| booklover | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: bibliophile, book lover |
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| bookmaker | (noun) a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races) | Synonyms: bookie |
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| (noun) a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books | - |
| bookmarker | (noun) a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place | Synonyms: bookmark |
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| bookseller | (noun) the proprietor of a bookstore | - |
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| boomer | (noun) a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s | Synonyms: baby boomer |
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| booster | (noun) an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | Synonyms: booster dose, booster shot, recall dose |
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| (noun) the first stage of a multistage rocket | Synonyms: booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket |
| (noun) an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal | Synonyms: booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter |
| (noun) a thief who steals goods that are in a store | Synonyms: lifter, shoplifter |
| (noun) someone who is an active supporter and advocate | Synonyms: plugger, promoter |
| (noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter |
| bootlegger | (noun) someone who makes or sells illegal liquor | Synonyms: moonshiner |
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| bootlicker | (noun) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect | Synonyms: apple polisher, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler |
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| bootmaker | (noun) a maker of boots | Synonyms: boot maker |
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| boozer | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse |
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| border | (noun) a strip forming the outer edge of something | - |
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| (noun) a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge | Synonyms: molding, moulding |
| (noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete |
| (noun) the boundary of a surface | Synonyms: edge |
| (noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: margin, perimeter |
| borderer | (noun) an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England) | - |
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| borer | (noun) any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood | Synonyms: woodborer |
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| (noun) a drill for penetrating rock | Synonyms: bore bit, rock drill, stone drill |
| borrower | (noun) someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent | - |
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| botcher | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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| bother | (noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | Synonyms: annoyance, botheration, infliction, nuisance, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck |
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| (noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: fuss, hassle, trouble |
| bottler | (noun) a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages | - |
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| boulder | (noun) a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin | Synonyms: bowlder |
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| boulevardier | (noun) a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris) | - |
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| bouncer | (noun) a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting | Synonyms: chucker-out |
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| bounder | (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, cad, dog, heel, hound |
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| (noun) someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) | Synonyms: leaper |
| bowdleriser | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdlerizer, expurgator |
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| bowdlerizer | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdleriser, expurgator |
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| bower | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbor, arbour, pergola |
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| bowlder | (noun) a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin | Synonyms: boulder |
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| bowler | (noun) a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim | Synonyms: bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat |
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| (noun) a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins | - |
| (noun) a cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket | - |
| boxer | (noun) a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany | - |
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| (noun) someone who fights with his fists for sport | Synonyms: pugilist |
| (noun) a workman employed to pack things into containers | Synonyms: bagger, packer |
| bracer | (noun) a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) | Synonyms: pick-me-up |
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| (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: armguard |
| bragger | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, boaster, braggart, line-shooter, vaunter |
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| brainpower | (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brain, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
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| brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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| brasier | (noun) large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times | Synonyms: brazier |
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| brawler | (noun) a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) | - |
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| brazier | (noun) large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times | Synonyms: brasier |
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| breadwinner | (noun) one whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents | - |
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| breaker | (noun) a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | Synonyms: circuit breaker |
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| (noun) waves breaking on the shore | Synonyms: breakers, surf |
| (noun) a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone | Synonyms: ledgeman |
| breakwater | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall |
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| breaststroker | (noun) someone who swims the breaststroke | - |
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| breathalyser | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyzer |
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| breathalyzer | (noun) a device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath | Synonyms: breathalyser |
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| breather | (noun) air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | Synonyms: schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel, snorkel breather |
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| (noun) a short respite | Synonyms: breath, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time |
| breechloader | (noun) a gun that is loaded at the breech | - |
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| breeder | (noun) a person who breeds animals | Synonyms: stock breeder |
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| brewer | (noun) the owner or manager of a brewery | - |
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| (noun) someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water | Synonyms: beer maker |
| briber | (noun) someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act | Synonyms: suborner |
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| bricklayer | (noun) a craftsman skilled in building with bricks | - |
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| brier | (noun) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | Synonyms: briar, Erica arborea, tree heath |
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| (noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: briar, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
| (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
| (noun) tangled mass of prickly plants | Synonyms: brier patch, brierpatch |
| (noun) a thorny stem or twig | - |
| brigadier | (noun) a general officer ranking below a major general | Synonyms: brigadier general |
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| broadcaster | (noun) a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions | Synonyms: spreader |
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| (noun) someone who broadcasts on radio or television | - |
| broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
| broker | (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: agent, factor |
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| broncobuster | (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, buster |
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| bronzer | (noun) A cosmetic powder that comes in various shades of brown, meant to create an impression of tanned skin. | Synonyms: bronzing powder |
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| brooder | (noun) apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants | Synonyms: incubator |
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| brother | (noun) a male with the same parents as someone else | Synonyms: blood brother |
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| (noun) a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group) | - |
| (noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: buddy, chum, crony, pal, sidekick |
| (noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement | Synonyms: comrade |
| browser | (noun) a program used to view HTML documents | Synonyms: web browser |
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| (noun) a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular | - |
| bruiser | (noun) a large and strong and heavyset man | Synonyms: bull, Samson, strapper |
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| bubbler | (noun) a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water | Synonyms: drinking fountain, water fountain |
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| (noun) any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid | - |
| buccaneer | (noun) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation | Synonyms: pirate, sea robber, sea rover |
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| buckler | (noun) armor carried on the arm to intercept blows | Synonyms: shield |
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| buffer | (noun) a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | Synonyms: fender |
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| (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: polisher |
| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: cowcatcher, fender, pilot |
| (noun) (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system | Synonyms: buffer storage, buffer store |
| (noun) an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) | Synonyms: buff |
| (noun) a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict | Synonyms: buffer zone |
| (noun) (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH | - |
| bugger | (noun) someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) | Synonyms: sod, sodomist, sodomite |
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| bugler | (noun) someone who plays a bugle | - |
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| builder | (noun) someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) | Synonyms: constructor |
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| (noun) a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country | - |
| (noun) a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action | Synonyms: detergent builder |
| bullbrier | (noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: briar, brier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
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| bulldozer | (noun) large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground | Synonyms: dozer |
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| bullfighter | (noun) someone who fights bulls | Synonyms: toreador |
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| bullterrier | (noun) a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers | Synonyms: bull terrier |
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| bumbler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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| bummer | (noun) an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing | - |
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| (noun) a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug | - |
| bumper | (noun) a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage | - |
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| (noun) a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast) | - |
| bungler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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| bunker | (noun) a hazard on a golf course | Synonyms: sand trap, trap |
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| (noun) a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground | Synonyms: dugout |
| (noun) a large container for storing fuel | - |
| bunter | (noun) a batter who bunts | - |
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| burger | (noun) a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients | Synonyms: beefburger, hamburger |
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| burgher | (noun) a member of the middle class | Synonyms: bourgeois |
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| (noun) a citizen of an English borough | Synonyms: burgess |
| burgomaster | (noun) a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria | - |
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| burner | (noun) an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) | - |
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| (noun) the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking | - |
| burnisher | (noun) a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding. | Synonyms: burnishing tool |
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| burster | (noun) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time | Synonyms: bursting charge, charge, explosive charge |
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| bushwhacker | (noun) a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person | Synonyms: hillbilly |
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| (noun) a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War | - |
| busker | (noun) a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money | - |
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| buster | (noun) a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something | - |
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| (noun) a person who breaks horses | Synonyms: bronco buster, broncobuster |
| (noun) a robust child | - |
| (noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: dude, fellow |
| (noun) a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically | Synonyms: baby buster |
| bustier | (noun) a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress | - |
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| butcher | (noun) a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market | Synonyms: slaughterer |
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| (noun) a brutal indiscriminate murderer | - |
| (noun) a retailer of meat | Synonyms: meatman |
| (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
| butler | (noun) a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table | Synonyms: pantryman |
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| butter | (noun) an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use | - |
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| (noun) a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head | - |
| butterflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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| buyer | (noun) a person who buys | Synonyms: emptor, purchaser, vendee |
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| buzzer | (noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | Synonyms: bell, doorbell |
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| (noun) a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound | - |
| bystander | (noun) a nonparticipant spectator | - |
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| cabdriver | (noun) someone who drives a taxi for a living | Synonyms: cabby, cabman, hack-driver, hack driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan |
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| caber | (noun) a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland) | - |
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| cabinetmaker | (noun) a woodworker who specializes in making furniture | Synonyms: furniture maker |
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| cackler | (noun) a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk | - |
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| (noun) any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae | Synonyms: babbler |
| cadaster | (noun) a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation | Synonyms: cadastre |
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| cadaver | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: clay, corpse, remains, stiff |
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| cadger | (noun) someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | Synonyms: mooch, moocher, scrounger |
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| caffer | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffre, kaffir, kafir |
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| cager | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, basketeer |
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