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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/)

1119 words under B; 701–800 on this page.

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- [book](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/book/) — A book is a set of pages with words or pictures, joined at one side inside a cover. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bookcase](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookcase/) — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves for keeping books on.
- [bookie](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookie/) — A person or company that takes bets on races and games and pays out money to winners.
- [bookkeeper](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookkeeper/) — A person whose job is to keep careful records of the money a business earns and spends.
- [bookkeeping](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookkeeping/) — The job of keeping records of money that a business or person spends and earns.
- [booklet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/booklet/) — A small, thin book with a paper cover, often giving information or instructions. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bookmaker](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookmaker/) — A person or company that takes bets on horse races, football matches and other events and pays out if people win.
- [bookmark](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookmark/) — A bookmark is a strip of card, paper or ribbon you put in a book to show where you stopped reading.
- [bookseller](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookseller/) — A bookseller is a person who sells books, often in a shop.
- [bookshelf](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookshelf/) — A bookshelf is a shelf, or a piece of furniture with several shelves, for keeping books.
- [bookshop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookshop/) — A shop that sells books.
- [bookworm](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bookworm/) — A person who loves reading and reads a lot of books.
- [boom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boom/) — A deep, loud sound like thunder or a big drum: the boom of the cannon.
- [boomer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boomer/) — A baby boomer, a person born in the years just after the Second World War, roughly 1946 to 1964, when many babies were born.
- [boomerang](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boomerang/) — A curved, flat piece of wood that comes back to you when you throw it the right way, first made by Aboriginal Australians.
- [boon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boon/) — Something that is very helpful and makes life better.
- [boost](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boost/) — To boost something is to make it bigger, stronger or better.
- [booster](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/booster/) — A booster (booster seat) is a special raised seat that lifts a child up so the car's seat belt fits them safely.
- [boot](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boot/) — A boot is a strong shoe that covers your foot and ankle and sometimes part of your leg. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [booth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/booth/) — A small, partly closed place for one person or a small group, such as a phone booth or voting booth. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [booty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/booty/) — Booty is goods taken by force or by theft, especially by robbers or soldiers in war; it can also mean a prize that is won. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bordeaux](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bordeaux/) — Bordeaux, a big city in south-west France, on the river Garonne.
- [border](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/border/) — A border is the edge of something, like a strip around a picture or a cloth. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [borderland](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borderland/) — The land near a border between two countries or regions.
- [borderline](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borderline/) — Only just on one side of a line between two groups or results, so it is hard to decide which: a borderline pass.
- [bore](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bore/) — To make someone feel tired and uninterested because something is dull. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boreal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boreal/) — Of the far north, near the Arctic.
- [bored](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bored/) — Bored means tired and restless because nothing interesting is happening or you have nothing to do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boredom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boredom/) — The feeling of being bored, when you have nothing interesting to do or are not interested in what you are doing.
- [boring](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boring/) — Boring means not interesting, so you feel tired of it or want something else to do.
- [born](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/born/) — Born means having come into life. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bornean](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bornean/) — From or to do with Borneo, the third-largest island in the world, in South-East Asia, shared by Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
- [borrow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borrow/) — To borrow is to take or use something that you will give back later. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [borrower](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borrower/) — A person who borrows something, such as a book from a library. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [borrowing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borrowing/) — Taking something that belongs to someone else, with their permission, and giving it back later.
- [borscht](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borscht/) — Borscht is a sour soup, usually red from beetroot, eaten in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
- [borshch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/borshch/) — Borshch (борщ) is the Ukrainian spelling in Latin letters of «borscht», the sour beetroot soup that is a national dish of Ukraine.
- [bosom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bosom/) — The bosom is the front of a person's chest, the place where you hold someone close. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boss](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boss/) — A boss is the person in charge at work who tells others what to do. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bossy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bossy/) — Bossy means always telling other people what to do, in a way that is annoying.
- [bostonian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bostonian/) — A person who comes from or lives in Boston, a big city in Massachusetts, USA.
- [bot](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bot/) — A bot is a computer program that does tasks by itself, often pretending to be a person, such as answering messages or playing in games.
- [botanic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/botanic/) — To do with plants and the study of plants (botany).
- [botanical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/botanical/) — Botanical means to do with plants or with botany, the science of plants.
- [botanist](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/botanist/) — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants: how they grow, where they live and how they are related.
- [botany](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/botany/) — The scientific study of plants: how they grow, what they are made of, how they are named and where they live.
- [both](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/both/) — Both means the two of them together, not just one: both hands. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bother](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bother/) — To bother someone is to annoy them or interrupt them: «Don't bother me while I'm reading.».
- [bothersome](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bothersome/) — Bothersome means annoying, causing trouble or worry, so that you feel put out.
- [bottle](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bottle/) — A bottle is a container with a narrow neck for holding drinks or other liquids. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bottlenose](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bottlenose/) — The bottlenose dolphin, a common grey dolphin with a short, bottle-shaped snout, often seen near coasts and in shows.
- [bottom](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bottom/) — The bottom is the lowest part of something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bottomless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bottomless/) — Bottomless means so deep or so large that it has no end or floor you can reach.
- [boudoir](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boudoir/) — A lady's small private sitting room or dressing room.
- [bough](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bough/) — A bough is a large, main branch of a tree. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boulder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boulder/) — A boulder is a very large, rounded rock, too big to pick up.
- [bounce](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bounce/) — To bounce means to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball hitting the floor.
- [bouncer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bouncer/) — A person whose job is to stand at the door of a club or bar, check who comes in and remove people who cause trouble.
- [bouncy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bouncy/) — Bouncy describes something that bounces well, like a ball or a trampoline.
- [bound](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bound/) — Certain to happen: if something is bound to happen, it will almost surely happen. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boundary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boundary/) — A boundary is a line that marks the edge of an area, like a field, a country or a garden. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boundless](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boundless/) — Boundless means with no limit or edge; it goes on without end.
- [bounds](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bounds/) — Limits or borders of an area or of what is allowed: within the bounds of the park. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bounteous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bounteous/) — Giving very freely and generously, plentiful. — Jewish tradition
- [bountiful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bountiful/) — Giving freely and generously, or plentiful. — Jewish tradition
- [bountifully](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bountifully/) — In a generous, plentiful way. — Jewish tradition
- [bounty](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bounty/) — Generous giving, or a gift given freely and in plenty. — Jewish tradition
- [bouquet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bouquet/) — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers picked and tied together, often given as a gift or carried at a wedding.
- [bourgeois](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bourgeois/) — Belonging to the middle class, people who have comfortable jobs, homes and money.
- [bout](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bout/) — A short period of illness or a strong feeling: a bout of flu, a bout of laughter.
- [bow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bow/) — A bow (rhymes with «go») is a knot with two loops made from ribbon or laces. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bowel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowel/) — The long tube in the body below the stomach, also called the intestines, where food is digested and waste is formed. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bowels](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowels/) — The inside of the body, the womb, or the deep inside of the earth.
- [bower](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bower/) — A shady, pleasant place in a garden or wood, under trees or climbing plants.
- [bowerbird](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowerbird/) — A bowerbird is a bird from Australia and New Guinea; the male builds a decorated shelter of twigs (a bower) to attract a female.
- [bowhead](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowhead/) — A large dark Arctic whale with a huge curved mouth and a very thick layer of blubber; it has no teeth and filters food with baleen.
- [bowl](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowl/) — A bowl is a round, deep dish for food like soup, cereal or fruit. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bowlful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowlful/) — As much as a bowl can hold. — Jewish tradition
- [bowman](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowman/) — A bowman is a person who shoots arrows from a bow; an archer.
- [bowsprit](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowsprit/) — A long pole sticking out forward from the front (the bow) of a sailing ship.
- [bowstring](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bowstring/) — The bowstring is the cord on a bow that is pulled back to shoot an arrow. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [box](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/box/) — A box is a container with flat sides, often with a lid.
- [boxers](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boxers/) — Boxers (boxer shorts) are loose cotton underpants for men and boys that look like short shorts.
- [boy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boy/) — A boy is a male child or a young man. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [boycott](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boycott/) — To refuse to buy, use, take part in or deal with something or someone, as a protest.
- [boyfriend](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boyfriend/) — A boyfriend is a boy or man that someone is in a romantic relationship with.
- [boyhood](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boyhood/) — The time in a person's life when he is a boy, from birth until he becomes a young man.
- [boyish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/boyish/) — Like a boy, or looking or behaving like a boy: «a boyish grin».
- [br](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/br/) — «Br» is the chemical symbol for bromine, a dark red liquid element. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [bra](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bra/) — A piece of underwear worn by women and older girls to support and cover their breasts. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [brace](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brace/) — A metal or plastic device fixed to teeth to straighten them (braces).
- [bracelet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bracelet/) — A bracelet is a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewellery or decoration. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [braces](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/braces/) — Wires and small metal or clear pieces fixed to the teeth to make them straight over time.
- [brachiation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brachiation/) — A way of moving through trees by swinging from branch to branch using the arms, as gibbons and some monkeys do.
- [bracken](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bracken/) — A large, tough fern that grows thickly on hills, moors and in woods, green in summer and brown in autumn.
- [bracket](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bracket/) — Brackets are the marks ( ) put around numbers in a sum to show which part to work out first. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [brackish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brackish/) — Slightly salty, a mix of fresh water and sea water, like water where a river meets the sea.
- [brag](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brag/) — To brag is to talk proudly about yourself, what you have or what you did, in a way that annoys others.
- [bragging](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bragging/) — Talking proudly about yourself and what you have or can do, in a way that annoys others: boasting.
- [brahman](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brahman/) — In Hinduism, Brahman is the one ultimate reality or supreme spirit behind everything; Hindus believe all gods and all things come from…