Collins American English Dictionary: American Words Starting With “B”
- b ... Babism
- babka ... bacillus
- bacitracin ... backfield
- backfill ... backwards
- backwash ... badminton
- Baedeker ... bailie
- bailiff ... balancer
- Balanchine ... ball boy
- ball cock ... ballute
- bally ... band
- band saw ... banister
- Banja Luka ... Baotou
- bap ... barbette
- barbican ... barghest
- barhop ... Barnum
- barnyard ... barrelful
- barrelhead ... basalt
- bascule ... basilisk
- basin ... bastardize
- bastardy ... batik
- bating ... baudrons
- Bauhaus ... bbl
- BBQ ... be off!
- be on a roll ... beaky
- beam ... beargrass
- bearhug ... Beau Brummell
- beau geste ... Bechuana
- Bechuanaland ... bedight
- bedim ... beef Wellington
- beefalo ... beget
- beggar ... beignet
- Beijing ... Belitung
- Belize ... belly laugh
- belly up ... bend
- bend over backward ... benny
- Bensalem ... Berenson
- beret ... Bernhardt
- Bernice ... besprinkle
- Bess ... Bethlehem
- Bethmann-Hollweg ... bewray
- Bexley ... biathlon
- biauriculate ... bicuspid
- bicuspid valve ... bifteck
- bifurcate ... bighorn
- Bighorn Mountains ... bill of rights
- bill of sale ... binary
- binary fission ... bioclimatology
- biocompatible ... biomolecule
- biomorphic ... biplane
- bipod ... biro
- Birobidzhan ... bisulfate
- bisulfide ... biyearly
- Biysk ... black ice
- black knot ... blackbird
- blackboard ... blade
- Blagoveshchensk ... blasted
- blastema ... blench
- blend ... blindman's buff
- blindside ... blockhead
- blockhouse ... bloodroot
- bloodshed ... blow over
- blow someone away ... blue mold
- blue moon ... bluestem
- bluestocking ... boardinghouse
- boardroom ... Boccaccio
- Boccherini ... Boer
- Boer War ... bok choy
- Bokmål ... bomb bay
- bombard ... bone black
- bone china ... booby prize
- booby trap ... boomlet
- boomtown ... Bordeaux mixture
- bordel ... boron nitride
- borosilicate ... Boston terrier
- bosun ... bottoms up!
- Bottrop ... boundless
- bounteous ... bowel
- bowel movement ... box wrench
- boxberry ... bracero
- brach ... braid
- braiding ... brand-new
- Brandeis ... bravery
- bravissimo ... break bread
- break camp ... breathe
- breathe a word ... Bretagne
- brethren ... bridge
- bridge loan ... brimmer
- brimstone ... brisling
- bristle ... Broad Church
- broad gauge ... broker
- brokerage ... brooder
- broodmare ... brown sugar
- Brown Swiss ... brush
- brush aside ... btry
- Btu ... Buckinghamshire
- buckle ... buffalo fish
- buffalo grass ... bulbiferous
- bulbil ... bullhead
- bullheaded ... buncombe
- bund ... Burbank
- burble ... Burleigh
- burlesque ... bursa
- bursar ... business end
- business envelope ... butt
- butt hinge ... buttonhole stitch
- buttonhook ... BWI
- bx ... by virtue of
- by water ... Byzantium
