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

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  • bookbinder/ˈbʊkˌbaɪn.dəɹ/nounB2+A craftsman who sews and covers books.
  • borough/ˈbʌ.ɹə/nounB2+A town district with its own local council.
  • botany/ˈbɒt.ə.ni/nounB2+The scientific study of plants.
  • botswananounB2+A country in southern Africa.
  • bottlenecknounB2+The point where a process is slowed by one stage.
  • bough/ˈbaʊ̯/nounB2+A large main branch of a tree.
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  • boutique/buˈtik/nounB2+A small shop selling stylish clothes.
  • bowler/ˈbəʊ.lə/nounB2+2 meaningsThe cricketer who delivers the ball to the batter.
  • boycott/ˈbɔɪkɒt/nounB2+A refusal to deal with somebody as a protest.
  • braille/ˈbɹeɪ̯l/nounB2+A writing system of raised dots read by touch.
  • brainstorm/ˈbɹeɪnstɔːm/verbB2+3 meaningsTo produce ideas quickly as a group, without judging them yet.
  • brainwavenounB2+A sudden very good idea.
  • bran/ˈbɹæn/nounB2+The husk of grain, separated in milling.
  • branding/ˈbrændɪŋ/nounB2+The work of giving a product a recognisable character.
  • breadth/bɹɛdθ/nounB2+2 meaningsHow broad something is across.
  • breakaway/ˈbɹeɪkəweɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsA small group that pulls clear of the bunch.
  • breakoutnounB2+3 meaningsAn escape from a prison or other closed place.
  • breastplate/ˈbɹɛstˌpleɪt/nounB2+Armour worn across the chest.
  • breaststroke/ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/nounB2+A swimming style with both arms sweeping together.
  • brewer/ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/nounB2+Somebody whose trade is making beer.
  • brewery/ˈbɹuːəɹi/nounB2+A factory where beer is made.
  • bricklayernounB2+The worker who builds walls from bricks.
  • brickwork/ˈbɹɪk.wɝk/nounB2+The pattern in which bricks have been laid.
  • bridle/ˈbɹaɪdəl/nounB2+2 meaningsThe straps and bit by which a horse is guided.
  • brie/bɹiː/nounB2+A soft French cheese with a white rind.
  • briefing/ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/nounB2+A short meeting giving people the information they need.
  • brilliance/ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/nounB2+2 meaningsVery great brightness.
  • broadcaster/ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/nounB2+2 meaningsA person who presents programmes on air.
  • bronzernounB2+A powder that gives skin a sun-touched look.
  • brooch/bɹəʊtʃ/nounB2+A piece of jewellery fastened to clothing by a pin at the back.
  • brothel/ˈbɹɔθəl/nounB2+A house where prostitutes work.
  • browse/bɹaʊz/verbB2+3 meaningsTo look through goods, pages or files with no fixed goal.
  • brunt/bɹʌnt/nounB2+The main force of a blow or an attack.
  • budding/ˈbʌdiŋ/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsJust beginning to develop.
  • budgetingnounB2+Planning carefully how your money will be spent.
  • bugle/ˈbjuːɡəl/nounB2+A simple valveless brass horn used for military calls.
  • bulimia/bjuˈlimi.ə/nounB2+An eating disorder of bingeing and then purging.
  • buoy/ˈbɔɪ/nounB2+2 meaningsA floating marker anchored to warn or guide.
  • buoyancy/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/nounB2+The tendency of a body to rise in water.
  • bureaucrat/ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/nounB2+An official who applies rules rigidly rather than sensibly.
  • burnout/ˈbɜː(ɹ)naʊt/nounB2+Deep exhaustion from prolonged stress at work.
  • burundinounB2+Small hilly country south of Rwanda on Lake Tanganyika.
  • bustle/ˈbʌsəl/verbB2+2 meaningsTo move about busily and noisily.
  • buttock/ˈbʌtək/nounB2+One of the two fleshy parts you sit on.
  • byproductnounB2+Something produced incidentally while making something else.
  • bystander/ˈbaɪˌstænd.ə(ɹ)/nounB2+A person present at an event without taking part.
  • cabaret/kæbəˈɹeɪ/nounB2+A series of acts performed at a club while people dine.
  • cache/kæʃ/nounB2+2 meaningsA nearby copy kept so data need not be fetched twice.
  • caddie/ˈkædi/nounB2+The person who carries a golfer's clubs and advises them.
  • caesareannounB2+A birth by an operation through the abdomen.
  • calculus/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/nounB2+2 meaningsThe mathematics of change and of areas under curves.
  • calibration/ˌkæl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The setting of an instrument so it reads correctly.
  • callus/ˈkæləs/nounB2+A patch of skin hardened by rubbing.
  • calmness/ˈkɑ(l)mnəs/nounB2+The quality of being untroubled and free from agitation, named with the noun ending -ness.
  • cameroonnounB2+The Central African country often called Africa in miniature.
  • candelabranounB2+A branched stand holding several candles.
  • cannibalism/ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m/nounB2+The eating of the flesh of your own kind.
  • canon/ˈkæn.ən/nounB2+The body of works accepted as genuine or authoritative.
  • captor/ˈkæptɚ/nounB2+Somebody who has taken another prisoner.
  • carat/ˈkæ.ɹət/nounB2+2 meaningsThe unit by which gems are weighed.