5-Letter Words Starting With B

Here's the list of all the 888 5-Letter Words Starting With B in the English Language.

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based
1. having a base
2. having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
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black
1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
2. total absence of light
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being
1. the state or fact of existing
2. a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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board
1. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
2. live and take one's meals at or in
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below
1. in or to a place that is lower
2. (in writing) at a later place
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beach
1. land on a beach
2. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
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basic
1. pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
2. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
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brand
1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
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build
1. make by combining materials and parts
2. form or accumulate steadily
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brown
1. an orange of low brightness and saturation
2. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
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built
1. make by combining materials and parts
2. form or accumulate steadily
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blood
1. smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
2. the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
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basis
1. a relation that provides the foundation for something
2. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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bring
1. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
2. cause to come into a particular state or condition
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break
1. terminate or end
2. become separated into pieces or fragments
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block
1. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
2. a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
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begin
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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bible
1. a book regarded as authoritative in its field
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buyer
1. a person who buys
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began
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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birth
1. the time when something begins (especially life)
2. the event of being born
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brain
1. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
2. mental ability
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brief
1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
2. a condensed written summary or abstract
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bonus
1. anything that tends to arouse
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
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buddy
1. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
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blues
1. a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
2. a state of depression
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bound
1. move forward by leaps and bounds
2. form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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broad
1. slang term for a woman
2. broad in scope or content
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blank
1. keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning
2. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
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blind
1. render unable to see
2. make blind by putting the eyes out
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baker
1. someone who bakes commercially
2. someone who bakes bread or cake
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beast
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
2. a cruelly rapacious person
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brass
1. an alloy of copper and zinc
2. a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
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booty
1. goods or money obtained illegally
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boost
1. increase
2. give a boost to; be beneficial to
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bread
1. food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
2. informal terms for money
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billy
1. a short stout club used primarily by policemen
2. male goat
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blade
1. especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
2. a dashing young man
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beads
1. several beads threaded together on a string
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basin
1. a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
2. the quantity that a basin will hold
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broke
1. terminate or end
2. become separated into pieces or fragments
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bunch
1. form into a bunch
2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster
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brush
1. rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
2. touch lightly and briefly
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blend
1. combine into one
2. blend or harmonize
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bingo
1. a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
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blast
1. make a strident sound
2. hit with great force
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brake
1. stop travelling by applying a brake
2. cause to stop by applying the brakes
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bench
1. take out of a game; of players
2. exhibit on a bench
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bobby
1. an informal term for a British policeman
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bases
1. installation from which a military force initiates operations
2. lowest support of a structure
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bride
1. a woman who has recently been married
2. a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
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begun
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
2. have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
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blame
1. an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed
2. a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
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brick
1. To stop working (of an electronic device)
2. rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
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batch
1. batch together; assemble or process as a batch
2. all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
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booth
1. a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches
2. small area set off by walls for special use
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bones
1. (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
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breed
1. call forth
2. copulate with a female, used especially of horses
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berry
1. any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2. a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
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belly
1. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
2. a protruding abdomen
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beats
1. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
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badge
1. put a badge on
2. an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
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brook
1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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belle
1. a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
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boxed
1. enclosed in or set off by a border or box
2. enclosed in or as if in a box
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bunny
1. a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
2. (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
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burke
1. murder without leaving a trace on the body
2. get rid of, silence, or suppress
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bless
1. give a benediction to
2. confer prosperity or happiness on
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bloom
1. the organic process of bearing flowers
2. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
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bacon
1. back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
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badly
1. to a severe or serious degree
2. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
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blink
1. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
2. briefly shut the eyes
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brave
1. face and withstand with courage
2. a North American Indian warrior
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blond
1. a person with fair skin and hair
2. a light grayish yellow to near white
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burst
1. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
2. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
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bored
1. tired of the world
2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
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baked
1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
2. (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven)
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brent
1. small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
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beige
1. a very light brown
2. of a light greyish-brown color
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blown
1. exhale hard
2. be blowing or storming
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baton
1. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
2. a short stout club used primarily by policemen
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bowls
1. a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
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blunt
1. make less intense
2. make numb or insensitive
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bluff
1. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
2. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
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bliss
1. a state of extreme happiness
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boxer
1. someone who fights with his fists for sport
2. a workman employed to pack things into containers
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biker
1. a person who rides a bicycle
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baron
1. a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
2. a British peer of the lowest rank
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borne
1. have
2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
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burnt
1. destroy by fire
2. shine intensely, as if with heat
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beard
1. go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
2. the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
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birch
1. whip with a birch twig
2. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
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bravo
1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
2. a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
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basil
1. any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
2. leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
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bowel
1. the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
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butte
1. a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
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blitz
1. (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
2. a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
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blaze
1. shine brightly and intensively
2. shoot rapidly and repeatedly
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benny
1. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
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beech
1. any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
2. wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
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brace
1. prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
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bison
1. any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
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bleed
1. lose blood from one's body
2. draw blood
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buggy
1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
2. infested with bugs
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banjo
1. a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
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bogus
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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basal
1. of or being the essential or basic part
2. serving as or forming a base
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blush
1. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
2. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
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bezel
1. a sloping edge on a cutting tool
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bling
1. flashy, ostentatious jewelry
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bland
1. lacking taste or flavor or tang
2. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
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bully
1. be bossy towards
2. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
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brink
1. a region marking a boundary
2. the edge of a steep place
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bayou
1. a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
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barge
1. push one's way
2. transport by barge on a body of water
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broom
1. sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
2. finish with a broom
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broth
1. liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
2. a thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock
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boast
1. show off
2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
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brute
1. a cruelly rapacious person
2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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butch
1. (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
2. a closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys
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bulky
1. of large size for its weight
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booze
1. consume alcohol
2. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
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bleak
1. offering little or no hope
2. providing no shelter or sustenance
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bylaw
1. a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
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berth
1. a job in an organization
2. a place where a craft can be made fast
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babel
1. a confusion of voices and other sounds
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brood
1. think moodily or anxiously about something
2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
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bends
1. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
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bebop
1. dance the bebop
2. an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
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britt
1. the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
2. minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
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braid
1. make by braiding or interlacing
2. decorate with braids or ribbons
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bowed
1. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
2. forming or resembling an arch
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bally
1. informal intensifiers
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bulge
1. swell or protrude outwards
2. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
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boron
1. a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
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binge
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
2. to watch a large amount of media in a single seating
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brine
1. water containing salts
2. a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
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brill
1. European food fish
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bagel
1. (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust
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bower
1. enclose in a bower
2. a framework that supports climbing plants
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blurb
1. a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)
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brisk
1. quick and energetic
2. imparting vitality and energy
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butyl
1. a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
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bongo
1. a small drum; played with the hands
2. large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
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bloke
1. a boy or man
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brant
1. small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
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bosom
1. the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
2. a person's breast or chest
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bumpy
1. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
2. covered with or full of bumps
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batik
1. a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
2. dye with wax
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bribe
1. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
2. payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
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briar
1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
2. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
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bugle
1. a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
2. any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
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bimbo
1. a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
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bevel
1. cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
2. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
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brawl
1. an uproarious party
2. a noisy fight in a crowd
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boson
1. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons
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beryl
1. the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
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bough
1. any of the larger branches of a tree
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bathe
1. cleanse the entire body
2. suffuse or envelope with something
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brunt
1. main force of a blow etc
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balsa
1. strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
2. forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
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broil
1. cook under a broiler
2. heat by a natural force
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brash
1. offensively bold
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bruin
1. a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
2. large ferocious bear of Eurasia
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bushy
1. used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
2. resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
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bonny
1. very pleasing to the eye
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biota
1. all the plant and animal life of a particular region
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beaux
1. a man who is the lover of a man or woman
2. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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baggy
1. not fitting closely; hanging loosely
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budge
1. move very slightly
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batty
1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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bilge
1. water accumulated in the bilge of a ship
2. where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom
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busby
1. tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
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boney
1. being very thin
2. having bones especially many or prominent bones
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bitty
1. (used informally) little or tiny
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bleep
1. emit a single short high-pitched signal
2. a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
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burgh
1. a borough in Scotland
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basso
1. an adult male singer with the lowest voice
2. the lowest adult male singing voice
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boned
1. having had the bones removed
2. having bones as specified
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booby
1. an ignorant or foolish person
2. small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
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beset
1. annoy continually or chronically
2. assail or attack on all sides:
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beefy
1. muscular and heavily built
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bursa
1. a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints
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bazar
1. a street of small shops (especially in Orient)
2. a shop where a variety of goods are sold
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beano
1. a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
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bogey
1. to shoot in one stroke over par
2. a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
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borer
1. a drill for penetrating rock
2. any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
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bijou
1. a small and delicately worked piece
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bidet
1. a basin for washing genitals and anal area
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beret
1. a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
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bloat
1. swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
2. become bloated or swollen or puff up
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bream
1. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
2. flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
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belay
1. turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
2. fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
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breve
1. a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
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bolus
1. a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
2. a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
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byway
1. a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
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brier
1. tangled mass of prickly plants
2. a thorny stem or twig
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blimp
1. a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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baldy
1. a person whose head is bald or shaved
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banal
1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
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bigot
1. a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
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bight
1. fasten with a bight
2. a loop in a rope
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burly
1. muscular and heavily built
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bandy
1. toss or strike a ball back and forth
2. exchange blows
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buxom
1. (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
2. (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
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balmy
1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
2. mild and pleasant
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begat
1. make (offspring) by reproduction
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brawn
1. possessing muscular strength
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bared
1. having the head uncovered
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blain
1. an inflammatory swelling or sore
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bocce
1. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court
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bogie
1. a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
2. an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
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burro
1. small donkey used as a pack animal
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bassi
1. an adult male singer with the lowest voice
2. the lowest adult male singing voice
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biome
1. a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
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borax
1. an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent
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bossy
1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
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bawdy
1. lewd or obscene talk or writing
2. humorously vulgar
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beaut
1. an outstanding example of its kind
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blest
1. give a benediction to
2. confer prosperity or happiness on
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boric
1. of or relating to or derived from or containing boron
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bunce
1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
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banns
1. a public announcement of a proposed marriage
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bleat
1. the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)
2. talk whiningly
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biddy
1. adult female chicken
2. young bird especially of domestic fowl
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begum
1. a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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brome
1. any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
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biter
1. someone who bites
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betel
1. a leaf of a vine from the betel pepper
2. Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
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boggy
1. (of soil) soft and watery
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benni
1. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
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beget
1. make (offspring) by reproduction
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bunko
1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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bulla
1. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
2. the round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull
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boule
1. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
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belch
1. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
2. expel gas from the stomach
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belie
1. be in contradiction with
2. represent falsely
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5-Letter Words Starting With B