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

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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  • baffle/ˈbæfl̩/verbB2+2 meaningsTo confuse somebody completely.
  • bailey/ˈbeɪli/nounC2The open courtyard inside a castle wall.
  • ballast/ˈbæl.əst/nounC14 meaningsHeavy material carried in a ship, balloon or vehicle to keep it stable.
  • banishment/ˈbænɪʃmənt/nounC2Being sent away and forbidden to return.
  • barbican/ˈbɑːbɪkən/nounC2The fortified gatehouse guarding a castle entrance.
  • bauble[ˈbɔːbəɫ]
nounC2
A 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.
  • bedlam/ˈbɛdləm/nounC2A scene of wild noise and confusion.
  • bedmaidnounC2A servant who makes and tends the beds.
  • behest/bɪˈhɛst/nounC2A command or an urgent request.
  • 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.
  • beryl/ˈbɛɹ.əl/nounC2A hard mineral that includes emerald and aquamarine.
  • bias/ˈbaɪ.əs/nounB2+4 meaningsA leaning toward or against something that stops you judging it fairly.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • blurb/blɝ(ː)b/nounC2The short selling description on a book cover.
  • 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.
  • bonded warehousenounC2A store where goods sit before duty is paid.
  • 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.
  • bravo/ˈbɹɑvoʊ/nounC2A hired ruffian or assassin.
  • bravura/bɹəˈvjʊəɹə/nounC2A dazzling display of skill.
  • 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.
  • brinkmanship/ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/nounC2Pushing a dangerous situation to the very edge.
  • 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.
  • 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.