| belated | (adjective) after the expected or usual time; delayed | Synonyms: late, tardy |
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| belatedly | (adverb) later than usual or than expected | Synonyms: late, tardily |
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| beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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| benficiate | (verb) subject to a reduction process | - |
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| benzoate | (noun) any salt or ester of benzoic acid | - |
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| berate | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| biaxate | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxial |
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| bicarbonate | (noun) a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate | Synonyms: hydrogen carbonate |
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| bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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| bichromated | (adjective) treated or combined with bichromate | - |
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| bicornate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous |
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| bicornuate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuous |
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| bicuspidate | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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| bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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| biflagellate | (adjective) having two flagella | - |
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| bifoliate | (adjective) having two leaves | - |
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| bifurcate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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| (verb) divide into two branches | - |
| (verb) split or divide into two | - |
| bifurcated | (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts | - |
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| bilabiate | (adjective) having two lips | Synonyms: two-lipped |
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| bilateral | (adjective) having two sides or parts | Synonyms: two-sided |
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| (adjective) affecting or undertaken by two parties | - |
| (adjective) having identical parts on each side of an axis | Synonyms: bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral |
| bilateralism | (noun) the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | Synonyms: bilateral symmetry, bilaterality |
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| bilaterality | (noun) the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | Synonyms: bilateral symmetry, bilateralism |
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| bilaterally | (adverb) with the involvement of two parties or governments | - |
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| (adverb) so as to involve two sides or parts | - |
| bilgewater | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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| billingsgate | (noun) foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | Synonyms: scurrility |
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| bilobate | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobated, bilobed |
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| bilobated | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobate, bilobed |
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| biloculate | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: bilocular |
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| binate | (adjective) growing in two parts or in pairs | - |
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| binucleate | (adjective) having two nuclei | Synonyms: binuclear, binucleated |
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| binucleated | (adjective) having two nuclei | Synonyms: binuclear, binucleate |
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| bipinnate | (adjective) of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns) | - |
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| biquadrate | (noun) an algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree | Synonyms: biquadratic, fourth power, quartic |
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| birthrate | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality |
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| biserrate | (adjective) having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched | - |
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| bisulcate | (adjective) (used of hooves) split, divided | Synonyms: cloven |
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| bisulfate | (noun) a salt or an ester of sulphuric acid with the chemical formula HSO4-. | Synonyms: hydrogen sulfate |
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| bitartrate | (noun) an acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate | - |
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| biteplate | (noun) a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | Synonyms: bite plate |
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| bivariate | (adjective) having two variables | - |
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| blackwater | (noun) any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells | - |
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| blate | (adjective) disposed to avoid notice | Synonyms: bashful |
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| (verb) cry plaintively | Synonyms: baa, blat, bleat |
| bloated | (adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: distended, intumescent, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
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| bloater | (noun) large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked | - |
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| bloviate | (verb) orate verbosely and windily | - |
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| boater | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat |
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| (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boatman, waterman |
| boilerplate | (noun) thick plate iron used in the production of boilers | - |
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| (noun) standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories | - |
| bombilate | (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombinate, buzz |
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| bombinate | (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombilate, buzz |
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| bookplate | (noun) a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted | Synonyms: ex libris |
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| borate | (noun) a salt or ester of boric acid | - |
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| borated | (adjective) mixed or impregnated with borax | - |
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| borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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| brachiate | (adjective) having arms or armlike appendages | - |
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| (adjective) having widely spreading paired branches | - |
| (verb) swing from one hold to the next | - |
| bracteate | (adjective) having bracts | Synonyms: bracted |
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| bracteolate | (adjective) having bracteoles | - |
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| branchiate | (adjective) provided with gills | Synonyms: gilled |
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| 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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| breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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| brecciate | (verb) break into breccia | - |
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| (verb) form into breccia | - |
| bromate | (noun) a chemical compound that contains the bromate ion. | - |
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| (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
| (verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
| brominate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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| (verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
| bullate | (adjective) of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered | - |
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| bunkmate | (noun) someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself | - |
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| butylate | (verb) introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound | - |
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| cachinnate | (verb) laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way | - |
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| calceolate | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceiform |
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| calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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| (verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
| (verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
| calculated | (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: deliberate, measured |
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| calibrate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: fine-tune, graduate |
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| (verb) measure the caliber of | - |
| (verb) mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units | - |
| calibrated | (adjective) marked with or divided into degrees | Synonyms: graduated |
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| caliphate | (noun) the office of a caliph | - |
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| (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph | - |
| calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| calyculate | (adjective) having a calyculus | Synonyms: calycled |
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| calyptrate | (adjective) having a calyptra | - |
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| (adjective) having calypters | - |
| campanulate | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanular, campanulated |
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| campanulated | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanular, campanulate |
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| camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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| camphorated | (adjective) impregnated with camphor | - |
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| campmate | (noun) someone who lives in the same camp you do | - |
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| canaliculate | (adjective) having thin parallel channels | - |
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| cancellate | (adjective) having an open or latticed or porous structure | Synonyms: cancellated, cancellous |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellated, clathrate |
| cancellated | (adjective) having an open or latticed or porous structure | Synonyms: cancellate, cancellous |
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| (adjective) having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | Synonyms: cancellate, clathrate |
| candidate | (noun) someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | Synonyms: prospect |
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| (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, nominee |
| cannulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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| cantillate | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: chant, intonate, intone |
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| canulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, intubate |
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| capacitate | (verb) make capable | - |
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| (verb) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
| (verb) make legally capable or qualify in law | - |
| capitate | (adjective) being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip | - |
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| (noun) the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | Synonyms: capitate bone, os capitatum |
| capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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| capsulate | (adjective) used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulated |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
| capsulated | (adjective) used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate |
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| captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| captivated | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced |
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| (adjective) strongly attracted | Synonyms: charmed |
| carbamate | (noun) a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid | - |
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| carbohydrate | (noun) an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | Synonyms: saccharide, sugar |
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| carbolated | (adjective) containing or treated with carbolic acid | - |
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| carbonate | (noun) a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3) | - |
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| (verb) treat with carbon dioxide | - |
| (verb) turn into a carbonate | - |
| carbonated | (adjective) having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated) | - |
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| carboxylate | (verb) treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid | - |
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