754 Adjectives That Start with B (2023 Update)

This article aims to offer you the world’s largest list of adjectives that start with B!

You can use these adjectives to describe a person, a place, an event, a feeling and everything.

Having a large collection of descriptive words that start with B will help you communicate easier in daily life and make your essays stand out.

Let’s dive in:

• Full List Chart (754 Words)
• Positive Adjectives That Start with B
• Negative Adjectives That Start with B
• Descriptive Adjectives Starting with B
• B Adjectives to Describe a Person
• Check All Definitions and Examples
• Infographic [Downloadable]
• Adjectives Starting with Other Letters

Full List of Adjectives That Start with B

Let’s start with a pure list of adjectives that start with B first. If you want definitions and examples as well, don’t worry. They are just coming later.

Babelike	Biblical	Blunted
Baboonish	Bibliolatrous	Blunting
Babylonian	Bibliomaniacal	Blurred
Baccate	Bibliophilic	Blurry
Bacchanal	Bibliopolic	Boastful
Bacchanalian	Bibliothecal	Bobtail
Bacchantic	Bibliothecarial	Bobtailed
Bacchic	Bibliotic	Bodacious
Bacciferous	Bibulous	Bodiless
Baccivorous	Bicameral	Bodily
Bacillar	Bicapsular	Bodyless
Bacillary	Bicentenary	Boeotian
Bacilliform	Bicentennial	Boffo
Back	Bicentric	Bogartian
Backbreaking	Bicephalous	Bogus
Backed	Bichromated	Bohemian
Backhand	Bichrome	Boisterous
Backhanded	Bicipital	Bold
Backless	Bicolor	Bolivian
Backmost	Bicolored	Bolshy
Backstage	Bicolour	Bombastic
Backstair	Bicoloured	Bombproof
Backstairs	Biconcave	Bone
Backswept	Biconvex	Boned
Backward	Bicorn	Boneless
Bacteremic	Bicornate	Bonelike
Bactericidal	Bicorned	Boney
Bacterioid	Bicornuate	Bonkers
Bacterioidal	Bicornuous	Bonnie
Bacteriologic	Bicuspid	Bonny
Bacteriological	Bicuspidate	Bony
Bacteriolytic	Bicyclic	Bonzer
Bacteriophagic	Bicylindrical	Bookable
Bacteriophagous	Biddable	Bookish
Bacteriostatic	Bidentate	Boolean
Bacteroid	Bidirectional	Booming
Bacteroidal	Biedermeier	Boon
Baculiform	Biennial	Boorish
Bad	Biface	Boozy
Baggy	Bifacial	Boracic
Bahai	Bifid	Borated
Bahamian	Bifilar	Borderline
Bahraini	Biflagellate	Boreal
Bailable	Bifocal	Bored
Baked	Bifoliate	Boric
Balanced	Biform	Boring
Balconied	Bifurcate	Born
Bald	Bifurcated	Boronic
Balding	Big	Boskopoid
Baleful	Bigeminal	Bosky
Balky	Bigeneric	Bosnian
Ballistic	Bigger	Bosomed
Bally	Biggish	Boss
Balmy	Bigheaded	Bossy
Baltic	Bighearted	Botanic
Balzacian	Bigmouthed	Botanical
Banal	Bignoniaceous	Botchy
Banausic	Bigoted	Both
Bandy	Bilabial	Bothersome
Baneful	Bilabiate	Botonee
Bangladeshi	Bilateral	Botonnee
Bankable	Bilgy	Botryoid
Bankrupt	Biliary	Botryoidal
Banned	Bilinear	Botswanan
Banner	Bilingual	Bottom
Bantam	Bilious	Botulinal
Bantering	Billiard	Bouffant
Bantoid	Billion	Boughless
Bantu	Billionth	Boughten
Baptised	Billowing	Bouldered
Baptismal	Billowy	Bouncing
Baptistic	Bilobate	Bounded
Baptized	Bilobated	Bounden
Barbadian	Bilobed	Bounderish
Barbarian	Bilocular	Bounteous
Barbaric	Biloculate	Bountied
Barbarous	Bimanual	Bountiful
Barbate	Bimestrial	Bourgeois
Barbed	Bimetal	Boustrophedonic
Barbellate	Bimetallic	Bovid
Bare	Bimetallistic	Bovine
Bareback	Bimillenial	Bowed
Barebacked	Bimodal	Bowery
Bared	Bimolecular	Bowfront
Barefaced	Bimonthly	Bowleg
Barefoot	Bimorphemic	Bowlegged
Barefooted	Bimotored	Boxlike
Barehanded	Binary	Boyish
Bareheaded	Binate	Boylike
Barelegged	Binaural	Boytrose
Baric	Bindable	Brachial
Baritone	Binding	Brachiate
Barmy	Binocular	Brachiopod
Barometric	Binomial	Brachiopodous
Baronial	Binominal	Bracing
Baroque	Binuclear	Brackish
Barred	Binucleate	Bracteal
Barren	Binucleated	Bracteate
Barytic	Biocatalytic	Bracted
Basal	Biochemical	Bracteolate
Base	Bioclimatic	Brag
Baseborn	Biodegradable	Braggart
Based	Biogenetic	Bragging
Baseless	Biogenic	Braggy
Bashful	Biogenous	Brahminic
Basic	Biogeographic	Brahminical
Basidial	Biogeographical	Braided
Basidiomycetous	Biographic	Brainish
Basidiosporous	Biographical	Brainless
Basifixed	Biologic	Brainsick
Basilar	Biological	Braised
Basilary	Biologistic	Braky
Basilican	Bioluminescent	Braless
Basined	Biomedical	Brambly
Basipetal	Bionic	Branchial
Basiscopic	Bionomic	Brash
Basophilic	Bionomical	Brassbound
Bass	Biosynthetic	Brasslike
Bastard	Biosystematic	Brassy
Bastardised	Biotic	Bratty
Bastardized	Biotitic	Brave
Bastardly	Biotypic	Braw
Bated	Biovular	Brawny
Bathetic	Biparous	Brazen
Batholithic	Bipartisan	Brazilian
Batholitic	Bipartite	Breakable
Bathyal	Bipartizan	Breakaway
Bathymetric	Biped	Breakneck
Batrachian	Bipedal	Breastless
Battered	Bipinnate	Breathing
Battleful	Bipinnatifid	Breathless
Battlemented	Bipolar	Breathtaking
Batty	Biquadratic	Breeched
Batwing	Biracial	Breeding
Bauxitic	Biradial	Bregmatic
Bavarian	Biramous	Briary
Bawdy	Birch	Brickle
Bay	Birchen	Brickly
Bayesian	Birefringent	Bridal
Beaded	Birken	Brief
Beadlike	Biserrate	Briefless
Beaming	Bisexual	Briery
Bearable	Bismarckian	Bright
Beardless	Bismuthal	Brilliant
Beardown	Bismuthic	Brimfull
Bearing	Bisontine	Brinded
Bearish	Bistered	Brindle
Beastly	Bistred	Brindled
Beat	Bistroic	Briny
Beatable	Bisulcate	Brisant
Beaten	Biting	Brisk
Beatific	Bitter	Bristled
Beautiful	Bitterish	Bristlelike
Becalmed	Bittersweet	Britannic
Becoming	Bittie	British
Bedaubed	Bitty	Briton
Bedewed	Bitumenoid	Brittle
Bedfast	Bituminoid	Broad
Bedimmed	Bituminous	Broadband
Bedless	Bivalent	Broke
Bedraggled	Bivalve	Broken
Bedrid	Bivalved	Brokenhearted
Bedridden	Bivariate	Bromic
Beechen	Biweekly	Bromidic
Beethovenian	Biyearly	Bronchial
Beetle	Bizarre	Bronze
Beetling	Bizonal	Broody
Befitting	Blabbermouthed	Brotherlike
Befogged	Blabby	Brotherly
Beforehand	Black	Brown
Befouled	Blackguardly	Brumous
Beggarly	Blackish	Brunet
Beginning	Bladelike	Brunette
Begrimed	Blae	Brushed
Behavioral	Blamable	Brusk
Behaviorist	Blame	Brusque
Behavioristic	Blameable	Brut
Behaviourist	Blamed	Brutal
Behaviouristic	Blameful	Brute
Behind	Blameless	Brutish
Behindhand	Blameworthy	Bryophytic
Beholden	Bland	Bubaline
Beige	Blank	Bubonic
Belarusian	Blanket	Buccal
Belated	Blanketed	Buckram
Belemnitic	Blase	Buckshee
Belgian	Blasphemous	Bucolic
Believable	Blasted	Buddhist
Bellbottom	Blastemal	Buddhistic
Belletristic	Blastematic	Budding
Bellicose	Blastemic	Budgetary
Belligerent	Blastocoelic	Buff
Bellyless	Blastodermatic	Buffoonish
Beloved	Blastodermic	Buggy
Belowground	Blastogenetic	Buirdly
Beltlike	Blastomeric	Bulgarian
Bemused	Blastomycotic	Bulimic
Bended	Blastoporal	Bulky
Benedictine	Blastoporic	Bullate
Benedictive	Blastospheric	Bulletproof
Benefic	Blastular	Bullheaded
Beneficed	Blatant	Bullish
Beneficent	Blate	Bullnecked
Beneficial	Bleak	Bullocky
Beneficiary	Blear	Bully
Benevolent	Bleary	Bullying
Bengali	Blebbed	Bum
Benighted	Blebby	Bumbling
Benign	Blended	Bumptious
Benignant	Blessed	Bumpy
Beninese	Blest	Bungaloid
Bent	Blighted	Bunglesome
Benthal	Blimpish	Bungling
Benthic	Blind	Buoyant
Benthonic	Blinded	Burbling
Bentonitic	Blindfold	Burbly
Benumbed	Blindfolded	Burdenless
Benzenoid	Blinding	Burdensome
Benzoic	Blinking	Burglarproof
Benzylic	Blissful	Burked
Bereaved	Blistering	Burnable
Bereft	Blistery	Burning
Bermudan	Blithe	Burnt
Berrylike	Blithesome	Burred
Berserk	Blocked	Burrlike
Besotted	Blockheaded	Burry
Bespectacled	Blond	Bursal
Besprent	Blonde	Bursiform
Best	Bloodcurdling	Burundi
Bestial	Blooded	Burundian
Bestubbled	Bloodguilty	Bush
Beta	Bloodless	Bushed
Better	Bloodshot	Bushwhacking
Bettering	Bloodstained	Bushy
Betting	Bloodsucking	Businesslike
Betulaceous	Bloodthirsty	Bust
Bewhiskered	Bloody	Busted
Bewildered	Blooming	Bustling
Bewitched	Blotched	Busty
Bewitching	Blotchy	Busy
Bhutanese	Blotto	Busybodied
Biannual	Blowsy	Butch
Bias	Blowy	Buteonine
Biased	Blowzy	Butterfingered
Biaural	Blubbery	Buttonlike
Biauricular	Blue	Buttressed
Biaxal	Blue-Eyed	Butyraceous
Biaxate	Blueish	Butyric
Biaxial	Bluff	Buxom
Bibbed	Bluish	Bygone
Bibless	Blunt	Bypast
Babelike	Biblical	Byzantine

Positive Adjectives That Start with B

Try to use more positive adjectives in your communication and writing. Because that’ll make everyone happy. And you can find such adjectives beginning with B below.

Backup	Beneficiary	Brainy
Balanced	Benign	Brave
Balmy	Best	Breathtaking
Bankable	Bighearted	Bright
Baronial	Blessed	Brighter
Beaming	Blessings	Brightest
Bearing	Blissful	Brill
Beatific	Blooming	Brilliant
Beauteous	Blooming	Broadminded
Beautified	Bodacious	Brotherly
Beckoning	Bold	Bubbly
Beguiling	Bonafide	Budding
Bejeweled	Boon	Budding
Believable	Boundless	Buff
Beloved	Bountiful	Bulletproof
Beneficent	Bounty	Buoyant
Beneficial	Brainy

Negative Adjectives That Start with B

When you are in a bad mood or dislike something, you may need negative adjectives to express yourself. In such case, following adjectives starting with B will help.

Backhanded	Bastard	Biting
Backward	Bastardised	Bitter
Bad	Bastardly	Bizarre
Baleful	Bated	Blamable
Balky	Beatable	Blame
Banal	Beaten	Blamed
Baneful	Bedridden	Bland
Bankrupt	Behind	Blank
Banned	Belittling	Blasé
Barbarian	Bellicose	Blind
Barbaric	Belligerent	Blocked
Barbarous	Bereaved	Blooded
Bare	Bereft	Bloody
Bared	Berserk	Blotchy
Barmy	Bias	Boastful
Barred	Biased	Bogus
Baseless	Bibulous

Descriptive Adjectives That Start with B

In this section, you can find descriptive words that start with B. You can use them to describe almost anything in the world.

Background	Biblical	Bossy
Baffled	Big	Brave
Baffling	Bigoted	Breathtaking
Balmy	Bilingual	Bribable
Bandaged	Black	Brief
Bantering	Bland	Brilliant
Barefooted	Blaring	Brittle
Barking	Blessed	Budget
Barren	Bloated	Bulky
Basic	Blonde	Bumpy
Battered	Bloodthirsty	Bungling
Beckoning	Blue	Buoyant
Beeping	Blunt	Busiest
Befitting	Blushing	Busiest
Bent	Bored	Bustling
Betrayed	Boring	Buzzing
Better	Born	Bossy

Adjectives That Start with B to Describe a Person

What are some best B adjectives to describe a person you can think of? I’m sure the first one popping up in mind is “Beautiful”. But you can find more below.

Babbling	Bent	Boyish
Baby	Best	Brainy
Babylonian	Biblical	Brawny
Bald	Big	Brazilian
Balding	Bigger	Breathtaking
Bandaged	Biggest	Brilliant
Bankable	Billable	British
Banned	Billowy	Bronzed
Barbarous	Black	Brown
Baritone	Blameless	Bruised
Bawling	Blind	Brunette
Beaming	Bloated	Buddhist
Bearded	Blonde	Buff
Beautiful	Bloodless	Burly
Beckoning	Bloody	Bushy
Belgian	Blushing	Buxom
Bendable	Bony	Boyish

Adjectives That Start with B – Definitions and Examples

As promised, you can find definitions and examples for all of the adjectives with letter B here.

Babelike:  like a baby especially in dependence; innocence; dependent.

– This innocent daring, this babelike ripping up of serviceable conventions God knows what advantage such men might take of it.

Baboonish: resembling a baboon; monkey; chacma.

– Thus, mandrill society was usually described as baboonish in structure.

Baccate: like a berry in form, texture; berrylike; berried; bacciferous.

– They are characterized by the presence of baccate (berry) fruit.

Bacchanal: a crazed party with drunken revelry, ecstatic sexual experimentation, and wild music; debauch; feast.

– The hotel ended the bachelor party after it turned into a noisy bacchanal.

Bacchanalian: wild and involving large amounts of alcohol; alcoholic; boozer.

– By the time the bacchanalian party ended, everyone was vomiting up their alcohol.

Bacchantic: relating to, or like a bacchant; merrymaker; ranter.

– The members were known as Bacchantic, and the rites had an orgiastic character. 

Bacchic:  of, relating to, or honoring Bacchus; jovially intoxicated; drunken.

– Now this cone and stem are carried in the Bacchic festivities, and can be readily recognized as virga cum ovo.

– Bacciferous: bearing or producing berries; low-growing; bacciferous plants.

A plant that bears berries is said to be bacciferous.

Baccivorous: feeding on berries; herbivorous; meadow.

– Baccivorous birds eats berries to survive.

Bacillar: shaped like a rod; baculiform; rod-shaped.

– Quinolones is main drug to treat bacillary dysentery. 

Bacillary: shaped like or consisting of a rod or rods; organisms; pathogens.

– Next is the bacillary layer which lines about five-sixths of the interior surface of the eye.

Bacilliform: rod-shaped; bacillary; bacillary.

– Virions are bacilliform, ovoid, and allantoid.

Back: the row of bones in the middle of the back; backbone; spine.

– She broke her back in a riding accident.

Backbreaking: very hard and making you tired; exhausting; draining.

– She realized with dismay that the task would take weeks of back-breaking work.

Backed: back somebody/something to encourage somebody or give those help; to give financial support to somebody/something; sponsor; finance.

– Her parents backed her in her choice of career.

Backhand: a way of hitting the ball in some sports that is played with the back of the hand turned in the direction towards which the ball is hit; ambiguous; double-edged.

– He has a good backhand he can make good backhand strokes.

Backhanded: a comment that seems to express approval but could also be understood as expressing a poor opinion of somebody/something; indirect; oblique.

– In a backhanded compliment she said he looked very good for his age.

Backless: not covering most of the back; figure-hugging; strapless.

– The good news is that today’s plus size fashions offer a good selection of backless tops, if you know where to shop.

Backmost: furthest back; rearmost; hindermost.

– The same evening the filling – a huge one – came out of backmost right lower jaw tooth.

Backstage: ​in the part of a theatre where the actors and artists get ready and wait to perform; behind the curtain; in a corner.

– After the show, we were allowed to go backstage to meet the cast.

Backstair:stairs at the back or side of a building; underhand; clandestine.

– I won’t make backstairs deals with politicians.

Backstairs:stairs at the back or side of a building, sometimes used by servants; backdoor; confidential.

– The back stairs lead to the second floor and 10 attic rooms.

Backswept:slanting backward or away from the front; sweptback; backward.

– Today, his famously lustrous bouffant is mid-length, backswept and tousled to perfection.

Backward:directed or moving towards the back; behind; in reverse.

– She strode past him without a backward glance.

Bacteremic:when there are bacteria present in your bloodstream; bacteriaemia; bacteriemia.

– Infection of these vegetations may occur in the presence of a sufficient bacteremia with a tropic microorganism. 

Bactericidal:it kills bacteria; hygienic; sterile.

– This regimen has been found to be highly bactericidal and well tolerated, and is widely accepted.

Bacterioid:resembling a bacterium; bacteroid; bacteroidal.

– Are Helicobacter species and enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis involved in inflammatory bowel disease?

Bacterioidal:any rodlike bacterium of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the gut of humans and animals; bacterioid; bacteroid.

– This regimen has been found to be highly bactericidal and well tolerated, and is widely accepted.

Bacteriologic:related to the study of bacteria, especially those that cause disease; germs; microbes.

– There was no active threat of bacteriological and chemical warfare.

Bacteriological:connected with the scientific study of bacteria; microbes; organisms.

– A bacteriological pesticide was sprayed over the area to combat West Nile virus.

Bacteriolytic:destruction or dissolution of bacterial cells; sterile; antibacterial.

– This is the mode of action of the anti-substances in the case of a haemolytic or bacteriolytic serum.

Bacteriophagic:bacteria eater; typhoid bacteriophage; virus.

– Transduction of genetic information by bacteriophages occurs in many groups of bacteria.

Bacteriophagous:any of a group of viruses that infect specific bacteria; bacteriopexy; bacteriophage.

– Colpodeans are eucaryotic protozoans that mainly feed on bacteria (bacteriophagous), vary a lot in size and have a funnel-shaped vestibule.

Bacteriostatic:the agent prevents the growth of bacteria; antacid; antiacid.

– Cefpirome Sulfate for Injection has bacteriostatic action.

Bacteroid:any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants; bacterioidal; bacteroidal.

– The lumps are filled with small living organisms called bacteria, and, hence, have been called bacteroid tubercles.

Bacteroidal:an irregularly shaped form of a nitrogen-fixing bacterium (such as a rhizobium) found especially in root nodules of legumes; bacterioid; bacterioidal.

– The lumps are filled with small living organisms called bacteria, and, hence, have been called bacteroidal tubercles.

Baculiform:having the shape of a rod; rod-shaped.

Bad:unpleasant; full of problems; unpleasant; disagreeable.

– I have some bad news for you, I’m afraid.

Baggy:fitting loosely; oversized; Shapeless.

– These pants are too baggy at the knees.

Bahai: an adherent of the Baha’i faith; adherent; disciple.

– We saw connections in neoconservative think tanks as well as the Bahai faith.

Bahamian: from the Bahamas; Bahama Islands; Bahamas.

– When I arrived on occasion, I became aware of a certain Bahamian drink that supposedly calmed the nerves.

Bahraini: from Bahrain; Arab; Arabian.

– Some 88 percent of men executed in Bahrain since 2011 were convicted of “terror” charges.

Bailable: eligible for bail a provision that all prisoners are bailable before conviction; permissive; eligible.

– To create a bailment, the bailee must both intend to possess, and actually physically possess, the bailable chattel.

Baked:to cook food in an oven without extra fat or liquid; cook; dry-roast.

– The bread is baking in the oven.

Balanced:keeping or showing a balance so that different things or different parts of something exist in equal or correct amounts; steady; stabilize.

– The program presented a balanced view of the two sides of the conflict.

Balconied:having balconies or a balcony; box; gallery.

– The balconied houses of New Orleans.

Bald:having little or no hair on the head; hairless; bald-headed.

– He started going bald in his twenties.

Balding:starting to lose the hair on your head; thinning; with receding hair.

– He’s in his twenties but already balding.

Baleful:threatening to do something evil or to hurt somebody; menacing; threatening.

– Her baleful eyes glared vindictively.

Balky:refusing or failing to do what you want them to do; contrary; perverse.

– Because his horse was balky and uncooperative, the farmer could rarely get the mare to help him work in the fields.

Ballistic:to become very angry; angered; fuming.

– He went ballistic when I told him.

Bally:used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis; crashing; flaming unmitigated.

– His bally sentences seem to go on forever.

Balmy:warm and pleasant; mild; pleasant.

– There was hardly any wind, just a balmy breeze.

Baltic:relating to the Baltic Sea in northern Europe and the countries surrounding it; arctic; bitterly cold.

– Kronstadt is the naval headquarters in the Baltic, Sevastopol in the Black Sea and Vladivostok on the Pacific.

Balzacian:relating to or characteristic of the French novelist Honoré de Balzac or his works; Balzac.

– Mildred Lawson in Celibates very Balzacian title, by the way deals with hardly anything else but art.

Banal: ​very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important; hackneyed; clichéd.

– He knew how banal the question was as soon as he had asked it.

Banausic:relating to technical work; monotonous; mundane.

– His contribution may have been administrative or banausic.

Bandy:having a bend or crook outward; bowed; banter.

– The political candidates will bandy during the debate tonight.

Baneful:destructive; pernicious; deadly; poisonous.

– He made some commonplace observation upon the baneful effect of the night air at the season.

Bangladeshi:from Bangladesh; Bengali.

– Sylhet is located in the north east of Bangladesh and is the second largest economically prosperous area in the country.

Bankable: likely to make money for somebody; marketable; adjective easily sold.

– The movie’s success has made her one of the world’s most bankable stars.

Bankrupt:without enough money to pay what you owe; insolvent; wiped out.

– The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court.

Banned:to decide or say officially that something is not allowed; prohibited; forbid.

– The use of these chemicals in homes was banned outright by the government in 2000.

Banner:a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for something; placard; poster.

– Protesters carried a banner reading ‘Save our Wildlife’.

Bantam:a type of small chicken; small; petite.

– The little bantam can crow quicker, oftener and with more ginger than any other rooster on the place.

Bantering:friendly and with humor; affable; cheery.

– There was a friendly, bantering tone in his voice.

Bantoid:denoting or relating to languages, especially in Cameroon and Nigeria; Bantu; Bantu beer.

– A proposal that divided Bantoid into North Bantoid and South Bantoid was introduced by Williamson.

Bantu:connected with a group of languages spoken in central and southern Africa; Germanic; mythology.

– These Bantu are still heathen and nearly all are agriculturists.

Baptised:admit someone into a specified Church by baptism; christening; dedication.

– Mark had been baptized a Catholic.

Baptismal:connected with baptism; dedication; immersion.

– His baptismal name was Guido, Giovanni being only his name in religion. 

Baptistic: of or relating to Baptists; Baptist; protestant denomination.

– His father was a Baptistic minister. 

Baptized: to cleanse spiritually; initiate or dedicate by purifying; baptism; christen.

– She was baptized at the age of 20.

Barbadian:a person from Barbados; Antiguan; Argentinian.

– Written literature by Barbadians received its first real debut in the 1940s and 1950s.

Barbarian:a person who behaves very badly and has no respect for art, education; wild; beast.

– Barbadian villagers burned finger holes.

Barbaric: cruel and violent and not as expected from people who are educated and respect each other; savage; vicious.

– The way these animals are killed is barbaric.

Barbarous: ​cruel and violent and not as expected from people who are educated and respect each other; uncivilized; unsophisticated.

– The way these animals are killed is barbaric.

Barbate:  having tufts of long hairs; bearded; unshaven.

– He had experienced much difficulty in fording the Barbate, which was swollen by recent rains.

Barbed:having a point that is curved backwards; jagged; hooked.

– He is caught in the barbed wire which he himself helped to set up. 

Barbellate:having short stiff hooked bristles or hairs; bristly; burred.

– The bristles are unequal, soft to stiff, barbellate often apically somewhat clavate, or club shaped.

Bare:not covered by any clothes; naked; uncovered.

– She likes to walk around in bare feet.

Bareback: ​on a horse without a saddle; unsaddled; horseback.

– She dreamed of being a bareback rider in a circus.

Barebacked:slang. (Of sexual activity) performed without using a condom; raw; naked.

– Frank was barebacked when he had s#x with Francis.

Bared:uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view; uncover; strip.

– The huge white dog lowered his head and bared his teeth at the stranger. 

Barefaced:showing that you do not care about offending somebody or about behaving badly; bald-faced; blatant.

– He was the most barefaced liar I’d ever seen.

Barefoot:not wearing anything on your feet; discalced; shoeless.

– Poor children going barefoot in the street.

Barefooted:wearing nothing on the feet; discalceated; shoeless.

– She ate her dinner on the back porch then wandered out onto the beach barefooted.

Barehanded:not wearing gloves or carrying anything in your hands; empty-handed; unarmed.

– He caught the ball barehanded.

Bareheaded:not wearing anything to cover your head; unclothed; round-eyed.

– He was bareheaded in the rain.

Barelegged:wearing clothing that does not cover one’s legs; unclothed; barefaced.

– Swap the barelegged summer look with leggings for autumn.

Baric:of weight or pressure; barometric; atmospheric.

– In such solutions sulphuric acid produces a white precipitate of baric Sulphate, – which is practically insoluble in all acids.

Baritone:with a range between tenor and bass; stridulant; smooth.

– He has a baritone voice.

Barmy:slightly crazy; buggy; cracked.

– We were going barmy trying to get everything finished on time.

Barometric:connected with air pressure as measured by a barometer; barograph; Statoscope.

– He also established the relationship between barometric pressure and height above sea level.

Baronial:connected with or typical of a baron; imposing; noble.

– Her first tearoom was decorated in a contemporary baronial style.

Baroque: the grand and highly decorated style used in European architecture, art and music in the 17th and early 18th centuries; florid; ornate.

– Paintings representative of the baroque.

Barred:to ban or prevent somebody from doing something; prohibit; debar.

– The players are barred from drinking alcohol the night before a match.

Barren:not producing anything useful or successful; unproductive; infertile.

– The team will come through this barren patch and start to win again.

Barytic:pertaining to baryta. Containing barium; heavy spar; barite.

– Barytic is any of several compounds of barium.

Basal:forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base; bottommost; basic.

– The farmer provides a basal diet for his stock that has been proven to be a good source for healthy development.

Base:the lowest part of something, especially the part or surface on which it rests or stands; foundation; Bottom.

– The lamp has a heavy base.

Baseborn:of low birth or origin; illegitimate; lowborn.

– He was a baseborn prince.

Based:if one thing is based on another, it uses it or is developed from it; locate; station.

– The movie is based on a real-life incident.

Baseless: not supported by good reasons or facts; unfounded; groundless.

– The rumors were completely baseless.

Bashful: ​shy and easily embarrassed; shy; reserved.

– She looked bashful when he asked her what she wanted.

Basic: forming the part of something that is most necessary and from which other things develop; fundamental; primary.

– Drums are basic to African music.

Basidial: relating to, characterized by, or consisting of a basidium or basidia; reproductive structure; Homophones.

– Slender extensions at the basidial tips that attach to the spores.

Basidiomycetous: pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes; phytology; botany.

– Aversion phenomena are shown by fungi other than basidiomycetes. 

Basidiosporous:a spore produced by a basidium; basic assumption; basic cognitive process.

– A basidiosporous is a reproductive spore produced by Basidiomycete fungi.

Basifixed:attached at or near the base, as a leaf to a stem; affixed; firmly attached.

– The dense, bow-like stipe basifixed.

Basilar:situated at the base of something, especially of the skull, or of the organ of Corti in the ear; beginning; elementary.

– The basilar membrane of the inner ear is an elastic shell immersed in fluid that vibrates in response to the incident sound.

Basilary:of or relating to or located at the base; fundamental; initial.

– The basilary membrane of the inner ear is an elastic shell immersed in fluid that vibrates in response to the incident sound.

Basilican:of or relating to or resembling a basilica; nonreligious institution; building.

– Gallic churches are supposed to have been basilican, with all the poverty of the older style.

Basined:enclosed in a basin; enclosed. Closed.

– We were given a basin of water to wash our hands in.

Basipetal:proceeding from the apex toward the base or from above downward; leaves or flowers.

– When flowers start to mature from the top of the stem, maturation is basipetal, while when the central mature first, divergent.

Basiscopic:toward or facing the base; away from the apex; acroscopic.

– The sori of most ferns are basiscopic.

Basophilic:readily stained with basic dyes; acidophilic; eosinophilic.

– They comprised strongly basophilic smooth laminated spherical particles which may enclose faintly stained substances.

Bass:the lowest tone or part in music, for instruments or voices; deep-toned; low-pitched.

– He always plays his stereo with the bass turned right up.

Bastard:an offensive word for somebody, especially a man, who you think has been rude, unpleasant or cruel; rascal; brute.

– You bastard! You’ve made her cry.

Bastardised:declare (someone) illegitimate; contaminate; dilute.

– The Act of 1534 bastardised Princess Mary.

Bastardized:lower in quality or value than the original form, typically as a result of the addition of new elements; degrade; depreciate.

– It’s a shame to see how Hollywood has bastardized the novel.

Bastardly:born out of wedlock of no value; worthless; misbegot.

– I wished he had never played his bastardly tricks.

Bated:feeling very anxious or excited; decreased; reduced.

– We waited with bated breath for the winner to be announced.

Bathetic:producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax; anticlimactic; disappointing.

– The movie manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic.

Batholithic:large body of igneous rock formed beneath the Earth’s surface by the intrusion and solidification of magma; pluton; plutonic rock.

– The body of this batholithic has been deeply cut by glacial cirques and canyons.

Batholitic:of or relating to a batholith; pluton; granite.

– Intrusion of the batholitic produced considerable mineralization along northwest-trending faults.

Bathyal:relating to the zone of the sea between the continental shelf and the abyssal zone; ocean bottom; sea bottom.

– The Dana Viperfish is mostly found in the Bathyal zone. 

Bathymetric: involving the study or measurement of the depth of water in an ocean, sea, or lake; measurement; mensuration.

– When relief is described underwater, the term bathymetry is used.

Batrachian:a tailless amphibian of the order Anura; frog; toad.

– Another curious batrachian, the mud eel, is found in Carolina, in marshy situations.

Battered:old, used a lot, and not in very good condition; buffet; thrash.

– He is driving a battered old car.

Battleful:having or showing a ready disposition to fight; bellicose, combative; aggressive.

– He is showing determination and being bottleful for the fight.

Battlemented:protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through; fortification; rampart.

– Behind the castle battlemented, the king’s men prepared to fire their arrows at the intruders down below.

Batty:slightly crazy, in a way that causes no harm; mad; insane.

– She has some batty ideas, but she’s quite sweet.

Batwing:having sleeves with deep armholes and tight cuffs; winged; swinging door.

– The batwing sleeves and column shape flattered, but her messy hair and heavy make-up could have been more refined.

Bauxitic:mineralogy consisting of, containing or resembling bauxite; aluminium; atomic number.

Bawdy:dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent; ribald; indecent.

– The church is certainly not the place for your bawdy remarks.

Bay:a part of the sea, or of a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of the land; gulf; basin.

– A magnificent view across the bay.

Bayesian:of or relating to statistical methods that regard parameters of a population as random variables having known probability distributions; probabilistic; frequentist.

– One of the ways you say we can be more rational is by adopting a Bayesian approach to understanding the world.

Beaded:ornamented with or largely composed of beads; splash; trickle.

– They buried her in moccasins with beaded purple butterflies that her cousin had made by hand, size seven.

Beadlike:small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; beady; button like.

– The cells are arranged in beadlike chains grouped together in a gelatinous mass.

Beaming:smiling broadly; grinning; disseminate.

– His beaming face told its own story.

Bearable:a person or thing that is bearable can be accepted or dealt with; tolerable; endurable.

– She was the only thing that made life bearable.

Beardless:having no beard or one shaved close to the skin; whiskerless shaved; shaven.

– His face was large and beardless, and he had beautiful teeth.

Beardown:move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner; close in on; approach.

– At a canter they bore down on the mass of men ahead.

Bearing:bearing on something the way in which something is related to something or influences it; relevance; significance.

– Regular exercise has a direct bearing on fitness and health.

Bearish:​showing or expecting a fall in the prices of shares; falling; Declining; slumping.

– Japanese banks remain bearish.

Beastly:  unpleasant; horrible; nasty

– This car’s been nothing but trouble I wish I’d never bought the beastly thing!

Beat:to defeat somebody in a game or competition; defeat; conquer.

– I beat her by just three points.

Beatable:able to be defeated in a game or other competitive situation; vanquish able; invincible.

– The champions were vulnerable and beatable in this match.

Beaten: having been beaten or struck; abused; battered.

– He trudged home like a beaten cur.

Beatific:feeling or expressing blissful happiness; joyful; ecstatic.

– He has a beatific smile.

Beautiful: having beauty; giving pleasure to the senses or to the mind; pretty; handsome.

– She looked stunningly beautiful that night.

Becalmed:unable to move through lack of wind; stranded; stuck.

– His ship was becalmed for nine days.

Becoming:suitable or appropriate for somebody or their situation; fitting; attractive.

– It was not very becoming behavior for a teacher.

Bedaubed:smear or daub with a sticky substance; splatter; cover.

– A dozen maidens, all bedaubed with paint.

Bedewed:cover or sprinkle with drops of water or other liquid; dampen; rinse.

– The child’s face was bedaubed with chocolate.

Bedfast:Unable to leave one’s bed, especially because of illness, weakness or obesity; bedridden; sick-abed ill.

– She had wondered about Parkins, still bedfast, but no inkling had come to her ears of his perfidious intentions toward herself.

Bedimmed:made dim or indistinct; blackened; darkened.

– Her eyes were bedimmed with tears. 

Bedless:being without a bed.

– Buck was never a heavy sleeper; his boyhood had been too bedless for him to attach much importance to sleep now.

Bedraggled:made wet, dirty or untidy by rain, mud; disheveled; disordered.

– I barely recognized the bedraggled figure who staggered in from the storm.

Bedrid:confined to bed because of illness, injury; worn-out; exhausted; decrepit.

– In vain did the poor bedrid woman try to comfort her daughter.

Bedridden:​having to stay in bed all the time because you are sick, injured or old; paralyzed;

Immobilized.

– He had to spend two years bedridden with an injury.

Beechen:consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech; woody; beechwood.

– The hills are generally richly wooded, chiefly with fir, beech and oak.

Beethovenian:an admirer of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven; Beethoven; van Beethoven.

– This is a most interesting CD which should commend itself to all true Beethovenians.

Beetle:an insect of a large order distinguished by having forewings that are typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra), which cover and protect the hindwings and abdomen; winged insect; coleopteran.

– He trod the golden beetle underfoot.

Beetling:to move somewhere quickly; scurry; scamper.

– I last saw him beetling off down the road.

Befitting:to be suitable and good enough for somebody/something; appropriate to; fit for.

– He lived in the style befitting a gentleman.

Befogged:to make somebody confused; confused; muddled.

– Her brain was befogged by lack of sleep.

Beforehand:earlier; before something else happens or is done; in advance; before.

– He warned me beforehand what to expect.

Befouled:make dirty; pollute; stain’

Why, I would rather lose the power of speech forever than befouled your ears – with the record of my shame.

Beggarly:very small in amount; inadequate; insufficient.

– I bid her take herself, and her beggarly pride out of my house directly.

Beginning:the time when something starts; the first part of an event, a story; rise; start.

– She’s been working there since the beginning of last summer.

Begrimed:blackened with ingrained dirt; muddy; blacken.

They stand in front of begrimed windows.

Behavioral:connected with the scientific study of human and animal behaviour; interactive; observable.

– In humans they are characterized by ataxia, dementia and behavioral changes.

Behaviorist:​a scientist who studies or accepts the theory of behaviourism; mentality; psyche.

– On the national courses we are given the support of an animal behaviorist and trained dog handlers.

Behavioristic:supporting or relating to the theory of behaviourism; psychology; Freudianism.

– This appears to us to be a constructivist epistemology, which is embedded in a behavioristic pedagogy.

Behaviourist:someone who supports the theory of behaviourism; attitude; mentality.

– Kevin Richardson is an animal behaviorist and has done extensive research on native animals of Africa.

Behaviouristic:a theory of learning that suggests that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning processes; mind; therapy.

– By this time, however, the voices of those resisting crude behaviourism had become much stronger.

Behind:at or towards the back of somebody/something, and often hidden by it or them; beyond; on the other side.

– Don’t forget to lock the door behind you.

Behindhand:late in doing something or in paying money that is owed; behind schedule; behind time.

– They were behindhand in settling their debts.

Beholden:owing something to somebody because of something that they have done for you; indebted; obligated.

– She didn’t like to be beholden to anyone.

Beige: ​light yellow-brown in colour; coffee-coloured; camel.

– Each is a symphony in tasteful beige and brown.

Belarusian:from Belarus; republic-of-belarus; Belorussia.

– We owe this to our Belarusian partners.

Belated:coming or happening late; overdue; delayed.

– This increase in funding suggests a belated acknowledgement of the project’s value.

Belemnitic:of or relating to belemnites; capable; assignment.

– So while belemnites looked a lot like squid, they almost certainly couldn’t fly.

Belgian: from Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium; European.

– I had assumed him to be a Belgian. 

Believable:that can be believed; plausible; convincing.

– Her explanation certainly sounded believable.

Bellbottom:having legs that flare at the bottom; baggies; blue jeans.

– Skinny jeans are to the 2000s what bell bottoms were for the 1970s. 

Belletristic:written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content; literate; versed in literature.

– In belletristic literature, also, we find occasional references to the love-sentiment in childhood.

Bellicose:having or showing a desire to argue or fight; aggressive, warlike.

– The mayor appeared in a bellicose mood as he stamped on the platform and squared up to his rival.

Belligerent:aggressive and unfriendly; hostile; aggressive.

– He is always very belligerent towards me.

Bellyless:lacking a prominent belly; flat-bellied.

– Tom has a beer belly. 

Beloved:loved very much; dearest; precious.

– They were glad to be back in their beloved Ireland.

Belowground: beneath the surface of the earth; underground; buried.

– Most of his friends are now belowground.

Beltlike:resembling a belt around something; belted; having or provided with a belt.

– The beltlike line across the giant’s waist may at one time have continued through the area where his p#nis now lies.

Bemused:showing that you are confused and unable to think clearly; bewildered; confused.

– She looked somewhat shaken and bemused by what had happened.

Bended:kneeling or as if kneeling in supplication; bowing; curving.

– If your partner has always dreamed of a traditional proposal, a marriage proposal on bended knee is likely to be much more appreciated.

Benedictine:a member of a Christian group of monks or nuns following the rules of St Benedict; religious; novice.

– Many of the present grand cathedrals were originally benedictine monasteries or abbeys.

Benedictive: expressing a wish; blessing; prayer.

– A bronze statue of the Benedictive Christ.

Benefic: beneficent or kindly; advantageous; beneficial.

– He sought an intimacy with the benefic Jupiter, and found it.

Beneficed:an ecclesiastical office to which the revenue from an endowment is attached; office; Stipend.

– The clergyman has been beneficed in that cathedral.

Beneficent:giving help; being kind; generous; unselfish.

– Christians declare that the divine origin and truth of their religion are proved by its beneficent results.

Beneficial:improving a situation; having a helpful or useful effect; advantageous; favourable.

– A good diet is beneficial to health.

Beneficiary:a person who gains as a result of something; inheritor; recipient.

– Who will be the main beneficiary of the cuts in income tax?

Benevolent:kind, helpful and generous; good-natured; gracious.

– He was a benevolent old man and wouldn’t hurt a fly. 

Bengali:a person from Bangladesh or West Bengal in eastern India; Bangla; Magadhan.

– She married a Bengali doctor.

Benighted:without understanding; ignorant; unenlightened.

– This country has always abandoned its benighted poor.

Benign:kind and gentle; not hurting anybody; good-humoured.

– You would never have guessed his intentions from the benign expression on his face.

Benignant:kindly and benevolent; generous; charitable.

– The old man with a benignant expression.

Beninese:from Benin; Benin; Dahomey.

– Wari and Sapele are towns in the Benin district.

Bent:not straight; twisted; crooked.

– Lock your elbows in a slightly bent position.

Benthal:of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water; benthic; benthonic.

– The distribution of waders is irrelevant to benthal biomass in the wetlands cofferdam.

Benthic:of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water; marine; maritime; oceanic.

– The fish utilize food sources naturally present in the waters, including freshwater shrimp, benthic invertebrates, snails and insects.

Benthonic:of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water; benthal; benthic.

– When they do catch prey, they use benthonic pressure suction in order to take the prey into their mouth and swallow it whole.

Bentonitic:An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash and used in various adhesives, cements, and ceramic fillers; clay; mineral; food additive.

– The bentonitic clays show good adsorptive characteristics, being used as alternative material for removing metals. 

Benumbed:deprived of physical or emotional feeling; unfeeling; insensible.

– A hoarse shout cut through his benumbed senses.

Benzenoid:benzenoids are a class of organic compounds with at least one benzene; aromatic hydrocarbon, benzenoid.

– The oil was mainly dominated by sesquiterpenoids (45.3 %) and benzenoid compounds (33.9 %).

Benzoic:of, containing, or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin; Acidum benzoicum; Benzenecarboxylic acid.

– Cranberries contain benzoic acid, a natural preservative, so they keep for several weeks in cool conditions.

Benzylic:of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group C6 H5CH2– benzyl alcohol; Benzenemethanol; Benzyl alcohol.

– Several benzylic alcohols were oxidized with riboflavin tetraacetate as photocatalyst under blue light irradiation of the reaction mixture.

Bereaved:having lost a relative or close friend who has recently died; sorrowful; deprived.

– We the bereaved relatives sat in the gallery hoping to hear that urgent action was being taken.

Bereft:sad and lonely because you have lost something; lacking; without.

– He was utterly bereft when his wife died.

Bermudan:of or relating to or characteristic of Bermuda or its inhabitants; Bermudian.

– Reading’s bid for the Bermudan was the first one the Manchester side had received.

Berrylike:resembling a berry or berries; baccate.

– Some species have berrylike gas-filled bladders which help keep the fronds afloat to promote photosynthesis.

Besotted:loving somebody/something so much that you do not behave in a sensible way; in love with; obsessed with.

– He is completely besotted with his new girlfriend.

Bespectacled:wearing spectacles; monocle; decorated.

– A bespectacled man in a white coat came in.

Besprent:OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic. sprinkled; strewed.

– Trembling and sad he stood beside the door— Pale as a spectre, and besprent with gore! 

Best:of the most excellent type or quality; finest; greatest.

– He wrote his best songs before he was 25.

Bestial:cruel and horrible; like a beast; animal.

– He referred to their actions as ‘these bestial and barbaric acts’.

Bestubbled:having a short growth of beard; stubbled; stubbly; unshaved.

– The chief of the stuntmen is the stocky, bestubbled.

Beta:  preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product beta software; explorative; exploratory.

– The game obviously suffered from some bugs, but it is in beta stages ATM.

Better:of a higher standard or less poor quality; not as bad as something else; suitable, attractive.

– Her work is getting better and better.

Bettering:make (something) better; improve; exceed.

– His ideas for bettering the lot of the mill hands.

Betting: the act of risking money, etc. on the unknown result of an event; expect; predict.

– He lost a lot of money by betting on college football and basketball.

Betulaceous:of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family; bettong; bettor.

– Belonging to the family of plants known as Betulaceous.

Bewhiskered:having hair or whiskers growing on the face; shaggy; unshaven.

He is a bewhiskered old man.

Bewildered:confused; baffled; puzzled.

– He turned around, with a bewildered look on his face.

Bewitched:bewitch somebody to attract or impress somebody so much that they cannot think in a sensible way; enchant; possess.

– He was completely bewitched by her beauty.

Bewitching:so beautiful or interesting that you cannot think about anything else; fascinate; seduce.

– She gave a bewitching performance.

Bhutanese:from Bhutan; Bhutan; Kingdom of Bhutan.

– Most Bhutanese applaud the king’s rule.

Biannual:happening twice a year; every six months; half-yearly.

– You will need to have a routine biannual examination.

Bias:a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement; prejudice; partiality.

– Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias.

Biased:tending to show favour towards or against one group of people or one opinion for personal reasons; making unfair judgements; prejudice; influence.

– Their research was based on a biased sample.

Biaural:relating to or having or hearing with two ears; binaural; two-eared.

– The value of binaural hearing aids for adults has not yet been established.

Biauricular:of or relating to the two auditory openings; biathlon; biaxial.

– The biauricular signifies the distance between points of the skull immediately above the commencement.

Biaxal:having two axes; biaxate; biaxial.

– It was in this way that the rotary property of certain biaxal crystals was first established by Pocklington.

Biaxial:having or relating to two axes; uniaxial; flexural.

– This theory can be extended to biaxial stress.

Bibbed:drink (something alcoholic); booze; liquor.

After a considerable amount of wine-bibbing, I settled down.

Bibless:with no bib; angling.

– Bibless is with no bib.

Biblical: ​connected with the Bible; in the Bible; religious; sacred.

– The preacher used biblical verses to explain the teaching of Jesus during bible class.

Bibliolatrous:excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible; Bible-worship; devotion.

– In my view, bibliolatry is very dangerous because in this country, we only put our confidence in things we can see or handle.

Bibliomaniacal:characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania; bibliophile; book reviewer.

– Andersen’s wife was wonderfully supportive of his bibliomaniacal hobby of collecting books.

Bibliophilic:a lover of books especially for qualities of format; bookworm; book lover.

– As a child, he was an intense bibliophilic and avid collector of old books. 

Bibliopolic: means of or relating to bookselling; bar gainer; dealer.

– But we must notice the small-coal man under his bibliopolic phase.

Bibliothecal:belonging to a library; book collection; book room.

– He was the director of the local public bibliothecal library.

Bibliothecarial:of or related to a library; information centre; media centre.

He was library.

– He is professional bibliothecarial library officer.

Bibliotic:the scientific study of handwriting, documents, and writing materials especially for determining genuineness or authorship; card catalogue; finding list.

– An expert in bibliotic will analyse examples of handwriting from a scientific point of view.

Bibulous:liking to drink too much alcohol; alcoholic; boozy.

– He was already mildly drunk, and Amy knew from experience that it would be a long, bibulous evening.

Bicameral:having two main parts, such as the Senate and the House of Representatives; dual; Dualistic; bilateral.

– It stipulated a bicameral legislature, both houses of which were elected.

Bicapsular:having two capsules or a 2-celled capsule; seed vessel.

– The capsule is bicapsular divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule. Capsule a small container.

Bicentenary:the year, or the day, when you celebrate an important event that happened exactly 200 years earlier; anniversary; day of remembrance.

– We will be celebrating the bicentenary of her death next year. 

Bicentennial: the year, or the day, when you celebrate an important event that happened exactly 200 years earlier; anniversary; day of remembrance.

– The tower was built to signify the city’s bicentennial year 1996.

Bicentric:having or involving two centres; central.

– A drill bit may contain a secondary cutting structure that is intended to further enlarge the hole, such as a bicentric bit.

Bicephalous:having two heads; rounded; headed.

– The whole thing, indeed, will be a bicephalous in-congruity, a two-headed monster.

Bichromated:a dichromate especially of sodium or potassium; dichromate.

– The oxidation of graphite was carried out by potassium bichromate dissolved in concentrated sulphuric acid.

Bichrome:having two colours; bicoloured; dichromatic coloured.

– The pottery included both burnished and unburnished bichrome-decorated types.

Bicipital:relating to the biceps muscle; biceps cubiti; biceps brachii.

– He showed off his bulging biceps.

Bicolor: having two colours; two-toned; brindled.

– There are large and small forms, and a bicolor variety seems to have been known long ago.

Bicolored:having two colors; tricolored; dichromatic.

– The conspicuous orange and white clownfish and the neon bicolored angelfish seemed to keep an arm’s length away.

Bicolour:a bicolour flower or animal; striated; banded.

– The bicolour damsel, however, retains its distinctive pattern.

Bicoloured:a bicolour flower or animal; striated; banded.

– The bicoloured damsel, however, retains its distinctive pattern.

Biconcave:concave on both sides; dimpled; dipped.

– This research focuses on exploring the problems of molding a micro part with biconcave structure and sharp edges.

Biconvex:convex on both sides; lenticular; convex.

– The holochroal eyes are of two kinds, one with plano-convex and one with biconvex lenses.

Bicorn:two-horned; like a crescent; bicornate.

– Colonel Henry Dodge,” said a tall, whip-lean officer wearing a bicorn hat.

Bicornate: having two horns or horn-shaped parts; bicorn; bicorned; bicornuate.

– Colonel Henry Dodge,” said a tall, whip-lean officer wearing a bicornate hat.

Bicorned:having two horns or horn-shaped parts; bicornate; bicorned; bicornuate.

– The Italian Carabinieri wear a bicorned with points sideways with their full dress uniform.

Bicornuate:uterus describes an irregular shape of a woman’s uterus; bicorned; bicornuous horned.

– Since women with bicornuate uterus still can get pregnant and give birth to a baby.

Bicornuous:having two horns or horn-shaped parts; bicorn; bicornate.

– Bicornuous is having two horns or horn-shaped parts.

Bicuspid:a tooth with two cusps, especially a human premolar tooth; canine; denticle.

– A bicuspid aortic valve has only two flaps instead of three, which can lead to stenosis in adulthood.

Bicuspidate:having two cusps or points; bicuspid angular; angulate.

– The lateral teeth of the radula are bicuspidate, while the marginal teeth are sharp and narrowly unicuspidate.

Bicyclic:having two fused rings of atoms in its molecule; cyclic.

– In the 1980s, we developed highly versatile synthesis of bicyclic medium ring diamines.

Bicylindrical:having two cylindrical surfaces usually with their axes parallel; oscillating; undulating.

– Certain lenses are bicylindrical.

Biddable:willing to obey and to do what they are told to; obedient; tractable.

– She is a very biddable little girl.

Bidentate:having two teeth or two processes suggestive of teeth; rough; grating; fierce.

– The benzoate ligands adopt two different coordination modes, acting as bidentate and bridging tridentate ligands.

Bidirectional:functioning in two directions; biface, bifacial.

– The bidirectional noise-cancelling mic prioritizes the sound of your voice over sound coming from other directions.

 Biedermeier:denoting or relating to a style of furniture and interior decoration current in Germany in the period 1815–48, characterized by restraint; conventionality; utilitarianism.

– A Biedermeier sofa is beautiful, but it’s just not what I’m about.

Biennial:taking place every other year; biyearly periodic; periodical.

– This is the first of a series of biennial exhibitions.

Biface:a type of prehistoric stone implement flaked on both faces; bifacial; bidirectional.

– It was done by detachment of large flakes for biface manufacture.

Bifacial:having two faces, surfaces, or sides; parallel; bivalve.

– It is a large bifacial tool, battered on the slightly fashioned working edge, of basalt and patinated.

Bifid:divided by a deep cleft or notch into two parts; angled; bifurcate; branched.

– The bifid origins from the aorta were left intact, since it did not seem that this anomaly would produce any degree of physiologic disturbance.

Bifilar:consisting of or involving two threads or wires; primary coil.

– The bifilar suspension was abandoned, and instead a new form of adjustable magnetic control was adopted.

Biflagellate:any organism that has two flagella.

– The sperm of mosses is biflagellate

Bifocal:denoting a lens having two parts each with a different focal length, one for distant vision and one for near vision; eyeglasses; specs.

– I need some bifocal sunglasses.

Bifoliate:having only two leave; leafy; two-leaved.

– This species is in the Bifoliate division of Cattleyas.

Biform:combining the qualities or forms of two distinct kinds of individuals; coupled; dual.

– She has the biform body of a mermaid.

Bifurcate:divide into two branches or forks; diverge; bend.

– Just below Cairo the river bifurcates.

Bifurcated:to divide into two separate parts; angled; branched.

– The stream bifurcated into two narrow channels.

Big:large in size, degree, and amount; large; great.

– The news came as a big blow.

Bigeminal:the occurrence of premature atrial or ventricular heartbeats in pairs; amphibious; bicameral.

– The newlywed couple move into their own bigeminal house, which Jacob also builds himself.

Bigeneric😮 resulting from a cross between species of different genera; crossbred; intercrossed.

– The few bigeneric hybrids are typically between closely related genera, in particular “Serapias”.

Bigger:large in size; degree; amount.

– The lobster’s claws are bigger than human hands.

Biggish:Something that is biggish is fairly big; comprehensive; extensive.

– It was a biggish file, a hundred and twelve numbered sheets with an index at the front.

Bigheaded:having a very high opinion of how important and clever you are; too proud; above oneself; self-important.

– I see now that it was just his way of keeping me on my mettle and making sure I didn’t get big-headed.

Bighearted:kind and generous; compassionate; generous.

– The big-hearted bunch have decided to donate their winnings to a local charity.

Bigmouthed:talking a lot, especially about yourself, and unable to keep secrets; lavish; talkative.

– He had been the bigmouthed villain before the first bout, the wronged hero before the rematch.

Bignoniaceous:of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa.

– Males will visit the bignoniaceous vine ” Saritae magnifica ” and brush the limb of the corolla, but will not enter the flower or effect pollination.

Bigoted; having strong, unreasonable beliefs and disliking other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life; prejudiced; biased.

– He was a bigoted Catholic, and showed to the Protestants even less mercy than his father.

Bilabial:a bilabial consonant sound; articulator; aspirate.

– This sound b occurs very rarely for a bilabial trill.

Bilabiate:having two lips; two-lipped.

– Any of numerous plants of the genus Lobelia, having terminal racemes of variously colored flowers with a bilabiate corolla.

Bilateral:pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like; mutual; reciprocal.

– Several wealthy countries have already negotiated bilateral deals with Covid-19 vaccine developers to secure vaccines for their citizens.

Bilgy:smelling like bilge water; ill-smelling; malodorous.

– Robert Louis arrived bilgy as he expressed it, but alive.

Biliary:relating to bile or the bile duct; duodenal; ureteric.

– The patient underwent an external biliary drain, associated with albendazole therapy.

Bilinear:relating to or contained by two straight lines; bicubic; quadrature.

– We first argue that such a bilinear map cannot be required to be continuous. 

Bilingual:able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker; Multilanguage; multilinguistic.

– Several of the employees are bilingual.

Bilious:affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting; nauseous;

Sick.

– She suffered from bilious attacks.

Billiard:​used for or connected with the game of billiards; table game; carom.

– I’d like to play a few more games at billiards with him.

Billion:a very large number or amount of something; tons; abundance.

– In 2006, roughly a billion people had access to the Internet.

Billionth:each of one billion equal parts into which something is or may be divided; millionth; thousandth.

– Particles so small they’re measured in billionths of a meter.

Billowing:filled with air and swelling outwards; swell; fill out.

– The skies were covered in billowing clouds that pulsed with power.

Billowy:appearing large and soft or filled with air; bouncy; distended.

– They consist of slightly rounded domes or billowy snowfields of vast thickness.

Bilobate:having or consisting of two lobes; bilobated; bilobed.

– The specimen is a bilobate fossil consisting of two narrow lobes.

Bilobated: divided into or having two lobes; bilobate; bilobed.

– A bilobated leaf.

Bilobed:having or consisting of two lobes; bilobate; compound.

– The creature had a bilobed head and a pair of tentacles.

Bilocular: divided into two cells or compartments; field glasses; lorgnette.

– Binocular vision-Using both eyes at the same time to see an image.

Biloculate:divided into or containing two cells or chambers; bilocular divided; separated into parts.

– The simple spored rust first makes its appearance, and later the biloculate “mildew.”

Bimanual:performed with both hands; two-handed.

– These differences were exacerbated during bimanual reach-to-grasp tasks.

Bimestrial:occurring every two months; bimonthly periodic; periodical.

– The magazine is published bimestrial, with six issues a year.

Bimetal:a sheet or strip of two or more composite materials having different coefficients of linear thermal expansion bonded by riveting, brazing or welding; metal; metallic.

– The walker converts heat energy from the hot surface into mechanical motion by using bimetal sheets.

Bimetallic:made of two metals; electrodeposition; non-magnetic.

– The bimetallic catalysts provided higher activity than the monometallic-catalysts.

Bimetallistic:the use of two metals (such as gold and silver) jointly as a monetary standard with both constituting legal tender at a predetermined ratio; monetarist; bimetallic.

– He took a moderate bimetallistic position, endorsing the use of silver as well as gold.

Bimillenial:of or pertaining to the bimillennium; bimillenary.

– It must be abandoned, moreover, not as a temporary strategy but in principle, as a bimillennial theological mistake.

Bimodal:having or involving two modes, in particular (of a statistical distribution) having two maxima; log-normal; unimodal.

– The rainfall pattern in the area is bimodal, with two wet and two dry seasons. 

Bimolecular:having or involving two molecules; chemical complex; collision.

– Two bimolecular complex have been seen as the most powerful interacting systems among all complexes.

Bimonthly:done, produced, or occurring twice a month or every two months; monthly;

Quarterly.

– The group holds bimonthly meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

Bimorphemic:consisting of two morphemes; bimodal; bimodal distribution.

– The plural inclusive form is a bimorphemic pronoun which combines the first person dual inclusive form with the second person plural form.

Bimotored:equipped with two separate motors; motorized; mechanized.

– BIMOTORED is equipped with two separate motors.

Binary:relating to, composed of, or involving two things; dual; twin.

– We were almost unanimous and with one dissension, we were against the binary system.

Binate:composed of two equal parts; doubled; dual.

– The inflorescence consists of solitary, binate, digitate, or panicled racemes.

Binaural:relating to or involving both ears; binaural; two-eared.

– The value of binaural hearing aids for adults has not yet been established.

Bindable:capable of being tied by a rope; compulsory; irrevocable.

– Judge said the document was not legally bindable.

Binding:a strong covering holding the pages of a book together; irrevocable; unbreakable.

– The contract is legally binding.

Binocular:adapted for or using both eyes; field glasses; prism binoculars.

– Binocular microscopes have therefore been constructed on this plan.

Binomial:an algebraic expression of the sum or the difference of two terms; scientific epithet; taxonomic name.

– An exact binomial 95 % confidence interval was calculated. 

Binominal:another term for binomial; binomen; binomial nomenclature.

– Binominal tests of proportions, t-test analyses, and transformations were conducted as appropriate.

Binuclear:having two nuclei; binucleate; binucleated.

– Instead of referring to the ‘divorced’ couple, the family would become a ‘binuclear’ one.

Binucleate:having two nuclei; trinucleated; mononucleate.

– Binucleate cells were observed, but multinucleated giant cells were rare.

Binucleated:having two cellular nuclei; binuclear; binucleate.

– Chromosome aberrations observed include chromosome fragments, chromosome bridges, binucleated cells, and micronucleated cells.

Biocatalytic:the use of natural substances that include enzymes from biological sources or whole cells to speed up chemical reactions; equivalent; same meaning.

– The use of enzymes for biocatalytic was long ago recognized by the industrial sector as interesting substitutes for the conventional chemical catalysts.

Biochemical:relating to the chemical processes and substances which occur within living organisms; biotechnology; pathogen.

– The doctors who see biochemical changes as the cause argue that nutritional treatment or medication is required.

Bioclimatic:of or relating to the relations of climate and living matter; bioclimatic; climatology.

– Bioclimatic models forecast the loss of key high elevation species throughout the region.

Biodegradable:capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms and thereby avoiding pollution; ecological; environment-friendly.

– Consumers have forced a shift to more biodegradable products.

Biogenetic:of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms; DNA fingerprinting; genetic fingerprinting.

– Various forms of biogenic reef have also been selected.

Biogenic:produced or brought about by living organisms; genetic fingerprinting; genetic modification.

– When an imbalance occurs, the body produces histamine, a biogenic amine, which is released from the mast cells of the skin.

Biogenous:biogenic; produced by living things; genesis; extension.

– Terrigenous sediment is the most abundant sediment found on the seafloor, followed by biogenous sediment.

Biogeographic:the study of the geographic distribution of plants, animals, and other forms of life; biogeographic.

– Biogeographic analyses were conducted using macro, meso and micro scales.

Biogeographical:the study of the geographic distribution of plants, animals, and other forms of life; cartographical; Hydrographical.

– Biogeograph is a science that deals with the bio geographical distribution of animals and plants.

Biographic:relating to the events of a person’s life or to biography; autobiography; journal.

– The play includes many biographic details of the singer’s life.

Biographical:dealing with a particular person’s life; life story; memoir.

– The book contains few biographical details.

Biologic:relating to biology; biological; medicine; prescription.

– There is growing interest in the biologic activities of plant extracts in the treatment of disease.

Biological:relating to biology or living organisms; biotic; botanical.

– The living organisms somehow concentrated the minerals by biological processes.

Biologistic:Of or relating to biological determinism; botanist; conservationist; ecologist.

– To the evolutionary biologist brain is apt to appear to be the crowning object of knowledge.

Bioluminescent:the emission of light from living organism; fluorescent; luminous.

– The submersible passed through a storm of bioluminescent produced by marine creatures.

Biomedical:relating to how biology affects medicine; biological; medical.

– A biomedical scientist from Donegal with whom I spoke in Tyrone County Hospital talked in a similar vein.

Bionic:having parts of the body that are electronic, and therefore able to do things that are not possible for normal humans; artificial; unreal.

– I was offered a bionic hand instead of a hand transplant. 

Bionomic:of or relating to the science of ecology; bionomical; ecologic; ecological.

– The favouring bionomic conditions are those of a relatively constant environment under which relatively stereotyped responses are advantageous.

Bionomical:of or relating to the science of ecology; bionomic; ecologic; ecological.

– The number of cases has a binomial distribution. 

Biosynthetic:relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism; biogenesis; synthesis.

– Animal cells take in amphipathic glycosides, which are later glycosylated after assimilation in biosynthetic pathways.

Biosystematic:taxonomy especially as based on cytogenetics and genetics; biosystematy.

– The study of the variation and evolution of a population of organisms in relation to their taxonomic classification.

Biotic:relating to or resulting from living organisms; biological; nuclear.

– Any living part of an environment is a biotic element.

Biotitic:of or relating to life especially caused or produced by living beings; lepidomelane; isinglass.

– Some place emphasis on biotitic, others on environmental factors.

Biotypic:the organisms sharing a specified genotype; genotype; typography.

– The results indicated that all populations were of the biotypic.

Biovular:fraternal twins; non-identical; fraternal.

– The two eggs, or “ova”, form two zygotes, hence the terms “dizygotic” and “biovular”.

Biparous:producing two offspring at a time; twinning; multiparous.

– How was it, a biparous click.

Bipartisan:involving two political parties; two-party; nonpartisan.

– The Bill before Congress has bipartisan support.

Bipartite:involving or made up of two separate parts; amphibian; binary.

– There was a bipartite meeting on border security.

Bipartizan:supported by both sides; bipartisan; two-party.

– But it deserves bipartizan political support and public sympathy. 

Biped:using two legs for walking; bipedal; two-footed.

– It was a herbivore that walked both as a biped and a quadruped.

Bipedal:using only two legs for walking; four-footed; quadruped.

– These investigations provided important insights into the mechanics of bipedal walking.

Bipinnate:having leaflets that are further subdivided in a pinnate arrangement; leaf shape; compound.

– The leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate, with a feathery appearance, and green to strongly glaucous blue-green in colour.

Bipinnatifid:a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid; compound.

– BIPINNATIFID is pinnatifid with the segments or divisions also pinnatifid.

Bipolar:bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes changes in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function; manic-depressive illness; manic-depression.

– I now realize I have been bipolar since my teens. 

Biquadratic:involving the fourth, but no higher, power of the unknown or variable; polynomial; quartic polynomial.

– When a biquadratic equation has all its terms, its resolution may be always reduced to that of a cubic equation.

Biracial:of, relating to, or involving members of two races; mixed-race; bicultural.

– She has a Japanese mother and a European father, and her biracial identity is important to her.

Biradial:having both bilateral and radial symmetry; symmetric; symmetrical.

– Biradial symmetry is a combination of radial and bilateral symmetry, as in the Ctenophores.

Biramous:dividing to form two branches; bifurcate; branched.

– There are four pairs of biramous cephalic appendages, which differ only very slightly from the appendages of the thorax.

Birch:a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs; flog; lash.

– There were calls to bring back the birch.

Birchen:made from or resembling the wood of a birch tree; birch; birken.

– He uttered a low cry of exultation on observing the graceful birchen structure, and began a hasty examination.

Birefringent:having two different refractive indices; double refraction.

– The refractive index of xenotime is 1.720-1.815 with a birefringent of 0.095.

Birken:consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree; birch; birchen woody.

– He decided that Birken had not come close enough for that, and wondered if he was afraid of his own impending action.

Biserrate:having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched; rough.

– Having serrations that are themselves serrated; doubly serrate.

Bisexual:sexually attracted to people of more than one gender; heterosexual; homosexual.

– Megan Fox has said on several occasions that she is bisexual, and has been attracted to many women.

Bismarckian:relating to or characteristic of the Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck or his policies;

– A typical product of the Bismarckian welfare state.

Bismuthal:of or relating to bismuth; alloy; metallic.

– There are veins of bismuth near Sodaville.

Bismuthic:of or containing bismuth, esp. in the pentavalent state; chemical element.

– There are veins of bismuth near Sodaville.

Bisontine:of, pertaining to, or resembling a bison; bovine; bovid.

– About 20 adults and children gathered as the bison was lowered onto a tarp.

Bistered:of a complexion tending toward brown or black; black-a-vised; dusky; swarthy.

– Her face had been bistered by the sun.

Bistred:of a brown colour like the pigment called bistre; brunet; dusky.

– She turned a colourless, beautifully shaped face and heavy eyes with bistred lashes towards Marion.

Bistroic:of or relating to or resembling a bistro; snack-bar; eatery.

– The clothes she wears are a bit much bistroic.

Bisulcate:marked by two grooves; split; divided.

– The upper incisor is bisulcate, and the inner groove is fine and indistinct in places.

Biting:able to wound the skin with a sting or fangs; arctic; frosty.

– She looked at him sharply, a frown biting its way across her forehead.

Bitter:having a strong, unpleasant taste; not sweet; unsweetened;

Vinegary.

– Black coffee leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

Bitterish:somewhat bitter; sharp-tasting tasty; acrid.

 – And maybe for that bitterish salad leaf highly recommended by restaurant.

Bittersweet:arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain; stirring; touching.

– Bittersweet memories of his time in London.

Bittie:slang, often in the plural bitch, girl, woman, especially one that is promiscuous; inconsistent; unsystematic.

– In some ways it’s a strange mix and can appear rather bittie.

Bitty:made up of small parts that seem unrelated; disjointed; Incoherent.

– We’ve had half an hour of a very bitty fourth frame.

Bitumenoid:to retain that meaning for long time in our memory; bituminoid.

– Wood blocks can be laid in hot-application bitumen.

Bituminoid:like bitumen; bitumenoid.

– BITUMINOID is like bitumen.

Bituminous:of, containing, or of the nature of bitumen; midnight; obsidian.

– The production of bituminous coal has also increased very rapidly.

Bivalent:associated in pairs; double; divalent.

– The bivalent engine allows for an easier transition from fossil fuels to alternative fuels.

Bivalve:having a hinged double shell; lamellibranch; pelecypod.

– The common Mussel is the most common bivalve in Cornwall forming extensive beds on exposed rocky beaches.

Bivalved:having two valves; bivalve lamellibranch; pelecypod.

– The common Mussel is the most common bivalved in Cornwall forming extensive beds on exposed rocky beaches.

Bivariate:involving or depending on two variates; multivariate; heptvariate.

– The results from the first two models resemble those from the bivariate analyses.

Biweekly:done, produced, or occurring every two weeks or twice a week; fortnightly; twice monthly.

– She attends biweekly classes and studies at the library every Saturday.

Biyearly:done, produced, or occurring every two years or twice a year; biannual, half-yearly, semi-annual.

– You will need to have a routine biannual examination.

Bizarre:very strange or unusual; weird; strange; peculiar.

– I just heard the most bizarre story.

Bizonal:of or relating to the affairs of a zone governed or administered by two powers acting together; division; disunite.

– By autumn 1946, the military government had already ordered the founding of bizonal authorities.

Blabbermouthed:unwisely talking too much; bigmouthed; blabby.

– That blabbermouthed always gossips about other people’s affairs.

Blabby: blabbier or blabbiest; informal; overly talkative.

– I’m stuck in Washington with the Blabby Twins.

Black: having the very darkest colour, like coal or the sky at night dark; pitch black

– She had curly black hair and hazel eyes.

Blackguardly:  lacking principles or scruples; rascally; roguish.

– The protesters outside of the clinic attempted to blackguardly the patients by labeling them ‘baby killers’ and screaming disparaging comments.

Blackish:very dark in colour; dark; dusky.

– Katy has long blackish hair.

Bladelike: shaped like a sword blade; knifelike; spikelike.

– Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor.

Blae:Scottish; bluish-grey; slate-coloured.

– The log fire was blae merrily.

Blamable:responsible for a fault or wrong; guilty; responsible.

– His friends thought him blamable.

Blame:to be responsible for something bad; criticize; condemn.

– Which driver was to blame for the accident?

Blameable:responsible for a fault or wrong; culpable; guilty.

– They are equally blameable and deserve the same punishment.

Blamed:feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong; accursed; confounded.

– The inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident.

Blameful:finding or imputing blame; censurable; culpable.

– Nadia grabbed a towel from a deserted lab, returned to the passageway wiping her face and hair, and threw me an odd, blameful look.

Blameless:innocent of wrongdoing; innocent; guiltless.

– The school is not blameless for the children’s poor skills. 

Blameworthy:responsible for wrongdoing and deserving of censure or blame; culpable; indefensible.

– His conduct was judged to be blameworthy.

Bland:unseasoned, mild-tasting, or insipid; tasteless; flavorless.

– A bland and unadventurous vegetarian dish.

Blank:unrelieved by decorative or other features; bare, empty, or plain; empty; vacant.

– He gave him a blank look.

Blanket:covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive; wholesale; across the board.

– A blanket ban on tobacco advertising.

Blanketed:cover completely with a thick layer of something; cover; coat.

– The countryside was blanketed in snow.

Blasé:unimpressed with or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before; indifferent to; unconcerned about; uncaring about.

– She was becoming quite blasé about the dangers.

Blasphemous:sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane; sacrilegious; profane; irreligious.

– Blasphemous and heretical talk.

Blasted:used to express annoyance; damned; flaming.

– Make your own blasted coffee!

Blastemal:a mass of undifferentiated cells capable of growth and differentiation; blastematic; blastemic.

– In animals, he says, the endogenous method is rare, and the customary origin is in an external blastemal.

Blastematic: Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.

– Blastematic is a mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or a body part develops, either in normal development or in the regeneration of a lost body part.

Blastemic: a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue; blastemal; blastematic.

– Blastemic is a mass of undifferentiated cells capable of growth and differentiation.

Blastocoelic: the segmentation cavity of a developing ovum or of the blastula; blastopore; Blastomeres.

– The animal – vegetal and parallel orientation of the blastocoelic ECM observed.

Blastodermatic: of or relating to a blastoderm; blastodermic.

– For hardening the blastodermatic I have employed, as usual, chromic acid, and also gold chloride.

Blastodermic: the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula; blastodermatic; blastocytoma.

– For hardening the blastodermic I have employed, as usual, chromic acid, and also gold chloride.

Blastogenetic:  reproduction by asexual means, as by budding in corals; agamogenesis; asexual reproduction.

– A recurrent blastogenetic cycle characterizes colonies of the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.

Blastomeric: any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg; blastomere; blastodisc.

– If left on its natural course, a blastomere eventually develops into another embryo.

Blastomycotic: any of several diseases caused by certain yeastlike fungi, especially blastomycetes; fungal infection; mycosis.

– The patient was diagnosed with disseminated blastomycosis.

Blastoporal: the opening of the archenteron; orifice; porta.

– The one exception is the anterior portion of the dorsal blastoporal lip.

Blastoporic: of or relating to a blastopore; archenteron; opening.

– The mesoblast grows out from the lip of the blastoporic as four masses.

Blastospheric: early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; blastula; blastocyst.

– When the egg of Amphioxus is in the blastospheric stage we cannot speak of either an epiblast or hypoblast.

Blastular: an animal embryo at the early stage of development when it is a hollow ball of cells; blastula; blastosphere.

– The first three to four months are spent with the blastular in suspended development before it implants itself in the placenta.

Blatant: brazenly obvious; flagrant; a blatant lie.

– Perhaps the most blatant, she said, was its sole use of voter registration lists as a source of finding potential jurors.

Blate: bashful; shy; bleat.

– We are no blate at asking the lawing, although some folk are undo slow at paying’ out.

Bleak: without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary.

– The immediate outlook remains bleak. 

Blear: to make dim, as with tears or inflammation:dim from tears; dim; indistinct; blur.

– He got blear -eyed from a weekend binge.

Bleary: blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness; indistinct; unclear.

– I arrived bleary-eyed and rumpled.

Blebbed: marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material; blebby; acned.

– BLEBBED is covered with or full of blebs.

Blebby: a blister or vesicle; abscess; pimple.

– The cheeks and the backs of the hands were each covered with blebby.

Blended: to mix smoothly and inseparably together; combine; unite.

– All was blended into one brilliant procession.

Blessed: consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified.

– I feel blessed to have the joy of being able to develop what I do with love and at the same time receive the support of those who follow me.

Blest: literary term for blessed; cheerful; contented.

– He does not say cryptic things or babble trivialities in the name of the mighty Dead—the mighty Damned or the mighty Blest.

Blighted: affected with blight, a disease or condition characterized by the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues; dilapidated; shattered.

– The apple trees were blighted by fungus.

Blimpish: pompously reactionary; ultraright; devoted.

– Squire is now considered to be on the blimpish wing of the reaction to modernist work.

Blind: unable to see; having severely impaired or absolutely no sense of sight; sightless; thoughtless.

– The sunlight made me blind.

Blinded: cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily; unsighted; render sightless.

– The injury temporarily blinded him.

Blindfold: with the eyes covered; rash; unthinking.

– Musk is aiming for higher altitudes and increased operational perfection until his team can do it blindfolded.

Blindfolded: with the eyes covered by a blindfold; unsighted; sightless.

– The kidnappers tied him up and blindfolded him.

Blinding: a layer of sand or fine gravel for filling the gaps in the surfaces of a road or pavement, as one of crushed and compacted stone; blatant; blazing.

– The white sand was almost as blinding as snow.

Blinking: used to express annoyance; flicker; Wink.

– Computers can be a blinking nuisance to operators.

Blissful: full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss; dreamy; enchanted.

– We spent a blissful week together.

Blistering: causing a blister or blisters; fiery; heated.

– His gaze was blistering, his voice controlled.

Blistery: having blisters, as paint or glass; intense; red-hot; severe.

– I was itchy from the bugs, aching everywhere, blistery, and wet.

Blithe: joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful.

– He showed blithe disregard for the rights of others.

Blithesome: lighthearted; merry; cheerful.

– It is not long since the old and the young were to be seen together in the blithesome dance and the merry play.

Blocked: prevented from being accessed or used; impassable; concealed.

– The police have blocked the road.

Blockheaded:a stupid, doltish person; dunce; fool.

– She must be shown that the blockheaded thinks nothing of her and looks only at Bourienne.

Blond: having light-colored hair and skin; light-colored; tow-coloured.

– His hair was sandy blond, his skin golden.

Blonde: having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes; bleached; fair-haired.

– The models on the boxes and bottles are all light-skinned, many with blue eyes and blonde hair.

Bloodcurdling: arousing terror; horrifying; terrifying.

– Creator Timothy Haskell has a reputation for putting on a bloodcurdling show.

Blooded: derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree; plasma; birth.

– Some children prefer cold blooded animals to the cute and cuddly ones.

Bloodguilty: guilty of murder or bloodshed; anguish; distress.

– The imperative is against unlawful killing resulting in bloodguilt.

Bloodless: spiritless; without vigor, zest, or energy; without emotion or feeling; cold-hearted.

– The remarkable thing about the Taliban advance is that it has been largely bloodless.

Bloodshot: red because of dilated blood vessels; bloody; red.

– He emerged with two fully covered arms, ringed with vines and bloodshot eyes.

Bloodstained: guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed; bleeding; ensanguined.

– His bandaged leg rests, slightly elevated, on a bloodstained cushion borrowed from a couch.

Bloodsucking: any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech; parasite; vampire.

– I have to pay a guinea to a bloodsucking composer when I want a song.

Bloodthirsty: eager to shed blood; murderous; merciless; pitiless.

– Human beings, it seems, are a peculiarly bloodthirsty species.

Bloody: stained or covered with blood; savage; brutal.

– The first thing the female needs to do is find her bloody food source.

Blooming: in bloom; flowering; blossoming.

– With lights flashing, the cruiser arrived at the Blooming Grove State Police barracks in Pike County.

Blotched: of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process; blemish; acne.

– Elected last year as a reformer, Lightfoot already has some blotches on her own record.

Blotchy:having blotches; mottled; spotted.

– Without this piece, flowers suspend into a blotchy, discolored sky.

Blotto: very drunk; so drunk as to be unconscious or not know what one is doing; blind drunk; cockeyed.

– She wasn’t exactly blotto, but she had evidently laid a good foundation for a first-class jag.

Blowsy: having a coarse, ruddy complexion; disheveled in appearance; unkempt; outdated.

– As if I would have given her any money, the impudent, blowsy thing!

Blowy: easily blown about; blustering; blustery; breezy.

– To our surprise the weather, which in the evening had been calm and frosty, had become wet and blowy.

Blowzy: having a coarse, ruddy complexion; dull; frowzy.

– After racking his imagination, it occurred to him to bribe the blowzy waiting-maid with gold.

Blubbery: abounding in or resembling blubber; fat; puffy; swollen.

– The blubbery folds under his chin crimsoned with his cheeks in complacent self-esteem.

Blue: of the color of blue; blue-green; azure.

– There were swallows in the cloudless blue sky.

Blue-Eyed: having or representing childlike innocence; blond; towheaded.

– He was blonde, blue-eyed and very cute.

Blueish: having a blue tinge; slightly blue; azureous; sky-colored.

 – She looked fortyish and she wore a blueish dress. 

Bluff: an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something; Deception; subterfuge.

– The offer was denounced as a bluff.

Bluish: having a blue tinge; slightly blue; sky-colored.

– His lips were a bluish color.

Blunt: not having a sharp edge or point; unsharpened; dull.

– She is blunt about her personal life.

Blunted: slow in perception or understanding; obtuse; dull.

– Lack of sleep blunted her thinking.

Blunting: make or become less sharp; dampening; dulling.

– That is the blunting of the edge of the present new departure, but it will not be maintained.

Blurred: to obscure by making confused in form or outline; make indistinct; dim

– The tears in my eyes blurred the words on the page.

Blurry: not clearly or distinctly visible or audible; fuzzy; bleary.

– Video projectors provided extremely blurry images.

Boastful: given to or characterized by boasting; bragging; crowing.

– No one liked my rich friend’s boastful attitude about his money.

Bobtail: shorter or briefer than usual; cut short; docked; cropped.

– This breed has a bobtail or short tail. 

Bobtailed: having a short or shortened tail; bobtail caudate; caudated.

– Now back to its white friend, trotting, bobtailed, across a recess between talon-like projections in the scarp. 

Bodacious: remarkable; outstanding; audacious; bold or brazen.

– It is pretty but not prom queen, ever so slightly bodacious but fundamentally unthreatening.

Bodiless: having no body or material form; incorporeal; disembodied.

– There they are shadowed by the ghostly forms of menacing, bodiless shapes!

Bodily: corporeal or material, as contrasted with spiritual or mental; physical; actual.

– The victim suffered serious bodily injury.

Bodyless: having no trunk or main part; unbodied; having no body.

– Eyeless but seeing, earless but hearing, bodyless but feeling.

Boeotian: of or relating to Boeotia or its inhabitants; dull; obtuse.

– The Thebans, again, were afraid of being compelled to let the Boeotian states go free.

Boffo: deep and unrestrained; comical; delightful.

– I am not going for the big boffo laughs.

Bogartian: Of or relating to the style of Humphrey Bogart; intimidating; bullying.

– Malcolm and Angus explained that the concept of the album was to base it as a Bogartian mystery scenario.

Bogus: not genuine; counterfeit; spurious; sham.

– On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus. 

Bohemian: of or relating to Bohemia, its people, or their language, pertaining to or characteristic of the unconventional life of a bohemian; nonconformist; free spirit.

– He enjoyed a fairly conventional, if slightly bohemian childhood.

Boisterous: rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained.

– A large and boisterous crowd attended the concert. 

Bold: not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous; daring.

– He punished the bold child for talking back.

Bolivian: of or relating to Bolivia or its inhabitants; Bolivia; boliviano.

– The Bolivian report notes that “food gets cold every time the pots are taken from and into the oven.”

Bolshy: deliberately combative or uncooperative awkward; contrary; truculent.

– I was a bolshie teenager, full of argument.

Bombastic: high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.

– It’s a place of bombastic contrast, from landscape to weather to wealth inequality.

Bombproof: strong enough to resist the impact and explosive force of bombs or shells; strong; durable.

– The fort was a small, unflanked enclosure with a bombproof and a magazine.

Bone: any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates; cartilage; bony process.

– His injuries included many broken bones.

Boned: having the bones taken out; cooked or served with the bones removed; bother; harass.

– Fish should be carefully boned before it is served to younger children.

Boneless: lacking physical or mental strength; cowardly; spineless.

– I think her Harry’s a boneless little drip.

Bonelike: resembling or characteristic of bone; boney; bony; skeletal.

– The body is covered in thick, bonelike , and rhombic scales.

Boney:being very thin; scraggy; scrawny; skinny.

– The boney eyebrow ridges are only slightly developed.

Bonkers: mentally unbalanced; mad; crazy.

– The fans went bonkers when their team won.

Bonnie: a female given name: from the Latin word meaning good; beautiful; attractive.

– She said she was a Bonnie young lassie aince.

Bonny: pleasing to the eye; handsome; pretty.

– He was a bright, bonny lad, full of enthusiasm for life.

Bony: having prominent bones; big-boned; skinny; emaciated.

– I used to be fat but my sister was always bony.

Bonzer: remarkable; wonderful; marvelous.

– I haven’t seen such a bonzer target to strafe since we was in Gallipoli.

Bookable: serious enough for the offending player to be cautioned by the referee; reserve; disposable.

– He was sent off for a second bookable offence.

Bookish: more acquainted with books than with real life; brainy; studious.

– Keith said she was “really cute” and looked “bookish” in her glasses.

Boolean: pertaining to or being a deductive logical system, as Boolean algebra, used to represent symbolically the relationships between sets, classes, and other entities; binary     ; double.

– As well as allowing you to choose a Boolean search term, Internet search engines use implied Boolean operators.

Booming: to make a deep, prolonged, resonant sound; explosion;  boost.

– The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of temperature.

Boon: something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.

– The rain was a boon for parched crops.

Boorish: of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.

– I found him rather boorish and aggressive. 

Boozy: addicted to liquor; drunken; intoxicated.

– That could end up being a boozy night – and hungover Friday.

Boracic: consisting of or containing boric acid; antiseptic; impecunious.

– I tipped some boracic crystals into a box.

Borated: mixed or impregnated with borax or boric acid; borate.

– Timber borated treatment can be applied in this way.

Borderline: having an uncertain, indeterminate, or debatable status; marginal; doubtful.

– As a borderline diabetic, Lara is able to control her blood sugar levels solely through diet.

Boreal: of or relating to the north wind; arctic; freezing.

– This is unusual, she says, since boreal fires are usually sparked by random lightning or human activity.

Bored: wearied by dullness or sameness; disinterested; fatigued.

– She was very bored during the lecture.

Boric: of or containing boron; boracic.

– A boric acid solution was then added to the tank to ensure that the contents remained subcritical.

Boring: causing or marked by boredom; dull; uninteresting; tiresome.

– I find her books totally boring.

Born: possessing from birth the quality, circumstances, or character stated; inherent; intrinsic.

– She was born in a hospital. 

Boronic: of or pertaining to the boronic acids or their derivatives; boron; atomic number.

– In order to develop colorimetric sugar sensors, boronic acid-conjugated azobenzenes have been synthesized.

Boskopoid: belonging or related to Boskop man; Homo sapiens; boskopoid.

– Most theories regarding a “Boskopoid” type were based on the eponymous Boskop cranium, which was found in 1913 by two Afrikaner farmers.

Bosky: covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody; shady.

– The deer sensed our presence and fled to the bosky areas surrounding the meadow.

Bosnian: of or relating to Bosnia or its inhabitants; Bosnia; Herzegovina.

– He was referring to the genocide of Muslims during the Bosnian War.

Bosomed: concealed or secreted in the bosom; shrouded; wrapped; enveloped.

– She was a very tall, flat-bosomed woman in a plain black dress, and she seemed to take in our situation instantly.

Boss: a person who employs or superintends workers; manager; administrator.

– You might fool me about how well you do your job, you might fool your boss about how well you do your job, but you will never fool you.

Bossy: given to ordering people about; overly authoritative; domineering.

– She is sometimes bossy, and very ambitious. 

Botanic: of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants; agricultural; horticultural.

– The botanic gardens form a pleasant and favourite place of resort.

Botanical: a substance obtained from a plant and used typically in medicinal or cosmetic products; agricultural; floral.

– The botanical gardens of Brazil are developing into permanent exhibitions of the flora of the regions in which they are located.

Botchy: poorly made or done; bungled; despiteful; hateful.

– A girl with a botchy haircut that doesn’t go with her face.

Both: one and the other; two together; alike; equally.

– We both prefer classical music.

Bothersome: causing annoyance or worry; troublesome; annoying; irritating.

– Biting insects can be bothersome during warm weather. 

Botonee: having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm; buttoned, fastened.

– Botonee is having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil.

Botonnee: having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil; botonee; buttoned.

– Botonnee is having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil.

Botryoid:having the form of a bunch of grapes; botryoidal; boytrose.

– The diagnosis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, botryoid type, of intermediate differentiation was made.

Botryoidal: having the form of a bunch of grapes; botryoidal; botryoid; boytrose.

– It is never found as crystals, but always as encrusting and botryoidal masses with a microcrystalline structure.

Botswanan: belonging to or relating to Botswana or its people; Botswana; Gaborone; Kalahari.

– Botswanan’s best area for viewing wildlife is the Okavango delta game reserve.

Bottom: the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top; base; foot; pedestal.

– We sailed to the bottom of the bay.

Botulinal: of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum; botulinus; Clostridium botulinum.

– But as with the botulinal attacks, no one got sick. 

Bouffant: puffed out; full; hairdo.

– She wore a lace bodysuit and a large bouffant wig, took to a giant keytar and performed a techno rendition of the track.

Boughless: being without a bough; limbless; having no limbs.

– A large branch of a tree is boughless.

Boughten: bought rather than home-made; store-bought.

– Her first store-boughten doll.

Bouldered: abounding in rocks or stones; boulder; rocky; stony rough; unsmooth.

– As we came to the bottom of the dip, we found the body of the bear behind a big bouldered. 

Bouncing: stout, strong, or vigorous; exaggerated; big; hearty; noisy.

– He was bouncing a tennis ball against the garage door.

Bounded: having bounds or limits; belted; bordered.

– He bounded up the stairs to his room as he answered.

Bounden: obligatory; compulsory; pledged.

– It is our bounden duty to take all measures to develop those resources.

Bounderish: lacking in refinement or grace; ill-bred; lowbred; rude.

– All workers are told with bounderish exuberance and a hint of self-awareness.

Bounteous: giving or disposed to give freely; generous; liberal.

– We are grateful to you for your bounteous gifts.

Bountied: offering a bounty; rewards; catches.

– $10,000 is bountied on the head on his murdered to capture.

Bountiful: abundant; ample; plentiful.

– The villagers think this year’s crop will be bountiful. 

Bourgeois: belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class; materialistic; common.

– He’s accusing them of having a bourgeois and limited vision.

Boustrophedonic: of or relating to lines written in opposite directions; orthography; writing system.

– The archaeologist noticed that the text on the tablet was written in boustrophedonic.

Bovid: of or relating to the Bovidae, comprising the hollow-horned ruminants, as oxen, antelopes, sheep, and goats; hoofed; horned.

– In all of the Bovid the horns are simple, hollow, and permanent, each enclosing a bony core.

Bovine: of or relating to the subfamily Bovinae, which includes cattle, buffalo, and kudus; oxlike; dull.

– Made with grass-fed bovine collagen, this powder is the perfect addition to a chocolate lover’s pre- or post-workout smoothie.

Bowed: lowered; bent forward; curved bowed head; bowed back,

– He swept off his hat and bowed deeply to the queen.

Bowery: containing bowers; leafy; shady.

– The Bowery is crowded with a cosmopolitan horde which is never still.

Bowfront: having an outward curving front; rounded; curved.

– He has a bowfront furniture at his house.

Bowleg: outward curvature of the legs causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact; squadron; cuirassiers.

– He had a stocky and slightly bowleg build, but was known for deceptive power and a strong, accurate arm from center field.

Bowlegged: a leg so curved; dragoons; horse.

– He had a stocky and slightly bowlegged build, but was known for deceptive power and a strong, accurate arm from center field.

Boxlike: resembling a box in rectangularity. Box-shaped; boxy cubic; three-dimensional.

– Until dusk they remained in the boxlike station, hoping against hope.

Boyish: of or befitting a boy; engagingly youthful; innocent.

– His boyish good looks made him popular with girls.

Boylike: befitting or characteristic of a young boy; boyish, school boyish; immature; young.

– She has boylike good looks.

Boytrose: resembling a cluster of grapes in form; botryoid; botryoidal.

– Cluster of grapes in form.

Brachial: belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.

– A case has been reported in which there was a total lesion of the brachial plexus, including the muscles of the shoulder girdle.

Brachiate: botany having widely divergent paired branches; armed; having arms.

– It had long limbs, hands, and feet, and may have been able to brachiate, swinging between trees using its arms.

Brachiopod: belonging or pertaining to the Brachiopoda;  lamp-shell; lampshell.

– This suggests that the tube-dwelling creature needed the brachiopod to survive.

Brachiopodous:any mollusklike, marine animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a dorsal; ventral shell; lamp shell.

– Marine animals were present in abundance, including brachiopodous which lived attached to or buried in the sea floor.

Bracing: of, relating to, or serving as a brace; strengthening; invigorating.

– He backed up slightly, bracing for her reaction.

Brackish: somewhat salty or briny, as the water in an estuary or salt marsh, which is not as salty as the sea but saltier than a river; distasteful; unpleasant.

– The water in these ditches is often brackish.

Bracteal: pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract; inflorescence; calycle.

– Each flower of the common Burberry has on the outside three little bracteal scales, which are reddish on the back.

Bracteate: a thin coin, struck only on one face, the pattern of which shows through on the reverse face; bracted.

– Along with the bracteate was a gold ring and a piece of gold sheet: all were about melted down by a goldsmith who was stopped by a local clergyman.

Bracted: a leaf from the axil of which a flower or floral axis arises; chaff; straw; shell.

– The male flowers grow in catkins, each arising from a scaly bracted, and have a green perianth.

Bracteolate: a small bract especially on a floral axis; bracteole; bractlet.

– Pedicels are bracteolate and up to 0.8cm in long.

Brag: to use boastful language; boast; crow; gloat.

– He doesn’t like to brag.

Braggart: a person who does a lot of bragging; bragging; boastful; trumpeter.

– He was an insufferable braggart, but never had any success in love.

Bragging: excessively proud and boastful talk about one’s achievements or possessions; show off; swagger.

– She interrupted their endless bragging.

Braggy: exhibiting self-importance; cocky; arrogant.

– We have to pay attention more to those kinds of braggy statements.

Brahminic: a religious and social system based on the writings, rituals and social pre-eminence of the priestly caste of Hindu society; cultured; polished.

– His Prime Minister Deva was a very pious and learned Brahmin.

Brahminical: Of or pertaining to the Brahman; courteous; elegant.

– In the capital a curious admixture of early Brahminical influence is still noticeable.

Braided:  flowing in several shallow interconnected channels separated by banks of deposited material; bunched; clustered.

– His hair was long and black, braided down his back.

Brainish: headstrong; impetuous; impulsive.

– Carnevale in Ivrea, streets flowing with the brainish and aromatic combination of orange pulp and horse droppings.

Brainless: mentally weak; foolish; witless; stupid.

– He thought most of his coworkers were brainless.

Brainsick: insane; crazy; mad.

– To be brainsick and heartsick in a cruel and unfamiliar world is to be morbid.

Braised: by sautéing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid; barbecue; blanch; boil.

– He braised the beef in a wine sauce.

Braky: covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth; brambly wooded.

– Prior to HDR, LDR braky therapy was commonly in use for prostate cancer.

Braless: wearing no bra; topless; bare-breasted.

– Going braless is always a lot easier if you’ve got a smaller chest. 

Brambly: having or resembling brambles; complicated; knotty.

– This fruit grows upon a low brambly-looking bush, upon the sand-hills or in the flats, where the soil is of a saline nature.

Branchial: of or relating to gills or to the homologous, embryonic parts in animals without gills; Branchial Groove; Pharyngeal Clefts; Clefts.

– I am a person with very bad health, being diabetic, with arthritis in my knees and subject to branchial asthma.

Brash: impertinent; impudent; tactless.

– Brash noisy journalists were crowding around the ambassador.

Brassbound: having a frame or reinforcements strengthened or made rigid by brass, bronze; rigid; inflexible.

– The liberated Brassbound declares his devotion to Lady Cicely, and says he wishes to marry her.

Brasslike: resembling the sound of a brass instrument; forte; invigorated.

– Hey I said it as loud and brassy as I could, still strengthened by the courage my family had imbued me with.

Brassy: harsh and metallic; brazen; bold; loud.

– The brassy jewelry shined with a golden twinkle in the sunlight.

Bratty: characteristic of or resembling a brat; impudent; ill-mannered.

– You haven’t seen her bratty side yet.

Brave: possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance; confident; courageous.

– He was brave now that he faced only a woman.

Braw: fine or fine-looking; excellent; brawly; brawlie.

– With the sun shining, it seems to be a braw day for a family picnic in the park.

Brawny: muscular; strong; robust.

– With the sun shining, it seems to be a braw day for a family picnic in the park. 

Brazen:shameless or impudent; audacious; blatant.

– I often forget how brazen they are. 

Brazilian: of or relating to Brazil or its inhabitants; South American; Brasil.

– Marie galante is a harsh cotton of the Peruvian or Brazilian type.

Breakable: capable of being broken; brittle; crisp.

– I knew from the beginning that although she looked breakable she was tough.

Breakaway: an act or instance of breaking away; secession; separation:

– He grabbed her, but she managed to break away.

Breakneck: reckless or dangerous, especially because of excessive speed; hazardous; lightning.

– He drove to the hospital at breakneck speed.

Breastless: Without a breast or breasts; flat-chested.

– Milkless wholly was his mother, and his mother wholly breastless.

Breathing: the act of a person or other animal that breathes; respiration; inhaling.

– He was breathing hard. 

Breathless: without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting.

– They were breathless with anticipation.

Breathtaking: thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like; impressive; magnificent.

– They gave a breathtaking performance.

Breeched: the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks; rear; seat; tail.

– He was dressed in boots, breeched and grey uniform shirt.

Breeding: the improvement or development of breeds of livestock, as by selective mating and hybridization; development; rearing.

– It’s a sign of good breeding to know the names of all your staff.

Bregmatic:of or relating to the bregma of the skull; anatomy; general anatomy.

– His head is asymmetrical, and is full at the occiput, slightly sunken at the bregmatic and the forehead is low.

Briary: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae; barbed; briery; bristled.

– It is full of black and briary fruit flavors and moves to a velvety finish.

Brickle: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; brickly; brittle breakable; capable of being broken.

– I always get and he gets butter brickle.

Brickly: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; brickle; brittle breakable.

– He may be brickly, but hes an absolute straight shooter and he tells it exactly like he thinks it is

Bridal: of, for, or pertaining to a bride or a wedding; marital; matrimonial.

– The bridal party was at my house with my wife.

Brief: using few words; concise; succinct.

– After brief introductions, he told me to follow him, but he went the wrong way.

Briefless: having no clients, as a lawyer; patronless; unpatronised.

– You think a briefless lawyer of thirty can go it alone, do you, even against the whole city government?

Briery: a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier; hedge; shrubbery.

– In sussex it grows as freely as any Brier.

Bright: radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining.

– The lighting was too bright.

Brilliant: shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous.

– Her mother was a brilliant scientist.

Brimfull: filled with something to the point of overflowing; brimming; full; filled.

– A jug brimful of custard.

Brinded: having a patchy or streaky pattern, usually brown or grey in colour; brindled; mottled; tabby.

– A fine brinded cow with a large udder was attached to the cart behind. 

Brindle: brownish or tawny with streaks of other colour; checkered; discolored.

– It had a brindle coat and a dark muzzle, on which the skin fell in mournful-looking folds.

Brindled: gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots; flecked; mottled.

– His brute of a brindled dog was fastened to one of the scaffold-timbers.

Briny: of or like brine; salty; saline.

– The bathing is invigorating; it must be followed by a freshwater bath because of the incrustation of the body from the briny water.

Brisant: the shattering effect of a high explosive; consequence; effect.

– He had a brisnat effect of the accident on him.

Brisk: quick and active; lively; energetic, alert.

– She answered the phone in a brisk voice.

Bristled: stand upright away from the skin, typically as a sign of anger or fear; rise; stand up.

– The hair on the back of his neck bristled.

Bristlelike: resembling a bristle; armed; quill.

– The oppositely arranged leaves are each divided into very narrow bristlelike lobes up to a centimeter long.

Britannic: of Britain; British; Britain.

– I’m now Her Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State for Defence.

British: of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants; England; Great Britain.

– They took him to the British camp. 

Briton: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England; English person; Britisher.

– From that hour dated a new and sterner conception of the task that lay before him and every other Briton in the country.

Brittle: easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail.

– Seeds were extremely brittle and difficult to dissect.

Broad: of great extent; large; extensive.

– His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow. 

Broadband:of, relating to, or responsive to a continuous, wide range of frequencies; wifi; telephony.

– This resulted in the need for a broadband connection for the base.

Broke: without money; penniless; bankrupt.

– My car broke down on the way.

Broken: reduced to fragments; fragmented; ruptured; torn; fractured.

– My father fixed a broken chair.

Brokenhearted: burdened with great sorrow, grief, or disappointment; heartsick; heartbroken.

– She is left broken-hearted and desolate with her young children.

Bromic: containing pentavalent bromine; chemical element.

– It combines with oxygen with feeble affinity, forming bromic acid.

Bromidic: pertaining or proper to a platitude; being a bromide; trite.

– He made his gallant, bromidic speeches to each one in turn, playing no favorites.

Bronchial: pertaining to the bronchia or bronchi; respiratory; tracheal.

– She suffers from bronchial asthma.

Bronze: having the color bronze; burnished; copper.

– She won a bronze in skiing.

Broody: inclined to sit on eggs; moody; gloomy.

– There is an old lady in his constituency who had a broody hen, and she wanted to have a brood of chickens.

Brotherlike: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; brotherly; fraternal.

– The boy playing the guitar is my brotherlike cousin.

Brotherly: of, like, or befitting a brother; affectionate and loyal; fraternal.

– He gave her a brief, brotherly kiss.

Brown: having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color; chocolate-coloured; coffee-coloured.

– She has brown eyes.

Brumous: foggy and wintry; hazy; misty.

– He swatted brumous air and coughed.

Brunet: a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin; dusky; swarthy.

– The man behind her was tall with glasses, a brunet ponytail, and a goofy grin.

Brunette: of a dark color or tone; brown; brunet; bistered.

– Reich was a brunette divorcee in her 30s with a checked romantic history.

Brushed: having a nap raised or a surface produced by a brushing process; coated; stuffed.

– She hadn’t brushed or rinsed her mouth out since being sick on the plane.

Brusk: markedly short and abrupt; short discourteous; Showing no courtesy; rude.

– The latter, in spite of brusk manners, which he had acquired in the field, was a highly respectable gentleman.

Brusque: abrupt in manner; blunt; rough.

– She asked for a cup of coffee and received a brusque reply: “We don’t have any.”

Brut: very dry; not sweet; dry.

– For wines exported to England very little liqueur is employed; in the case of some wines, known as Brut or Nature, none at all is added.

Brutal: savage; cruel; inhuman.

– The traffic was brutal on the way to work.

Brute: a brutal, insensitive, or crude person; nonhuman creature; beast.

– Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.

Brutish: brutal; cruel; gross; coarse.

– He was that way with everyone he encountered, brutish.

Bryophytic:a group of plant species that reproduce via spores rather than flowers or seeds; bryophyta; nonvascular plant.

– Forms of scree dominated by bryophytic and lichens have also been taken into account in site selection.

Bubaline: or resembling a buffalo; oxen; cows.

– They were considered less suitable landholders than sons if they have the suitable bubaline.

Bubonic: accompanied by or affected with buboes; Bubble Wrap; bubbly.

– She refused, as there was bubonic plague in the area. 

Buccal: pertaining to the sides of the mouth or to the mouth; oral; cheek.

– A buccal cavity, a pharynx, an oesophagus and an intestine are always distinguishable.

Buckram: stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality; arthritic; creaky; rigid.

– Making frames for hats follows—the frames are of wire and buckram.

Buckshee: free of charge; gratuitous; unaffectionate.

– Buy one trip for 1,390 and a second is buckshee.

Bucolic: of, relating to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life; shepherds; pastoral.

– He drank in the sights and sounds of the bucolic world around him and for the first time in days felt relaxed.

Buddhist: relating to the religion based on the teachings of Buddha; Buddhism; buddhistic.

– During the Buddhist period Muttra became a center of the new faith.

Buddhistic: f or relating to or supporting Buddhism; Mahayana; Tantrism.

– He has, indeed, a system, but it is a singular medley of doctrines borrowed, not only from Saint-Simonian, but from Pythagorean and Buddhistic sources.

Budding:at an early stage of development but showing promise or potentiala budding genius; burgeoning; fledgling.

– While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.

Budgetary: reasonably or cheaply priced; account; allocation.

– Local authorities are reining in costs because of severe budgetary constraints.

Buff: having the color of buff; polish; burnish.

– He was muscular and buff beneath the trench.

Buffoonish:a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures; jester; clown; fool.

– Colleagues said he employed a buffoonish image as a shield.

Buggy: Slang. crazy; insane; peculiar.

– The guests arrived at the prescheduled time for the buggy ride.

Buirdly: muscular and heavily built, buirdly is a Scottish term; beefy; burly; husky.

– He was very tall and buirdly build man.

Bulgarian: of or relating to Bulgaria, its people, or their language; septuagenarian; parliamentaria.

– This is not some dream team from the Bulgarian Pub League.

Bulimic: relating to, resembling, or affected by bulimia; malnourished; emaciated.

– She said she was bulimic up to the age of 36.

Bulky: of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size; thick; lofty.

– She carried a very bulky package on the bus.

Bullate: having the surface covered with irregular and slight elevations, giving a blistered appearance; inflated; vaulted.

– Labrum, moderately bullate, with the upper part not overhanging; no teeth on the crest.

Bulletproof: capable of resisting or absorbing the impact of a bullet; impassable; impervious.

– The car has bulletproof windows. 

Bullheaded: obstinately opinionated, especially in refusing to consider alternatives; stubborn; headstrong.

– But he was bull-headed enough to persevere. 

Bullish: regarding a particular investment as potentially profitable; hopeful; optimistic.

– Members of her party are bullish about her reelection.

Bullnecked: having a short, thick neck; cervix; neck.

– A squat, bull-necked man approached, his dark suit straining at the seams. 

Bullocky:pertaining to driving bullocks or managing cattle; strong; hard.

– I soon saw that nothing could be donePg 224 on the spot, and ordered it to continue its “bullocky” progress to the camp.

Bully: a blustering, mean, or predatory person who, from a perceived position of relative power, intimidates, abuses, harasses, or coerces people, especially those considered unlikely to defend themselves; terrorize; tyrannize.

– The school bully used coercion to force the other kids to give him their lunch money.

Bullying: seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable); persecute; oppress; tyrannize

– Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullying other kids at school.

Bum: a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.

– I had a bum night’s sleep. 

Bumbling: liable to make awkward blunders; clumsily; incompetent; ineffectual.

– He can appear aloof and there’s something bumbling about his character. 

Bumptious: offensively self-assertive; arrogant; egotistic.

– While Rick is very intelligent, he would be more likable if he were not so bumptious about his educational background.

Bumpy: of uneven surface; full of bumps; full of jolts; causing jolts.

– The road is very bumpy.

Bungaloid: of, relating to, or characteristic of the style or appearance of a bungalow; home; theater.

– The suburbs haven’t yet been ripped apart by developers and transformed into bungaloid jungles.

Bunglesome: clumsy or awkward; ungainly unmanageable; unwieldy.

– He has played well, earned well and borne up under burden of his bunglesome finish at Carnoustie in good spirit.

Bungling: to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch; mismanage; muddle.

– The system is so bungling and bureaucratic that nothing ever gets done.

Buoyant: capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid; bouncy; resilient.

– She was in a buoyant mood and they were looking forward to their new life.

Burbling: to speak in an excited manner; babble; chatter; confuse.

– She could hear the burbling of water.

Burbly: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; burbling; effusive; gushing lively.

– A novel told in burbly panting tones.

Burdenless: being without a burden; unburdened; unencumbered.

– The three white men, burdenless, but regretting their horses, walked as they pleased, keeping the train in sight. 

Burdensome: oppressively heavy; onerous; distressing; troublesome.

– The load was too burdensome.

Burglarproof: safeguarded or secure against burglary; secure; protected.

– Don’t be deluded into thinking your house is burglarproof.

Burked: to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence; circumvent; ignore; neglect.

– Thankfully, Maraniss, who lives with his wife and children in Nashville, transforms Burked story from a historical footnote.

Burnable: consisting or made of material that is able to be burned or is suitable for burning; ignitable; combustible.

– In 2000 Switzerland closed all of its landfills to burnable waste.

Burning: caused by or as if by fire, a burn, or heat; fiery; flaming.

– She stared at the burning embers for a long time.

Burnt: of or showing earth pigments that have been calcined and changed to a deeper and warmer color; charred; parched.

– Shawna burnt her hand on the stove.

Burred: prickly or rough in texture; burr; censure.

– Using a half-inch drill, she burred several holes through the bone.

Burrlike: like a burr; burr; censure.

– Flowers and fruit are round and burr-like, borne in clusters of between 2 and 6 on a stem.

Burry: full of or covered with burs; burlike; barbed, bristled.

– They ducked behind rocks or trees and piled off their horses in a burry.

Bursal: relating to or affecting a bursa; atrium; basin.

– Infectious bursal disease (IBD) of poultry is an acute highly contagious viral infection. 

Bursiform: pouch-shaped; saccate; saclike concave.

– BURSIFORM is shaped like a pouch.

Burundi: a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika; Republic of Burundi; African country.

– No one in Burundi is going to pay a month’s wages for a copy of this book.

Burundian: of or relating to Burundi or its inhabitants; Republic of Burundi; African country.

– A Burundian cyclist pedals downhill on May 11.

Bush: a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant; backwoods; bramble.

– The cat slowly approached the bush where the mouse was hiding.

Bushed: exhausted; tired out.

– I mowed the lawn this morning, and now I’m bushed.

Bushwhacking: to make one’s way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches; assaulting; attacking.

– The group bushwhacked through the jungle. 

Bushy: resembling a bush; thick; shaggy.

– He has bushy eyebrows, long hair and a big nose. 

Businesslike: conforming to, attending to, or characteristic of business; efficient; practical.

– The meetings were very businesslike.

Bust: a woman’s chest as measured around her breasts; chest; bosom.

– She has a 36-inch bust.

Busted: broken; fractured; damaged.

– He busted his watch when he fell.

Bustling: moving or acting with a great show of energy; alive; effective.

– This used to be a bustling town but a lot of people have moved away over recent years. 

Busty: having a large bust; bosomy; stacked; ample.

– Last year, he sent busty models down the catwalk in furry football jerseys and high-heeled cleats.

Busy: actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime; assiduous; hardworking.

– Even with her busy schedule she finds time to watch TV.

Busybodied:  a person who is too interested in things that do not involve them; interferer; interloper.

– The neighborhood busybodied is telling everyone that the couple up the street is getting divorced.

Butch: (of a girl or woman, especially one who is LGBTQ+) having identity markers usually associated with traditional expressions of masculinity; manly; masculine.

– This shirt brand is very popular with my butch lesbian friends.

Buteonine: of or relating to the genus Buteo or to the short-winged hawks; hawk; Buteo.

– This species is the connecting link between the vultures and hawks of the genus buteonine.

Butterfingered: a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person; bungler.

– You have just permitted the cleverest rascal in the state to slip through your butterfingers.

Buttonlike: small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; beadlike; beady.

– When it comes to a speedy camera launch, most Android phones let you double-tap the buttonlike power button to launch the camera.

Buttressed: strengthened or supported with a buttress; strengthen; reinforce.

– The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.

Butyraceous: of the nature of, resembling, or containing butter; buttery; creamy.

– At lower temperatures it becomes concrete and butyraceous; and afterwards fuses at 90°.

Butyric: pertaining to or derived from butyric acid; butanoic acid.

– Butyric acid fermentations are more common in old butter and cheese.

Buxom: full-bosomed; healthy; plump; cheerful.

– She was also a buxom beauty, a kind of nineteenth century bombshell who loved to flirt.

Bygone: past; gone by; earlier; former.

– The stone wall is from a bygone age.

Bypast: well in the past; former; bygone; departed; foregone.

– The vague apprehensions of bypast years reviving at this crisis, some neighbours had been on the outlook for a catastrophe.

Byzantine: of or relating to Byzantium; convoluted; involved; knotty; tangled.

– The assumption is that it was rarely read by Byzantine subjects.

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