| barium | (noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | Synonyms: atomic number 56, Ba |
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| barm | (noun) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey | Synonyms: yeast |
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| barnstorm | (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays | - |
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| (verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper | - |
| barroom | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, ginmill, saloon, taproom |
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| basidium | (noun) a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes | - |
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| bathroom | (noun) a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet | - |
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| (noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | Synonyms: can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet |
| bdellium | (noun) aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh | - |
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| beam | (noun) long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | - |
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| (noun) a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts | Synonyms: balance beam |
| (noun) the broad side of a ship | - |
| (noun) (nautical) breadth amidships | - |
| (noun) a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather | Synonyms: radio beam |
| (noun) a column of light (as from a beacon) | Synonyms: beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light |
| (noun) a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: electron beam, ray |
| (verb) smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression | - |
| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, broadcast, send, transmit |
| (verb) express with a beaming face or smile | - |
| (verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion | Synonyms: glow, radiate, shine |
| (verb) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | Synonyms: glow, radiate, shine |
| (verb) emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light | Synonyms: shine |
| becalm | (verb) make steady | Synonyms: calm, steady |
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| becharm | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| (verb) control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft | Synonyms: charm |
| bedim | (verb) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight | Synonyms: benight |
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| (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: obscure, overcloud |
| bedlam | (noun) a state of extreme confusion and disorder | Synonyms: chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness |
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| bedroom | (noun) a room used primarily for sleeping | Synonyms: bedchamber, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room |
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| beebalm | (noun) bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America | Synonyms: bee balm, garden balm, lemon balm, Melissa officinalis, sweet balm |
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| (noun) perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads | Synonyms: bee balm, bergamot mint, Monarda didyma, oswego tea |
| (noun) perennial herb of North America | Synonyms: bee balm, Monarda fistulosa |
| begum | (noun) a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan | - |
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| behaviorism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behavioristic psychology, behaviourism, behaviouristic psychology |
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| behaviourism | (noun) an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior | Synonyms: behaviorism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology |
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| beldam | (noun) a woman of advanced age | Synonyms: beldame |
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| (noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman | Synonyms: beldame, crone, hag, witch |
| bellbottom | (adjective) (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom | Synonyms: bell-bottom, bell-bottomed |
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| berkelium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium | Synonyms: atomic number 97, Bk |
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| berm | (noun) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | Synonyms: shoulder |
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| (noun) a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope | - |
| beryllium | (noun) a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element | Synonyms: atomic number 4, Be, glucinium |
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| beseem | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: befit, suit |
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| besom | (noun) a broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle | - |
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| biform | (adjective) having or combining two forms | - |
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| bigram | (noun) a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system | - |
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| bilateralism | (noun) the property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane | Synonyms: bilateral symmetry, bilaterality |
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| bilingualism | (noun) the ability to speak two languages colloquially | - |
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| bimetallism | (noun) a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio | - |
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| bimillennium | (noun) a span of 2000 years | Synonyms: bimillenary |
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| (noun) the 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bimillenary |
| bioarm | (noun) any weapon usable in biological warfare | Synonyms: biological weapon, bioweapon |
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| biographism | (noun) reduction of textual meaning to authorial biography. | - |
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| biologism | (noun) use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior | - |
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| bioterrorism | (noun) terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare | Synonyms: biological terrorism |
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| bipedalism | (noun) the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet | - |
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| biprism | (noun) an optical device for obtaining interference fringes | - |
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| blastoderm | (noun) a layer of cells on the inside of the blastula | Synonyms: blastodisc, germinal area, germinal disc |
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| blepharism | (noun) condition in which a person blinks continuously | - |
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| blepharospasm | (noun) spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye | - |
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| blindworm | (noun) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | Synonyms: Anguis fragilis, slowworm |
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| (noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions | Synonyms: caecilian |
| bloodstream | (noun) the blood flowing through the circulatory system | Synonyms: blood stream |
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| bloodworm | (noun) a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait | - |
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| bloom | (noun) a powdery deposit on a surface | Synonyms: efflorescence |
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| (noun) reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts | Synonyms: blossom, flower |
| (noun) the organic process of bearing flowers | Synonyms: blooming |
| (noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | Synonyms: blush, flush, rosiness |
| (noun) the best time of youth | Synonyms: bloom of youth, salad days |
| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
| (verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: blossom, flower |
| blossom | (noun) reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts | Synonyms: bloom, flower |
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| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime |
| (verb) develop or come to a promising stage | Synonyms: blossom forth, blossom out, unfold |
| (verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: bloom, flower |
| bluestem | (noun) tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States | Synonyms: Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem |
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| bm | (noun) a euphemism for defecation | Synonyms: bowel movement, movement |
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| boardroom | (noun) a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) | Synonyms: council chamber |
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| bohemianism | (noun) conduct characteristic of a bohemian | - |
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| bohrium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 107 | Synonyms: atomic number 107, Bh, element 107 |
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| bollworm | (noun) any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls | - |
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| bologram | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bolograph |
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| bookworm | (noun) someone who spends a great deal of time reading | - |
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| (noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | Synonyms: pedant, scholastic |
| boom | (noun) any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring | - |
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| (noun) a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set | Synonyms: microphone boom |
| (noun) a deep prolonged loud noise | Synonyms: roar, roaring, thunder |
| (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall |
| (noun) a state of economic prosperity | - |
| (verb) grow vigorously | Synonyms: expand, flourish, thrive |
| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: blast, nail, smash |
| (verb) make a resonant sound, like artillery | Synonyms: din |
| (verb) make a deep hollow sound | Synonyms: boom out |
| (verb) be the case that thunder is being heard | Synonyms: thunder |
| boredom | (noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious | Synonyms: ennui, tedium |
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| bosom | (noun) a close affectionate and protective acceptance | Synonyms: embrace |
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| (noun) cloth that covers the chest or breasts | - |
| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, breast, knocker, tit, titty |
| (noun) a person's breast or chest | - |
| (noun) the locus of feelings and intuitions | Synonyms: heart |
| (noun) the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept | - |
| (verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: embrace, hug, squeeze |
| (verb) hide in one's bosom | - |
| bossism | (noun) domination of a political organization by a party boss | - |
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| bottom | (adjective) situated at the bottom or lowest position | - |
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| (adjective) the lowest rank | - |
| (noun) a cargo ship | Synonyms: freighter, merchant ship, merchantman |
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: underside, undersurface |
| (noun) the lowest part of anything | - |
| (noun) a depression forming the ground under a body of water | Synonyms: bed |
| (noun) low-lying alluvial land near a river | Synonyms: bottomland |
| (noun) the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat | Synonyms: bottom of the inning |
| (verb) come to understand | Synonyms: fathom, penetrate |
| (verb) strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom | - |
| (verb) provide with a bottom or a seat | - |
| botuliform | (adjective) long with rounded ends | - |
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| botulinum | (noun) anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism | Synonyms: botulinus, Clostridium botulinum |
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| botulism | (noun) food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly | - |
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| bpm | (noun) the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds | Synonyms: beats per minute, M.M., metronome marking |
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| brachium | (noun) (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal | - |
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| brachycephalism | (noun) the quality of being brachycephalic | Synonyms: brachycephaly |
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| brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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| brainstorm | (noun) the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation | Synonyms: brainwave, insight |
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| (verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
| bream | (noun) any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis | Synonyms: freshwater bream |
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| (noun) any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae | Synonyms: sea bream |
| (noun) flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae | Synonyms: sea bream |
| (noun) flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe | Synonyms: freshwater bream |
| (verb) clean (a ship's bottom) with heat | - |
| bridegroom | (noun) a man who has recently been married | Synonyms: groom |
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| (noun) a man participant in his own marriage ceremony | Synonyms: groom |
| brim | (noun) a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat | - |
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| (noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container | Synonyms: lip, rim |
| (verb) fill as much as possible | - |
| (verb) be completely full | - |
| broadloom | (adjective) (of rugs or carpets) woven full width | - |
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| (noun) a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams | - |
| bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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| bronchospasm | (noun) a spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis | - |
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| broom | (noun) a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle | - |
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| (noun) any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers | - |
| (noun) common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the Northern Hemisphere | Synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, heather, ling, Scots heather |
| (verb) sweep with a broom or as if with a broom | Synonyms: sweep |
| (verb) finish with a broom | - |
| brougham | (noun) a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat | - |
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| (noun) light carriage; pulled by a single horse | - |
| bruitism | (noun) The use in music of sounds taken from an extra-musical source or context. The term is used most often of percussion or of electronic music that suggests the sounds of machinery. | - |
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| bruxism | (noun) involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep | - |
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| buckram | (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: starchy, stiff |
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| (noun) a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing | - |
| (verb) stiffen with or as with buckram | - |
| bum | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny |
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| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) a vagrant | Synonyms: hobo, tramp |
| (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
| (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer |
| (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: cadge, grub, mooch, sponge |
| (verb) be lazy or idle | Synonyms: arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time |
| bunkum | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, guff, hogwash, rot |
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| bureaucratism | (noun) nonelective government officials | Synonyms: bureaucracy |
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| bursiform | (adjective) shaped like a pouch | Synonyms: pouch-shaped, pouchlike, saclike |
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| buxom | (adjective) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous | Synonyms: zaftig, zoftig |
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| (adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed |
| cabalism | (noun) adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation | Synonyms: kabbalism |
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| cabbageworm | (noun) toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly | Synonyms: Pieris rapae |
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| cablegram | (noun) a telegram sent abroad | Synonyms: cable, overseas telegram |
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| caddisworm | (noun) larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris | Synonyms: strawworm |
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| cadmium | (noun) a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores | Synonyms: atomic number 48, Cd |
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| caecum | (noun) the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens | Synonyms: blind gut, cecum |
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| caesium | (noun) a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | Synonyms: atomic number 55, cesium, Cs |
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| caffeinism | (noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | Synonyms: caffeine intoxication |
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| cairngorm | (noun) a smoky yellow or brown quartz | Synonyms: smoky quartz |
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| caladium | (noun) any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red | - |
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| calceiform | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceolate |
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| calcium | (noun) a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals | Synonyms: atomic number 20, Ca |
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| californium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | Synonyms: atomic number 98, Cf |
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| calm | (adjective) (of weather) free from storm or wind | - |
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| (adjective) not agitated; without losing self-possession | Synonyms: serene, tranquil, unagitated |
| (noun) steadiness of mind under stress | Synonyms: calmness, composure, equanimity |
| (noun) wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale | Synonyms: calm air |
| (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| (verb) make steady | Synonyms: becalm, steady |
| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| (verb) become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation | Synonyms: calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down |
| cam | (noun) a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion | - |
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| cambium | (noun) the inner layer of the periosteum | - |
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| (noun) a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth | - |
| candelabrum | (noun) branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | Synonyms: candelabra |
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| cankerworm | (noun) green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees | - |
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| cannibalism | (noun) the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind | - |
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