• bibliophile n. One who loves books.
• Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
• bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.
• brittle adj. Fragile.
• bide v. To await.
• broach v. To mention, for the first time.
• biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
• broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide.
• bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
• brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
• bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
• brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
• bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
• brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
• bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
• bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
• bilateral adj. Two-sided.
• bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
• bilingual adj. Speaking two languages.
• bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
• biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
• brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
• biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
• brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
• biology n. The science of life or living organisms.
• browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
• biped n. An animal having two feet.
• brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
• birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
• buffoon n. A clown.
• bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste.
• buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
• blasé adj. Sated with pleasure.
• bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
• blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.
• bullock n. An ox.
• blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
• bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
• blaze n. A vivid glowing flame.
• bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.
• blazon v. To make widely or generally known.
• bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
• bleak adj. Desolate.
• bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
• blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.
• bungle v. To execute clumsily.
• blithe adj. Joyous.
• buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
• blithesome adj. Cheerful.
• buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
• blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
• bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
• boatswain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging,
• bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of
• anchors, etc.
• public business.
• bodice n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
• burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or
• bodily adj. Corporeal.
• Virginia.
• boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
• burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
• bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.
• burnish v. To make brilliant or shining.
• bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
• bursar n. A treasurer.
• boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
• bustle v. To hurry.
• bolster v. To support, as something wrong.
• butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
• bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
• butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
• bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
• buttress n. Any support or prop.
• bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
• by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
• bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
• cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private
• boorish adj. Rude.
• purpose.
• bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
• cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
• borough n. An incorporated village or town.
• cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a
• bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
• nation.
• botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
• cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or
• botanize v. To study plant-life.
• tones.
• botany n. The science that treats of plants.
• cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.
• bountiful adj. Showing abundance.
• cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace
• Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or
• of marching troops.
• cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
• passages.
• bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
• caitiff adj. Cowardly.
• boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
• cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
• brae n. Hillside.
• cajolery n. Delusive speech.
• braggart n. A vain boaster.
• calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
• brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
• calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in
• bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness.
• hardness.
• bravo interj. Well done.
• callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible.
• bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
• callow adj. Without experience of the world.
• braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.
• calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
• brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
• calumny n. Slander.
• breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
• Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.
• breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
• Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
• breech n. The buttocks.
• Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
• brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
• came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
• brevity n. Shortness of duration.
• cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
• bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
• campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations.
• bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
• Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or
• brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
• western Palestine.
• brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a
• canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
• candid adj. Straightforward.
• major-general.
• brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
• candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
• brimstone n. Sulfur.
• canine adj. Characteristic of a dog.
• brine n. Water saturated with salt.
• canon n. Any rule or law.
• bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
• cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
• Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
• cantata n. A choral composition.
• bibliophile n. One who loves books.
• Briticism n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
• bibulous adj. Fond of drinking.
• brittle adj. Fragile.
• bide v. To await.
• broach v. To mention, for the first time.
• biennial n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
• broadcast adj. Disseminated far and wide.
• bier n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
• brogan n. A coarse, heavy shoe.
• bigamist n. One who has two spouses at the same time.
• brogue n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
• bigamy n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
• brokerage n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
• bight n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
• bromine n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
• bilateral adj. Two-sided.
• bronchitis n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
• bilingual adj. Speaking two languages.
• bronchus n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
• biograph n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
• brooch n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
• biography n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
• brotherhood n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
• biology n. The science of life or living organisms.
• browbeat v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
• biped n. An animal having two feet.
• brusque adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
• birthright n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.
• buffoon n. A clown.
• bitterness n. Acridity, as to the taste.
• buffoonery n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
• blasé adj. Sated with pleasure.
• bulbous adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
• blaspheme v. To indulge in profane oaths.
• bullock n. An ox.
• blatant adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
• bulrush n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
• blaze n. A vivid glowing flame.
• bulwark n. Anything that gives security or defense.
• blazon v. To make widely or generally known.
• bumper n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
• bleak adj. Desolate.
• bumptious adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
• blemish n. A mark that mars beauty.
• bungle v. To execute clumsily.
• blithe adj. Joyous.
• buoyancy n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
• blithesome adj. Cheerful.
• buoyant adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
• blockade n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
• bureau n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
• boatswain n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging,
• bureaucracy n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of
• anchors, etc.
• public business.
• bodice n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
• burgess n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or
• bodily adj. Corporeal.
• Virginia.
• boisterous adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
• burgher n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
• bole n. The trunk or body of a tree.
• burnish v. To make brilliant or shining.
• bolero n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
• bursar n. A treasurer.
• boll n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
• bustle v. To hurry.
• bolster v. To support, as something wrong.
• butt v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
• bomb n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
• butte n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
• bombard v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
• buttress n. Any support or prop.
• bombardier n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
• by-law n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
• bombast n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
• cabal n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private
• boorish adj. Rude.
• purpose.
• bore v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.
• cabalism n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
• borough n. An incorporated village or town.
• cabinet n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a
• bosom n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
• nation.
• botanical adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
• cacophony n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or
• botanize v. To study plant-life.
• tones.
• botany n. The science that treats of plants.
• cadaverous adj. Resembling a corpse.
• bountiful adj. Showing abundance.
• cadence n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace
• Bowdlerize v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or
• of marching troops.
• cadenza n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
• passages.
• bowler n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
• caitiff adj. Cowardly.
• boycott v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
• cajole v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
• brae n. Hillside.
• cajolery n. Delusive speech.
• braggart n. A vain boaster.
• calculable adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
• brandish v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
• calculus n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in
• bravado n. An aggressive display of boldness.
• hardness.
• bravo interj. Well done.
• callosity n. The state of being hard and insensible.
• bray n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
• callow adj. Without experience of the world.
• braze v. To make of or ornament with brass.
• calorie n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
• brazier n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
• calumny n. Slander.
• breach n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
• Calvary n. The place where Christ was crucified.
• breaker n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
• Calvinism n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
• breech n. The buttocks.
• Calvinize v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
• brethren n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
• came n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
• brevity n. Shortness of duration.
• cameo n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
• bric-a-brac n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
• campaign n. A complete series of connected military operations.
• bridle n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
• Canaanite n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or
• brigade n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
• western Palestine.
• brigadier n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a
• canary adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
• candid adj. Straightforward.
• major-general.
• brigand n. One who lives by robbery and plunder.
• candor n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
• brimstone n. Sulfur.
• canine adj. Characteristic of a dog.
• brine n. Water saturated with salt.
• canon n. Any rule or law.
• bristle n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
• cant v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
• Britannia n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
• cantata n. A choral composition.