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Bequeath
  • (v. t.) To give

    Bequest
  • (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property
  • (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.

    Berate
  • (v. t.) To rate or chide vehemently

    Berber
  • (n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region

    Berceuse
  • (n.) A vocal or instrumental composition of a soft tranquil character, having a lulling effect

    Bereave
  • (v. t.) To make destitute

    Berg
  • (n.) A large mass or hill, as of ice.

    Beriberi
  • (n.) An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility, a painful rigidity of the limbs, and cachexy

    Berlin
  • (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin

    Bernardine
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.
  • (n.) A Cistercian monk.

    Berried
  • (a.) Furnished with berries

    Berry
  • (n.) A mound
  • (v. i.) To bear or produce berries.

    Berseem
  • (n.) An Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) extensively cultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwestern United States

    Berserker
  • (n.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds

    Berth
  • (n.) An allotted place
  • (v. t.) To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard

    Beryl
  • (n.) A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white

    Beseech
  • (n.) Solicitation
  • (v. t.) To ask or entreat with urgency

    Beset
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Beset
  • (v. t.) To hem in

    Beshrew
  • (v. t.) To curse

    Beside
  • (adv.) More than that
  • (n.) Aside from

    Besiege
  • (v. t.) To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender

    Besmear
  • (v. t.) To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter

    Besmirch
  • (v. t.) To smirch or soil

    Besom
  • (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping
  • (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom.

    Besotted
  • (a.) Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated

    Besought
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Beseech

    Bespangle
  • (v. t.) To adorn with spangles

    Bespatter
  • (v. t.) To asperse with calumny or reproach.

    Bespeak
  • (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)
  • (v. i.) To speak.
  • (v. t.) To betoken

    Bespoke
  • (imp.) of Bespeak
  • (p. p.) of Bespeak

    Besprinkle
  • (v. t.) To sprinkle over

    Best
  • (a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree
  • (n.) Utmost
  • (superl.) In the highest degree
  • (v. t.) To get the better of.

    Bet
  • (a. & adv.) An early form of Better.
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Bet
  • (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue
  • (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue

    Beta
  • (n.) The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, /.

    Betel
  • (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies

    Bethel
  • (n.) A chapel for dissenters.

    Bethink
  • (v. i.) To think
  • (v. t.) To call to mind

    Bethought
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Bethink

    Betide
  • (v. i.) To come to pass
  • (v. t.) To happen to

    Betimes
  • (adv.) In a short time

    Betoken
  • (v. t.) To foreshow by present signs

    Betony
  • (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

    Betook
  • (imp.) of Betake

    Betray
  • (v. t.) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust

    Betroth
  • (v. t.) To contract to any one for a marriage

    Better
  • (a.) Greater in amount
  • (compar.) In a higher or greater degree
  • (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory
  • (v. i.) To become better

    Bettor
  • (n.) One who bets

    Between
  • (n.) Intermediate time or space
  • (prep.) Belonging in common to two

    Betwixt
  • (prep.) From one to another of

    Bevel
  • (a.) Having the slant of a bevel
  • (n.) An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination
  • (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface
  • (v. t.) To cut to a bevel angle

    Beverage
  • (v. t.) A treat, or drink money.

    Bevy
  • (n.) A company

    Bewail
  • (v. i.) To express grief
  • (v. t.) To express deep sorrow for, as by wailing

    Beware
  • (v. i.) To be on one's guard
  • (v. t.) To avoid

    Bewilder
  • (v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path

    Bewitch
  • (v. t.) To charm

    Bey
  • (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions

    Beyond
  • (adv.) Further away
  • (prep.) At a place or time not yet reached

    Bezel
  • (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set

    Bezique
  • (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points

    Bezoar
  • (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases

    Bhang
  • (n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication

    Biannual
  • (a.) Occurring twice a year

    Bias
  • (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
  • (adv.) In a slanting manner
  • (n.) A leaning of the mind
  • (v. t.) To incline to one side

    Biaxial
  • (a.) Having two axes

    Bib
  • (n.) A bibcock.
  • (v. i.) To drink

    Bibb
  • (n.) A bibcock.

    Bibcock
  • (n.) A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.

    Bibelot
  • (n.) A small decorative object without practical utility.

    Bible
  • (n.) A book.

    Biblical
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible

    Biblicist
  • (n.) One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible

    Bibliography
  • (n.) A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc

    Bibliomancy
  • (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events

    Bibliomania
  • (n.) A mania for acquiring books.

    Bibliophile
  • (n.) A lover of books.

    Bibulous
  • (v. t.) Inclined to drink

    Bicameral
  • (a.) Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.

    Bicarbonate
  • (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates

    Bicentenary
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years
  • (n.) The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.

    Bicentennial
  • (a.) Consisting of two hundred years.
  • (n.) The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

    Bicephalous
  • (a.) Having two heads.

    Biceps
  • (n.) A muscle having two heads or origins

    Bicipital
  • (a.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity

    Bicker
  • (n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
  • (v. i.) To contend in petulant altercation

    Biconcave
  • (a.) Concave on both sides

    Biconvex
  • (a.) Convex on both sides

    Bicuspid
  • (n.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw

    Bicycle
  • (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers

    Bicyclic
  • (a.) Relating to bicycles.

    Bid
  • (n.) An offer of a price, especially at auctions
  • (v. t.) To invite

    Biddable
  • (a.) Obedient

    Bidder
  • (n.) One who bids or offers a price.

    Bidding
  • (n.) Command

    Bide
  • (v. t.) To dwell

    Biennial
  • (a.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second
  • (n.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

    Bier
  • (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

    Bifacial
  • (a.) Having the opposite surfaces alike.

    Bifarious
  • (a.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch

    Bifid
  • (a.) Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle

    Bifilar
  • (a.) Two-threaded

    Biflagellate
  • (a.) Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.

    Bifocal
  • (a.) Having two foci, as some spectacle lenses.

    Bifurcate
  • (v. i.) To divide into two branches.

    Big
  • (superl.) Great with young

    Bigamist
  • (n.) One who is guilty of bigamy.

    Bigamous
  • (a.) Guilty of bigamy

    Bigamy
  • (n.) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.

    Bigeye
  • (n.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

    Bighorn
  • (n.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).

    Bight
  • (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay

    Bignonia
  • (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers

    Bigot
  • (a.) Bigoted.
  • (n.) A hypocrite

    Bijou
  • (n.) A trinket

    Bike
  • (n.) A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants

    Bilateral
  • (a.) Having two sides

    Bilberry
  • (n.) Any similar plant or its fruit

    Bile
  • (n.) A boil.

    Bilge
  • (n.) Bilge water.
  • (v. i.) To bulge.
  • (v. t.) To cause to bulge.

    Biliary
  • (a.) Relating or belonging to bile

    Bilinear
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines

    Bilingual
  • (a.) Containing, or consisting of, two languages

    Bilious
  • (a.) Choleric

    Bilirubin
  • (n.) A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals

    Biliverdin
  • (n.) A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

    Bilk
  • (n.) A cheat
  • (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint

    Bill
  • (n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.
  • (v. i.) To join bills, as doves
  • (v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice.

    Bilobate
  • (a.) Divided into two lobes or segments.

    Biltong
  • (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.

    Bimetallic
  • (a.) Composed of two different metals

    Bimolecular
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or formed from, two molecules

    Bimonthly
  • (a.) Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months
  • (adv.) Once in two months.
  • (n.) A bimonthly publication.

    Bin
  • (n.) A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity
  • (v. t.) To put into a bin

    Binary
  • (a.) Compounded or consisting of two things or parts
  • (n.) That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts

    Binaural
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.

    Bind
  • (n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
  • (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

    Binnacle
  • (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night

    Binocular
  • (a.) Adapted to the use of both eyes
  • (n.) A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

    Binomial
  • (a.) Consisting of two terms
  • (n.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-)

    Binturong
  • (n.) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

    Binucleate
  • (a.) Having two nuclei

    Biochemistry
  • (n.) The chemistry of living organisms

    Biodynamics
  • (n.) The branch of biology which treats of the active vital phenomena of organisms

    Biogeography
  • (n.) The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants

    Biographical
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to biography

    Biography
  • (n.) Biographical writings in general.

    Biological
  • (a.) Of or relating to biology.

    Biology
  • (n.) The science of life

    Biometry
  • (n.) Measurement of life

    Biostatics
  • (n.) The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena

    Biotic
  • (a.) Relating to life

    Biotite
  • (n.) Mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color

    Biparietal
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.

    Biparous
  • (a.) Bringing forth two at a birth.

    Bipartite
  • (a.) Being in two parts

    Biped
  • (a.) Having two feet
  • (n.) A two-footed animal, as man.

    Biplane
  • (a.) Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes, aerocurves, or the like
  • (n.) An aeroplane with two main supporting surfaces one above the other.

    Bipolar
  • (a.) Doubly polar

    Biprism
  • (n.) A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a cube

    Biquadratic
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.
  • (n.) A biquadrate.

    Biramous
  • (a.) Having, or consisting of, two branches.

    Birch
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the birch
  • (n.) A birch-bark canoe.
  • (v. t.) To whip with a birch rod or twig

    Bird
  • (n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings.
  • (v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder

    Bireme
  • (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

    Birl
  • (v. t. & i.) To pour (beer or wine)

    Birr
  • (n.) A rush or impetus
  • (v. i.) To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion.

    Birth
  • (n.) Lineage

    Bis
  • (adv.) Twice

    Biscuit
  • (n.) A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard

    Bisect
  • (v. t.) To cut or divide into two parts.

    Bisexual
  • (a.) Of both sexes

    Bishop
  • (n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
  • (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation

    Bismuth
  • (n.) One of the elements

    Bison
  • (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers

    Bisque
  • (n.) A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis

    Bissextile
  • (a.) Pertaining to leap year.
  • (n.) Leap year

    Bistort
  • (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta

    Bistoury
  • (n.) A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface

    Bit
  • (imp.) of Bite
  • (n.) In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.
  • (v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth
  • (v. t.) To put a bridle upon

    Bite
  • (v.) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper
  • (v. i.) To cause a smarting sensation
  • (v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to

    Biting
  • (a.) That bites

    Bitt
  • (v. t.) To put round the bitts

    Bitumen
  • (n.) By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas

    Bituminize
  • (v. t.) To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.

    Bituminous
  • (a.) Having the qualities of bitumen

    Bivalent
  • (p. pr.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen

    Bivalve
  • (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels.
  • (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth

    Bivouac
  • (n.) An encampment for the night without tents or covering.
  • (v. i.) To encamp for the night without tents or covering.

    Biweekly
  • (a.) Occurring or appearing once every two weeks
  • (n.) A publication issued every two weeks.

    Bizarre
  • (a.) Odd in manner or appearance

    Blab
  • (n.) One who blabs
  • (v.) To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner
  • (v. i.) To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion

    Black
  • (a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it
  • (adv.) Sullenly
  • (n.) A black garment or dress

    Bladder
  • (n.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid
  • (v. t.) To put up in bladders

    Blade
  • (n.) A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow
  • (v. i.) To put forth or have a blade.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a blade.

    Blame
  • (v.) An expression of disapprobation fir something deemed to be wrong
  • (v. t.) To bring reproach upon

    Blanch
  • (n.) Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
  • (v. i.) To grow or become white
  • (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear

    Blancmange
  • (n.) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold

    Bland
  • (a.) Having soft and soothing qualities

    Blank
  • (a.) Absolute
  • (n.) Aim
  • (v. t.) To blanch

    Blare
  • (n.) The harsh noise of a trumpet
  • (v. i.) To sound loudly and somewhat harshly.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet

    Blarney
  • (n.) Smooth, wheedling talk
  • (v. t.) To influence by blarney

    Blaspheme
  • (v.) Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate
  • (v. i.) To utter blasphemy.

    Blasphemous
  • (a.) Speaking or writing blasphemy

    Blasphemy
  • (n.) An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs

    Blast
  • (n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.
  • (v. i.) To be blighted or withered
  • (v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail

    Blat
  • (v. i.) To cry, as a calf or sheep
  • (v. t.) To utter inconsiderately.

    Blaze
  • (n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality
  • (v. i.) To be resplendent.
  • (v. t.) To designate by blazing

    Blazing
  • (a.) Burning with a blaze

    Blazon
  • (n.) An heraldic shield
  • (v. i.) To shine
  • (v. t.) To deck

    Bleach
  • (a.) To make white, or whiter
  • (v. i.) To grow white or lose color

    Bleak
  • (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae

    Blear
  • (v.) Causing or caused by dimness of sight
  • (v. t.) To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes

    Bleat
  • (n.) A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep.
  • (v. i.) To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep

    Bleb
  • (n.) A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid

    Bleed
  • (v. i.) To emit blood
  • (v. t.) To draw money from (one)

    Blemish
  • (n.) Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral
  • (v. t.) To mark with deformity

    Blench
  • (n.) A looking aside or askance.
  • (v. i.) To fly off
  • (v. i. & t.) To grow or make pale.
  • (v. t.) To baffle

    Blend
  • (a.) To make blind, literally or figuratively
  • (n.) A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins
  • (v. i.) To mingle
  • (v. t.) To mix or mingle together

    Blenny
  • (n.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidae

    Blepharitis
  • (n.) Inflammation of the eyelids.

    Blesbok
  • (n.) A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead

    Bless
  • (v. t.) To esteem or account happy

    Blest
  • (a.) Blessed.

    Blew
  • (imp.) of Blow

    Blight
  • (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches
  • (v. i.) To be affected by blight
  • (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of

    Blind
  • (a.) Abortive
  • (n.) A blindage.
  • (v. t.) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel

    Blink
  • (pl.) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them.
  • (v. i.) A glimpse or glance.
  • (v. t.) To shut out of sight

    Bliss
  • (n.) Orig., blithesomeness

    Blister
  • (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants
  • (v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters
  • (v. t.) To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.

    Blithe
  • (a.) Gay

    Blizzard
  • (n.) A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow

    Bloat
  • (a.) Bloated.
  • (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
  • (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue
  • (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke.

    Blob
  • (n.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni)

    Block
  • (n.) A block hole.
  • (v. t.) A blockhead

    Blood
  • (n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
  • (v. t.) To bleed.

    Bloom
  • (n.) A blossom
  • (v. i.) To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor
  • (v. t.) To bestow a bloom upon

    Blossom
  • (n.) A blooming period or stage of development

    Blot
  • (n.) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
  • (v. i.) To take a blot
  • (v. t.) To dry, as writing, with blotting paper.

    Blouse
  • (n.) A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France

    Blower
  • (n.) A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.

    Blowfly
  • (n.) Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal products

    Blowgun
  • (n.) A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath

    Blowhole
  • (n.) A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity

    Blown
  • (p. p.) of Blow
  • (p. p. & a.) Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies

    Blowpipe
  • (n.) A blowgun

    Blowy
  • (a.) Windy

    Blubber
  • (n.) A bubble.
  • (v. i.) To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face
  • (v. t.) To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries)

    Bludgeon
  • (n.) A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon

    Blue
  • (n.) A pedantic woman
  • (pl.) Low spirits
  • (superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker
  • (v. t.) To make blue

    Bluff
  • (a.) Abrupt
  • (n.) A game at cards
  • (v. i.) To act as in the game of bluff.
  • (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value

    Bluing
  • (n.) Something to give a bluish tint, as indigo, or preparations used by washerwomen.

    Bluish
  • (a.) Somewhat blue

    Blunder
  • (n.) A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance.
  • (v. i.) To make a gross error or mistake
  • (v. t.) To cause to blunder.

    Blunge
  • (v. t.) To amalgamate and blend

    Blunt
  • (a.) Abrupt in address
  • (n.) A fencer's foil.
  • (v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker

    Blur
  • (n.) A dim, confused appearance
  • (v. t.) To cause imperfection of vision in

    Blush
  • (n.) A red or reddish color
  • (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion
  • (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.

    Bluster
  • (n.) Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm
  • (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind
  • (v. t.) To utter, or do, with noisy violence

    Bo
  • (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

    Boa
  • (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B

    Boar
  • (n.) The uncastrated male of swine

    Boast
  • (n.) Act of boasting
  • (v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another
  • (v. t.) To display in ostentatious language

    Boat
  • (n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
  • (v. i.) To go or row in a boat.
  • (v. t.) To place in a boat


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