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

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104 words · showing 61–104

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  • bodge/bɒdʒ/verbC2To repair something clumsily and badly.
  • bodkin/ˈbɒdkɪn/nounC2A blunt thick needle, or a small dagger.
  • bogey/bəʊɡi/nounC12 meaningsA hole finished one stroke over par.
  • bogie/ˈbəʊ.ɡi/nounC2The wheeled frame a carriage rests on.
  • bole/bol/nounC2The trunk of a tree.
  • bombastic/bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
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  • bona fide/ˌbəʊ.nəˈfaɪ.di/adjectiveC2Genuine and made in good faith.
  • bonded warehousenounC2A store where goods sit before duty is paid.
  • boorish/ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/adjectiveC2Rough and rude in manner.
  • boulder claynounC2Stony clay left behind by melting ice.
  • bower/baʊ.əɹ/nounC2A shady leafy shelter in a garden.
  • bracken/ˈbɹækən/nounC2A coarse fern that grows thickly on open ground.
  • brainstorm/ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/verbB2+3 meaningsTo produce ideas quickly as a group, without judging them yet.
  • brake vannounC2The vehicle at the rear where the guard rode.
  • brandish/ˈbɹændɪʃ/verbC2To wave something about, especially a weapon.
  • bravo/ˈbɹɑvoʊ/nounC2A hired ruffian or assassin.
  • bravura/bɹəˈvjʊəɹə/nounC2A dazzling display of skill.
  • bray/bɹeɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo make the loud harsh cry of a donkey.
  • breadwinner/ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/nounC2The family member who earns the money.
  • brevity/ˈbɹɛvɪti/nounC2Shortness of speech or of time.
  • brig/bɹɪɡ/nounC2The prison on board a ship.
  • brigand/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənd/nounC2A robber who lives by raiding travellers.
  • brigantine/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/nounC2A two-masted sailing ship.
  • brim/bɹɪm/nounC22 meaningsThe projecting edge of a hat, or the top rim of a cup.
  • brimstone/ˈbɹɪmstəʊn/nounC2Sulphur, especially in religious language.
  • brindleadjectiveC2Brown with streaks of another colour.
  • brinkmanship/ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/nounC2Pushing a dangerous situation to the very edge.
  • broach/bɹəʊtʃ/verbC12 meaningsTo raise a subject for the first time.
  • brocade/bɹəˈkeɪd/nounC2A heavy fabric with a raised woven pattern.
  • brook/bɹʊk/nounB1+2 meaningsA small stream.
  • brouhaha/ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/nounC2A noisy fuss over something.
  • brownfieldnounC2Land once built on and now ready to be built on again.
  • brownie/ˈbɹaʊni/nounA2+2 meaningsA dense square of baked chocolate cake.
  • brusque/bɹʊsk/adjectiveC2Abrupt to the point of rudeness.
  • buccaneer/ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/nounC2A pirate of the old Caribbean.
  • buffer/ˈbʌfə/verbC15 meaningsTo store data in advance so that sound or video plays without breaks.
  • buffoonery/bəˈfuːnəɹi/nounC2Ridiculous behaviour meant to raise a laugh.
  • bulwark/ˈbʊl.wək/nounC2A defence that holds back a threat.
  • bungholenounC2The hole in a barrel through which it is filled.
  • burette/bjʊəˈɹɛt/nounC2A tall tap-ended tube for adding liquid drop by drop.
  • bustle/ˈbʌsəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo move about busily and noisily.
  • byelawnounC2A rule made by a local authority.
  • byre/ˈbaɪə/nounC2A shed for cattle.
  • byword/ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/nounC2A name that stands for a quality in everyone's mind.