8-Letter Words Starting With B

Here's the list of all the 2653 8-Letter Words Starting With B in the English Language.

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business
1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
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building
1. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
2. the act of constructing something
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baseball
1. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
2. a ball used in playing baseball
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behavior
1. manner of acting or controlling yourself
2. the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances
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birthday
1. an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
2. the date on which a person was born
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breaking
1. the act of breaking something
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bookmark
1. a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place
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becoming
1. according with custom or propriety
2. displaying or setting off to best advantage
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bulletin
1. a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
2. make public by bulletin
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bathroom
1. a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
2. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
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bringing
1. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
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boundary
1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
2. a line determining the limits of an area
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bachelor
1. lead a bachelor's existence
2. a man who has never been married
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brochure
1. a small book usually having a paper cover
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bracelet
1. a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist
2. jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
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browsing
1. reading superficially or at random
2. the act of feeding by continual nibbling
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benjamin
1. gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
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balanced
1. being in a state of proper equilibrium
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baseline
1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
2. the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
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brunette
1. a person with dark (brown) hair
2. marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
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beverage
1. any liquid suitable for drinking
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bacteria
1. (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
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breeding
1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
2. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
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briefing
1. detailed instructions, as for a military operation
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basement
1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
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boutique
1. a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
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biblical
1. of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
2. in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
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blocking
1. the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
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beginner
1. someone new to a field or activity
2. a person who founds or establishes some institution
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bleeding
1. the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
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bisexual
1. a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes
2. having an ambiguous sexual identity
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backyard
1. the grounds in back of a house
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backpack
1. hike with a backpack
2. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
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boarding
1. the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
2. a structure of boards
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bookshop
1. a shop where books are sold
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blessing
1. the formal act of approving
2. a desirable state
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backward
1. retarded in intellectual development
2. having made less than normal progress
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branding
1. the act of stigmatizing
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barbecue
1. meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
2. a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
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borrower
1. someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
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ballroom
1. large room used mainly for dancing
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baccarat
1. a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine
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burgundy
1. a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color
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backbone
1. a central cohesive source of support and stability
2. fortitude and determination
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barefoot
1. without shoes
2. without shoes on
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bohemian
1. a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life
2. unconventional in especially appearance and behavior
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browning
1. cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
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bothered
1. caused to show discomposure
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brethren
1. a male with the same parents as someone else
2. a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
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benedict
1. a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
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blizzard
1. a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
2. a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
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believer
1. a supporter who accepts something as true
2. a person who has religious faith
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breakers
1. waves breaking on the shore
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blending
1. the act of blending components together thoroughly
2. a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
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bullying
1. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
2. noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
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bouncing
1. rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
2. vigorously healthy
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breakout
1. an escape from jail
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bungalow
1. a small house with a single story
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backdrop
1. scenery hung at back of stage
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billiard
1. of or relating to billiards
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broccoli
1. plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
2. branched green undeveloped flower heads
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breasted
1. having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds
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barbeque
1. meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
2. a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit
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bacillus
1. aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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burglary
1. entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
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bankrupt
1. reduce to bankruptcy
2. someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts
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biennial
1. (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
2. occurring every second year
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blooming
1. the organic process of bearing flowers
2. informal intensifiers
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blasting
1. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
2. unpleasantly loud and penetrating
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brightly
1. with brightness
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battered
1. damaged by blows or hard usage
2. damaged especially by hard usage
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bookcase
1. a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books
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blackout
1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting
2. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)
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baptized
1. having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism
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betrayal
1. an act of deliberate betrayal
2. the quality of aiding an enemy
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backlash
1. a movement back from an impact
2. an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
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backdoor
1. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
2. an entrance at the rear of a building
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blockade
1. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
2. prevents access or progress
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blinking
1. a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
2. closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
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brushing
1. the act of brushing your teeth
2. the act of brushing your hair
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brighten
1. make more cheerful through the use of color
2. become clear
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baroness
1. a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
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ballpark
1. a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)
2. near to the scope or range of something
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baritone
1. a male singer
2. the second lowest adult male singing voice
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burnside
1. facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
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bodywork
1. the exterior body of a motor vehicle
2. the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies
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brutally
1. in a vicious manner
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boasting
1. speaking of yourself in superlatives
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bluebird
1. fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
2. blue North American songbird
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bustling
1. full of energetic and noisy activity
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breakage
1. the quantity broken
2. reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
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branched
1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
2. having branches
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breathed
1. uttered without voice
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bordered
1. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term
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basilica
1. an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges
2. a Roman building used for public administration
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backside
1. the side of an object that is opposite its front
2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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buttocks
1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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bookworm
1. a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
2. someone who spends a great deal of time reading
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bankroll
1. provide with sufficient funds; finance
2. a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
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bioassay
1. appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard
2. subject to a bio-assay
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buoyancy
1. cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
2. the property of something weightless and insubstantial
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backseat
1. a secondary or inferior position or status
2. a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)
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bitterly
1. with bitterness; in a resentful manner
2. indicating something hard to accept
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blotting
1. dry (ink) with blotting paper
2. make a spot or mark onto
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binomial
1. of or relating to or consisting of two terms
2. (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms
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blinding
1. shining intensely
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baguette
1. narrow French stick loaf
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bragging
1. an instance of boastful talk
2. show off
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bubbling
1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
2. marked by high spirits or excitement
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biweekly
1. a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)
2. occurring every two weeks
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blockage
1. the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
2. an obstruction in a pipe or tube
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burdened
1. bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities
2. bearing a physically heavy weight or load
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boneless
1. being without a bone or bones
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bundling
1. a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
2. the act of binding something into a bundle
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bastille
1. a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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bruising
1. causing mental or emotional injury
2. brutally forceful and compelling
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baldness
1. the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
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balsamic
1. of or relating to or containing balsam
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blowfish
1. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
2. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers
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biologic
1. pertaining to biology or to life and living things
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bleached
1. having lost freshness or brilliance of color
2. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
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bulkhead
1. a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments
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birthing
1. the process of giving birth
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brooding
1. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem
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behemoth
1. someone that is abnormally large and powerful
2. a person of exceptional importance and reputation
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balmoral
1. a sturdy laced walking shoe
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blurring
1. become glassy; lose clear vision
2. to make less distinct or clear
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blushing
1. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
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badlands
1. deeply eroded barren land
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blissful
1. completely happy and contented
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barbaric
1. without civilizing influences
2. unrestrained and crudely rich
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begotten
1. make (offspring) by reproduction
2. (of offspring) generated by procreation
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breather
1. a short respite
2. air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time
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barnyard
1. a yard adjoining a barn
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bergamot
1. small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
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balancer
1. an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
2. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
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bullhead
1. freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
2. any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States
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beheaded
1. having had the head cut off
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bereaved
1. a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
2. sorrowful through loss or deprivation
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beholder
1. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
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baptised
1. having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism
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besieged
1. surrounded by hostile forces
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barbican
1. a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
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bottomed
1. having a bottom of a specified character
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bassinet
1. a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed
2. a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
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buzzword
1. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
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brownish
1. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
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babbling
1. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
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brimming
1. be completely full
2. fill as much as possible
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boldness
1. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
2. impudent aggressiveness
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breeches
1. (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee
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backfire
1. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
2. a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
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bluefish
1. bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
2. fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
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buncombe
1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
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backroom
1. the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations
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baffling
1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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backflow
1. a flow that returns toward its source
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boniface
1. the owner or manager of an inn
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bookable
1. subject to being reserved or booked
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banknote
1. a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
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bestiary
1. a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
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bedstead
1. the framework of a bed
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brackish
1. distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
2. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
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bullfrog
1. largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
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bathrobe
1. a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim
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beadwork
1. ornamentation with beads
2. a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture
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backrest
1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
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bareboat
1. a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions
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blighted
1. affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
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bouillon
1. a clear seasoned broth
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boldface
1. a typeface with thick heavy lines
2. print in boldface
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backhand
1. a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
2. hit a tennis ball backhand
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buckskin
1. horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail
2. a soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin
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binaural
1. relating to or having or hearing with two ears
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buttress
1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
2. reinforce with a buttress
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baseless
1. without a basis in reason or fact
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botanist
1. a biologist specializing in the study of plants
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bilinear
1. linear with respect to each of two variables or positions
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billfold
1. a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
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brougham
1. light carriage; pulled by a single horse
2. a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
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buckaroo
1. local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
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backwash
1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
2. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
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barrette
1. a pin for holding women's hair in place
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buttoned
1. furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
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beautify
1. make more beautiful
2. be beautiful to look at
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braiding
1. trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
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biogenic
1. produced by living organisms or biological processes
2. essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes
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bilberry
1. erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
2. erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
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bearable
1. capable of being borne though unpleasant
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bluebell
1. sometimes placed in genus Scilla
2. one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
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botulism
1. food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
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biannual
1. occurring or payable twice each year
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bumbling
1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
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backless
1. lacking a back
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brachial
1. of or relating to an arm
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benzoate
1. any salt or ester of benzoic acid
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buckshot
1. small lead shot for shotgun shells
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backache
1. an ache localized in the back
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birdsong
1. the characteristic sound produced by a bird
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bursitis
1. inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder
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beholden
1. see with attention
2. under a moral obligation to someone
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blacktop
1. coat with blacktop
2. a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
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befriend
1. become friends with
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barnacle
1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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basketry
1. the craft of basket making
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ballgame
1. a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
2. a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
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birdcage
1. a cage in which a bird can be kept
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bordello
1. a building where prostitutes are available
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belittle
1. cause to seem less serious; play down
2. express a negative opinion of
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borrelia
1. cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
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bequeath
1. leave or give by will after one's death
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bayberry
1. West Indian tree; source of bay rum
2. deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
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bloomers
1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women
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bluegill
1. important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
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brainiac
1. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
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bleacher
1. a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
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banister
1. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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befallen
1. become of; happen to
2. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
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basswood
1. soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
2. any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
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blowback
1. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
2. misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
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bandanna
1. large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief
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bonefish
1. slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
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blanched
1. anemic looking from illness or emotion
2. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
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bondsman
1. a male slave
2. someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
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bloodied
1. cover with blood
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birdbath
1. an ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in
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basilisk
1. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
2. ancient brass cannon
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blustery
1. blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
2. noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
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backstop
1. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
2. (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
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basaltic
1. of or relating to or containing basalt
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beetroot
1. beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption
2. round red root vegetable
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banality
1. a trite or obvious remark
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bendable
1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
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backbeat
1. a loud steady beat
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blithely
1. in a joyous manner
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billfish
1. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
2. giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
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bonehead
1. a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
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boatyard
1. a place where boats are built or maintained or stored
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butchery
1. a building where animals are butchered
2. the business of a butcher
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bandaged
1. covered or wrapped with a bandage
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broached
1. of a cask or barrel
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belching
1. the forceful expulsion of something from inside
2. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
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bronchus
1. either of the two main branches of the trachea
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biracial
1. consisting of or combining two races
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brouhaha
1. loud confused noise from many sources
2. a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits
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barreled
1. put in or stored in a barrel
2. (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
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bindweed
1. any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit
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8-Letter Words Starting With B