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4,972- B
- Ba
- Baa
- Baaing
- Baal
- Baalism
- Baalist; Baalite
- Bab
- Baba
- Babbitt
- Babbitt Metal
- Babble
- Babblement
- Babbler
- Babblery
- Babe
- Babehood
- Babel
- 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
- Babylonian
- Babylonic; Babylonical
- Babylonish
- Babyroussa; Babyrussa
- Babyship
- Bac
- 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
- 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
- Bactrian
- Bacule
- Baculine
- Baculite
- Baculometry
- Bad
- Bad Lands
- Badaud
- Badder
- Badderlocks
- Baddish
- Bade
- Badge
- Badgeless
- Badger
- Badger Game
- Badger State
- Badger-Legged
- Badgerer
- Badgering
- Badiaga
- Badian
- Badigeon
- Badinage
- Badly
- Badminton
- Badness
- Baenomere
- Baenopod
- Baenosome
- Baetulus
- Baff
- Baffle
- Bafflement
- Baffler
- Baffling
- Baffy
- Baft
- Bafta
- Bag
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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.