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babracotA grate used by some native South Americans to roast meat.babyliftThe evacuation of foreign children from abroad into a country for adoption.baccarat(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms, usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt, and also bearing some similarities to blackjack.bacchantA priest of Bacchus.backbeat(music) The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.backcastTo identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.backchat(British) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.backfistA punch performed by forming a fist and striking with the tops of the two largest knuckles.backfoot(transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance.backlift(cricket) The lifting of the bat in preparation for hitting the ball.backlist(publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.backmostfarthest backbackportAn act of backporting.backpostA pole or post onto the front of which items to be used are attached.backrestThe back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.backseatTo act in the manner of a back-seat driver or a back-seat gamer.backshot(Internet slang, colloquial, transitive) To engage in anal sex with (someone), possibly rape.backtestA test of a strategy, model, etc. using data from a previous time.baggonetObsolete form of bayonet.bailment(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.baitboatAlternative form of bait boat.bakemeat(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)balconetAlternative form of balconette (“small balcony”).balkiestsuperlative form of balky: most balkyballbustAn instance or act of ballbustingballhootTo roll logs down a slope as part of a logging operation.ballonetAny of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.balmiestsuperlative form of balmy: most balmybanchootAlternative form of behenchod.bandelet(architecture) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat moulding, compassing a column, like a ring.bandiestsuperlative form of bandy: most bandybanewortAtropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.banjoistOne who plays a banjo.bankomat(dated) Synonym of automated teller machine.bankrupt(figurative) Destitute of, or wholly lacking a good quality, value, etc. one should possess or once possessed.banneret(law, historical) Clipping of knight banneret, a knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead men in battle under his own banner.barchartAlternative form of bar chart.bareboatBeing or pertaining to a charter for the hire of a boat without any crew or provisions included.barebuttAlternative spelling of bare-butt.barefast(obsolete) Barefaced.barefootWearing nothing on the feet.bareroot(arboriculture, chiefly attributive) A plant removed from soil in a dormant state, from which it can more rapidly acclimate to new soil conditions.barfightA fight that takes place in a bar.bargeistAlternative spelling of barghest.barghastAlternative spelling of barghest.barghest(mythology, British) A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.barguestAlternative spelling of barghest.barilletA small cask, or something resembling one, for example the barrel of a gun.barnight(countable, UK, Imperial College slang) An evening party, normally for a societybarostatA device used to maintain a constant (atmospheric) pressurebarreletAlternative form of barrelette (“structure in mouse brainstem”).barrulet(heraldry) The smallest diminutive of the bar, one quarter as wide.bascinetA light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).basecoatThe undermost coat of paint, etc., over which subsequent layers can be applied. In general usage this does not include any primer.basement(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.bashfest(informal) An event or situation involving a lot of bashing (whether physical collisions or criticism).bashment(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.basilect(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that differs substantially from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.bassboatAlternative form of bass boat.bassinetA newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle.batementabatement; diminutionbatonistA conductor of music who uses a baton.batonnetA piece of vegetable cut into the shape of a small stick.battiestsuperlative form of batty: most battybawdiestsuperlative form of bawdy: most bawdybayanistA person who plays the bayan.bayfrontAdjoining or fronting on a bay.beachletA little beach.beadiestsuperlative form of beady: most beadybeanplot(mathematics) An alternative form of boxplot in which individual observations are shown as small lines in a one-dimensional scatter plot.bearbaitAn instance of bearbaiting.beardist(rare) One who practices prejudice against bearded people.beardletA little beard.bearshit(vulgar) The excrement of a bear.bearwortA perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.beauffetObsolete form of buffet (“counter or sideboard”).becarpet(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.bedlightA bedside light.bedquiltA quilt used for spreading over a bed, as the topmost layer of bedclothes.bedrightAlternative form of bedrite.bedsheetA sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.bedskirtThe valance of a bed.beechnutThe small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.beefiestsuperlative form of beefy: most beefy.beeplantAny of certain shrubs of the genus Cleomella.beerfestA festival showcasing beers and similar beverages.beeriestsuperlative form of beery: most beerybeerwort(brewing) Wort prepared by the infusion of malt with water, intended to be converted into beer.beetroot(UK, New Zealand, India, Australia) A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.befright(transitive) To fill with fright; make afraid; scare; frightenbegavolt(dated, nonstandard) A billion volts.beigeist(nonstandard, subculture) A sellout; a conformist to bourgeois or corporate mediocracy.bejesuit(rare, transitive) To subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.beknight(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.bellwortAny of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers.bematistIn ancient Greece and Egypt, a person who was able to pace out long distances with great accuracy.benchlet(literally) A small benchbendiestsuperlative form of bendy: most bendybenedict(of eggs) To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.benefact(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.benefittArchaic spelling of benefit.bepafantAn antiplatelet drug.bergamotThe fruit from the bergamot tree.bergeret(obsolete) A pastoral song.besoughtsimple past and past participle of beseechbesprentsimple past and past participle of besprengebetelnutAlternative form of betel nut.bethrootAlternative form of birthroot.bethrust(transitive, archaic) To thrust forth or about; thrust forward, toward, or out.bibshortAlternative spelling of bib short.bigamistOne who practices bigamy.biliment(obsolete) A woman's ornament; habiliment.billypot(Scotland) A cooking pot.binaristOne who believes in binarism or in a binary.bincount(statistics) A count of the number of things in each element of an arraybioagentA biological agent.bioblastArchaic form of bioplast.bioclast(geology) A fossil fragment used to date a rock stratum.biocrustBiological soil crust.bioeventA biological event, especially one that leaves evidence in rock stratabioinertbiologically inertbioplast(biology) A mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter.bioprint(transitive) To 3D print a biological structure (a tissue, an organ, etc.) using a bioprinter.biorientTo undergo biorientationbiorobot(science fiction) A biological organism that has been created and designed by artificial means.biotreat(transitive) To process with biotreatment.bipotent(biology, of a stem cell) Having the ability to develop into two types of cellbirdboltA short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.birdnest(ambitransitive) To make or nestle in a bird's nest.birdshit(vulgar) avian excreta; guanobirdshotSmall lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.birdysit(rare) To take care of a bird in the owner's absence; to birdsit.bisecant(mathematics) A secant that cuts a curve at exactly two pointsbisonantHaving two soundsbitchfit(slang, derogatory) A tantrum, especially from a woman.bitchlet(slang, vulgar) A little bitchbitheistA believer in bitheism.bitshiftAlternative spelling of bit shift.bittiestsuperlative form of bitty: most bittybivalent(inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligandsbiweight(mathematics) Any of various weighted meansblaccent(US) An accent characteristic of African-Americans (black Americans).blackestsuperlative form of black: most blackblackhatAlternative spelling of black hat.blackletA speck of soot.blackoutA temporary loss of consciousness.blackrotAlternative form of black rot.blackwit(Yorkshire, birdwatching) the black-tailed godwit.bladelet(archaeology) A small stone blade with one sharp and one blunt edgeblaffert(historical) An old European coin.blandestsuperlative form of bland: most blandblankestsuperlative form of blank: most blankblankoutA temporary loss of memory.blanquetObsolete spelling of blanquette.bleakestsuperlative form of bleak: most bleakblemishtObsolete form of blemished.blindcatAny of various North American freshwater catfishes (Ictaluridae spp.), living in underground waters in Texas and Mexico, lacking externally visible eyes.blindestsuperlative form of blind: most blindblipvertA subliminal or nearly subliminal advertisement displayed for a very short time.blithestsuperlative form of blithe: most blitheblobjectA designed product, often a household object, distinguished by smooth flowing curves, bright colours, and an absence of sharp edges.blobplotA scatter plot that has circles (of varying size) instead of points.blockout(countable, video games) A draft of a level where plain blocks serve as placeholders for environmental features.blogcast(computing, dated) A short video aor audio clip published within a blog.blogpost(Internet) An entry posted to a blog.blondestsuperlative form of blond: most blondbloodlet(transitive) To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.bloodnut(Australia, informal) A person with red hair, a redhead.bloodwitAlternative form of bloodwite.blottest(archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of blotbloviant(rare) Tending to bloviate.blowdartA dart fired from a blowpipe or blowgun.bluebeatAny of various styles of Jamaican music, popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, precursor of reggae.bluebeltA drainage system just outside a city which helps protect it from flooding.bluecoat(British, often attributive) A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.bluffestsuperlative form of bluff: most bluffbluntestsuperlative form of blunt: most bluntblurbistA writer of blurbs.boatliftThe (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.boatmastThe mast of a boatbobbinetA net fabric, with hexagonal mesh, woven by machine.bodement(obsolete) An omen; a prognostic.bodhisatSynonym of bodhisattva.bodypart(uncommon, possibly nonstandard) Alternative form of body part.bodysuitA one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.boggiestsuperlative form of boggy: most boggy most boggy.bogosort(computing theory, informal) An intentionally poor sorting algorithm that operates by randomly permuting the elements repeatedly until they happen to fall into the correct order.bombazetA kind of thin woollen cloth that may be either plain or twilled.bongoistA musician who plays the bongoes.bonniestsuperlative form of bonny: most bonnyboobfest(informal, slang) Any event involving the display of bare female breasts.bookliftA device like a dumbwaiter for moving books up and down in a library.booklistAny list of books.bookrestA support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.boomiestsuperlative form of boomy: most boomyborefest(informal) An extremely boring event.bossiestsuperlative form of bossy: most bossybotanist(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.bouffantOf hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.boughpotAlternative form of bough pot.bovaristA person who experiences bovarysm.bowerletA little bower.bowfrontHaving an outward curving front.bowsprit(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.boyscoutAlternative form of boy scout.braceletA band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.brackettAlternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).bractlet(botany) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that supports several flowersbragfest(informal) A song, event, etc. characterized by bragging.braggartSomeone who constantly brags or boasts.braggettAlternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”).brainistSomeone who values the brain and its power.brainletA subcomponent of a brain or thinking system.brainrot(neologism) Alternative form of brain rot.brashestsuperlative form of brash: most brashbrassartAlternative form of brassard.brasshatAlternative form of brass hat.breadnutA tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin AmericabreakoutAn escape from prison.breedistAn advocate of breedism.brickbat(figurative) A piece of (sharp) criticism or a (highly) uncomplimentary remark.briefestsuperlative form of brief: most briefbriskestsuperlative form of brisk: most briskbristletA diminutive bristle.broadestsuperlative form of broad: most broadbromuret(chemistry, obsolete) A bromide.bronzistSomeone who makes, collects, or deals in bronzes.brookletA little brook.browbeat(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.browliftA cosmetic surgery procedure used to elevate a drooping eyebrow that may obstruct vision and/or to remove the worry lines from the forehead.brownestsuperlative form of brown: most brownbrownout(electricity) A period of low alternating current line voltage, causing a reduction in illumination.browspot(zoology) A rounded organ between the eyes of the frog; the interocular gland.brushcutAlternative form of brush cut.brushoutThe application of paint or varnish to a surface to test the properties of the paint or varnish.buckmastThe fruit of the beech tree.buckshot(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]budburst(botany) The emergence of new leaves on a plant at the beginning of each growing seasonbuffcoatAlternative form of buff coat.buggiestsuperlative form of buggy: most buggybuildoutThe construction and implementation of a system.builtfat(of a person) both built (muscular) and fatbulkiestsuperlative form of bulk: most bulkbulldust(Australia) Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.bullpoutAny of various bullheads (fish).bullroutAn Australian fish Notesthes robustabullshatsimple past of bullshitbullshitAny assertions or information that are either false or misleading.bullshotA cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.bullsnot(euphemistic) bullshit; nonsensebullspit(slang, euphemistic) bullshitbullwortA plant, bishop's weed, Ammi majus.bumpiestsuperlative form of bumpy: most bumpybunfightAlternative form of bun fight.bunodont(of molars) Whose cusps are rounded, not sharp peaks.burgamotArchaic form of bergamot.burganetAlternative form of burgonet.burginotRare spelling of burgonet.burgonet(historical) A light helmet worn by infantrymen, bearing a crest and hinged cheekpieces, but typically without a visor.burinistOne who engraves with a burin.burliestsuperlative form of burly: most burlyburnishtObsolete form of burnished.burocratRare spelling of bureaucrat.burriestsuperlative form of burry: most burryburstletA short burst (of energy)bushchatAny of a number of small insect-eating birds in the muscicapid genus Saxicola.bushgoatAlternative form of bush goatbushiestsuperlative form of bush: most bushbushmeatAny edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.bushment(obsolete) An ambush.butthurt(Internet slang, slightly vulgar) Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult or injustice; needlessly offended.buttliftAlternative form of butt lift.buttslut(sexuality, slang, vulgar) Somebody who frequently craves anal sex.buzzbait(fishing) A fishing lure with blades that disturb the surface of the water.buzziestsuperlative form of buzzy: most buzzybycocketAlternative form of bycoket.bystreetAn obscure, private, or secondary street; a byroad or byway.