| battle wagon |
(informal) a battleship. |
| batty |
(slang) eccentric or crazy. |
| batwing |
resembling the wing or wings of a bat. |
| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| baulk |
variant of balk. |
| bauxite |
the primary ore of aluminum, containing various impurities. |
| Bavaria |
a German state on the southeastern border. |
| Bavarian cream |
a dessert composed of gelatin, whipped cream, eggs, and fruit flavoring and similar to a soufflé. |
| bawd |
a woman in charge of a brothel or whorehouse; madam. [2 definitions] |
| bawdy |
coarsely or indecently humorous; risqué. [3 definitions] |
| bawdyhouse |
a house of prostitution; brothel. |
| bawl |
to cry or shout in a loud and insistent voice. [3 definitions] |
| bawl out |
(informal) to scold or reprimand harshly. |
| bay1 |
a body of water partly surrounded by land, esp. a recessed area along a shoreline; large cove. |
| bay2 |
a part of a room that juts out from the rest of the building, usually containing a set of windows. [2 definitions] |
| bayberry |
any of several types of shrubs or trees found esp. in the eastern United States that bear a waxy, gray fruit. [2 definitions] |
| bay leaf |
the dried leaf of one of two plants of the laurel family, used to season foods. |
| bay lynx |
the bobcat of North America. |
| Bay of Bengal |
a bay of the Indian Ocean bordered largely by India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. |
| bayonet |
a knifelike weapon that attaches to the muzzle end of a rifle for use in close combat. [3 definitions] |
| bayou |
a marshy lake or slow-moving or stagnant river tributary, found esp. in the southeastern United States. |