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5-Letter Words with B: page 3

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All 980 five-letter words with B: page 3 of 3

L

  • lamba9n. The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting...
  • lamby12adj. Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
  • leban7n. Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
  • lesbi7adj. Lesbian.
  • libel7n. A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage...
  • liber7n. Synonym of phloem.
  • libra7n. A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.
  • libre7adj. With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the...
  • limba9n. A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for...
  • limbo9n. A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the...
  • lobar7adj. Of or relating to a lobe.
  • lobby12n. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
  • lobed8adj. Having lobes.
  • looby10n. A large and awkward or clumsy person; an oaf.

M

  • maban9n. A magical material in Australian Aboriginal mythology, from which the...
  • mamba11n. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to...
  • mambo11n. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti).
  • maneb9n. A foliate fungicide consisting of a polymeric complex of manganese with...
  • maybe12adv. Perhaps, possibly.
  • mbari9n. A ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities...
  • mbira9n. A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted...
  • mbuna9n. One of a group of haplochromine cichlids from Lake Malawi.
  • melba9n. A dessert made originally from peach (now also other fruits), ice...
  • moble9v. To muffle or wrap someone's head or face (normally with up).
  • mobot9n. A mobile autonomous robot, especially one used in artificial...

N

  • nabal7n. A long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music...
  • nabby12n. A skiff used for fishing.
  • nabla7n. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
  • nabob9n. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
  • nakba11n. In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
  • namba9n. A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.
  • naqib16n. One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared...
  • nasib7n. An Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory...
  • nawab10n. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler...
  • nebby12adj. Overly inquiring; nosey.
  • nebel7n. A Hebrew stringed instrument, possibly the same as the nabla.
  • nibba9n. Nigger or nigga.
  • nimbo9n. The neem tree.
  • nimby12adj. Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near...
  • niqab16n. A veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim...
  • nobby12adj. Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person...
  • noble7n. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
  • nobly10adv. In a noble manner.
  • nubby12adj. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
  • nubia7n. A light, knitted headscarf worn by women.

O

  • obeah10n. A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and...
  • obese7adj. Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or...
  • obong8n. The traditional ruler and cultural custodian of the Efik people of...
  • ombre9n. A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty...
  • orbed8adj. Having the form of an orb; round; spherical.
  • orbit7n. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or...
  • oribi7n. Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope.
  • oxbow17n. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of...

P

  • phobe12n. A person who experiences a phobia (“fear or dislike”).
  • plebe9n. A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
  • plebs9n. The plebeian class of Ancient Rome or its equivalent in other ancient...
  • plumb11n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by...
  • pombe11n. An African beer made from millet.
  • probe9n. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
  • probs9adv. Synonym of probably.
  • pubes9n. The pubic region.
  • pubic11adj. Of, or relating to the area of the body adjacent to the pubis or the...
  • pubis9n. The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the...

Q

  • qibla16n. The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined...
  • qubit16n. A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a...

R

  • rabab9n. An Arabian stringed instrument, played by plucking or with a bow.
  • rabat7n. A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
  • rabbi9n. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making...
  • rabid8adj. Affected with rabies.
  • rabot7n. A rubber used in polishing marble.
  • rabri7n. Synonym of rabadi (“Indian dessert”).
  • rambo9n. A knife.
  • rebar7n. A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
  • rebbe9n. The spiritual leader of a Hasidic Jewish community.
  • rebec9n. An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only...
  • rebel7n. A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
  • rebid8v. To bid (command or summon) again.
  • rebus7n. An arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or...
  • rebut7v. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • rebuy10v. To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned).
  • redub8v. To give another name or title to; to dub again.
  • rehab10n. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
  • rhomb12n. A rhombus.
  • rhumb12n. A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.
  • ribby12adj. Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
  • robed8adj. Wearing a robe.
  • rober7n. One who robes.
  • robin7n. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
  • roble7n. California white oak (Quercus lobata).
  • robot7n. A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent...
  • ruban7n. A ribbon.
  • rubby12n. Rubbing alcohol.
  • ruble7n. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100...
  • rubus7n. Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and...
  • rugby11n. A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball...
  • rumba9n. A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
  • rumbo9n. A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.

S

  • sabal7n. Any palm of the genus Sabal of American dwarf fan palms; usually called...
  • sabar7n. A traditional drum from Senegal, generally played with one hand and one...
  • sabat7n. A roofing structure with the street beneath it in Mediterranean and...
  • sabha10n. A public meeting, assembly, or organized group.
  • sabin7n. A unit of measurement that measures a material's absorbance of sound. A...
  • sabir7n. A lingua franca.
  • sable7n. A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel...
  • sabot7n. A wooden shoe.
  • sabre7n. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of...
  • sabzi16n. Any green vegetable.
  • sahib10n. A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial...
  • samba9n. A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.
  • sambo9n. A sandwich.
  • scrub9n. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing...
  • scuba9n. An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding...
  • sebum9n. A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin...
  • semba9n. A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola.
  • shabu10n. Methedrine; methamphetamine.
  • shobe10n. The youngest sister.
  • shorb10n. A shorebird.
  • shrub10n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from...
  • sibyl10n. A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
  • sobel7n. A government soldier who joined the rebels during the Sierra Leone...
  • sober7adj. Not drunk; not intoxicated.
  • squab16n. A young dove or pigeon.
  • squib16n. A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
  • strub7v. To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
  • subah10n. A province of the Mughal Empire.
  • subak11n. An ancient Korean barehand martial art.
  • subby12adj. Submissive (in regard to BDSM roles).
  • suber7n. Cork, or the corresponding layer of woody tissue below the epidermis of...

T

  • tabby12n. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like...
  • tabes7n. A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying...
  • tabid8adj. Pertaining to tabes.
  • tabla7n. A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the...
  • table7n. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground...
  • taboo7n. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional...
  • tabor7n. A small drum.
  • tabun7n. An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, with the...
  • talab7n. A pond for harvesting rainwater.
  • tambo9n. A tambourine player in a black minstrel troupe.
  • thebe10n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a pula.
  • thobe10n. An ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and...
  • throb10v. To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
  • thumb12n. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the...
  • tibby12n. A person's head.
  • tibet7n. A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for...
  • tibia7n. The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind...
  • timba9n. A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
  • timbo9n. The pacara tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum.
  • timbs9n. A pair of Timberland boots.
  • tober7n. The site where a fairground is set up.
  • tombo9n. A traditional sweet beer made from the bamboo palm.
  • tribe7n. An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain...
  • tsuba7n. The guard at the end of the grip of a Japanese sword or bladed weapon.
  • tsubo7n. A Japanese unit of areal measure, roughly 3.3 m² or 35.5 ft²...
  • tubal7adj. Of or pertaining to a tube, especially an anatomical one.
  • tubby12adj. Stout, rotund.
  • tubed8adj. Possessing a tube or tubes.
  • tuber7n. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing...
  • tubes7n. The inner workings of one's body.
  • turbo7n. A turbine.

U

  • umbel9n. A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the...
  • umber9n. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and...
  • umbra9n. The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
  • unban7v. To lift a ban against.
  • unbar7v. To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar.
  • unbox14v. To remove from a box.
  • urban7adj. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a...
  • urbex14n. The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures...

V

  • vibey13adj. Having a vibe; atmospheric and trendy.
  • vibro10n. A vibrator (sex toy).
  • vocab12n. Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.

W

  • wajib17n. A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.
  • webby15adj. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
  • weber10n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic...

X

  • xebec16n. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport...

Y

  • yabba12n. A traditional Jamaican handmade ceramic cooking pot.
  • yabby15n. Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax...
  • yerba10n. Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South...

Z

  • zebra16n. Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus...
  • zimbo18n. A particular univalve mollusc once used as currency.
  • zineb16n. An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit...

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