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- beatify v
- To make supremely happy
- beatitude n
- Any state of great happiness
- beau n
- An escort or lover
- becalm v
- To make quiet
- beck v
- To give a signal to, by nod or gesture
- bedaub v
- To smear over, as with something oily or sticky
- bedeck v
- To cover with ornament
- bedlam n
- Madhouse
- befog v
- To confuse
- befriend v
- To be a friend to, especially when in need
- beget v
- To produce by sexual generation
- begrudge v
- To envy one of the possession of
- belate v
- To delay past the proper hour
- belay v
- To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat
- belie v
- To misrepresent
- believe v
- To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others
- belittle v
- To disparage
- belle n
- A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc
- bellicose adj
- Warlike
- belligerent adj
- Manifesting a warlike spirit
- bemoan v
- To lament
- benediction n
- a solemn invocation of the divine blessing
- benefactor n
- A doer of kindly and charitable acts
- benefice n
- A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service
- beneficent adj
- Characterized by charity and kindness
- beneficial adj
- Helpful
- beneficiary n
- One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property
- benefit n
- Helpful result
- benevolence n
- Any act of kindness or well-doing
- benevolent adj
- Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being
- benign adj
- Good and kind of heart
- benignant adj
- Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect
- benignity n
- Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner
- benison n
- Blessing
- bequeath v
- To give by will
- bereave v
- To make desolate with loneliness and grief
- berth n
- A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc
- beseech v
- To implore
- beset v
- To attack on all sides
- besmear v
- To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance
- bestial adj
- Animal
- bestrew v
- To sprinkle or cover with things strewn
- bestride v
- To get or sit upon astride, as a horse
- bethink v
- To remind oneself
- betide v
- To happen to or befall
- betimes adv
- In good season or time
- betroth v
- To engage to marry
- betrothal n
- Engagement to marry
- bevel n
- Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees
- bewilder v
- To confuse the perceptions or judgment of
- bibliomania n
- The passion for collecting books
- bibliography n
- A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject
- bibliophile n
- One who loves books
- bibulous adj
- Fond of drinking
- bide v
- To await
- biennial n
- A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second
- bier n
- A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave
- bigamist n
- One who has two spouses at the same time
- bigamy n
- The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living
- bight n
- A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line
- bilateral adj
- Two-sided
- bilingual adj
- Speaking two languages
- biograph n
- A bibliographical sketch or notice
- biography n
- A written account of one's life, actions, and character
- biology n
- The science of life or living organisms
- biped n
- An animal having two feet
- birthright n
- A privilege or possession into which one is born
- bitterness n
- Acridity, as to the taste
- blase adj
- Sated with pleasure
- blaspheme v
- To indulge in profane oaths
- blatant adj
- Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous
- blaze n
- A vivid glowing flame
- blazon v
- To make widely or generally known
- bleak adj
- Desolate
- blemish n
- A mark that mars beauty
- blithe adj
- Joyous
- blithesome adj
- Cheerful
- blockade n
- The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces
- boatswain n
- A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc
- bodice n
- A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist
- bodily adj
- Corporeal
- boisterous adj
- Unchecked merriment or animal spirits
- bole n
- The trunk or body of a tree
- bolero n
- A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing
- boll n
- A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton
- bolster v
- To support, as something wrong
- bomb n
- A hollow projectile containing an explosive material
- bombard v
- To assail with any missile or with abusive speech
- bombardier n
- A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells
- bombast n
- Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects
- boorish adj
- Rude
- bore v
- To weary by tediousness or dullness
- borough n
- An incorporated village or town
- bosom n
- The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman
- botanical adj
- Connected with the study or cultivation of plants
- botanize v
- To study plant-life
- botany n
- The science that treats of plants
- bountiful adj
- Showing abundance
- Bowdlerize v
- To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages
- bowler n
- In cricket, the player who delivers the ball
- boycott v
- To place the products or merchandise of under a ban
- brae n
- Hillside
- braggart n
- A vain boaster
- brandish v
- To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear
- bravado n
- An aggressive display of boldness
- bravo interj
- Well done
- bray n
- A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn
- braze v
- To make of or ornament with brass
- brazier n
- An open pan or basin for holding live coals
- breach n
- The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation
- breaker n
- One who trains horses, dogs, etc
- breech n
- The buttocks
- brethren n
- Pl Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like
- brevity n
- Shortness of duration
- bric-a-brac n
- Objects of curiosity or for decoration
- bridle n
- The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins
- brigade n
- A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments
- brigadier n
- General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general
- brigand n
- One who lives by robbery and plunder
- brimstone n
- Sulfur
- brine n
- Water saturated with salt
- bristle n
- One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc
- Britannia n
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain
- Briticism n
- A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British
- brittle adj
- Fragile
- broach v
- To mention, for the first time
- broadcast adj
- Disseminated far and wide
- brogan n
- A coarse, heavy shoe
- brogue n
- Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people
- brokerage n
- The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker
- bromine n
- A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor
- bronchitis n
- Inflammation of the bronchial tubes
- bronchus n
- Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs
- brooch n
- An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside
- brotherhood n
- Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity
- browbeat v
- To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner
- brusque adj
- Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech
- buffoon n
- A clown
- buffoonery n
- Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc
- bulbous adj
- Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb
- bullock n
- An ox
- bulrush n
- Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water
- bulwark n
- Anything that gives security or defense
- bumper n
- A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health
- bumptious adj
- Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit
- bungle v
- To execute clumsily
- buoyancy n
- Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas
- buoyant adj
- Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat
- bureau n
- A chest of drawers for clothing, etc
- bureaucracy n
- Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business
- burgess n
- In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia
- burgher n
- An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town
- burnish v
- To make brilliant or shining
- bursar n
- A treasurer
- bustle v
- To hurry
- butt v
- To strike with or as with the head, or horns
- butte n
- A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated
- buttress n
- Any support or prop
- by-law n
- A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like