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

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  • belizenounB2Tiny English-speaking Central American country with a great reef.
  • bell/bɛl/nounA22 meaningsA metal object that rings when struck.
  • bellow/ˈbɛloʊ/verbB2+3 meaningsTo shout in a deep, loud voice.
  • belong/bɪˈlɒŋ/verbA24 meaningsTo be owned by somebody.
  • belonging/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsThe feeling of being accepted as part of something.
  • beloved/bɪˈlʌvd/
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Dearly loved.
  • belt/ˈbɛlt/nounA22 meaningsA strip of leather or cloth worn round the waist.
  • bench/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/nounA22 meaningsA long seat for more than one person.
  • benchmark/ˈbɛnt͡ʃmɑːk/nounB2+3 meaningsA standard that other results are measured against.
  • bend/bɛnd/verbB15 meaningsTo make something straight or flat become curved.
  • benefit paymentnounB2Money from the state paid into an account.
  • benefits/ˈbɛn.ɪ.fɪts/nounB22 meaningsRegular payments made by the state to those entitled.
  • benefits packagenounB2Everything you get besides the money.
  • bent/bɛnt/adjectiveB25 meaningsCurved or twisted out of its proper straight shape.
  • berry/ˈbɛɹi/nounB2A small round juicy fruit without a stone.
  • berth/bɜːθ/nounB2+2 meaningsA boat's place at a quay.
  • beside the pointphraseB2Not related to what actually matters.
  • betray/bɪˈtɹeɪ/verbB23 meaningsTo act against somebody who trusted you.
  • betrayal/bɪˈtɹeɪəl/nounB2Breaking a trust that somebody placed in you.
  • better late than neverphraseB2It is still worth doing even though it is overdue.
  • between/bɪˈtwiːn/prepositionA25 meaningsIn or through the space that separates two people, places or things.
  • beyond repairphraseB2So damaged that fixing it is not possible.
  • bias checknounB2A review of whether coverage leans one way.
  • bid/bɪd/nounB22 meaningsAn offer of a price at a sale.
  • bidder/ˈbɪd.ə/nounB2Somebody offering money at an auction.
  • bidding/ˈbɪdɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsWhat somebody has ordered you to do.
  • big mouthphraseB2Somebody who cannot keep a secret.
  • big topnounB2The great tent a travelling show performs in.
  • bikini/bɪˈkiː.ni/nounB2A two-piece swimming costume for a woman.
  • bill/ˈbɪl/nounA14 meaningsA written statement of what you owe for goods, work or a service.
  • bind/ˈbaɪ̯nd/verbB22 meaningsTo tie something fast.
  • binding/ˈbaɪndɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsThe cover and stitching that hold a book together.
  • binge-watchverbB2To watch many episodes one after another.
  • biological/ˌbaɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveB2To do with living things.
  • biology/baɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/nounB1+2 meaningsThe study of living things.
  • birdie/ˈbɜː.di/nounB22 meaningsA hole finished one stroke under the expected number.
  • birth/bɜːθ/nounA22 meaningsThe moment a baby comes into the world.
  • birthmark/ˈbɝθˌmɑɹk/nounB2A coloured mark on the skin present from birth.
  • birthplace/ˈbɝθˌpleɪs/nounB2The place where somebody was born.
  • bishop/ˈbɪʃəp/nounB22 meaningsA senior Christian priest who is in charge of the churches of a whole area.
  • bite off more than you can chewphraseB2To take on more than you are able to manage.
  • bite your lipphraseB2To hold back what you were about to say.
  • bitter/ˈbɪt.ə/adjectiveB14 meaningsSharp and harsh on the tongue, with no sweetness in it.
  • bitterness/ˈbɪtənəs/nounB1+2 meaningsA sharp, unpleasant taste.
  • black/blæk/adjectiveA15 meaningsOf the darkest colour, like coal or the night sky.
  • black box/ˈblæk.bɒx/nounB2The recorder kept to explain a crash afterwards.
  • black hole/blæk ˈhoʊl/phraseB22 meaningsA region of space with gravity so strong that light cannot escape.
  • black icenounB2A thin invisible layer of ice on a road.
  • black outphraseB2To lose consciousness, or to cut all the lights.
  • black tienounB2A dress code calling for a dinner jacket.
  • black-and-whiteadjectiveB12 meaningsIn shades of grey, without colour.
  • blackjack/ˈblækd͡ʒæk/nounB2A card game where players aim for twenty-one.
  • blacklist/ˈblæklɪst/nounB2+2 meaningsA list of people an industry refuses to employ.
  • blackmail/ˈblækˌmeɪl/nounB22 meaningsDemanding money by threatening to reveal a secret.
  • blackness/ˈblæknəs/nounB22 meaningsComplete darkness.
  • blackout/ˈblæk.aʊt/nounB1+3 meaningsA complete loss of electric light.
  • blacksmith/ˈblæk.smɪθ/nounB2A craftsman who shapes hot iron with a hammer.
  • bladder/ˈblædə/nounB22 meaningsThe organ holding urine.
  • bland/blænd/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving almost no taste at all.
  • blank/blænk/adjectiveA2+3 meaningsWith nothing written or recorded on it.