Words starting with B — 1,390 entries

The 1,390 dictionary words that begin with the letter B, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• Bubba4 sensesThe stereotypical white male; John Doe.
• bubble34 sensesA spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
• bubbles1 senseSparkling wine; champagne.
• bubbling1 senseThe action or motion of something that bubbles.
• bubbly5 sensesFull of bubbles.
• Buchanan20 sensesA habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scotland.
• buck51 sensesA male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and…
• Buck6 sensesAn English surname transferred from the nickname.
• bucket26 sensesA container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
• Bucket1 senseNickname for Pawtucket: a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
• Buckingham13 sensesThe Buckingham Palace.
• buckle18 sensesA metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the…
• Buckle1 senseA surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buckles.
• Buckley7 sensesA placename: A suburban area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9015).
• bucks1 senseCasual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
• Bucks1 senseA surname from German.
• bucky1 senseA gun.
• Bucky2 sensesA surname
• bud16 sensesA newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
• Bud3 sensesA male nickname.
• BUD1 senseAB InBev
• Budapest2 sensesThe capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
• buddha1 senseMarijuana.
• Buddha5 sensesSiddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
• Buddhism1 senseThe religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.
• Buddhist3 sensesOf, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.
• buddy6 sensesA friend or casual acquaintance.
• Buddy3 sensesA male nickname.
• budge8 sensesTo move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• Budge1 senseA surname.
• budget10 sensesThe amount of money or resources earmarked for a particular institution, activity or timeframe.
• buff23 sensesUndyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• Buff4 sensesA surname.
• buffalo11 sensesAn animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
• Buffalo16 sensesA placename: A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.
• buffer21 sensesSomeone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny). A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
• Buffer1 senseA surname
• buffet10 sensesA counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
• buffy1 senseOf a buff color.
• Buffy1 senseA diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
• bug30 sensesAn insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
• Bug4 sensesAn East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).
• bugged2 sensesAffected by a bug (computer error).
• bugger13 sensesSomeone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
• bugging1 senseElectronic surveillance.
• buggy9 sensesA small horse-drawn cart.
• bugle8 sensesA horn used by hunters.
• Bugle1 senseA village in Treverbyn parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0158).
• bugs1 senseCrazy; unstable.
• build13 sensesTo form (something) by combining materials or parts.
• builder3 sensesOne who builds or constructs things.
• building3 sensesThe act or process by which something is built; construction.
• built2 senseswell-built, muscular or toned.
• bulb7 sensesThe bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of…
• Bulgaria1 senseA country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Bulgaria. Capital and largest city: Sofia.
• Bulgarian3 sensesRelating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language.
• bulk19 sensesSize, specifically, volume.
• bull33 sensesAn adult male, specifically: An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• Bull2 sensesThe constellation and zodiacal sign Taurus.
• bulldog11 sensesA breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat,…
• Bulldog1 senseA locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
• bullet24 sensesA projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
• bulletin5 sensesA short report, especially one released through official channels to be immediately broadcast or publicized.
• bulletproof5 sensesCapable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.
• bullets1 senseA pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
• bullied1 senseHaving been a victim of a bully.
• bullock3 sensesA castrated bull; an ox.
• Bullock4 sensesA surname.
• Bulls2 sensesA small town in Rangitikei district, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand.
• bullshit13 sensesFeces produced by a bull.
• bully18 sensesA person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power…
• bullying2 sensesAn act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
• bum20 sensesThe buttocks.
• bumblebee3 sensesAny of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
• bummed1 senseSynonym of bummed out.
• bummer7 sensesA lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in…
• bump43 sensesA light blow or jolting collision.
• Bump1 senseA surname.
• bumped1 senseContaining bumps.
• bumper19 sensesSomeone or something that bumps.
• bumping3 sensesRocking, excellent, great.
• bumps1 senseThe ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
• bumpy2 sensesRough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• Bums1 senseNickname of the Brooklyn Dodgers, later the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• bun20 sensesSenses referring to baked goods. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
• Bun1 senseA surname from Khmer.
• bunch16 sensesA group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
• Bunch2 sensesA surname.
• bundle20 sensesA group of objects held together by wrapping or tying.
• bundy2 sensesA tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx
• Bundy1 senseA surname from Middle English.
• bungalow4 sensesA single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
• bunk17 sensesOne of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
• Bunk1 senseA surname.
• bunker18 sensesA hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
• Bunker1 senseA surname.
• Bunnies1 sensethe South Sydney Rabbitohs (a rugby league club based in Sydney, Australia)
• bunny15 sensesA rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
• Bunny2 sensesA village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5829).
• buns2 sensesThe buttocks.
• buoy7 sensesA float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes
• Burbank8 sensesA surname.
• burden15 sensesA heavy load.
• Burden3 sensesA surname.
• bureau5 sensesAn administrative unit of government; office.
• Bureau1 senseA surname from French.
• bureaucracy4 sensesGovernment by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
• burger5 sensesA hamburger.
• Burger2 sensesA white wine grape of French origin.
• burgess5 sensesAn inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
• Burgess6 sensesA surname transferred from the common noun.
• burglar2 sensesA person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft.
• burglary3 sensesThe crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
• burgundy2 sensesA dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
• Burgundy4 sensesA historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• burial1 senseThe act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
• buried2 sensesPlaced in a grave at a burial.
• burke3 sensesTo murder by suffocation.
• Burke10 sensesA topographical surname from Anglo-Norman for someone who lived in a fortified place.
• Burma1 senseA country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
• burn40 sensesA physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
• Burn5 sensesA village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5928).
• burned1 senseDamaged or consumed by heat, fire, oxidation, or similar process.
• burner9 sensesSomeone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn. An element on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop that generates localized…
• Burner1 senseA participant in the Burning Man festival.
• Burnett8 sensesA surname from Old French.
• burning10 sensesSo hot as to seem to burn (something).
• Burns12 sensesA surname.
• burnt5 sensesDamaged or injured by fire or heat.
• burp5 sensesA belch.
• burr15 sensesA sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
• Burr7 sensesA surname.
• burrito2 sensesA Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.
• Burrows4 sensesAn English topographical surname, a variant of Burroughs.
• burst14 sensesTo break from internal pressure.
• bursting4 sensesVery eager (to do something).
• Burt9 sensesA male given name.
• burton2 sensesAn arrangement of blocks and pulleys, especially for tightening rigging on a ship.
• Burton33 sensesAn English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in any of several places with that name.
• bury12 sensesTo ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb. To kill or murder.
• Bury8 sensesA place in England: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2883).
• burying1 senseA burial.
• bus13 sensesA motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
• bush23 sensesA woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than…
• Bush8 sensesA surname from Middle English.
• business22 sensesA specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
• businessman1 senseA man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
• bust28 sensesTo break.
• busted7 sensesHaving a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
• buster12 sensesSomeone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
• Buster4 sensesA surname.
• busting2 sensesUrgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.
• busy7 sensesCrowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
• but20 sensesApart from, except (for), excluding.
• But1 senseA surname.
• but-1 senseDenotes the presence of four carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds.
• butch5 sensesVery masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
• Butch1 senseA male nickname.
• butcher10 sensesA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
• Butcher1 senseA surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.
• butchered2 sensesTaken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
• butler4 sensesA manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
• Butler29 sensesA surname. An English and Irish surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation], for someone who was a butler or wine servant.
• butt35 sensesThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end. The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in…
• Butt3 sensesA surname. A surname from English.
• butter12 sensesA soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
• Butter1 senseA surname.
• butterfly14 sensesA flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
• butters1 senseUgly.
• Butters3 sensesA surname from Norman.
• button36 sensesA knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
• Button2 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buttons.
• buttons6 sensesThe dung of sheep.
• Butts3 sensesA surname.
• buy9 sensesTo obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
• buyer3 sensesA person who makes one or more purchases.
• buying1 senseThe act of making a purchase.
• Buys1 senseA surname from Dutch.
• buzz19 sensesA continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
• Buzz1 senseA male given name, pet form of Busby
• buzzer6 sensesOne who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
• buzzing2 sensesThe sound produced by something that buzzes.
• by29 sensesNear or next to.
• BY1 senseThe station code of Byculla railway station in India.
• bye10 sensesThe position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed,…
• Bye1 senseA surname.
• bye-bye3 sensesGoodbye.
• bygones1 senseThings that happened in the past.
• bypass8 sensesA road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.
• Byron23 sensesA surname from Old English.