| bandstand | (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: outdoor stage, stand |
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| bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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| bandwagon | (noun) a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band | - |
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| (noun) a popular trend that attracts growing support | - |
| bandwidth | (noun) a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel | - |
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| bandyleg | (noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara |
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| bane | (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: curse, nemesis, scourge |
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| baneberry | (noun) a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries | Synonyms: cohosh, herb Christopher |
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| (noun) a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea | - |
| bang | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, strike |
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| (noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: fringe |
| (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, blast, clap, eruption |
| (noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bash, belt, knock, smash |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
| banger | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: cracker, firecracker |
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| (noun) (British informal) pork sausage | - |
| banging | (noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
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| (noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
| bangle | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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| (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bracelet |
| bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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| banian | (noun) a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | Synonyms: banyan |
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| (noun) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks | Synonyms: banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan |
| banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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| (noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
| banister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, bannister, handrail |
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| banjo | (noun) a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body | - |
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| bank | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) | - |
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| (noun) a building in which the business of banking is transacted | Synonyms: bank building |
| (noun) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home | Synonyms: coin bank, money box, savings bank |
| (noun) a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | Synonyms: banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution |
| (noun) an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers | - |
| (noun) a long ridge or pile | - |
| (noun) sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) | - |
| (noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: camber, cant |
| (noun) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) | - |
| (noun) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games | - |
| bankbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: passbook |
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| banker | (noun) a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank | - |
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| (noun) the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game | - |
| banking | (noun) transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. | - |
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| (noun) engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| banknote | (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
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| bankroll | (noun) a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | Synonyms: roll |
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| bankrupt | (noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: insolvent |
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| bankruptcy | (noun) a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent | - |
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| (noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: failure |
| (noun) a state of complete lack of some abstract property | - |
| banksia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds | - |
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| banner | (noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising | Synonyms: streamer |
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| (noun) any distinctive flag | Synonyms: standard |
| (noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page | Synonyms: streamer |
| banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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| banning | (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding |
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| bannister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail |
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| bannock | (noun) a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland | - |
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| banns | (noun) a public announcement of a proposed marriage | - |
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| banquet | (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: feast, spread |
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| (noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: feast |
| banqueting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: feasting |
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| banquette | (noun) an upholstered bench | - |
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| banshee | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshie |
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| banshie | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshee |
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| bantam | (noun) any of various small breeds of fowl | - |
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| bantamweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the flyweight division and lighter than those in the featherweight division. | - |
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| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs 115-126 pounds | - |
| banteng | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banting, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| banter | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, give-and-take, raillery |
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| banting | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, Bos banteng, tsine |
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| banyan | (noun) a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | Synonyms: banian |
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| (noun) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks | Synonyms: banian, banian tree, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan |
| banzai | (noun) a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph | - |
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| baranduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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| barbacan | (noun) a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) | Synonyms: barbican |
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| barbarian | (noun) a member of an uncivilized people | Synonyms: savage |
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| (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke |
| barbican | (noun) a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) | Synonyms: barbacan |
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| bargeman | (noun) someone who operates a barge | Synonyms: bargee, lighterman |
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| barman | (noun) a male employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | - |
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| batman | (noun) an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer | - |
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| batrachian | (noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | Synonyms: anuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog |
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| batsman | (noun) (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting | Synonyms: batter, hitter, slugger |
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| beadsman | (noun) a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another | Synonyms: bedesman |
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| bean | (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle |
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| (noun) any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food | Synonyms: edible bean |
| (noun) any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods | Synonyms: bean plant |
| (noun) any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans | - |
| beanbag | (noun) a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games | - |
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| beanball | (noun) a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head | Synonyms: beaner |
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| beaner | (noun) a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head | Synonyms: beanball |
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| beanfeast | (noun) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees | - |
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| beanie | (noun) a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen | Synonyms: beany |
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| beano | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: bingo, keno, lotto |
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| beanstalk | (noun) stem of a bean plant | - |
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| beany | (noun) a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen | Synonyms: beanie |
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| beautician | (noun) someone who works in a beauty parlor | Synonyms: cosmetician |
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| bedesman | (noun) a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another | Synonyms: beadsman |
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| bedpan | (noun) a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination | - |
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| beggarman | (noun) a man who is a beggar | - |
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| beggarwoman | (noun) a woman who is a beggar | - |
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| bellman | (noun) someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | Synonyms: bellboy, bellhop |
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| bellyband | (noun) a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon | - |
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| (noun) a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
| benignancy | (noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignity, graciousness |
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| benzofuran | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone |
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| bezant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezzant, byzant, solidus |
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| bezzant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezant, byzant, solidus |
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| bhang | (noun) a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India | - |
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| bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
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| biplane | (noun) old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other | - |
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| biriani | (noun) an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | Synonyms: biryani |
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| biryani | (noun) an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | Synonyms: biriani |
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| blanc | (noun) a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat) | - |
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| blancmange | (noun) sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded | - |
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| blandishment | (noun) the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery | Synonyms: wheedling |
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| (noun) flattery intended to persuade | Synonyms: cajolery, palaver |
| blandness | (noun) lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property | Synonyms: insipidity, insipidness |
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| (noun) the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner | Synonyms: smoothness, suaveness, suavity |
| (noun) the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern | - |
| blank | (noun) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | Synonyms: blank shell, dummy |
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| (noun) a piece of material ready to be made into something | - |
| (noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: lacuna |
| (noun) a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing | Synonyms: space |
| blanket | (noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: cover |
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| (noun) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | - |
| (noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: mantle |
| blankness | (noun) the state of being blank; void; emptiness | - |
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| blanquillo | (noun) important marine food fishes | Synonyms: tilefish |
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| blatancy | (noun) the property of being both obvious and offensive | - |
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| blowbang | (noun) A sexual activity where fellatio is performed on multiple men | - |
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| boatman | (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boater, waterman |
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| boatmanship | (noun) skill in handling boats | - |
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| bogbean | (noun) perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface | Synonyms: bog myrtle, buckbean, marsh trefoil, Menyanthes trifoliata, water shamrock |
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| bogeyman | (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: booger, boogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear |
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| bohemian | (noun) a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life | - |
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| bohemianism | (noun) conduct characteristic of a bohemian | - |
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| boliviano | (noun) the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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| bonanza | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
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| (noun) an especially rich vein of precious ore | - |
| bondman | (noun) a male slave | Synonyms: bondsman |
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| (noun) a male bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondsman |
| bondsman | (noun) a male slave | Synonyms: bondman |
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| (noun) a male bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondman |
| (noun) a male who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
| bondswoman | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondwoman |
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| (noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondwoman |
| (noun) a female who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
| bondwoman | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondswoman |
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| (noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondswoman |