(architecture) An Ionic ornamental band encircling the pulvinus, or bolster of the capital.
(historical) A swordbelt worn by Roman legionaries.
(historical) The girdle of a biblical Jewish priest.
The subcinctorium, a papal garment.
bambute
bamused
bandeau
bandeau
noun
(medicine) A band.
A band for the hair.
A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.
baneful
baneful
adj
(archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
Harmful, injurious.
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
banlieu
banquer
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
barbeau
barbule
barbule
noun
(botany) A small barb or beard.
(ornithology) Any of the secondary barbs that form a fringe of small projections on a feather.
barbute
barbute
noun
A type of visorless helmet, of 15th-century Italian design, including a T or Y shaped opening for the eyes and mouth.
baroque
baroque
adj
(figuratively) Overly and needlessly complicated.
Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
noun
An ornate, detailed style.
barques
barques
noun
plural of barque
bascule
bascule
noun
(firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.
A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
basqued
basqued
adj
Having a basque.
basques
basques
noun
plural of basque
bateaux
bateaux
noun
plural of bateau
bateful
bateful
adj
(obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
batteau
batteau
noun
Alternative form of bateau
battues
battues
noun
plural of battue
batture
batture
noun
A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
battute
batuque
baubees
baubees
noun
plural of baubee
baubles
baubles
noun
plural of bauble
bauchle
bauchle
noun
(Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess.
(Scotland) A fool.
(Scotland, chiefly in the plural) An old shoe.
verb
(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.
(Scotland) To misuse, to bungle.
bauckie
baudery
baufrey
bauleah
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
baumier
bautzen
bautzen
Proper noun
A city in Germany.
bauxite
bauxite
noun
The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
bazluke
beakful
beakful
noun
As much (food) as a creature's beak will hold or carry.
beamful
beamful
adj
Beamy; radiant; luminous.
noun
A quantity in a beam (of wood, of light, etc)
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
beatuti
beaufet
beaufet
noun
(archaic) A counter for refreshments; a buffet.
(archaic) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
beauing
beauish
beauish
adj
Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine.
beauism
bebeeru
bebeeru
noun
Alternative form of bibiru
bebrush
because
because
adv
(archaic) For the reason (that).
(by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
On account (of), for sake (of).
conj
(obsolete) So that, in order that.
As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
prep
(colloquial, Internet slang) On account of, because of.
becloud
becloud
verb
(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
(transitive, figurative) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.
beclout
beclout
verb
(transitive) To cover with a clout or cloth.
(transitive, figuratively) To dress up.
becquer
becrush
becrust
becuiba
becurry
becurse
becurse
verb
(transitive) To cover with curses; curse all over.
becurst
bedaubs
bedaubs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedaub
bedbugs
bedbugs
noun
plural of bedbug
bedouin
bedouin
noun
A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
bedouse
bedrugs
bedrugs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrug
beduins
bedumbs
bedumbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedumb
bedunce
bedunce
verb
(transitive, archaic, rare) To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.
bedunch
beennut
beflour
beflout
befouls
befouls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befoul
begaudy
beguard
beguess
beguess
Verb
To guess about; speculate; conjecture.
beguile
beguile
verb
(transitive) To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.
(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
beguine
beguine
noun
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
begulfs
bejesus
bejesus
intj
Expressing surprise, annoyance, dismay, or anger.
noun
(euphemistic) Used for emphasis, similar to crap, shit or wits.
belauds
belauds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belaud
belgaum
belgium
belgium
Proper noun
country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.
bellvue
belouke
beluchi
belucki
belugas
belugas
noun
plural of beluga
bemoult
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
bemouth
bemouth
verb
(transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
(transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
bemuddy
bemused
bemused
adj
deeply thoughtful; preoccupied
perplexed and bewildered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemuse
bemuses
bemuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemuse
benacus
benelux
benelux
Proper noun
An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; one of the precursors of the European Union; the countries which constitute(d) this union.
benumbs
benumbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benumb
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beowulf
beowulf
Proper noun
An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of an Old English epic poem, or to the poem itself.
bequalm
bequest
bequest
noun
A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
That which has been handed down or transmitted.
That which is left by will; a legacy.
The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.