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

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  • 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/
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verb
C2
To 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.
  • 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/adjectiveC2Using grand words with little behind them.
  • 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.