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Words beginning with B

The letter B

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bounce

/baʊns/

To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

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bound

/ˈbaʊ̯nd/

simple past and past participle of bind

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bounty

/ˈbaʊn(t)i/

Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.

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bouquet

/buˈkeɪ/

An arrangement or bunch of cut flowers; a nosegay.

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bourbon

/ˈbɝbən/

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.

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bourgeois

/bʊɹʒˈwɑ/

Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic value…

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bourgeoisie

/ˌbʊɹʒˌwɑˈzi/

The capitalist class.

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bourgogne

American English pronunciation

Burgundy: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne…

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bourguignon

/ˌbɔɹɡinˈjoʊn/

Beef bourguignon, or a similar dish replacing beef with some other ingredient.

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Bourjois

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bourn

/boɹn/

Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”).

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bournemouth

/ˈbɔːnməθ/Accent not specified by source

A large town, part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England.

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Boustany

/ˈbustəni/

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boutique

/buˈtik/

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.

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boutonniere

/ˌbuːtənˈiːɚ/Accent not specified by source

A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.

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bow

/ˈboʊ̯/

A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.

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bowden

/ˈboʊdən/

A surname.

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bowdoin

/boʊˈdɔɪn/

A surname from French.

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bowel

/ˈbaʊəl/

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.

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Bowflex

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bowie

/ˈboʊ.i/

A Bowie knife.

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Bowie Knife

/ˈboʊ.i naɪf/Accent not specified by source

Alternative form of Bowie knife.

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Bowie, Maryland

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bowl

/boʊl/

As much as is held by a bowl.

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bowles

/boʊlz/

plural of bowle

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box

/bɑks/

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

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boycott

/ˈbɔɪkɑt/

To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of…

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Bozez

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BPA

American English pronunciation

Abbreviation of bisphenol A.

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BPH

American English pronunciation

Initialism of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

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