Words beginning with B
The letter B
1,220 videos · Page 30 of 41bounce
To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
bound
simple past and past participle of bind
bounty
Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
bouquet
An arrangement or bunch of cut flowers; a nosegay.
bourbon
A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels.
bourgeois
Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic value…
bourgeoisie
The capitalist class.
bourgogne
Burgundy: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne…
bourguignon
Beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient.
Bourjois
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bourn
Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”).
bournemouth
A large town, part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England.
Boustany
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boutique
A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
boutonniere
A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.
bow
A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
bowden
A surname.
bowdoin
A surname from French.
bowel
A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
Bowflex
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bowie
A Bowie knife.
Bowie Knife
Alternative form of Bowie knife.
Bowie, Maryland
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bowl
As much as is held by a bowl.
bowles
plural of bowle
box
A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
boycott
To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of…
Bozez
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BPA
Abbreviation of bisphenol A.
BPH
Initialism of benign prostatic hyperplasia.