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Terms
5,393- B
- Ba
- Baa
- Baaing
- BAAL
- Baal-berith
- BAAL-GAD
- BAAL-HAMON
- Baal-hanan
- BAAL-HAZOR
- BAAL-HERMON
- BAAL-MEON
- Baal-peor
- BAAL-PERAZIM
- BAAL-SHALISHA
- BAAL-TAMAR
- Baal-zebub
- BAAL-ZEPHON
- BAALAH
- BAALATH
- BAALATH-BEER
- BAALBEC
- Baale
- BAALE OF JUDAH
- BAALI
- BAALIM
- BAALIS
- Baalism
- Baalist; Baalite
- BAANA
- Baanah
- BAARA
- BAASEIAH
- Baaseiah, Or Basseiah
- BAASHA
- BAB
- Baba
- Babbitt
- Babbitt Metal
- Babble
- Babblement
- Babbler
- Babblery
- Babe
- Babehood
- BABEL
- BABEL, TOWER OF,
- Babery
- Babian; Babion
- Babillard
- Babingtonite
- Babiroussa; Babirussa
- Babish
- Babism
- Babism; Babiism
- Babist
- Bablah
- Baboo; Babu
- Baboon
- Baboonery
- Baboonish
- Babul; Babool
- Baby
- Baby Farm
- Baby Farmer
- Baby Farming
- Baby Jumper
- Babyhood
- Babyhouse
- Babyish
- Babyism
- BABYLON,
- Babylon, kingdom of
- BABYLON, PROVINCE OR KINGDOM OF,
- Babylonian
- BABYLONIANS
- Babylonic; Babylonical
- Babylonish
- BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY
- Babylonish Garment
- BABYLONISH GARMENT, THE
- Babyroussa; Babyrussa
- Babyship
- Bac
- BACA
- Baca, Valley of
- Baccalaureate
- Baccara; Baccarat
- Baccare; Backare
- Baccate
- Baccated
- Bacchanal
- Bacchanalia
- Bacchanalian
- Bacchanalianism
- Bacchant
- Bacchante
- Bacchantic
- Bacchic; Bacchical
- Bacchius
- Bacchus
- Bacciferous
- Bacciform
- Baccivorous
- Bace
- Bacharach; Backarack
- Bachelor
- Bachelor'S Button
- Bachelordom
- Bachelorhood
- Bachelorism
- Bachelorship
- Bachelry
- BACHRITES,
- Bachrites, The
- Bacillar
- Bacillariae
- Bacillary
- Bacilliform
- Bacillus
- Back
- Back Door
- Back Fire
- Back Stairs
- Backarack
- Backare
- Backband
- Backbite
- Backbiter
- Backbiting
- Backboard
- Backbond
- Backbone
- Backboned
- Backcast
- Backdoor
- Backdown
- Backed
- Backer
- Backfall
- Backfriend
- Backgammon
- Background
- Backhand
- Backhanded
- Backhandedness
- Backhander
- Backheel
- Backhouse
- Backing
- Backjoint
- Backlash
- Backless
- Backlog
- Backpiece; Backplate
- Backrack; Backrag
- Backs
- Backsaw
- Backset
- Backsettler
- Backsheesh; Backshish
- Backside
- Backsight
- Backslide
- Backslider
- Backsliding
- Backstaff
- Backstairs; Backstair
- Backstay
- Backster
- Backstitch
- Backstop
- Backstress
- Backsword
- Backward
- Backward; Backwards
- Backwardation
- Backwardly
- Backwardness
- Backwash
- Backwater
- Backwoods
- Backwoodsman
- Backworm
- Bacon
- Baconian
- Bacteria
- Bacterial
- Bactericidal
- Bactericide
- Bacterin
- Bacteriological
- Bacteriologist
- Bacteriology
- Bacteriolysis
- Bacterioscopic
- Bacterioscopist
- Bacterioscopy
- Bacterium
- Bacteroid; Bacteroidal
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B
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 196,220.) It is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.ptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.