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  • BANDOLIERnounMiddle French64 findersAn ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
  • BANDOREnounAncient Greek6 findersA historical stringed instrument similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.
  • BANDSAWnoun16 findersA powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.
  • BANDURAnounAncient Greek1 finderA Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
  • BANDWIDTHnoun53 findersThe width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
  • BANDYverbOld Occitan150 findersTo give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
  • BANEnounProto-Indo-European50 findersA cause of misery or ruin.
  • BANEFULadjective28 findersPoisonous, deadly.
  • BANEFULLYadverb1 finderIn a baneful way.
  • BANGnounProto-Indo-European8 findersA sudden percussive noise.
  • BANGERnoun18 findersA thing or person which bangs, in any sense. A firework that makes a bang. A person who has sex.
  • BANGLEnounHindi20 findersA rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
  • BANGLEDadjective18 findersWearing bangles
  • BANGSnoun2 findersplural of bang
  • BANGTAILnoun2 findersThe tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
  • BANISHverbProto-Germanic25 findersTo send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
  • BANISHERnoun33 findersOne who banishes.
  • BANISTERnoun27 findersThe rail on the side of a staircase that a person's hand holds onto.
  • BANJAXverb27 findersTo ruin or destroy.
  • BANJAXEDverb30 finderssimple past and past participle of banjax
  • BANJOnounSpanish46 findersA stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
  • BANJOISTnoun26 findersOne who plays a banjo.
  • BANKnounProto-Indo-European8 findersAn institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
  • BANKABLEadjective4 findersAcceptable to a bank.
  • BANKERnounFrench3 findersOne who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bill
  • BANKERLYadjective3 findersCharacteristic of a banker.
  • BANKETnounDutch16 findersA sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
  • BANKRUPTadjectiveItalian11 findersIn a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
  • BANKRUPTCYnoun16 findersA legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
  • BANKSIAnoun12 findersA plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
  • BANKSIDEnoun3 findersThe land by a riverbank.
  • BANLIEUEnounFrench3 findersThe outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
  • BANQUETnounProto-Germanic6 findersA large celebratory meal; a feast.
  • BANQUETERnoun2 findersA guest at a banquet.
  • BANSHEEnounIrish145 findersA female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
  • BANTverb29 findersTo regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.
  • BANTAMnounDutch32 findersAny of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
  • BANTERnounIrish58 findersSharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
  • BANTERERnoun1 finderOne who banters, one who engages in bantering.
  • BANTSnoun5 findersBanter, particularly among men.
  • BANYAnounRussian10 findersA type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
  • BANYANnounSanskrit58 findersAn Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
  • BANZAIadjectiveChinese30 findersThrill-seeking; wild.
  • BAPTISERnoun6 findersAlternative form of baptizer.
  • BAPTISIAnounAncient Greek8 findersAny of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia.
  • BAPTISMnounAncient Greek43 findersA Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
  • BAPTISMALadjective42 findersOf or relating to baptism.
  • BAPTISMALLYadverb2 findersIn a baptismal way; through baptism.
  • BAPTISTRYnounAncient Greek5 findersA designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian b
  • BAPTIZEverbAncient Greek2 findersTo perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
  • BAPTIZERnoun3 findersOne who baptizes.
  • BAPUnounHindi1 finderfather
  • BARACHOISnounFrench1 finderA coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar.
  • BARAGOUINnounFrench4 findersA pidgin. A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
  • BARBELnounLatin1 finderA freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.
  • BARBELL1 finder
  • BARCHANnounRussian2 findersAn arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand.
  • BARCODEnoun2 findersAny set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.
  • BARDnounProto-Indo-European43 findersA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
  • BARDESnounProto-Indo-European4 findersA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
  • BARDICadjective53 findersOf or pertaining to bards.
  • BARDIEnoun1 finderA minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
  • BARDISMnoun2 findersThe system, learning, beliefs, or status of bards.
  • BARDLINGnoun3 findersAn inferior bard.
  • BARDOnoun29 findersThe state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
  • BARDSHIPnoun4 findersThe state of being a bard.
  • BAREadjectiveProto-Indo-European13 findersMinimal; that is or are just sufficient.
  • BAREBACKadjective1 finderWithout a saddle.
  • BAREFACEDadjectiveLatin2 findersUndisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
  • BAREFACEDLYadverb4 findersIn a barefaced manner.
  • BAREFOOTadjectiveProto-Germanic15 findersWearing nothing on the feet.
  • BAREFOOTEDadjective6 findersWearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
  • BAREGINEnounFrench1 finderA grey, gelatinous deposit in the sulphurous waters of the Barèges spa.
  • BAREHANDadjective1 finderWith the hand bare; not wearing gloves etc.
  • BARELYadverbOld English7 findersBy a small margin.
  • BARENESSnoun1 finderThe state of being bare.
  • BARESTadjective3 finderssuperlative form of bare: most bare
  • BARFnoun21 findersVomit.
  • BARFLYnoun43 findersA person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
  • BARFULadjective3 findersFull of obstructions.
  • BARGAINnounProto-Indo-European22 findersAn agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the ot
  • BARGEnounAncient Greek25 findersA large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
  • BARGEEnoun7 findersA crewman of a working barge.
  • BARGEMANnoun1 finderA member of the crew of a barge.
  • BARGHESTnounMiddle English47 findersA legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
  • BARICadjectiveAncient Greek31 findersOf or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.
  • BARISTAnounItalian14 findersA person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
  • BARITEnounAncient Greek8 findersA mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO4.
  • BARITONALadjective14 findersPertaining to or having the character of a baritone
  • BARITONEnounAncient Greek69 findersThe male voice between tenor and bass.
  • BARIUMnoun129 findersThe chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
  • BARKverbProto-Indo-European20 findersTo make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
  • BARKEEPnoun6 findersA bartender.
  • BARKINGverbMiddle English19 finderspresent participle and gerund of bark
  • BARKYadjective9 findersHaving bark.
  • BARLEYnounProto-Indo-European28 findersA cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
  • BARMnounProto-Indo-European48 findersbosom
  • BARMAIDnoun5 findersA woman who serves in a bar.
  • BARMANnoun2 findersA man who works in a bar.
  • BARMPOTnoun1 finderAn idiot; an objectionable and foolish person.

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