
| billsticking | 21 | - | - |
| bimestrially | 19 | - | - |
| bimetallisms | 18 | - | - |
| bilingualism | 17 | the ability to speak two languages colloquially | - |
| bilharziosis | 26 | - | - |
| biflagellate | 18 | having two flagella | a biflagellate zoospore |
| bifunctional | 19 | - | - |
| bifurcations | 19 | - | - |
| bigheartedly | 22 | - | - |
| bilateralism | 16 | the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | - |
| bilharziases | 26 | - | - |
| bilharziasis | 26 | an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected | - |
| bilharzioses | 26 | - | - |
| bimetallists | 16 | - | - |
| bimillennial | 16 | - | - |
| bimillennium | 18 | a span of 2000 years | - |
| biocomputing | 21 | - | - |
| biodegrading | 18 | - | - |
| biodynamical | 22 | - | - |
| bioecologies | 17 | - | - |
| bioecologist | 17 | - | - |
| bioenergetic | 17 | - | - |
| bioengineers | 15 | - | - |
| biocoenology | 20 | - | - |
| bimodalities | 17 | - | - |
| binocularity | 19 | - | - |
| bioacoustics | 18 | - | - |
| bioaerations | 14 | - | - |
| bioavailable | 19 | - | - |
| biocatalysts | 19 | - | - |
| biocatalytic | 21 | of or relating to biocatalysts | - |
| biochemicals | 23 | - | - |
| bioethicists | 19 | - | - |
| blastodermic | 19 | of or relating to a blastoderm | - |
| bletherskate | 21 | - | - |
| blimpishness | 21 | - | - |
| blindfolding | 20 | - | - |
| blindstoreys | 18 | - | - |
| blindstories | 15 | - | - |
| blissfulness | 17 | a state of extreme happiness | - |
| blisteringly | 18 | - | - |
| blithenesses | 17 | - | - |
| bletheration | 17 | - | - |
| blennorrhoea | 17 | - | - |
| blastosphere | 19 | early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | - |
| blastospores | 16 | - | - |
| blastulation | 14 | - | - |
| blatherskite | 21 | foolish gibberish | - |
| bleacherites | 19 | - | - |
| blearinesses | 14 | - | - |
| blemishments | 21 | - | - |
| blennorrheas | 17 | - | - |
| blithesomely | 22 | - | - |
| blockbusters | 22 | - | - |
| blockbusting | 23 | - | - |
| bloodsuckers | 21 | - | - |
| blowkartings | 22 | - | - |
| blowsinesses | 17 | - | - |
| blowtorching | 23 | - | - |
| blowzinesses | 26 | - | - |
| bluejackings | 28 | - | - |
| bloodstreams | 17 | - | - |
| blockinesses | 20 | - | - |
| blockishness | 23 | - | - |
| blokeishness | 21 | - | - |
| blondenesses | 15 | - | - |
| bloodinesses | 15 | - | - |
| bloodletters | 15 | - | - |
| bloodmobiles | 19 | - | - |
| blueprinting | 17 | - | - |
| blastocoelic | 18 | of or relating to a segmentation cavity | - |
| birdwatching | 24 | - | - |
| bituminising | 17 | - | - |
| bituminizing | 26 | - | - |
| biuniqueness | 23 | - | - |
| blackballing | 23 | - | - |
| blackberried | 23 | - | - |
| blackberries | 22 | - | - |
| blackbirders | 23 | - | - |
| bituminating | 17 | - | - |
| bittersweets | 17 | - | - |
| birefringent | 18 | relating to or characterized by double refraction | - |
| bisexualisms | 23 | - | - |
| bismuthinite | 19 | - | - |
| bisociations | 16 | - | - |
| bisymmetries | 21 | - | - |
| bitchinesses | 19 | - | - |
| bitonalities | 14 | - | - |
| bitternesses | 14 | - | - |
| blackbirding | 24 | - | - |
| blackguarded | 23 | - | - |
| bladdernoses | 16 | - | - |
| bladderworts | 19 | - | - |
| bladderwrack | 25 | a common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure | - |
| blamableness | 18 | - | - |
| blamefulness | 19 | - | - |
| blandishment | 20 | flattery intended to persuade | - |
| blanketweeds | 22 | - | - |
| blastochyles | 22 | - | - |
| blackwashing | 27 | - | - |
| blacktopping | 25 | a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | - |
| blackguardly | 25 | lacking principles or scruples | - |
| blackhanders | 24 | - | - |
| blackjacking | 34 | - | - |
| blacklegging | 23 | - | - |
| blacklisters | 20 | - | - |
| blacklisting | 21 | - | - |
| blackmailers | 22 | - | - |
| blackmailing | 23 | - | - |
| blastocoeles | 16 | - | - |
| bicuspidates | 19 | - | - |
| beachcombers | 25 | - | - |
| beautifuller | 17 | - | - |
| beaverboards | 20 | - | - |
| becomingness | 19 | the quality of being becoming | - |
| becudgelling | 19 | - | - |
| bedazzlement | 35 | - | - |
| bedcoverings | 21 | - | - |
| bedevilments | 20 | - | - |
| bedizenments | 26 | - | - |
| beaumontague | 17 | - | - |
| beaumontages | 17 | - | - |
| beachcombing | 26 | - | - |
| beadblasters | 17 | - | - |
| beadblasting | 18 | - | - |
| bearableness | 16 | - | - |
| bearbaitings | 17 | - | - |
| beardtongues | 16 | - | - |
| beatifically | 22 | - | - |
| beaujolaises | 21 | - | - |
| bedrivelling | 19 | - | - |
| beetlebrains | 16 | - | - |
| beetleheaded | 19 | - | - |
| beleaguering | 16 | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | - |
| belittlement | 16 | - | - |
| belittlingly | 18 | - | - |
| belletristic | 16 | written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
| bellettrists | 14 | - | - |
| bellfounders | 18 | - | - |
| behaviourism | 22 | an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | - |
| behaviorists | 20 | - | - |
| befuddlement | 21 | confusion resulting from failure to understand | - |
| beggarliness | 16 | - | - |
| beglamouring | 18 | - | - |
| begrudgeries | 17 | - | - |
| begrudgingly | 21 | - | - |
| beguilements | 17 | - | - |
| behaviorally | 23 | - | - |
| behaviorisms | 22 | - | - |
| belligerency | 20 | hostile or warlike attitude or nature | - |
| baulkinesses | 18 | - | - |
| barratrously | 17 | - | - |
| basidiospore | 17 | a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium | - |
| basification | 19 | - | - |
| basketweaver | 24 | someone skilled in weaving baskets | - |
| basketweaves | 24 | - | - |
| bastardising | 16 | - | - |
| bastardizing | 25 | - | - |
| bastinadoing | 16 | - | - |
| bastnaesites | 14 | - | - |
| basidiocarps | 19 | - | - |
| bashibazouks | 32 | - | - |
| barrelhouses | 17 | - | - |
| barrennesses | 14 | - | - |
| barretrously | 17 | - | - |
| barricadoing | 18 | - | - |
| barristerial | 14 | - | - |
| baselessness | 14 | - | - |
| basementless | 16 | - | - |
| baserunnings | 15 | - | - |
| bathetically | 22 | - | - |
| bathmitsvahs | 25 | - | - |
| bathmitzvahs | 34 | - | - |
| battlebusses | 16 | - | - |
| battlefields | 18 | - | - |
| battlefronts | 17 | - | - |
| battlemented | 17 | having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement | - |
| battlepieces | 18 | - | - |
| battleplanes | 16 | - | - |
| battlewagons | 18 | - | - |
| batsmanships | 21 | - | - |
| bathyspheres | 25 | - | - |
| bathochromes | 24 | - | - |
| bathochromic | 26 | - | - |
| bathometries | 19 | - | - |
| bathophilous | 22 | - | - |
| bathophobias | 24 | - | - |
| bathymetries | 22 | - | - |
| bathypelagic | 25 | - | - |
| bathyscaphes | 27 | - | - |
| battological | 17 | - | - |
| betweentimes | 19 | - | - |
| bewilderedly | 22 | in a bewildered manner | - |
| bewitcheries | 22 | - | - |
| bewitchingly | 26 | in a bewitching manner | she was bewitchingly beautiful |
| bewitchments | 24 | - | - |
| biauriculate | 16 | - | - |
| betweenities | 17 | - | - |
| betweenbrain | 19 | the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | - |
| besprinkling | 21 | - | - |
| bestialising | 15 | - | - |
| bestialities | 14 | - | - |
| bestializing | 24 | - | - |
| bestraddling | 17 | - | - |
| betacarotene | 16 | - | - |
| betrothments | 19 | - | - |
| betternesses | 14 | - | - |
| bibliolaters | 16 | - | - |
| bibliologies | 17 | - | - |
| bibliologist | 17 | - | - |
| bibliothecal | 21 | of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | - |
| bibliothecas | 21 | - | - |
| bibulousness | 16 | - | - |
| bicameralism | 20 | - | - |
| bicameralist | 18 | - | - |
| bicarbonates | 18 | - | - |
| bicarpellary | 21 | - | - |
| bibliothecae | 21 | - | - |
| bibliopolist | 18 | a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | - |
| bibliomaniac | 20 | - | - |
| bibliomanias | 18 | - | - |
| bibliopegies | 19 | - | - |
| bibliopegist | 19 | - | - |
| bibliophiles | 21 | - | - |
| bibliophilic | 23 | of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
| bibliophobia | 23 | - | - |
| bibliopolies | 18 | - | - |
| bicollateral | 16 | - | - |
| bespattering | 17 | - | - |
| belligerents | 15 | - | - |
| beneficently | 22 | - | - |
| beneficially | 22 | in a beneficial manner | this medicine will act beneficially on you |
| beneficiated | 20 | - | - |
| beneficiates | 19 | - | - |
| benevolences | 19 | - | - |
| benightening | 19 | - | - |
| benightments | 20 | - | - |
| beneficences | 21 | - | - |
| bellybuttons | 19 | - | - |
| bemonstering | 17 | - | - |
| bencherships | 24 | - | - |
| benchmarking | 26 | - | - |
| benchwarmers | 24 | - | - |
| benedictions | 17 | - | - |
| benedictuses | 17 | - | - |
| benefactions | 19 | - | - |
| benignancies | 17 | - | - |
| benthoscopes | 21 | - | - |
| benumbedness | 19 | - | - |
| bergschrunds | 21 | - | - |
| bertillonage | 15 | - | - |
| bescattering | 17 | - | - |
| bescribbling | 21 | - | - |
| beseechingly | 23 | in a beseeching manner | - |
| besiegements | 17 | - | - |
| beslobbering | 19 | - | - |
| beslubbering | 19 | - | - |
| bereavements | 19 | - | - |
| bequeathment | 28 | - | - |
| benzaldehyde | 31 | - | - |
| benzoapyrene | 28 | - | - |
| benzophenone | 28 | - | - |
| benzoquinone | 32 | any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes | - |
| benzylidines | 27 | - | - |
| beplastering | 17 | - | - |
| bepommelling | 21 | - | - |
| bequeathable | 28 | - | - |
| besottedness | 15 | - | - |
| burseraceous | 16 | - | - |
| butterflyers | 20 | - | - |
| butterflying | 21 | - | - |
| buttonbushes | 19 | - | - |
| buttonholers | 17 | - | - |
| buttonholing | 18 | - | - |
| buttonhooked | 22 | - | - |
| buttonmoulds | 17 | - | - |
| butterfishes | 20 | - | - |
| butcherbirds | 22 | - | - |
| bushbashings | 23 | - | - |
| bushmanships | 24 | - | - |
| bushrangings | 19 | - | - |
| bushwalkings | 25 | - | - |
| bushwhackers | 29 | - | - |
| busybodyings | 24 | - | - |
| burrowstowns | 20 | - | - |
| buckjumpings | 32 | - | - |
| buckshishing | 27 | - | - |
| buffaloberry | 25 | - | - |
| buffooneries | 20 | - | - |
| bullbaitings | 17 | - | - |
| bulldoggings | 18 | - | - |
| bulletproofs | 19 | - | - |
| bullfighters | 21 | - | - |
| buccaniering | 19 | - | - |
| buccaneerish | 21 | - | - |
| broodinesses | 15 | - | - |
| broomballers | 18 | - | - |
| brotherhoods | 21 | - | - |
| browbeatings | 20 | - | - |
| brushability | 22 | - | - |
| bryophyllums | 27 | - | - |
