5-Letter Words Starting with B: page 2

All 610 five-letter words that start with B: page 2 of 2

BO

• boost7n. A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
• booth10n. A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
• boots7n. A condom.
• booty10n. A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be...
• booze16n. Any alcoholic beverage.
• boozy19adj. Intoxicated by alcohol.
• boppy14adj. Characteristic of bop or bebop.
• borak11n. A cosmetic face powder or paste to protect the face from the sun...
• boral7n. Aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
• borax14n. A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral...
• bored8adj. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having...
• boree7n. Any of various species of wattle tree (genus Acacia), especially Acacia...
• borer7n. A tool used for drilling.
• borey10n. A gated community.
• borgo8n. A small Italian village.
• boric9adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron.
• borne7adj. Carried, supported.
• boron7n. The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a...
• borra7n. Leafy matter found in wax.
• bortz16n. Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive...
• bosal7n. A type of noseband used on a horse.
• bosky14adj. Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.
• bosom9n. The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
• boson7n. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which...
• bossy10adj. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted...
• botak11adj. Bald.
• botch12v. To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a...
• bothy13n. A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left...
• botts7n. The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect...
• botty10n. Bottom.
• bouge8n. The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household...
• bough11n. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
• boule7n. One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
• bound8adj. Obliged (to).
• bouse7v. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
• bovid11n. An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat...
• bowed11adj. Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
• bowel10n. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
• bower10n. A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval...
• bowie10n. A Bowie knife.
• bowls10n. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on...
• boxed15adj. Packed into a box or boxes.
• boxen14adj. Made of boxwood.
• boxer14n. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
• boxty17n. A traditional Irish potato pancake.
• boyar10n. A member of a rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia...
• boyer10n. A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end.
• bozon16n. A notional particle of stupidity.

BR

• braai7n. A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically...
• brace9n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning...
• brach12n. Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey...
• brack13n. An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
• bract9n. A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a...
• brads8n. Money.
• brady11n. Bradycardia.
• braid8v. To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to...
• brail7n. A small rope used to truss up sails.
• brain7n. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located...
• brake11n. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle...
• brame9n. Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
• brand8n. A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark...
• brane7n. A hypothetical object extending across a number of (often specified)...
• brank11n. A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a...
• brant7n. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the...
• brash10adj. Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive...
• brass7n. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a...
• brava10n. A shout of "brava!".
• brave10adj. Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
• bravo10n. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
• brawl10n. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people...
• brawn10n. Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
• braze16v. To cover with brass, or as with brass.
• brazy19adj. Crazy.
• bread8n. A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
• break11v. To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process...
• bream9n. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little...
• brede8n. Ornamental embroidery.
• breed8v. To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
• brett7n. A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.
• breve10n. A semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used...
• brian7v. To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to...
• briar7n. Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as...
• bribe9n. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an...
• brick13n. A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
• bride8n. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or...
• brief10adj. Of short duration; happening quickly.
• brill7n. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.
• brine7n. Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a...
• bring8v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
• brink11n. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank...
• briny10adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or containing brine (“water saturated or...
• brise7n. A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
• brisk11adj. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion...
• brize16n. The breezefly.
• broad8adj. Wide in extent or scope.
• broch12n. A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found...
• brock13n. A male badger.
• brodo8n. A broth or stock in Italian cookery.
• brody11n. Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.
• broil7v. To expose to great heat.
• broke11adj. Financially ruined, bankrupt.
• broma9n. A light form of prepared cocoa, or the drink made from it.
• brome9n. Any grass of the genus Bromus.
• bromo9n. A dose of a proprietary sedative containing bromide (a bromo-seltzer).
• bronc9n. A bronco.
• brony10n. A (usually major, often male) fan of the animated television series My...
• brood8n. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl...
• brook11v. To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.
• broom9n. A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long...
• broon7n. The colour brown.
• brose7n. Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.
• broth10n. Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.
• brown10n. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• bruce9n. A man.
• bruck13adj. Broke, out of liquidity.
• bruin7n. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
• bruit7n. An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example...
• bruja14n. A female practitioner of brujería.
• brujo14n. A male practitioner of brujería.
• brume9n. Mist, fog, vapour.
• brune7adj. Brunette.
• brunt7n. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of...
• brush10n. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or...
• brute7adj. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).

BU

• buang8v. To discard or throw something out.
• bubba11n. Brother; used as term of familiar address.
• bubbe11n. A grandmother.
• bubby14n. A woman's breast.
• bucca11n. A storm spirit in Cornish folklore, traditionally believed to inhabit...
• buchi12n. Jian dui; sesame ball.
• bucht12n. A sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.
• buchu12n. A South African shrub in the genus Agathosma.
• bucko13n. A boastful or bullying man.
• bucks13n. Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
• bucky16n. A gun.
• budda9n. Eremophila mitchellii, a sandalwood-like plant native to Australia.
• buddo9n. Buddy, friend.
• buddy12n. A friend or casual acquaintance.
• budge9v. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• buffa13n. The comic actress in an opera.
• buffo13n. A comic singer, particularly in comic opera.
• buffy16adj. Of a buff color.
• buggy12n. A small horse-drawn cart.
• bugle8n. A horn used by hunters.
• bugsy11adj. Infested with bugs; buggy.
• build8v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
• built7adj. Well-built, muscular or toned.
• buist7n. A box or chest.
• bulak11n. An Indian nose ring usually worn by married women.
• bulat7n. A steel alloy known in Russia from medieval times.
• bulge8n. An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant...
• bulgy11adj. Having one or more bulges; bulging.
• bulka11n. A bread roll; a bun.
• bulky14adj. Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
• bulla7n. A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as.
• bully10n. A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to...
• bumbo11n. A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.
• bummy14adj. Like a bum (homeless person or hobo).
• bumps11n. The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
• bumpy14adj. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• bunce9n. A bonus; additional pay; money.
• bunch12n. A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or...
• bunco9n. A swindle or confidence trick.
• bunda8n. Ass, butt.
• bundt8n. A baking pan with a hollow, circular, raised area in the middle.
• bundu8n. A wilderness region, away from cities.
• bundy11n. A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx.
• bungo8n. A Japanese written language established mainly during the Heian period...
• bunia7n. Bunya (a traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish).
• bunji14n. A mate; a kinsman.
• bunny10n. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
• bunta7adj. Crazy, riotous, out of control.
• bunts7n. Money.
• bunya10n. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
• burek11n. A type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.
• burgh11n. A small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to...
• burin7n. A chisel with a sharp point, used for engraving; a graver.
• burka11n. A dress made from felt or karakul (the short curly fur of young lambs...
• burke11v. To murder by suffocation.
• burle7n. A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.
• burly10adj. Large, well-built, and muscular.
• burnt7adj. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.
• burny10adj. Tending to burn.
• buron7n. A traditional Auvergne shepherd's hut with a thatched roof, or a rustic...
• burqa16n. An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body...
• burra7adj. Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.
• burro7n. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is...
• burry10adj. Abounding in burs.
• bursa7n. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a...
• burse7n. A purse.
• burst7v. To break from internal pressure.
• busby12n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members...
• bushy13adj. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all...
• bussy10n. A bus driver.
• busto7n. A bust.
• busty10adj. Having large breasts.
• butch12adj. Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
• buteo7n. Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
• butoh10n. A form of Japanese contemporary dance.
• butte7n. An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
• butty10n. A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a...
• butyl10n. Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₄H₉, formally...
• buuut7conj. Elongated form of but.
• buxom16adj. Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
• buyer10n. A person who makes one or more purchases.
• buzzy28adj. Having a buzzing sound.

BW

• bwana10n. Big boss, important person.

BY

• bylaw13n. A local custom or law of a settlement or district.
• byock16n. A male ostrich's black and white wing feather.
• byway16n. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road...

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