7-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| because | 11 | By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. | - |
| believe | 12 | judge or regard; look upon; judge | I believe her to be very smart |
| brother | 12 | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | - |
| between | 12 | in the interval | dancing all the dances with little rest between |
| brought | 13 | - | - |
| bastard | 10 | derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic |
| besides | 10 | in addition | - |
| breathe | 12 | expel (gases or odors) | - |
| biggest | 11 | - | - |
| bedroom | 12 | a room used primarily for sleeping | - |
| beating | 10 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| burning | 10 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | - |
| beloved | 13 | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | - |
| billion | 9 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros | - |
| blowing | 13 | processing that involves blowing a gas | - |
| blessed | 10 | Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration | - |
| balance | 11 | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat | - |
| begging | 12 | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | - |
| barking | 14 | - | - |
| battery | 12 | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | - |
| benefit | 12 | be beneficial for | - |
| beneath | 12 | in or to a place that is lower | - |
| blanket | 13 | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | - |
| blocked | 16 | completely obstructed or closed off | the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges |
| banging | 11 | (used informally) very large | - |
| bicycle | 16 | ride a bicycle | - |
| butcher | 14 | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | - |
| buffalo | 15 | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo | - |
| balcony | 14 | an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium | - |
| balloon | 9 | become inflated | The sails ballooned |
| buzzing | 28 | noisy like the sound of a bee | - |
| bargain | 10 | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | he made a bargain with the devil |
| buttons | 9 | - | - |
| bombing | 14 | an attack by dropping bombs | - |
| bizarre | 18 | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit |
| blaming | 12 | - | - |
| betting | 10 | preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | a betting man |
| bowling | 13 | a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them | - |
| bearing | 10 | characteristic way of bearing one's body | - |
| bathing | 13 | the act of washing yourself (or another person) | - |
| bangkok | 18 | the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture | - |
| bedtime | 12 | the time you go to bed | - |
| brigade | 11 | army unit smaller than a division | - |
| bananas | 9 | - | - |
| biology | 13 | the science that studies living organisms | - |
| boiling | 10 | cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | - |
| bandits | 10 | - | - |
| barrier | 9 | any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | intolerance is a barrier to understanding |
| backing | 16 | financial resources provided to make some project possible | - |
| behaved | 16 | - | - |
| bottoms | 11 | - | - |
| banquet | 18 | provide a feast or banquet for | - |
| bouquet | 18 | an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | - |
| biscuit | 11 | any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) | - |
| baggage | 12 | cases used to carry belongings when traveling | - |
| bathtub | 14 | a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body | - |
| blossom | 11 | develop or come to a promising stage | Youth blossomed into maturity |
| blaring | 10 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| bridges | 11 | United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990) | - |
| banking | 14 | engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| brothel | 12 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| bullied | 10 | - | - |
| blooded | 11 | of unmixed ancestry | full-blooded Native American |
| bandage | 11 | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | - |
| blinded | 11 | deprived of sight | - |
| bravery | 15 | feeling no fear | - |
| briefly | 15 | in a concise manner; in a few words | she replied briefly |
| boredom | 12 | the feeling of being bored by something tedious | - |
| bidding | 12 | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | - |
| bonjour | 16 | - | - |
| builder | 10 | someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) | - |
| breaker | 13 | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | - |
| bladder | 11 | a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | - |
| burying | 13 | concealing something under the ground | - |
| blowjob | 21 | slang for fellatio | - |
| bolivia | 12 | a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain | - |
| blasted | 10 | expletives used informally as intensifiers | he's a blasted idiot |
| burglar | 10 | a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | - |
| bulldog | 11 | a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting | - |
| baptism | 13 | a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth | most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism |
| barrels | 9 | the amount that many barrels might hold | - |
| boulder | 10 | a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin | - |
| booking | 14 | the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) | wondered who had made the booking |
| brushed | 13 | (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing | a dress of brushed cotton |
| blazing | 19 | shining intensely | the blazing sun |
| bonfire | 12 | a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | - |
| bourbon | 11 | a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily | - |
| breakup | 15 | the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | - |
| baptist | 11 | follower of Baptistic doctrines | - |
| bending | 11 | movement that causes the formation of a curve | - |
| bravely | 15 | in a courageous manner | bravely he went into the burning house |
| blindly | 13 | without seeing or looking | he felt around his desk blindly |
| batting | 10 | stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | - |
| bologna | 10 | large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork | - |
| binding | 11 | one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | - |
| berserk | 13 | one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury | - |
| bonding | 11 | fastening firmly together | - |
| bearded | 11 | having hair on the cheeks and chin | - |
| babysit | 14 | work or act as a baby-sitter | - |
| bravest | 12 | - | - |
| bedside | 11 | space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person) | the doctor stood at her bedside |
| bigfoot | 13 | large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada | - |
| blurred | 10 | unclear in form or expression | the blurred aims of the group |
| bouncer | 11 | a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting | - |
| boycott | 14 | a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies | - |
| brownie | 12 | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | - |
| brewing | 13 | the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast | - |
| booster | 9 | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | - |
| branded | 11 | (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights | branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name |
| beseech | 14 | ask for or request earnestly | - |
| bloated | 10 | - | - |
| booming | 12 | very lively and profitable | - |
| bondage | 11 | the state of being under the control of another person | - |
| bristol | 9 | an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon | - |
| bribery | 14 | the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | - |
| burrito | 9 | a flour tortilla folded around a filling | - |
| blender | 10 | an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | - |
| baloney | 12 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
| bailiff | 15 | an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
| bonkers | 13 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| brahmin | 14 | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | - |
| bonuses | 9 | - | - |
| bullock | 15 | castrated bull | - |
| blaster | 9 | a workman employed to blast with explosives | - |
| bribing | 12 | - | - |
| burgess | 10 | English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) | - |
| billing | 10 | request for payment of a debt | - |
| biryani | 12 | an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | - |
| barging | 11 | - | - |
| baptize | 20 | administer baptism to | The parents had the child baptized |
| brittle | 9 | caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | - |
| brewery | 15 | a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation | - |
| banning | 10 | an official prohibition or edict against something | - |
| bayonet | 12 | a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
| bipolar | 11 | having two poles | - |
| ballast | 9 | a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | - |
| buffoon | 15 | a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | - |
| bruiser | 9 | a large and strong and heavyset man | a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got |
| beaming | 12 | radiating or as if radiating light | the beaming sun |
| blunder | 10 | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | I blundered during the job interview |
| breeder | 10 | a person who breeds animals | - |
| bellows | 12 | (used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument | - |
| bedding | 12 | coverings that are used on a bed | - |
| botched | 15 | spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness | - |
| bazooka | 22 | a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
| bashful | 15 | disposed to avoid notice | they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it |
| baffled | 16 | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | - |
| buttock | 15 | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | - |
| bumpkin | 17 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| battled | 10 | - | - |
| busiest | 9 | - | - |
| blended | 11 | combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable | - |
| boozing | 19 | the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | - |
| baroque | 18 | elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | - |
| blister | 9 | (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | - |
| bloomed | 12 | - | - |
| blabber | 13 | one who reveals confidential information in return for money | - |
| budding | 12 | beginning to develop | a budding genius |
| butting | 10 | - | - |
| bahadur | 13 | - | - |
| beehive | 15 | a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees | - |
| bawling | 13 | loud cries made while weeping | - |
| bluntly | 12 | in a blunt direct manner | he spoke bluntly |
| boating | 10 | water travel for pleasure | - |
| blubber | 13 | utter while crying | - |
| borough | 13 | an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament | - |
| booklet | 13 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| blatant | 9 | without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | blatant disregard of the law |
| bellini | 9 | Italian composer of operas (1801-1835) | - |
| bailout | 9 | - | - |
| beretta | 9 | - | - |
| blowout | 12 | a gay festivity | - |
| broaden | 10 | extend in scope or range or area | broaden your horizon |
| bulging | 11 | curving or bulging outward | - |
| barrage | 10 | the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | a barrage of questions |
| bracket | 15 | place into brackets | Please bracket this remark |
| boatman | 11 | someone who drives or rides in a boat | - |
| bedouin | 10 | a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs | - |
| barrack | 15 | laugh at with contempt and derision | - |
| bedrock | 16 | principles from which other truths can be derived | - |
| beastly | 12 | (informal) very unpleasant | - |
| barmaid | 12 | a female bartender | - |
| bringer | 10 | - | - |
| buzzard | 28 | the common European short-winged hawk | - |
| bagging | 12 | coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | - |
| bassist | 9 | a musician who play the bass viol | - |
| bonanza | 18 | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | - |
| bootleg | 10 | whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash | - |
| baptise | 11 | administer baptism to | - |
| blocker | 15 | a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process | - |
| bonsoir | 9 | - | - |
| bumming | 14 | - | - |
| barkeep | 15 | an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | - |
| bigotry | 13 | the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot | - |
| breadth | 13 | the extent of something from side to side | - |
| braking | 14 | - | - |
| bravado | 13 | a swaggering show of courage | - |
| baiting | 10 | harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
| braille | 9 | French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) | - |
| bombard | 14 | throw bombs at or attack with bombs | - |
| bunches | 14 | - | - |
| borscht | 14 | a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | - |
| buildup | 12 | highly favorable publicity and praise | his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup |
| bulimic | 13 | a person suffering from bulimia | - |
| bunting | 10 | a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. | - |
| babbitt | 13 | an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction | - |
| belated | 10 | after the expected or usual time; delayed | a belated birthday card |
| bighead | 14 | any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck | - |
| bellied | 10 | curving outward | - |
| beltway | 15 | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | - |
| benzene | 18 | a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | - |
| boarder | 10 | a tenant in someone's house | - |
| braided | 11 | woven by (or as if by) braiding | braided cordage |
| bassoon | 9 | a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family | - |
| barring | 10 | the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | - |
| bobbing | 14 | - | - |
| blemish | 14 | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | a facial blemish |
| boyhood | 16 | the childhood of a boy | - |
| bubonic | 13 | of or evidencing buboes | bubonic plague |
| bollock | 15 | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast | - |
| bullion | 9 | a mass of precious metal | - |
| bastion | 9 | a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | - |
| bandana | 10 | large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | - |
| bleeder | 10 | someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | - |
| boudoir | 10 | a lady's bedroom or private sitting room | - |
| broiled | 10 | cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | - |
| burping | 12 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| bellboy | 14 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| blinker | 13 | blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | - |
| buttery | 12 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | buttery praise |
| bagpipe | 14 | a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone | - |
| baklava | 16 | rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey | - |
| besiege | 10 | surround so as to force to give up | The Turks besieged Vienna |
| braised | 10 | cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container | - |
| boorish | 12 | ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | was boorish and insensitive |
| burnout | 9 | - | - |
| beeswax | 19 | a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs | - |
| bellman | 11 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| bulimia | 11 | a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | - |
| bambino | 13 | a young child | - |
| bergere | 10 | - | - |
| bestial | 9 | resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | a bestial nature |
| bipedal | 12 | having two feet | - |
| browser | 12 | a program used to view HTML documents | - |
| buoyant | 12 | tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas | buoyant balloons |
| badness | 10 | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency | - |
| beastie | 9 | - | - |
| blather | 12 | to talk foolishly | - |
| brutish | 12 | resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | a dull and brutish man |
| budging | 12 | - | - |
| brazier | 18 | large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times | - |
| busload | 10 | the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry | - |
| beeline | 9 | the most direct route | he made a beeline for the bathroom |
| biotech | 14 | the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem |
| brigand | 11 | an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | - |
| banshee | 12 | (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | - |
| baseman | 11 | - | - |
| balding | 11 | getting bald | - |
| bohemia | 14 | a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style | - |
| bivouac | 14 | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | - |
| buggery | 14 | intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman | - |
| beatnik | 13 | a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | - |
| bigoted | 11 | blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others | a bigoted person |
| birdman | 12 | - | - |
| brisket | 13 | a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
| barroom | 11 | a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | - |
| bellhop | 14 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| beguile | 10 | influence by slyness | - |
| bounded | 11 | having the limits or boundaries established | - |
| brevity | 15 | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | - |
| backlog | 16 | something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose | - |
| bedpost | 12 | any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead | - |
| beanbag | 12 | a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games | - |
| blogger | 11 | a person who keeps and updates a blog | - |
| bloomer | 11 | an embarrassing mistake | - |
| bourree | 9 | - | - |
| bolster | 9 | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows | - |
| backhoe | 18 | an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth | - |
| bighorn | 13 | a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana | - |
| blacken | 15 | make or become black | The smoke blackened the ceiling |
| blankly | 16 | in a blank and uncomprehending manner | she stared at him blankly |
| bracing | 12 | a structural member used to stiffen a framework | - |
| broadly | 13 | without regard to specific details or exceptions | he interprets the law broadly |
| bullpen | 11 | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily | - |
| belting | 10 | the material of which belts are made | - |
| batsman | 11 | (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | - |
| bequest | 18 | (law) a gift of personal property by will | - |
| blinder | 10 | blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | - |
| bronzed | 19 | (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | a young bronzed Apollo |
| bristly | 12 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | a horse with a short bristly mane |
| bungled | 11 | spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness | a bungled job |
| buckeye | 18 | tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds | - |
| baronet | 9 | a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight | since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart. |
| barrios | 9 | - | - |
| bolivar | 12 | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830) | - |
| broiler | 9 | an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
| brookie | 13 | - | - |
| braving | 13 | - | - |
| bitters | 9 | alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots | - |
| bottler | 9 | a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages | - |
| borstal | 9 | formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | - |
| buffets | 15 | - | - |
| bureaus | 9 | - | - |
| bewitch | 17 | attract strongly, as if with a magnet | - |
| blotter | 9 | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station | - |
| birches | 14 | - | - |
| bromide | 12 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
| bushido | 13 | traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living | - |
| bushman | 14 | nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa | - |
| bulwark | 16 | a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | - |
| belcher | 14 | - | - |
| billows | 12 | - | - |
| betroth | 12 | give to in marriage | - |
| blunted | 10 | made dull or blunt | - |
| blotted | 10 | - | - |
| blighty | 16 | a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad | - |
| bookish | 16 | characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading | a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket |
| briskly | 16 | in a brisk manner | she walked briskly in the cold air |
| bulbous | 11 | curving outward | - |
| begonia | 10 | any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes | - |
| behoove | 15 | be appropriate or necessary | It behooves us to reflect on this matter |
| beguine | 10 | a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba | - |
| bilious | 9 | suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | - |
| boletus | 9 | type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible | - |
| bucolic | 13 | a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | - |
| barbell | 11 | a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting | - |
| basting | 10 | a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together | - |
| backlit | 15 | - | - |
| banding | 11 | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps |
| ballets | 9 | - | - |
| battler | 9 | someone who fights (or is fighting) | - |
| betwixt | 19 | in the interval | - |
| bludger | 11 | - | - |
| bluffer | 15 | a person who tries to bluff other people | - |
| bistros | 9 | - | - |
| biomass | 11 | plant materials and animal waste used as fuel | - |
| botanic | 11 | of or relating to plants or botany | botanical garden |
| bowline | 12 | a loop knot that neither slips nor jams | - |
| bookman | 15 | a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | - |
| bravura | 12 | brilliant and showy technical skill | in a final bravura the ballerina appeared to be floating in water |
| brinjal | 16 | hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | - |
| brioche | 14 | a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet | - |
| brocade | 12 | thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern | - |
| bustard | 10 | large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes | - |
| bungler | 10 | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | - |
| bullish | 12 | expecting a rise in prices | - |
| burdock | 16 | any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs | - |
| berated | 10 | - | - |
| bemused | 12 | deeply absorbed in thought | as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class |
| blusher | 12 | makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks | - |
| bluster | 9 | a swaggering show of courage | - |
| bourdon | 10 | a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone | - |
| brahman | 14 | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | - |
| bracken | 15 | fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions | - |
| bromine | 11 | a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water | - |
| breathy | 15 | - | - |
| braless | 9 | having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity | - |
| bustier | 9 | a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress | - |
| bartend | 10 | - | - |
| bandied | 11 | - | - |
| bauxite | 16 | a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst | - |
| bathers | 12 | - | - |
| biochip | 16 | a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment | - |
| bigness | 10 | the property of having a relatively great size | - |
| beveled | 13 | - | - |
| bobsled | 12 | formerly two short sleds coupled together | - |
| bounder | 10 | someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) | - |
| boxcars | 18 | (usually plural) an expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots | - |
| brusque | 18 | marked by rude or peremptory shortness | try to cultivate a less brusque manner |
| builded | 11 | - | - |
| brawler | 12 | a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) | - |
| bristle | 9 | rise up as in fear | The dog's fur bristled |
| brights | 13 | - | - |
| butyric | 14 | relating to or producing butyric acid | - |
| busying | 13 | - | - |
| basilar | 9 | of or relating to or located at the base | the basilar membrane of the cochlea |
| babying | 15 | - | - |
| beading | 11 | ornamentation with beads | - |
| bearish | 12 | expecting prices to fall | - |
| blotchy | 17 | marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | - |
| blowgun | 13 | a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing | - |
| bitting | 10 | - | - |
| bitumen | 11 | any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons | - |
| bopping | 14 | - | - |
| brining | 10 | - | - |
| brickle | 15 | having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped | `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal |
| buyback | 20 | the act of purchasing back something previously sold | - |
| bussing | 10 | - | - |
| bursary | 12 | the treasury of a public institution or religious order | - |
| batavia | 12 | - | - |
| barrens | 9 | - | - |
| babyish | 17 | characteristic of a baby | babyish tears and petulance |
| baleful | 12 | deadly or sinister | the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look |
| begorra | 10 | - | - |
| bedsore | 10 | a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients) | - |
| bedroll | 10 | bedding rolled up for carrying | - |
| belabor | 11 | to work at or to absurd length | belabor the obvious |
| batwing | 13 | formed or shaped like a bat's wing | a dress with batwing sleeves |
| bedevil | 13 | treat cruelly | - |
| beamish | 14 | smiling with happiness or optimism | Come to my arms, my beamish boy! |
| billowy | 15 | characterized by great swelling waves or surges | billowy storm clouds |
| benthic | 14 | of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | - |
| bethink | 16 | cause oneself to consider something | - |
| bespeak | 15 | be a signal for or a symptom of | - |
| bluefin | 12 | flesh of very large tuna | - |
| bloater | 9 | large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked | - |
| boaster | 9 | a very boastful and talkative person | - |
| bobtail | 11 | a short or shortened tail of certain animals | - |
| bittern | 9 | relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes | - |
| blarney | 12 | flattery designed to gain favor | - |
| bosomed | 12 | having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds | full-bosomed women |
| bossier | 9 | - | - |
| bragger | 11 | a very boastful and talkative person | - |
| bowhead | 16 | large-mouthed Arctic whale | - |
| boleros | 9 | - | - |
| browned | 13 | (of skin) deeply suntanned | - |
| bronchi | 14 | - | - |
| bugaboo | 12 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children | - |
| branchy | 17 | having many branches | a branchy tree trunk |
| bushing | 13 | a cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction | - |
| berbers | 11 | an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa | - |
| banting | 10 | Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) | - |
| baldric | 12 | a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip | - |
| bathyal | 15 | relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope) | - |
| biggish | 14 | somewhat large | - |
| betimes | 11 | in good time | he awoke betimes that morning |
| betoken | 13 | be a signal for or a symptom of | - |
| beshrew | 15 | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | - |
| bespoke | 15 | (of clothing) custom-made | - |
| blouson | 9 | - | - |
| blowfly | 18 | large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds | - |
| blooper | 11 | an embarrassing mistake | - |
| bogeyed | 14 | - | - |
| bogging | 12 | - | - |
| bismuth | 14 | a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals | - |
| biotite | 9 | dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
| bionics | 11 | application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems) | - |
| biplane | 11 | old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other | - |
| blackly | 18 | - | - |
| bottega | 10 | - | - |
| bollard | 10 | a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines) | the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards |
| brusher | 12 | - | - |
| brocket | 15 | male red deer in its second year | - |
| bramble | 13 | any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines | - |
| brashly | 15 | in a brash cheeky manner | brashly, she asked for a rebate |
| brickie | 15 | - | - |
| bridled | 11 | - | - |
| bulkier | 13 | - | - |
| burnish | 12 | polish and make shiny | - |
| burnous | 9 | a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | - |
| bunraku | 13 | - | - |
| bumboys | 16 | - | - |
| beasted | 10 | - | - |
| boxplot | 18 | - | - |
| brosier | 9 | - | - |
| brothas | 12 | - | - |
| brutest | 9 | - | - |
| bucardo | 12 | - | - |
| budwood | 14 | - | - |
| bulgars | 10 | - | - |
| bulleys | 12 | - | - |
| bumfuck | 20 | - | - |
| brondes | 10 | - | - |
| bronder | 10 | - | - |
| boxties | 16 | - | - |
| boykies | 16 | - | - |
| brachot | 14 | - | - |
| bredren | 10 | - | - |
| bredrin | 10 | - | - |
| bregmas | 12 | - | - |
| brekkie | 17 | - | - |
| broasts | 9 | - | - |
| bumster | 11 | - | - |
| bumwads | 15 | - | - |
| bunbury | 14 | - | - |
| buzzsaw | 30 | - | - |
| buyings | 13 | - | - |
| bushlot | 12 | - | - |
| buncher | 14 | - | - |
| buncoes | 11 | - | - |
| bunhead | 13 | - | - |
| bunkies | 13 | - | - |
| burkhas | 16 | - | - |
| burkini | 13 | - | - |
| burlike | 13 | - | - |
| burrata | 9 | - | - |
| backfat | 18 | - | - |
| badware | 13 | - | - |
| bageled | 11 | - | - |
| baidars | 10 | - | - |
| bakeoff | 19 | - | - |
| balafon | 12 | - | - |
| balings | 10 | - | - |
| balises | 9 | - | - |
| backbar | 17 | - | - |
| bachata | 14 | - | - |
| babacus | 13 | - | - |
| baccala | 13 | - | - |
| ballboy | 14 | - | - |
| ballier | 9 | - | - |
