Words beginning with B

A city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of Louisiana in the United States.

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In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.

The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach o…

A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.

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Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966

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A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.

A surname from French.

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A queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire, died c. 61 CE

Alternative form of Boudica.

A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.

A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

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A surname from Old French, common among Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles.

Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.

Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached b…

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as wi…

A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.

A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.

Alternative spelling of bougie (“behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status”)

One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.

A surname.