Words beginning with B

An evil spirit in Haitian belief, often in the form of an animal.

A major city, the county seat of Kern County, California, United States.

A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry.

A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.

A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity

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A diviner in the Torah.

A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of woo…

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A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.

A hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

A product of the Balenciaga brand, especially shoes or a handbag.

A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

A classical form of dance.

A small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other …

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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Ellipsis of Baltimore oriole.

A province and metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey, with coasts on both the Mediterranean and the Sea of Marmara.

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Alternative form of bamma (“an unstylish rural person; a hick”).

The capital city of Mali.

Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.

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A neutralising monoclonal antibody directed against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2.

To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.