English words: B

1119 words under B; 601–700 on this page.

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• blotchy adjective (blotchy, blotchier, blotchiest)
  Covered in blotches; marked with uneven patches of colour.
• blotto adjective (blotto — slang, old-fashioned)
  Very drunk.
• blouse noun (blouses)
  A blouse is a loose top worn by a woman or girl, or in old tales a loose shirt worn by a boy or man.
• blow verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of wind: to move: «The wind is blowing».
• blower noun (a blower, blowers)
  A machine or person that blows air, such as a leaf blower, a snow blower or a fan heater.
• blowest verb, old form used with thou
  «blowest» means «you blow», a form of «blow»: Of wind: to move: «The wind is blowing».
• blowgun noun (a blowgun, blowguns)
  A long, thin tube used as a weapon or for hunting: a person blows hard into one end to shoot a small dart out of the other.
• blowhole noun (a blowhole, blowholes)
  A blowhole is the hole on the top of the head of a whale, dolphin or porpoise, through which it breathes air.
• blowing verb form (-ing of blow: blowing); noun (blowing — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Blowing means making air come out of your mouth, as when you blow out candles.
• blown verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Moved or pushed by wind or air: "The leaves were blown away.".
• blub verb (blub, blubs, blubbed, blubbing), informal
  To cry noisily, often in a way that seems babyish.
• blubber noun (blubber, uncountable); verb…
  Blubber is the thick layer of fat under the skin of whales, seals and penguins that keeps them warm in cold water.
• bludger noun (a bludger, bludgers — Australia, New Zealand, slang)…
  A lazy person who avoids work or lets others do it, or someone who lives on other people's money.
• blue adjective (blue, bluer, bluest); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Blue is the color of a clear sky or the sea.
• bluebell noun (a bluebell, bluebells)
  A wild plant with nodding, bell-shaped blue or purple flowers that grows in woods in spring, especially in Britain and Ireland.
• blueberry noun (a blueberry, blueberries)
  A small, round, dark blue berry that is sweet and good to eat.
• blueness noun (blueness — uncountable)
  The quality of being blue, or how blue something is.
• bluff verb (bluff, bluffs, bluffed, bluffing); noun…
  To pretend you are stronger, braver, cleverer or have better cards than you really do, to trick someone.
• bluish adjective (bluish; also «blueish»)
  Slightly blue; having a little blue in its colour.
• blunder noun (blunders); verb (blunders, blundered, blundering)
  A blunder is a clumsy mistake.
• blunt adjective (blunt, blunter, bluntest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not sharp; having an edge or point that does not cut well.
• blur noun (a blur, blurs); verb (blur, blurs, blurred, blurring)
  A blur is something you cannot see clearly because it is moving fast or out of focus.
• blurred adjective (blurred); verb…
  Blurred means not clear or sharp, so the edges or details are hard to see.
• blurriness noun (blurriness, uncountable)
  The state of being blurry: not sharp or clear, so you cannot see the edges or details well.
• blurry adjective (blurry, blurrier, blurriest)
  Blurry means not clear or sharp, with fuzzy edges, so it is hard to see the details: a blurry photo.
• blurt verb (blurt, blurts, blurted, blurting) — usually "blurt…
  To say something suddenly, without thinking first, often something you should have kept secret.
• blush verb (blush, blushes, blushed, blushing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To go red in the face because you are shy, embarrassed or ashamed.
• bluster noun (no plural); verb (blusters, blustered, blustering)
  Bluster is loud, angry talk or threats with little real force behind it.
• blustering adjective; present participle of «bluster»…
  Blustering means talking in a loud, boastful or angry way, often to hide that you are wrong or scared.
• boa noun (a boa, boas)
  A large snake that kills its prey by wrapping round it and squeezing, as the boa constrictor of Central and South America does.
• boar noun (a boar, boars)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A boar, or wild boar, is a wild pig with thick, bristly hair and sharp tusks, living in forests in Europe, Asia and North Africa.
• board noun (board, boards); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A board is a flat surface in class where the teacher writes: a whiteboard or blackboard.
• boarder noun (a boarder, boarders)
  A pupil who lives at a boarding school during term instead of going home each day.
• boardwalk noun (a boardwalk, boardwalks)
  A path made of wooden boards, often built over sand, mud or wet ground.
• boast verb (boast, boasts, boasted, boasting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To boast means to talk too proudly about yourself, what you have or what you can do.
• boaster noun (a boaster, boasters)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who boasts: someone who talks too proudly about what they have or can do, often making it bigger than it really is.
• boastful adjective (boastful, more boastful, most boastful)
  Talking too proudly about yourself, your skills or your things, so that others feel you are showing off.
• boastfully adverb (boastfully)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a boastful way: talking very proudly about yourself or what you have done, so others feel you are showing off.
• boasting verb, -ing form of «boast»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Talking too proudly about yourself, what you have or what you can do, to make others feel smaller.
• boat noun (boat, boats); verb (boat — to go in a boat)
  A boat is a thing that floats and carries people or goods on water.
• boathouse noun (a boathouse, boathouses)
  A shed or building by a river or lake where boats are kept.
• boatload noun (a boatload, boatloads)
  The number of people or the amount of goods a boat can carry or is carrying.
• boatman noun (a boatman, boatmen)
  A man whose job is to row, sail or look after boats, or to carry people across water in a boat.
• bob proper noun (Bob); verb (bob, bobs, bobbed, bobbing); noun…
  Bob is a boy's or a man's name, short for Robert.
• bobbin noun (bobbins)
  A bobbin is a small wooden reel that thread is wound on.
• bobble noun (a bobble, bobbles); verb…
  A bobble is a small soft ball of wool on top of a woolly hat or on the end of a string; a bobble hat has one.
• bobby noun (bobby, bobbies); proper noun (Bobby, a name)
  A police officer.
• bobtail noun (a bobtail, bobtails); adjective (bobtail or bobtailed)
  A short tail, or a tail that has been cut short.
• bod noun (a bod, bods — informal, UK); also short for body…
  A bod is a person, often in «an odd bod» (a strange person) or «a nice bod».
• bodice noun (bodices)
  The bodice is the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist, often laced or buttoned at the front.
• bodied adjective (bodied), used in compounds
  Having a certain kind of body, used after another word: able-bodied, full-bodied, big-bodied.
• bodily adjective (bodily); adverb (bodily)
  Bodily means to do with the body: bodily needs, bodily harm.
• body noun (body, bodies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  All of a person or an animal: head, arms, legs and everything inside.
• bodyguard noun (a bodyguard, bodyguards)
  A bodyguard is a person whose job is to protect an important or famous person from being attacked or harmed.
• bog noun (a bog, bogs); verb…
  A bog is an area of soft, wet, spongy ground, often with moss and peat, where your feet can sink.
• bogey noun (a bogey, bogeys; also spelt bogy, bogie)
  A bogey is a bit of dried mucus (snot) from inside your nose; Americans say «booger».
• boggy adjective (boggy, boggier, boggiest)
  Wet, soft and muddy like a bog, so your feet sink in.
• bogus adjective (bogus)
  Fake or not real, pretending to be something it is not.
• bohemia noun (Bohemia — a region; bohemia — a lifestyle)
  Bohemia: a historic region in the west of the Czech Republic, with Prague as its main city.
• boil verb (boil, boils, boiled, boiling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To boil is when a liquid gets so hot that it bubbles and turns into steam (gas).
• boiler noun (a boiler, boilers)
  A boiler is a machine in a house or building that heats water for taps, baths and radiators.
• boiling adjective (boiling); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Boiling describes a liquid that is so hot it bubbles and turns into steam.
• boisterous adjective (boisterous)
  Noisy, lively and full of energy, often a bit rough: boisterous children.
• boisterously adverb
  Boisterously means in a noisy, lively, energetic way, full of rough fun.
• bola noun (a bola, bolas; also bolas as singular)
  A throwing weapon made of two or three heavy balls joined by cords, thrown to wrap around an animal's legs and catch it.
• bold adjective (bold, bolder, boldest); noun (bold — type)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Bold means brave and confident, not afraid to take risks.
• boldly adverb (boldly; more boldly, most boldly)
  In a brave, confident way, not afraid of danger.
• boldness noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Boldness is being brave and not afraid to act.
• bolivia proper noun (Bolivia)
  Bolivia is a country in the middle of South America with no coast, high in the Andes Mountains (a name).
• boll noun (a boll, bolls)
  The round seed pod of the cotton plant (or flax plant) that opens to show the fluffy cotton fibres inside.
• bollocks noun (plural, rude, UK, Ireland, Australia); interjection
  Nonsense or rubbish: said when you think something is untrue or stupid.
• bologna noun (Bologna — a city; bologna — a sausage)
  Bologna: a city in northern Italy, famous for its old university and its food.
• bolshevik noun (a Bolshevik, Bolsheviks); adjective (Bolshevik)
  A member of the group of Russian communists, led by Lenin, who took power in Russia in a revolution and later created the Soviet Union.
• bolster noun (bolsters); verb (bolsters, bolstered, bolstering)
  A bolster is a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed.
• bolt noun (a bolt, bolts); verb (bolt, bolts, bolted, bolting)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bolt is a metal bar that slides across to lock a door or window.
• bomb noun (bomb, bombs); verb (bomb, bombs, bombed, bombing)
  A bomb is a weapon that explodes to destroy things or hurt people.
• bombardier noun (a bombardier, bombardiers)
  A bombardier is the member of a bomber aircraft's crew who aims and releases the bombs.
• bonbon noun (a bonbon, bonbons)
  A small sweet (candy), often with a soft or chocolate centre.
• bond noun (a bond, bonds); verb (bond, bonds, bonded, bonding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bond is a close feeling or connection that joins people or animals, like friends or family.
• bondage noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Bondage is being a slave or being completely controlled by someone or something, so you are not free.
• bondmaid nounJewish tradition
  A female slave or servant, a woman who is owned or bound to serve.
• bondman nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  A male slave or servant, a man who is owned or bound to serve.
• bondwoman nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  A female slave or servant, a woman who is owned or bound to serve.
• bone noun (a bone, bones); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A bone is one of the hard, white parts inside the body of a person or animal that make up its skeleton.
• boneless adjective (boneless)
  Having no bones, or with the bones taken out, especially of meat or fish.
• bones noun (plural of bone: a bone, bones); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The hard white parts inside your body that make your skeleton.
• bonfire noun (a bonfire, bonfires)
  A bonfire is a large outdoor fire, made to burn rubbish or for a celebration.
• bong noun (a bong, bongs); verb (bong, bongs, bonged)
  A deep ringing sound, like a big bell or clock.
• bonk verb (bonk, bonks, bonked, bonking); noun (a bonk, bonks)
  To hit someone or something lightly, often on the head.
• bonkers adjective (bonkers) — informal, mainly UK, Australia
  Crazy, silly or mad.
• bonnet noun (a bonnet, bonnets)
  A hat tied under the chin with ribbons, worn by babies or by women in the past.
• bonnie adjective (bonnier, bonniest)
  Bonnie means pretty, lovely or fine to look at.
• bonny adjective (bonny, bonnier, bonniest)
  Pretty or attractive.
• bonobo noun (a bonobo, bonobos)
  A bonobo is an ape very like a chimpanzee but slimmer, with longer legs and a darker face, that lives only in the rainforests of the…
• bonsai noun…
  A bonsai is a tree or shrub kept very small by growing it in a shallow pot and carefully cutting its roots and branches, so it looks like…
• bonus noun (a bonus, bonuses); adjective use…
  A bonus is extra money paid on top of normal pay, often as a reward for good work.
• bony adjective (bony, bonier, boniest)
  Bony means very thin, so the bones can be seen or felt.
• boo interjection (boo!); verb (boo, boos, booed, booing); noun…
  «Boo!» is what you shout to make someone jump or get a fright.
• booby noun (a booby, boobies)
  A large tropical seabird with bright blue or red feet that dives into the sea to catch fish.
• boogie verb (boogie, boogies, boogied, boogieing); noun…
  To dance to fast pop music, especially in a fun, energetic way.

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