| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| buccaneer | noun | A robber upon the sea; a pirate; — a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries., To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber. |
| buccinoid | adjective | Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidae, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata. |
| bucentaur | noun | A fabulous monster, half ox, half man., The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic. |
| buck bean | A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; — called also bog bean. | |
| buckboard | noun | A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; — called also buck wagon. |
| buck-eyed | adjective | Having bad or speckled eyes. |
| buckhound | noun | A hound for hunting deer. |
| buckstall | noun | A toil or net to take deer. |
| buckthorn | noun | A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus. |
| bucktooth | noun | Any tooth that juts out. |
| buckwheat | noun | A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food., The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc. |
| bucolical | adjective | Bucolic. |
| bucranium | noun | A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc. |
| budgeness | noun | Sternness; severity. |
| buffaloes | plural | of Buffalo |
| buffeting | present participle & vb. noun | of Buffet, A striking with the hand., A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. |
| buffoonly | adjective | Low; vulgar. |
| bugginess | adjective | The state of being infested with bugs. |
| bugleweed | noun | A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage. |
| buglosses | plural | of Bugloss |
| buhrstone | noun | A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. |
| bulkiness | noun | Greatness in bulk; size. |
| bullantic | adjective | Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. |
| bullaries | plural | of Bullary |
| bulldozed | imp. & past participle | of Bulldoze |
| bulldozer | noun | One who bulldozes. |
| bullfaced | adjective | Having a large face. |
| bullfeast | noun | See Bullfight. |
| bullfight | noun | Alt. of Bullfighting |
| bullfinch | noun | A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red. |
| bullition | verb i. | The action of boiling; boiling. [Obs.] See Ebullition. |
| bullyrock | noun | A bully. |
| bulwarked | imp. & past participle | of Bulwark |
| bumbeloes | plural | of Bumbelo |
| bumblebee | noun | A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; — so named from its sound. |
| bumptious | adjective | Self-conceited; forward; pushing. |
| bunodonta | noun pl. | Alt. of Bunodonts |
| bunodonts | noun pl. | A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; — so called because the teeth are tuberculated. |
| burdelais | noun | A sort of grape. |
| burdening | present participle & vb. noun | of Burden |
| burdenous | adjective | Burdensome. |
| burggrave | noun | Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached. |
| burghbote | noun | A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town. |
| burghmote | noun | A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly. |
| burglarer | noun | A burglar. |
| burlesque | adjective | Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical., Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire., An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything., A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion., To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language., To employ burlesque. |
| burliness | noun | Quality of being burly. |
| burniebee | noun | The ladybird. |
| burnished | imp. & past participle | of Burnish |
| burnisher | noun | One who burnishes., A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. |
| burrowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Burrow |
| burrstone | noun | See Buhrstone. |
| bursiform | adjective | Shaped like a purse. |
| burstwort | noun | A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. |
| bushelage | noun | A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. |
| bushelman | noun | A tailor’s assistant for repairing garments; — called also busheler. |
| bushiness | noun | The condition or quality of being bushy. |
| butchered | imp. & past participle | of Butcher |
| butcherly | adjective | Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. |
| butlerage | noun | A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; — so called because paid to the king’s butler for the king. |
| buttering | present participle & vb. noun | of Butter |
| butterbur | noun | A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter. |
| buttercup | noun | A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; — called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare. |
| butterfly | noun | A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. |
| butterine | noun | A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter. |
| buttermen | plural | of Butterman |
| butterman | noun | A man who makes or sells butter. |
| butternut | noun | An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; — so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut., The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; — called also Souari nut. |
| butteries | plural | of Buttery |
| but-thorn | noun | The common European starfish (Asterias rubens). |
| buttoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Button |
| butt weld | See Butt weld, under Butt. | |
| buzzardet | noun | A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer. |
| buzzingly | adverb | In a buzzing manner; with a buzzing sound. |