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# English words: B

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · **B** · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1120 words under B; 401–500 on this page.

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- [bestowal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bestowal/) — The act of giving something, such as an honour, gift or title, to someone.
- [bet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bet/) — To bet means to risk money or something on what you think will happen, and win more if you are right or lose it if you are wrong. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [beta](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/beta/) — Beta (β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet, after alpha.
- [betel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betel/) — A betel is a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a nut, often after being mixed with spices.
- [beth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/beth/) — Beth is a girl's name, a short form of Elizabeth or Bethany. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bethel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bethel/) — A place name meaning "house of God" in Hebrew. — Jewish tradition
- [bethink](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bethink/) — To bethink yourself is to stop and think, to consider what you are doing. — Jewish tradition
- [betide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betide/) — To betide is to happen to someone, usually something bad.
- [betimes](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betimes/) — Betimes means early, or in good time before something happens. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [betoken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betoken/) — To be a sign of something; to show that something is true or is going to happen.
- [betray](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betray/) — To betray someone is to hurt them by being disloyal, for example by telling their secret, breaking a promise or helping their enemy. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [betrayal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betrayal/) — Betrayal is breaking someone's trust, for example by telling their secret, lying to them or helping their enemy.
- [betroth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betroth/) — To betroth someone is to promise a person in marriage, so that they become engaged to be married. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [betrothal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betrothal/) — A betrothal is a formal agreement or promise to marry; the time when two people are engaged to be married.
- [betrothed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betrothed/) — Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [better](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/better/) — Better means more good. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [betting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betting/) — Betting is risking money on what will happen, for example who will win a race, hoping to win more money.
- [between](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/between/) — Between means in the space in the middle of two things: the ball is between the chairs. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [betwixt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/betwixt/) — Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [beverage](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/beverage/) — A beverage is a drink of any kind, like water, juice, tea or milk.
- [bewail](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewail/) — To bewail something is to cry or complain loudly and sadly about a loss or misfortune. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [beware](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/beware/) — Be careful of something or someone because it could be dangerous or harmful. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bewilder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewilder/) — To bewilder someone is to confuse them so much that they do not know what to think or do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bewildered](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewildered/) — Bewildered means confused and not sure what is happening or what to do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bewilderment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewilderment/) — Bewilderment is a state of being confused and not understanding what is going on. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bewitch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewitch/) — To bewitch someone is to put a spell on them with magic.
- [bewitched](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewitched/) — Under a magic spell put on by a witch or wizard.
- [bewitching](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bewitching/) — Very charming or lovely, so that it seems to cast a spell on you.
- [beyond](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/beyond/) — Beyond means on the far side of something, further away than it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bi](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bi/) — Two or twice, as in bicycle (two wheels), bilingual (two languages), biannual (twice a year). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [biannual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biannual/) — Happening twice a year.
- [bias](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bias/) — Bias is an unfair way of favouring one person, side or idea over others, often without good reason: a referee with a bias towards one team.
- [biased](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biased/) — Unfairly favouring one person, side or idea over another, often without good reasons.
- [bible](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bible/) — The holy book of Christians; the Christian Bible contains the Old Testament and the New Testament, and the Hebrew Bible is the holy book… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [biblical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biblical/) — To do with the Bible or found in the Bible, like biblical stories. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bibliotheca](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bibliotheca/) — Latin word for a library or collection of books. — Jewish tradition
- [bicarbonate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bicarbonate/) — Short for bicarbonate of soda (also called baking soda or sodium bicarbonate), a white powder used in cooking and cleaning.
- [biceps](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biceps/) — The biceps is the big muscle at the front of your upper arm that bends your elbow.
- [bicker](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bicker/) — To bicker is to argue or quarrel about small things, again and again.
- [bickering](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bickering/) — Arguing about small, unimportant things, again and again.
- [bicycle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bicycle/) — A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing pedals with your feet.
- [bid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bid/) — To bid farewell is to say goodbye. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bidder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bidder/) — A person who offers money for something at an auction.
- [bidding](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bidding/) — Offering money for something at an auction. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bide](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bide/) — To bide is to stay or live in a place; to bide your time is to wait patiently until the right moment.
- [big](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/big/) — Big means large in size or amount: a big dog.
- [bigger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bigger/) — Bigger means larger in size or amount than another.
- [bijou](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bijou/) — Bijou means small and elegant, used about a house or flat; it is often a euphemism for "very small".
- [bike](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bike/) — A bike is a bicycle, a thing with two wheels that you ride by pushing pedals.
- [bikini](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bikini/) — A two-piece swimsuit for women and girls, with a top and bottoms.
- [bilateral](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bilateral/) — Involving two sides, groups or countries, as in a bilateral agreement.
- [bilberry](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bilberry/) — A small wild berry, dark blue and juicy, growing on a low shrub on hills and moors.
- [bilby](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bilby/) — A bilby is a small Australian marsupial with long rabbit-like ears, a long pointed nose and silky blue-grey fur.
- [bile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bile/) — Bile is a bitter yellow-green liquid made by the liver that helps the body digest fat. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bilingual](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bilingual/) — Able to speak two languages well: «a bilingual child».
- [bill](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bill/) — A bill is a piece of paper money; in the UK it is called a note. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [billboard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billboard/) — A billboard is a very large board beside a road or on a building for showing advertisements.
- [billet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billet/) — A short thick piece of wood, cut ready for chopping or burning.
- [billiard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billiard/) — Belonging to the game of billiards: a game played on a large table covered in green cloth, where players hit balls with a long stick…
- [billion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billion/) — A billion is one thousand million: 1,000,000,000.
- [billionaire](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billionaire/) — A very rich person who owns money and things worth at least one billion dollars, pounds or euros.
- [billionth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billionth/) — Coming as number one billion in order (1,000,000,000th).
- [billow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billow/) — A billow is a big rolling wave of the sea. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [billy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/billy/) — A metal can with a lid and handle, used to boil water or make tea over a campfire; also a billycan.
- [bimetallic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bimetallic/) — Made of two different metals joined together.
- [bin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bin/) — A container for rubbish (UK, Australia, NZ: bin, rubbish bin, wheelie bin; US: trash can, garbage can). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [binary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/binary/) — A way of writing numbers using only the digits 0 and 1, which computers use. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bind](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bind/) — To tie something tightly with string, rope or cloth. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [binding](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/binding/) — The cover and spine that hold the pages of a book together. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [binge](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/binge/) — To do too much of something in a short time, especially eating, drinking alcohol or watching TV.
- [bingo](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bingo/) — Bingo is a game where players have cards with numbers, and the winner is the first to cross off all the numbers in a line or on the card…
- [binoculars](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/binoculars/) — Binoculars are a tool with two small telescopes joined together, one for each eye, that make far-away things look bigger and closer.
- [binturong](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/binturong/) — A furry, dark animal from the rainforests of South-East Asia, also called a bearcat, though it is neither a bear nor a cat.
- [biography](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biography/) — A true book or story about a real person's life, written by someone else.
- [biological](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biological/) — To do with living things and how they grow and work, or with biology, the study of them.
- [biologist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biologist/) — A scientist who studies living things such as plants, animals, people and tiny living things like bacteria.
- [biology](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biology/) — Biology is the study of living things, like plants, animals and people, and how they live and grow.
- [bioluminescence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bioluminescence/) — Light made by living things, such as fireflies, glow-worms, some fungi and many deep-sea animals.
- [biome](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biome/) — A biome is a large area of the Earth with its own climate, plants and animals, like a desert, rainforest, grassland or tundra.
- [bionic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bionic/) — Having or being body parts that are electronic or mechanical and work like real ones, often better.
- [biosphere](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biosphere/) — All the parts of the Earth where living things exist, from deep in the sea to high in the air, together with all the life there.
- [birch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birch/) — A tall thin tree with smooth white or silver bark that peels in thin layers.
- [bird](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bird/) — A bird is an animal with feathers, wings and a beak; it lays eggs, and most birds can fly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [birdie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birdie/) — A child's word for a small bird.
- [birdsong](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birdsong/) — The musical sounds that birds make, especially in the early morning and in spring.
- [birdwatch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birdwatch/) — To birdwatch is to watch wild birds in their natural surroundings as a hobby, often with binoculars and a bird book.
- [birth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birth/) — Birth is the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its mother's body and starts living in the world. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [birthday](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birthday/) — A birthday is the day each year when a person was born; people often have a party and gifts. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [birthmark](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birthmark/) — A birthmark is a coloured mark on the skin that a person is born with or that appears soon after birth.
- [birthplace](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birthplace/) — The place, town or house where a person was born.
- [birthright](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/birthright/) — A birthright is something that a person has a right to just because they were born into a certain family, country or position. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [biscuit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/biscuit/) — In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a biscuit is a small flat sweet baked treat, called a cookie in the USA. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bise/) — A cold, dry wind that blows from the north or north-east over Switzerland and parts of France.
- [bisect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bisect/) — To cut or divide something into two equal parts.
- [bisection](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bisection/) — The act of dividing something into two equal parts.
- [bishop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bishop/) — A bishop is a senior leader in many Christian churches who looks after the priests and churches of a large area called a diocese.
- [bison](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bison/) — A bison is a large wild animal of the cattle family with a big shaggy head, curved horns and a hump on its back.
- [bit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bit/) — A bit is a small piece or small amount of something: a bit of cake. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bitch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bitch/) — A female dog, fox or wolf.
- [bite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bite/) — To cut or hold something with your teeth: "Bite the apple.". — everyday · Jewish tradition