5-Letter Words with B: page 2

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B

• bocca11n. The round hole in the furnace of a glassworks through which the fused...
• bocce11n. A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow...
• bodge9v. To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend...
• bodhi11n. The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and...
• bodle8n. A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about...
• boeuf10n. A bovine.
• boffo13adj. Outstanding; very good or successful.
• bogan8n. An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
• bogey11n. A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
• boggo9adj. Bog-standard; ordinary; unexceptional.
• boggy12adj. Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of...
• bogie8n. A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for...
• bogle8n. A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or...
• bogue8n. A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
• bogus8adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• boing8interj. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
• boink11v. To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.
• bokeh14n. A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image...
• bokke15n. Synonym of sea raven (“fish”).
• bolar7adj. Of, relating to, or similar to, bole or clay; clayey.
• bolas7n. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords...
• boldo8n. Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
• bolis7n. A bolide or fireball (type of meteor).
• bolon7n. A traditional harp played in Mali.
• bolsa7n. An exchange for the transaction of business.
• bolus7n. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or...
• bomba11n. A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from...
• bombe11n. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or...
• bomoh12n. A Malay shaman or witch doctor.
• bonce9n. A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce...
• bonch12n. The perineum.
• bonds8n. Imprisonment, captivity.
• boned8adj. Having a (specific type of) bone.
• boner7n. One who or that which removes bones.
• bones7n. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand...
• bongo8n. A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• bonks11adj. Crazy, bonkers.
• bonne7n. A French nursemaid.
• bonus7n. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
• bonza16n. A reddish apple originating in Australia.
• bonze16n. A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
• booch12n. Kombucha.
• boody11v. To sulk or mope.
• boogy11n. A black person.
• books11n. Accounting records.
• booky14adj. Bookish.
• boomy12adj. Characterized by heavy or undesirably loud bass sounds.
• boong8n. A native of New Guinea or Malaysia.
• boora7n. A kind of cargo boat used in the rivers of Bengal.
• boose7n. A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• bwana10n. Big boss, important person.
• 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...

C

• cabal9n. A secret plot.
• caban9n. A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine...
• cabas9n. A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
• caber9n. A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland...
• cabin9n. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built...
• cable9n. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a...
• cabri9n. A pronghorn.
• carbo9n. Carbohydrate.
• carby12n. Synonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”).
• carib9n. A hummingbird of the genus Eulampis.
• carob9n. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the...
• ceiba9n. Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
• celeb9n. A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
• chibi12n. A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
• chuba12n. A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
• chubb14n. An erection of the penis.
• climb11v. To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards...
• clubs9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
• cobby14adj. Stocky.
• cobia9n. A perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
• coble9n. A small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach...
• cobra9n. Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck...
• combe11n. A valley, often wooded and often with no river.
• combi11n. An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at...
• combo11n. A small musical group.
• combs11n. Combinations (underwear).
• coomb11n. A tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
• crabs9n. Pubic lice.
• crumb11n. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit...
• cubby14n. A small, confined space.
• cubeb11n. A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated...
• cubed10adj. Raised to the third power.
• cuber9n. Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
• cubes9n. Testicles.
• cubic11adj. Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of...
• cubie9n. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
• cubit9n. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an...
• cyber12adj. Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-.

D

• dabba10n. A kind of lunchbox or food container.
• dabby13adj. Damp.
• dabke12n. A folk dance of the Levant.
• darby11n. A specialized tool used to smooth and level the surface of wet...
• daube8n. A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
• debar8v. To exclude or shut out; to bar.
• debby13adj. Like a debutante.
• deben8n. A measure of weight used during the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt...
• debit8n. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
• debug9v. To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in...
• debus8v. To alight or get off a bus.
• debut8n. A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or...
• debye11n. The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10⁻¹⁸...
• defib11v. To defibrillate.
• demob10v. To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
• derby11n. Any of several annual horse races.
• dhaba11n. A roadside restaurant in South Asia.
• dhobi11n. A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman.
• dobby13n. A device in some looms that allows the weaving of small geometric...
• dobra8n. The official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided...
• dobro8n. An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
• doubt8v. To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack...
• dubby13adj. In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly...
• dubia8n. A set of questions on doctrine sent by Catholic bishops to the Holy See.
• duble8n. The official currency of Slowjamastan.
• dumba10n. The fat-tailed sheep.

E

• ebbed10adj. Having receded, or reduced in amount, intensity, or importance...
• ebene7n. A psychoactive material, variously described as obtained from plants of...
• ebony10n. A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical...
• elbow10n. The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
• embar9v. To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
• embed10v. To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
• ember9n. A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
• exhib17n. An exhibitor.
• exurb14n. A residential area beyond the suburbs.

F

• fabby15adj. Fabulous, very good, excellent.
• fable10n. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or...
• fenby13n. A feminine non-binary person.
• fiber10n. A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in...
• fibre10n. A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in...
• fibro10n. Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and...
• fitba10n. Football.
• flyby16n. A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
• forby13adj. Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

G

• gabba10n. Friend.
• gabby13adj. Inclined to talk too much.
• gabel8n. Any rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.
• gable8n. The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and...
• gabra8adj. Panicky and confused.
• gamba10n. A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the...
• gambo10n. A low, flat cart, typically two-wheeled and with the sides consisting...
• garba8n. A form of dance from the state of Gujarat in India, performed in a...
• garbo8n. A rubbish collector; a garbage man.
• gerbe8n. Something resembling a (wheat) sheaf in appearance.
• gibus8n. A collapsible top hat.
• gleba8n. The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
• glebe8n. Turf; soil; ground; sod.
• globe8n. The eyeball.
• gobar8n. Dried cow dung used directly as fuel or as a source of gas.
• gobbo10n. A goblin.
• gobby13adj. Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).
• grebe8n. Any of several waterbirds in the family Podicipedidae of the order...
• grebo8n. A greaser or biker.
• gumbo10n. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.

H

• habib12n. Mate; a term of endearment for a friend.
• habis10v. To finish or be finished; used to express that something is over or...
• habit10n. An action performed on a regular basis.
• haibo10interj. An expression of surprise or shock: wow, no way.
• hajib17n. An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially...
• hambo12n. A Swedish folk dance in three-four time.
• harbi10n. A person who is not a Muslim and does not live under the condition of...
• heben10n. Ebony.
• hebra10n. The offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.
• herby13adj. Of or pertaining to herbs.
• hijab17n. A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and...
• hobby15n. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
• hubba12n. A grain.
• hubby15n. Husband.

I

• iboga8n. Tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the...
• imbue9v. To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or...
• inbox14n. A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.

J

• jabot14n. A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.
• jambe16n. A leg, of an animal or person.
• jambu16adj. Cute, adorable or beautiful.
• jawab17n. An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage...
• jebel14n. A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa).
• jobby19n. A job that is also a hobby: a dream job or passion project; or, a side...
• jumba16n. A Malay unit of area, one twentieth of an orlong.
• jumbo16adj. Especially large or powerful.

K

• kabam13interj. The sound of a loud explosion; pow, blam, bang.
• kalbi11n. A Korean barbecued rib dish, usually made from beef.
• kebab13n. A hand-held dish consisting of slices of meat or fish roasted on an...
• kerby14n. A children's ball game played in the street, the aim being to throw the...
• kimbo13v. To position (the arms) akimbo.
• kitab11n. An Islamic book.
• koban11n. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
• kombi13n. A minivan.
• kombu13n. Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae)...
• kubie11n. Kubasa, especially when served on a hot dog bun.

L

• label7n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it...
• labeo7n. Any carp of the genus Labeo.
• labia7n. The folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vulval...

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