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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • baffle/ˈbæfl̩/verbB2+2 meaningsTo confuse somebody completely.
  • bailey/ˈbeɪli/nounC2The open courtyard inside a castle wall.
  • baleful/ˈbeɪl.fəl/adjectiveC2Threatening harm.
  • ballast/ˈbæl.əst/nounC14 meaningsHeavy material carried in a ship, balloon or vehicle to keep it stable.
  • bandy/ˈbændi/verbC2To pass words or ideas back and forth carelessly.
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verbC2
To send somebody away and forbid their return.
  • banishment/ˈbænɪʃmənt/nounC2Being sent away and forbidden to return.
  • barbican/ˈbɑːbɪkən/nounC2The fortified gatehouse guarding a castle entrance.
  • baroque/bæˈɹɒk/adjectiveC2In the ornate European style of the seventeenth century.
  • basebornadjectiveC2Born of low or illegitimate birth.
  • baste/beɪst/verbC12 meaningsTo spoon fat over meat as it roasts.
  • bauble[ˈbɔːbəɫ]nounC2A showy trinket of little value.
  • bay/ˈbeɪ̯/nounB14 meaningsA wide curve of sea set into the coast.
  • bearing/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/nounC15 meaningsA direction given as an angle measured from north.
  • becalmedadjectiveC2Stopped for lack of any wind.
  • become/bɪˈkʌm/verbA13 meaningsTo begin to be something, or to change into it.
  • becoming/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsSuiting somebody well, of clothes or appearance.
  • bedeck/bɪˈdɛk/verbC2To cover something with decorations.
  • bedlam/ˈbɛdləm/nounC2A scene of wild noise and confusion.
  • bedmaidnounC2A servant who makes and tends the beds.
  • befoul/bɪˈfaʊl/verbC2To make something filthy.
  • befuddle/bɪˈfʌdl/verbC2To muddle somebody's thinking.
  • beget/biˈɡɛt/verbC2To father a child, or to give rise to something.
  • begging the question/ˈbɛɡɪŋ ðə ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/phraseC2Assuming the very thing you are meant to prove.
  • beguile/bɪˈɡaɪl/verbC2To charm somebody, often in order to deceive.
  • behest/bɪˈhɛst/nounC2A command or an urgent request.
  • behoove/bɪˈhuːv/verbC2To be right and proper for somebody to do.
  • belay/bɪˈleɪ/verbC2To hold the rope safe for a climber above you.
  • beleaguer/bɪˈliː.ɡə/verbC2To surround with trouble or with an army.
  • belie/bɪˈlaɪ/verbC2To give a false impression of something.
  • bellicose/ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/adjectiveC2Eager to fight.
  • belligerencenounC2Aggressive readiness to fight.
  • belligerent/bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/adjectiveC22 meaningsEager to fight or argue.
  • bellwether/ˈbɛlwɛðə/nounC2A sign of the way things are about to go.
  • bereft/bəˈɹɛft/adjectiveC2Left completely without something valued.
  • beryl/ˈbɛɹ.əl/nounC2A hard mineral that includes emerald and aquamarine.
  • beseech/bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/verbC2To beg somebody urgently.
  • besiege/bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/verbC2To surround a place with an army, or to press in on somebody.
  • besmirch/bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/verbC2To damage somebody's good name.
  • besotted/bɪˈsɒtɪd/adjectiveC2So much in love that judgement is lost.
  • bespeak/bɪˈspiːk/verbC2To be a sign of something.
  • bespectacled/bɪˈspɛktəkəld/adjectiveC2Wearing spectacles.
  • bestir/bɪˈstɜː/verbC2To rouse yourself into activity.
  • bestride/bɪˈstɹaɪd/verbC2To stand or sit with a leg on each side of something.
  • betide/bɪˈtaɪd/verbC2To happen to somebody.
  • betoken/bɪˈtoʊ.kən/verbC2To be a sign of what is to come.
  • bias/ˈbaɪ.əs/nounB2+4 meaningsA leaning toward or against something that stops you judging it fairly.
  • biddable/ˈbɪdəbəl/adjectiveC2Willing to do as you are told.
  • bier/bɪə/nounC2The stand a coffin rests on before burial.
  • bigwig/ˈbɪɡ.wɪɡ/nounC2An important or influential person.
  • bilge/bɪld͡ʒ/nounC2The lowest inside part of a hull, where water collects.
  • bivouac/ˈbɪv.u.æk/nounC2A rough shelter used for one night in the open.
  • blabber/ˈblæb.ɚ/verbC2To talk at length without saying anything of substance.
  • blazon/ˈbleɪzən/verbC2To display or proclaim something very publicly.
  • blight/blaɪt/nounC2A disease that ruins plants, or anything that spoils.
  • blitz/blɪts/nounC22 meaningsA sustained bombing campaign against a city.
  • block sectionnounC2A stretch of line only one train may occupy.
  • bloodstocknounC2Fine racehorses considered as property.
  • blot on the landscapephraseC2Something ugly that spoils an otherwise fine view.
  • blurb/blɝ(ː)b/nounC2The short selling description on a book cover.