Four Letter Words Starting with a "B"

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. baas
    South African term for `boss'
  2. baba
    a small cake leavened with yeast
  3. babe
    a very young child who has not yet begun to walk or talk
  4. babu
    used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
  5. baby
    a very young mammal
  6. bach
    lead a bachelor's existence
  7. back
    the posterior part of a human (or animal) body
  8. baht
    the basic unit of money in Thailand
  9. bail
    money forfeited if the accused fails to appear in court
  10. bait
    something used to lure fish or other animals
  11. bake
    cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
  12. bald
    lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
  13. bale
    a large bundle bound for storage or transport
  14. Bali
    an island in Indonesia to the east of Java
  15. balk
    refuse to proceed or comply
  16. ball
    an object with a spherical shape
  17. balm
    preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
  18. band
    an unofficial association of people or groups
  19. bane
    something causing misery or death
  20. bang
    the swift release of a store of affective force
  21. bank
    financial institution that accepts deposits and lends money
  22. barb
    a point facing the main point making an arrowhead or spear
  23. bard
    a lyric poet
  24. bare
    lacking its natural or customary covering
  25. barf
    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  26. bark
    the sound made by a dog
  27. barm
    a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells
  28. barn
    an outlying farm building for grain and farm animals
  29. bars
    gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
  30. base
    lowest support of a structure
  31. bash
    hit hard
  32. bask
    expose oneself to warmth and light, as for relaxation
  33. bass
    the lowest part of the musical range
  34. bast
    (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
  35. bate
    moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
  36. bath
    a large open container filled with water to wash the body
  37. bats
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  38. baud
    a data transmission rate for modems
  39. bawd
    a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  40. bawl
    cry loudly
  41. baya
    common Indian weaverbird
  42. bead
    a small ball with a hole through the middle
  43. beak
    horny projecting mouth of a bird
  44. beam
    a long thick piece of material used in construction
  45. bean
    a leguminous plant grown for its edible seeds and pods
  46. bear
    be pregnant with
  47. beat
    hit repeatedly
  48. beau
    a man with whom one has a romantic relationship
  49. beck
    a beckoning gesture
  50. beef
    meat from an adult domestic bovine
  51. beep
    a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
  52. beer
    an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting a cereal with hops
  53. beet
    biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root
  54. bell
    a hollow metal device that makes a ringing sound when struck
  55. belt
    a band to tie or buckle around the body
  56. bema
    area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir
  57. bend
    form a curve
  58. bent
    stooped (used of the back and knees)
  59. berg
    a large mass of ice floating at sea
  60. berk
    a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
  61. berm
    a narrow ledge at the top or bottom of a slope
  62. best
    having the most positive qualities
  63. beta
    the second letter of the Greek alphabet
  64. beth
    the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  65. bevy
    a flock of birds
  66. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  67. bide
    dwell
  68. bier
    a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
  69. biff
    strike, usually with the fist
  70. bike
    a two-wheeled vehicle that is moved by foot pedals
  71. bile
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  72. bilk
    cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
  73. bill
    an itemized statement of money owed for goods or services
  74. bind
    secure with or as if with ropes
  75. bine
    European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
  76. bird
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate with feathers and wings
  77. birl
    cause to spin
  78. birr
    the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
  79. bise
    a dry cold north wind in southeastern France
  80. bite
    to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
  81. bitt
    a strong post
  82. bize
    a dry cold north wind in southeastern France
  83. blab
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
  84. blae
    of bluish-black or grey-blue
  85. blah
    pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  86. blat
    cry plaintively
  87. bleb
    an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
  88. blip
    a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
  89. blob
    an indistinct shapeless form
  90. bloc
    a group united for a particular purpose
  91. blog
    an online journal where people post about their experiences
  92. blot
    a blemish made by dirt, ink, etc.
  93. blow
    be in motion due to some air or water current
  94. blub
    cry or whine with snuffling
  95. blue
    of the color intermediate between green and violet
  96. blur
    confuse or make unclear
  97. boar
    a male hog
  98. boat
    a small vessel for travel on water
  99. bock
    a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
  100. bode
    indicate by signs
  101. body
    an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass
  102. bogy
    an evil spirit
  103. boil
    change from a liquid to vapor
  104. bola
    a rope with weights attached to the ends
  105. bold
    fearless and daring
  106. bole
    the main stem of a tree
  107. boll
    the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
  108. bolo
    a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
  109. bolt
    a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
  110. bomb
    an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
  111. bond
    a connection that fastens things together
  112. bone
    rigid tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  113. bong
    a dull resonant sound as of a bell
  114. bonk
    hit hard
  115. bony
    composed of or containing rigid connective tissue
  116. boob
    breast
  117. book
    an object consisting of a number of pages bound together
  118. boom
    a deep prolonged loud noise
  119. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  120. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
  121. boot
    footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
  122. bore
    make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
  123. born
    brought into existence
  124. bosh
    pretentious or silly talk or writing
  125. bosk
    a small wooded area
  126. boss
    a person who exercises control and makes decisions
  127. bota
    a wine bottle made of leather
  128. both
    equally or alike
  129. bout
    a period of indeterminate length marked by some condition
  130. bowl
    a round vessel that is open at the top
  131. boxy
    resembling a box in rectangularity
  132. bozo
    a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person
  133. brad
    a small nail
  134. brae
    a slope or hillside
  135. brag
    show off
  136. bran
    broken husks of cereal grains that are separated from flour
  137. brat
    a very troublesome child
  138. braw
    brightly colored and showy
  139. bray
    a cry of or similar to that of a donkey
  140. brew
    sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
  141. brig
    a prison, especially a military prison on board a ship
  142. brim
    the top edge of a vessel or other container
  143. brio
    the quality of being lively, spirited, or vigorous
  144. brit
    the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
  145. brow
    the part of the face above the eyes
  146. brut
    (of champagne) extremely dry
  147. bubo
    a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
  148. buck
    mature male of certain mammals, especially deer or antelope
  149. buff
    a soft thick undyed leather
  150. bufo
    any toad of the genus Bufo
  151. buhl
    an inlaid furniture decoration
  152. bulb
    anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
  153. bulk
    the property possessed by a large mass
  154. bull
    uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
  155. bumf
    reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring
  156. bump
    an impact (as from a collision)
  157. buna
    made by polymerizing butadiene
  158. bung
    a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
  159. bunk
    a set of beds built one above the other
  160. buns
    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  161. bunt
    act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
  162. buoy
    an anchored float that marks locations in a body of water
  163. burg
    colloquial American term for a town
  164. burl
    a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
  165. burn
    destroy by fire
  166. burp
    a reflex that expels gas from the stomach through the mouth
  167. burr
    seed vessel having hooks or prickles
  168. bury
    place in a grave or tomb
  169. bush
    a woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  170. busk
    play music in a public place and solicit money for it
  171. buss
    the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
  172. bust
    a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  173. busy
    actively or fully engaged or occupied
  174. butt
    the small unused part of something
  175. buzz
    the sound of rapid vibration
  176. byre
    a barn for cows
  177. byte
    a sequence of data processed as a single unit of information
Created on Fri Mar 01 10:19:01 EST 2013

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