8-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| business | 10 | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | he bought his brother's business |
| birthday | 17 | the date on which a person was born | - |
| building | 12 | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones | workers in the building trades |
| bullshit | 13 | speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | - |
| bathroom | 15 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
| believed | 14 | - | - |
| breaking | 15 | the act of breaking something | - |
| bringing | 12 | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) | - |
| bleeding | 12 | the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | - |
| becoming | 15 | according with custom or propriety | her becoming modesty |
| basement | 12 | the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | - |
| behavior | 16 | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | - |
| baseball | 12 | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | he played baseball in high school |
| blessing | 11 | a desirable state | enjoy the blessings of peace |
| bothered | 14 | caused to show discomposure | - |
| boarding | 12 | the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | - |
| bachelor | 15 | lead a bachelor's existence | - |
| benjamin | 19 | gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation | - |
| bollocks | 16 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
| barbecue | 14 | meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | - |
| backyard | 20 | the grounds in back of a house | - |
| blocking | 17 | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | - |
| bracelet | 12 | jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | - |
| bankrupt | 16 | someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | - |
| backpack | 24 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| betrayal | 13 | an act of deliberate betrayal | - |
| broadway | 17 | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters | - |
| breeding | 12 | the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring | - |
| barracks | 16 | - | - |
| blackout | 16 | partial or total loss of memory | he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
| backward | 20 | in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege' |
| bacteria | 12 | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | - |
| bouncing | 13 | rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) | - |
| bungalow | 14 | a small house with a single story | - |
| briefing | 14 | detailed instructions, as for a military operation | - |
| burgundy | 15 | a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines | - |
| believer | 13 | a person who has religious faith | - |
| brussels | 10 | the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization | - |
| biblical | 14 | of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | biblical names |
| babbling | 15 | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | - |
| balanced | 13 | being in a state of proper equilibrium | the carefully balanced seesaw |
| benedict | 13 | a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) | - |
| baptized | 22 | having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | - |
| brunette | 10 | marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes | a brunette beauty |
| bursting | 11 | - | - |
| barefoot | 13 | without shoes on | he chased her barefoot across the meadow |
| blizzard | 29 | a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | a blizzard of lawsuits |
| brutally | 13 | in a vicious manner | - |
| brethren | 13 | (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
| bullying | 14 | the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something | - |
| bulletin | 10 | a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) | - |
| ballroom | 12 | large room used mainly for dancing | - |
| boundary | 14 | the greatest possible degree of something | - |
| buttocks | 16 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
| backside | 17 | the side of an object that is opposite its front | - |
| bragging | 13 | an instance of boastful talk | - |
| beginner | 11 | someone new to a field or activity | - |
| broccoli | 14 | plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds | - |
| brochure | 15 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| burglary | 14 | entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property | - |
| blushing | 14 | having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset | the blushing boy was brought before the Principal |
| blooming | 13 | informal intensifiers | - |
| brushing | 14 | the act of brushing your teeth | - |
| beverage | 14 | any liquid suitable for drinking | may I take your beverage order? |
| blinding | 12 | shining intensely | blinding headlights |
| blinking | 15 | informal intensifiers | what a bally (or blinking) nuisance |
| boutique | 19 | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry | - |
| backbone | 18 | the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | - |
| battered | 11 | damaged by blows or hard usage | a battered old car |
| blasting | 11 | causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit |
| bordeaux | 18 | any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them | - |
| bohemian | 15 | a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) | - |
| betrayer | 13 | one who reveals confidential information in return for money | - |
| bubbling | 15 | marked by high spirits or excitement | - |
| breathed | 14 | uttered without voice | could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me' |
| bruising | 11 | brutally forceful and compelling | protected from the bruising facts of battle |
| brightly | 17 | with brightness | - |
| barbaric | 14 | without civilizing influences | barbaric practices |
| bisexual | 17 | having an ambiguous sexual identity | - |
| beheaded | 15 | having had the head cut off | the beheaded prisoners |
| backseat | 16 | a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile) | - |
| breather | 13 | a short respite | - |
| bluebird | 13 | fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies | - |
| breakers | 14 | waves breaking on the shore | - |
| bearings | 11 | - | - |
| baroness | 10 | a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron | - |
| brighten | 14 | become clear | - |
| bookshop | 19 | a shop where books are sold | - |
| billings | 11 | the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river | - |
| browning | 14 | United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926) | - |
| bismarck | 18 | German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) | - |
| barbeque | 21 | meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | - |
| boasting | 11 | speaking of yourself in superlatives | - |
| bonehead | 14 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| bathrobe | 15 | a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim | - |
| blockade | 17 | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | - |
| ballpark | 16 | near to the scope or range of something | his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark |
| backdoor | 17 | an entrance at the rear of a building | - |
| befriend | 14 | become friends with | - |
| burdened | 12 | bearing a physically heavy weight or load | tree limbs burdened with ice |
| britches | 15 | (used in the plural) informal term for breeches | - |
| backdrop | 19 | scenery hung at back of stage | - |
| blissful | 13 | completely happy and contented | blissful young lovers |
| brewster | 13 | - | - |
| bandaged | 13 | covered or wrapped with a bandage | the bandaged wound on the back of his head |
| bitterly | 13 | extremely and sharply | it was bitterly cold |
| baptised | 13 | having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | - |
| backfire | 19 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
| bearable | 12 | capable of being borne though unpleasant | - |
| bogeyman | 16 | an imaginary monster used to frighten children | - |
| breakout | 14 | an escape from jail | the breakout was carefully planned |
| bookworm | 19 | a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | - |
| bastille | 10 | a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution | - |
| billiard | 11 | of or relating to billiards | a billiard ball |
| blending | 12 | a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | - |
| brooding | 12 | sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body | - |
| branding | 12 | the act of stigmatizing | - |
| backhand | 20 | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | - |
| blowfish | 19 | any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | - |
| birdsong | 12 | the characteristic sound produced by a bird | - |
| brainiac | 12 | someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | - |
| browsing | 14 | the act of feeding by continual nibbling | - |
| baldrick | 17 | a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip | - |
| bequeath | 22 | leave or give by will after one's death | My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry |
| besieged | 12 | surrounded by hostile forces | the besieged town |
| bleached | 16 | (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | a bleached blonde |
| baseline | 10 | the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line | - |
| begotten | 11 | (of offspring) generated by procreation | naturally begotten child |
| breasted | 11 | having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds | small-breasted |
| baguette | 11 | narrow French stick loaf | - |
| blabbing | 15 | - | - |
| borrower | 13 | someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
| bereaved | 14 | sorrowful through loss or deprivation | - |
| bagpipes | 15 | - | - |
| belittle | 10 | cause to seem less serious; play down | Don't belittle his influence |
| benedick | 17 | a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) | - |
| bulkhead | 18 | a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments | - |
| blockage | 17 | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| busybody | 19 | a person who meddles in the affairs of others | - |
| buttoned | 11 | furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike | - |
| bankroll | 14 | a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | - |
| belching | 16 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| bookcase | 16 | a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books | - |
| backroom | 18 | the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations | - |
| badlands | 12 | an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska | - |
| baffling | 17 | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | a baffling problem |
| barnyard | 14 | a yard adjoining a barn | - |
| basilica | 12 | a Roman building used for public administration | - |
| baseless | 10 | without a basis in reason or fact | baseless gossip |
| bloodied | 12 | - | - |
| bustling | 11 | full of energetic and noisy activity | a bustling city |
| backache | 21 | an ache localized in the back | - |
| beefcake | 19 | a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire | - |
| birthing | 14 | the process of giving birth | - |
| bigmouth | 16 | - | - |
| boldness | 11 | the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly | - |
| badmouth | 16 | speak unfavorably about | She badmouths her husband everywhere |
| bookmark | 20 | a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place | - |
| bareback | 18 | riding without a saddle | a bareback rider |
| besotted | 11 | very drunk | - |
| boneless | 10 | being without a bone or bones | jellyfish are boneless |
| borealis | 10 | - | - |
| brimming | 15 | filled to capacity | a child brimming over with curiosity |
| bullhorn | 13 | a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier | - |
| botanist | 10 | a biologist specializing in the study of plants | - |
| bondsman | 13 | someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
| boatload | 11 | the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | he imported wine by the boatload |
| bordello | 11 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| bottomed | 13 | having a bottom of a specified character | - |
| brownish | 16 | of a color similar to that of wood or earth | - |
| banister | 10 | a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | - |
| baldness | 11 | the condition of having no hair on the top of the head | - |
| barnacle | 12 | European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north | - |
| befallen | 13 | - | - |
| bouillon | 10 | a clear seasoned broth | - |
| buckshot | 19 | small lead shot for shotgun shells | - |
| bumbling | 15 | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | a bumbling mechanic |
| backlash | 19 | a movement back from an impact | - |
| beholden | 14 | under a moral obligation to someone | - |
| breeches | 15 | (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | - |
| butchery | 18 | the business of a butcher | - |
| buoyancy | 18 | the property of something weightless and insubstantial | - |
| bankbook | 20 | a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | - |
| beholder | 14 | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | - |
| bullfrog | 14 | largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice | - |
| ballgame | 13 | a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation | HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame |
| blowhole | 16 | a hole for the escape of gas or air | - |
| bodywork | 21 | the exterior body of a motor vehicle | - |
| bethesda | 14 | - | - |
| burnable | 12 | capable of burning | - |
| balsamic | 14 | of or relating to or containing balsam | a balsamic fragrance |
| beetroot | 10 | beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption | - |
| blurring | 11 | - | - |
| bloomers | 12 | (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing |
| brouhaha | 16 | loud confused noise from many sources | - |
| bulldoze | 20 | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer | - |
| buckaroo | 16 | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | - |
| baritone | 10 | the second lowest brass wind instrument | - |
| bakeries | 14 | - | - |
| beguiled | 12 | filled with wonder and delight | - |
| blacktop | 18 | a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | - |
| blacking | 17 | a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear | - |
| brandish | 14 | move or swing back and forth | - |
| bandanna | 11 | large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | - |
| bearskin | 14 | tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | - |
| bergamot | 13 | small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy | - |
| benadryl | 14 | antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness | - |
| blowback | 21 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
| blinkers | 14 | - | - |
| braggart | 12 | a very boastful and talkative person | - |
| bridging | 13 | - | - |
| burnside | 11 | facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) | - |
| banality | 13 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
| behemoth | 18 | a person of exceptional importance and reputation | - |
| birdcage | 14 | a cage in which a bird can be kept | - |
| bunghole | 14 | vulgar slang for anus | - |
| banknote | 14 | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | - |
| besmirch | 17 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | - |
| bigamist | 13 | someone who marries one person while already legally married to another | - |
| boardman | 13 | - | - |
| braiding | 12 | trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | - |
| boniface | 15 | (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) | - |
| buckling | 17 | - | - |
| branched | 16 | having branches | - |
| babushka | 19 | a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women | - |
| beautify | 16 | make more beautiful | - |
| barstool | 10 | - | - |
| bassinet | 10 | a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
| begrudge | 13 | wish ill or allow unwillingly | - |
| bellyful | 16 | an undesirable overabundance | a bellyful of your complaints |
| biennial | 10 | having a life cycle lasting two seasons | a biennial life cycle |
| blueness | 10 | blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime | - |
| boastful | 13 | exhibiting self-importance | - |
| blighter | 14 | a persistently annoying person | - |
| blithely | 16 | in a joyous manner | - |
| bursitis | 10 | inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder | - |
| budgeted | 13 | - | - |
| bungling | 12 | showing lack of skill or aptitude | a bungling workman |
| backstab | 18 | - | - |
| barrette | 10 | a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
| barreled | 11 | (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends | - |
| biannual | 10 | occurring or payable twice each year | - |
| biathlon | 13 | - | - |
| blowhard | 17 | a very boastful and talkative person | - |
| bluebell | 12 | one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas | - |
| blinders | 11 | - | - |
| breakage | 15 | the act of breaking something | the breakage was unavoidable |
| bullring | 11 | a stadium where bullfights take place | - |
| buffeted | 17 | pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities | - |
| balmoral | 12 | a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | - |
| baptists | 12 | any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers | - |
| baccarat | 14 | a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine | - |
| bakelite | 14 | a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. | - |
| baldhead | 15 | a person whose head is bald or shaved | - |
| beanpole | 12 | - | - |
| birdseed | 12 | food given to birds; usually mixed seeds | - |
| birdcall | 13 | the characteristic sound produced by a bird | - |
| boatyard | 14 | a place where boats are built or maintained or stored | - |
| boneyard | 14 | - | - |
| brazenly | 22 | in a brazen manner | he spoke brazenly |
| bankable | 16 | acceptable to or at a bank | bankable funds |
| billfold | 14 | a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | - |
| billable | 12 | - | - |
| bludgeon | 12 | strike with a club or a bludgeon | - |
| bluefish | 16 | bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters | - |
| blighted | 15 | affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity | a blighted rose |
| backstop | 18 | (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | - |
| backbeat | 18 | a loud steady beat | - |
| baseness | 10 | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | - |
| benumbed | 15 | lacking sensation | - |
| blotting | 11 | - | - |
| broached | 16 | of a cask or barrel | - |
| burbling | 13 | uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm | - |
| backless | 16 | lacking a back | a stool is a backless and armless seat |
| bedstead | 12 | the framework of a bed | - |
| birdbath | 16 | an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in | - |
| bifocals | 15 | (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision | - |
| blondish | 14 | - | - |
| botulism | 12 | food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly | - |
| brachial | 15 | of or relating to an arm | brachial artery |
| brackish | 19 | slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) | a brackish lagoon |
| boyishly | 19 | like a boy | he smiled boyishly at his fiancee |
| bootlace | 12 | a long lace for fastening boots | - |
| brioches | 15 | - | - |
| burrower | 13 | - | - |
| bullwhip | 18 | - | - |
| bundling | 12 | a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing | - |
| banditry | 14 | the practice of plundering in gangs | - |
| bandying | 15 | - | - |
| barbwire | 15 | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage | - |
| backwash | 22 | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | - |
| beatable | 12 | susceptible to being defeated | - |
| beatific | 15 | marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | a beatific smile |
| bayberry | 18 | deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | - |
| bechamel | 17 | milk thickened with a butter and flour roux | - |
| basaltic | 12 | of or relating to or containing basalt | basaltic magma is fluid |
| bewilder | 14 | be a mystery or bewildering to | - |
| billeted | 11 | - | - |
| bicuspid | 15 | a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | - |
| blastoff | 16 | the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | - |
| blackish | 19 | of something that is somewhat black | blackish clouds |
| bloodier | 11 | - | - |
| bordered | 12 | having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term | black-bordered handkerchief |
| boringly | 14 | in a tedious manner | boringly slow work |
| breadbox | 20 | a container used to keep bread or cake in | - |
| breezing | 20 | - | - |
| bughouse | 14 | - | - |
| ballcock | 18 | floating ball that controls level in a water tank | - |
| balletic | 12 | characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet | - |
| beatniks | 14 | a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) | - |
| bedcover | 16 | decorative cover for a bed | - |
| basilisk | 14 | ancient brass cannon | - |
| beggarly | 15 | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | - |
| biracial | 12 | consisting of or combining two races | a biracial committee |
| biweekly | 20 | twice a week | - |
| boomtown | 15 | - | - |
| broiling | 11 | cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | - |
| buttress | 10 | a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | - |
| bullhead | 14 | any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States | - |
| bunkmate | 16 | someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself | - |
| backtalk | 20 | an impudent or insolent rejoinder | - |
| ballista | 10 | an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles | - |
| barbican | 14 | a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) | - |
| backchat | 21 | light teasing repartee | - |
| bailable | 12 | admitting of bail | a bailable offense |
| bagpiper | 15 | someone who plays the bagpipe | - |
| bedazzle | 29 | to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | - |
| basswood | 14 | any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | - |
| berating | 11 | a severe rebuke | he deserved the berating that the coach gave him |
| biologic | 13 | pertaining to biology or to life and living things | - |
| biogenic | 13 | essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes | sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism |
| bestride | 11 | get up on the back of | - |
| blustery | 13 | noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others | - |
| boatsman | 12 | - | - |
| blotched | 16 | marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | - |
| bouzouki | 23 | - | - |
| braising | 11 | cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
| bonhomie | 15 | a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | - |
| boondock | 17 | - | - |
| bristled | 11 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | - |
| browbeat | 15 | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | - |
| brownout | 13 | darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) | - |
| brindisi | 11 | a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages | - |
| breeched | 16 | dressed in trousers | - |
| bacillus | 12 | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | - |
| balancer | 12 | either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight | - |
| badinage | 12 | frivolous banter | - |
| beddable | 14 | - | - |
| bendable | 13 | capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | - |
| bermudas | 13 | a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort | - |
| befuddle | 15 | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | This question befuddled even the teacher |
| befitted | 14 | - | - |
| binomial | 12 | having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies | binomial nomenclature of bacteria |
| bitchier | 15 | - | - |
| birdlike | 15 | - | - |
| bilberry | 15 | erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries | - |
| bleacher | 15 | a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.) | - |
| blanched | 16 | anemic looking from illness or emotion | the invalid's blanched cheeks |
| blooding | 12 | - | - |
| brainier | 10 | - | - |
| brainpan | 12 | the part of the skull that encloses the brain | - |
| bootless | 10 | unproductive of success | - |
| boresome | 12 | - | - |
| bootlick | 16 | try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | - |
| brassier | 10 | - | - |
| breviary | 16 | (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders | - |
| buzzword | 32 | stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | - |
| baaskaps | 16 | - | - |
| baasskap | 16 | - | - |
| babassus | 12 | - | - |
| babbelas | 14 | - | - |
| babbitry | 17 | - | - |
| babbitts | 14 | - | - |
| babblers | 14 | - | - |
| babblier | 14 | - | - |
| baaskaap | 16 | - | - |
| baalisms | 12 | - | - |
| baalebos | 12 | - | - |
| bandaris | 11 | - | - |
| bandooks | 15 | - | - |
| bandoras | 11 | - | - |
| bandores | 11 | - | - |
| bandrols | 11 | - | - |
| bandsaws | 14 | - | - |
| bandsman | 13 | a player in a band (especially a military band) | - |
| bandsmen | 13 | - | - |
| bandster | 11 | - | - |
| bandmate | 13 | - | - |
| banditti | 11 | - | - |
| bandeaus | 11 | - | - |
| bandeaux | 18 | - | - |
| bandelet | 11 | molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | - |
| banderol | 11 | - | - |
| bandiest | 11 | - | - |
| bandings | 12 | - | - |
| banditos | 11 | - | - |
| banduras | 11 | - | - |
| bandyman | 16 | - | - |
| banjaxed | 25 | - | - |
| banjaxes | 24 | - | - |
| banjoist | 17 | - | - |
| bankcard | 17 | - | - |
| bankerly | 17 | - | - |
| banishes | 13 | - | - |
| banisher | 13 | - | - |
| bandymen | 16 | - | - |
| bangalay | 14 | - | - |
| bangalow | 14 | - | - |
| bangings | 12 | - | - |
| bangkoks | 19 | - | - |
| bangster | 11 | - | - |
| bangtail | 11 | a horse bred for racing | - |
| banished | 14 | - | - |
| bankings | 15 | - | - |
| ballclay | 15 | - | - |
| ballonne | 10 | - | - |
| balloons | 10 | - | - |
| balloted | 11 | - | - |
| ballotee | 10 | - | - |
| balloter | 10 | - | - |
| ballsier | 10 | - | - |
| ballonet | 10 | - | - |
| ballocks | 16 | - | - |
| balleted | 11 | - | - |
| ballhawk | 20 | - | - |
| ballings | 11 | - | - |
| balliums | 12 | - | - |
| ballutes | 10 | - | - |
| ballyard | 14 | - | - |
| ballyhoo | 16 | blatant or sensational promotion | - |
| banalest | 10 | - | - |
| banalise | 10 | - | - |
| banalize | 19 | - | - |
| banausic | 12 | (formal) ordinary and not refined | he felt contempt for all banausic occupations |
| bandager | 12 | - | - |
| bandages | 12 | - | - |
| bambinos | 14 | - | - |
| baluster | 10 | one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
| ballyrag | 14 | be bossy towards | - |
| balmiest | 12 | - | - |
| balmlike | 16 | - | - |
| balneary | 13 | - | - |
| baloneys | 13 | - | - |
| balsamed | 13 | - | - |
| bandanas | 11 | - | - |
| barbered | 13 | - | - |
| barchans | 15 | - | - |
| bardiest | 11 | - | - |
| bardisms | 13 | - | - |
| bardling | 12 | - | - |
| bardship | 16 | - | - |
| bareboat | 12 | a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions | - |
| barebone | 12 | - | - |
| barchane | 15 | - | - |
| barberry | 15 | any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries | - |
| barbette | 12 | (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet | - |
| barbicel | 14 | - | - |
| barbital | 12 | a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | - |
| barbless | 12 | - | - |
| barbolas | 12 | - | - |
| barbules | 12 | - | - |
| baregine | 11 | - | - |
| barehand | 14 | - | - |
| barghest | 14 | - | - |
| bargoons | 11 | - | - |
| bargoose | 11 | - | - |
| barguest | 11 | - | - |
| barillas | 10 | - | - |
| baristas | 10 | - | - |
| barkeeps | 16 | - | - |
| bargests | 11 | - | - |
| bargemen | 13 | - | - |
| barehead | 14 | - | - |
| bareness | 10 | a bleak and desolate atmosphere | - |
| baresark | 14 | - | - |
| barflies | 13 | - | - |
| bargains | 11 | - | - |
| bargeese | 11 | - | - |
| bargello | 11 | needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines | - |
| bargeman | 13 | someone who operates a barge | - |
| barkened | 15 | - | - |
| bannerol | 10 | - | - |
| bannocks | 16 | - | - |
| banoffee | 16 | - | - |
| banoffis | 16 | - | - |
| banquets | 19 | - | - |
| banselas | 10 | - | - |
| banshees | 13 | - | - |
| banshies | 13 | - | - |
| banneret | 10 | a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | - |
| bannered | 11 | - | - |
| banksias | 14 | - | - |
| bankside | 15 | - | - |
| banksman | 16 | - | - |
| banksmen | 16 | - | - |
| banlieue | 10 | - | - |
| bannable | 12 | - | - |
| bantengs | 11 | - | - |
| bantered | 11 | - | - |
| banterer | 10 | - | - |
