7-letter words containing B
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter B. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate B within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| because | 11 | By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. | - |
| believe | 12 | judge or regard; look upon; judge | I believe her to be very smart |
| brother | 12 | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | - |
| problem | 13 | a source of difficulty | what's the problem? |
| husband | 13 | a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | - |
| between | 12 | in the interval | dancing all the dances with little rest between |
| brought | 13 | - | - |
| trouble | 9 | a source of difficulty | one trouble after another delayed the job |
| anybody | 16 | Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. | - |
| bastard | 10 | derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic |
| goodbye | 14 | a farewell remark | - |
| besides | 10 | in addition | - |
| breathe | 12 | expel (gases or odors) | - |
| biggest | 11 | - | - |
| numbers | 11 | an illegal daily lottery | - |
| subject | 18 | a branch of knowledge | teachers should be well trained in their subject |
| bedroom | 12 | a room used primarily for sleeping | - |
| beating | 10 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| burning | 10 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | - |
| obvious | 12 | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind | obvious errors |
| beloved | 13 | a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | - |
| billion | 9 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros | - |
| garbage | 11 | a worthless message | - |
| capable | 13 | possibly accepting or permitting | a passage capable of misinterpretation |
| ability | 12 | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | - |
| blowing | 13 | processing that involves blowing a gas | - |
| robbery | 14 | plundering during riots or in wartime | - |
| blessed | 10 | Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration | - |
| balance | 11 | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat | - |
| library | 12 | a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | - |
| begging | 12 | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | - |
| barking | 14 | - | - |
| rubbish | 14 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| battery | 12 | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | - |
| benefit | 12 | be beneficial for | - |
| disturb | 10 | change the arrangement or position of | - |
| beneath | 12 | in or to a place that is lower | - |
| sobbing | 12 | convulsive gasp made while weeping | - |
| abandon | 10 | a feeling of extreme emotional intensity | - |
| chamber | 16 | a room used primarily for sleeping | - |
| blanket | 13 | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | - |
| blocked | 16 | completely obstructed or closed off | the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges |
| liberty | 12 | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | - |
| lesbian | 9 | a female homosexual | - |
| embrace | 13 | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | - |
| banging | 11 | (used informally) very large | - |
| bicycle | 16 | ride a bicycle | - |
| butcher | 14 | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | - |
| embassy | 14 | a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work | - |
| observe | 12 | conform one's action or practice to | - |
| rainbow | 12 | an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain | - |
| buffalo | 15 | any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo | - |
| balcony | 14 | an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium | - |
| balloon | 9 | become inflated | The sails ballooned |
| buzzing | 28 | noisy like the sound of a bee | - |
| cabinet | 11 | a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | - |
| website | 12 | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | - |
| absence | 11 | the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy | - |
| bargain | 10 | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | he made a bargain with the devil |
| buttons | 9 | - | - |
| bombing | 14 | an attack by dropping bombs | - |
| publish | 14 | put into print | The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce |
| bizarre | 18 | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit |
| tobacco | 13 | aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs | - |
| robbing | 12 | - | - |
| blaming | 12 | - | - |
| visible | 12 | capable of being seen; or open to easy view | a visible object |
| betting | 10 | preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | a betting man |
| bowling | 13 | a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them | - |
| bearing | 10 | characteristic way of bearing one's body | - |
| bathing | 13 | the act of washing yourself (or another person) | - |
| lobster | 9 | any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
| obliged | 11 | under a moral obligation to do something | - |
| bangkok | 18 | the capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture | - |
| bedtime | 12 | the time you go to bed | - |
| brigade | 11 | army unit smaller than a division | - |
| bananas | 9 | - | - |
| biology | 13 | the science that studies living organisms | - |
| boiling | 10 | cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | - |
| plumber | 13 | a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances | - |
| bandits | 10 | - | - |
| barrier | 9 | any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | intolerance is a barrier to understanding |
| backing | 16 | financial resources provided to make some project possible | - |
| behaved | 16 | - | - |
| exhibit | 19 | to show, make visible or apparent | The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month |
| tribute | 9 | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | - |
| bottoms | 11 | - | - |
| gilbert | 10 | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns | - |
| banquet | 18 | provide a feast or banquet for | - |
| bouquet | 18 | an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | - |
| biscuit | 11 | any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) | - |
| rubbing | 12 | effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | - |
| baggage | 12 | cases used to carry belongings when traveling | - |
| bathtub | 14 | a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body | - |
| blossom | 11 | develop or come to a promising stage | Youth blossomed into maturity |
| blaring | 10 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| bridges | 11 | United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990) | - |
| playboy | 17 | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | - |
| banking | 14 | engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
| cabbage | 14 | make off with belongings of others | - |
| liberal | 9 | given or giving freely | a liberal backer of the arts |
| brothel | 12 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| rebuild | 10 | build again | The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb |
| bullied | 10 | - | - |
| blooded | 11 | of unmixed ancestry | full-blooded Native American |
| combine | 13 | gather in a mass, sum, or whole | - |
| audible | 10 | heard or perceptible by the ear | he spoke in an audible whisper |
| gambler | 12 | someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement | - |
| bandage | 11 | a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | - |
| blinded | 11 | deprived of sight | - |
| bravery | 15 | feeling no fear | - |
| briefly | 15 | in a concise manner; in a few words | she replied briefly |
| boredom | 12 | the feeling of being bored by something tedious | - |
| bidding | 12 | (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | - |
| bonjour | 16 | - | - |
| payback | 20 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | - |
| handbag | 14 | a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | - |
| builder | 10 | someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) | - |
| breaker | 13 | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded | - |
| mailbox | 18 | a private box for delivery of mail | - |
| tremble | 11 | a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement | - |
| bladder | 11 | a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | - |
| standby | 13 | an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | - |
| subedit | 10 | edit and correct (written or printed material) | - |
| burying | 13 | concealing something under the ground | - |
| marbles | 11 | the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception | he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind |
| doubled | 11 | twice as great or many | the dose is doubled |
| blowjob | 21 | slang for fellatio | - |
| bolivia | 12 | a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain | - |
| blasted | 10 | expletives used informally as intensifiers | he's a blasted idiot |
| caliber | 11 | a degree or grade of excellence or worth | an executive of low caliber |
| hamburg | 15 | a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League | - |
| obscene | 11 | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | obscene telephone calls |
| newborn | 12 | a baby from birth to four weeks | - |
| burglar | 10 | a thief who enters a building with intent to steal | - |
| puberty | 14 | the time of life when sex glands become functional | - |
| attaboy | 12 | - | - |
| cabaret | 11 | a series of acts at a night club | - |
| harbour | 12 | a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | - |
| lambert | 11 | English composer and conductor (1905-1951) | - |
| abusing | 10 | - | - |
| obscure | 11 | not drawing attention | an obscure flaw |
| doubles | 10 | badminton played with two players on each side | - |
| bulldog | 11 | a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting | - |
| habitat | 12 | the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs | a marine habitat |
| baptism | 13 | a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth | most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism |
| barrels | 9 | the amount that many barrels might hold | - |
| boulder | 10 | a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin | - |
| booking | 14 | the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) | wondered who had made the booking |
| brushed | 13 | (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing | a dress of brushed cotton |
| blazing | 19 | shining intensely | the blazing sun |
| bonfire | 12 | a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | - |
| bourbon | 11 | a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily | - |
| breakup | 15 | the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | - |
| disobey | 13 | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient | He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired |
| sabbath | 14 | a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims | - |
| baptist | 11 | follower of Baptistic doctrines | - |
| eyeball | 12 | the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | - |
| bending | 11 | movement that causes the formation of a curve | - |
| bravely | 15 | in a courageous manner | bravely he went into the burning house |
| rebirth | 12 | the revival of learning and culture | - |
| abusive | 12 | expressing offensive reproach | - |
| sublime | 11 | change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | sublime iodine |
| blindly | 13 | without seeing or looking | he felt around his desk blindly |
| iceberg | 12 | a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier | - |
| abdomen | 12 | the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm | - |
| slumber | 11 | be asleep | - |
| batting | 10 | stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber | - |
| bologna | 10 | large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork | - |
| lullaby | 12 | a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | - |
| crumble | 13 | fall into decay or ruin | - |
| binding | 11 | one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | - |
| wannabe | 12 | an ambitious and aspiring young person | the audience was full of Madonna wannabes |
| webster | 12 | United States politician and orator (1782-1817) | - |
| homeboy | 17 | a fellow male member of a youth gang | - |
| abigail | 10 | - | - |
| berserk | 13 | one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury | - |
| bonding | 11 | fastening firmly together | - |
| stumble | 11 | miss a step and fall or nearly fall | She stumbled over the tree root |
| bearded | 11 | having hair on the cheeks and chin | - |
| babysit | 14 | work or act as a baby-sitter | - |
| bravest | 12 | - | - |
| labeled | 10 | bearing or marked with a label or tag | properly labeled luggage |
| crybaby | 19 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
| eyebrow | 15 | the arch of hair above each eye | - |
| bedside | 11 | space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person) | the doctor stood at her bedside |
| bigfoot | 13 | large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada | - |
| blurred | 10 | unclear in form or expression | the blurred aims of the group |
| bouncer | 11 | a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting | - |
| boycott | 14 | a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies | - |
| algebra | 10 | the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations | - |
| lovable | 12 | having characteristics that attract love or affection | a mischievous but lovable child |
| brownie | 12 | (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous | - |
| brewing | 13 | the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast | - |
| jobless | 16 | not having a job | jobless transients |
| setback | 15 | an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | - |
| booster | 9 | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | - |
| branded | 11 | (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights | branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name |
| beseech | 14 | ask for or request earnestly | - |
| bloated | 10 | - | - |
| booming | 12 | very lively and profitable | - |
| rebound | 10 | a movement back from an impact | - |
| dubious | 10 | open to doubt or suspicion | he has a dubious record indeed |
| bondage | 11 | the state of being under the control of another person | - |
| rosebud | 10 | (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl | - |
| bristol | 9 | an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon | - |
| bribery | 14 | the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | - |
| burrito | 9 | a flour tortilla folded around a filling | - |
| proverb | 14 | a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | - |
| thereby | 15 | - | - |
| blender | 10 | an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods | - |
| jukebox | 27 | a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin | - |
| baloney | 12 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
| garbled | 11 | lacking orderly continuity | - |
| bailiff | 15 | an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
| frisbee | 12 | a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition | - |
| tabloid | 10 | sensationalist journalism | - |
| robbins | 11 | United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998) | - |
| vibrant | 12 | vigorous and animated | a vibrant group that challenged the system |
| bonkers | 13 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| disable | 10 | make unable to perform a certain action | disable this command on your computer |
| dribble | 12 | the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | - |
| pinball | 11 | a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets | - |
| vibrate | 12 | sound with resonance | - |
| brahmin | 14 | the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category | - |
| bonuses | 9 | - | - |
| bullock | 15 | castrated bull | - |
| cobbler | 13 | a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit | - |
| blaster | 9 | a workman employed to blast with explosives | - |
| bribing | 12 | - | - |
| showbiz | 24 | - | - |
| burgess | 10 | English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) | - |
| billing | 10 | request for payment of a debt | - |
| biryani | 12 | an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | - |
| jubilee | 16 | a special anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
| barging | 11 | - | - |
| baptize | 20 | administer baptism to | The parents had the child baptized |
| brittle | 9 | caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | - |
| brewery | 15 | a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation | - |
| minibus | 11 | a light bus (4 to 10 passengers) | - |
| robotic | 11 | resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | - |
| banning | 10 | an official prohibition or edict against something | - |
| bayonet | 12 | a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
| bipolar | 11 | having two poles | - |
| forbade | 13 | - | - |
| abalone | 9 | any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior | - |
| abiding | 11 | lasting a long time | an abiding belief |
| ballast | 9 | a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | - |
| buffoon | 15 | a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | - |
| crowbar | 14 | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge | - |
| combing | 14 | the act of drawing a comb through hair | - |
| absolve | 12 | grant remission of a sin to | The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys |
| succumb | 15 | consent reluctantly | - |
| bruiser | 9 | a large and strong and heavyset man | a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got |
| tribune | 9 | (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests | - |
| beaming | 12 | radiating or as if radiating light | the beaming sun |
| blunder | 10 | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | I blundered during the job interview |
| breeder | 10 | a person who breeds animals | - |
| caribou | 11 | Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America | - |
| obesity | 12 | more than average fatness | - |
| sibling | 10 | a person's brother or sister | - |
| bellows | 12 | (used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument | - |
| bedding | 12 | coverings that are used on a bed | - |
| botched | 15 | spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness | - |
| climber | 13 | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | - |
| bazooka | 22 | a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon | - |
| kibbutz | 24 | a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively | - |
| orbital | 9 | of or relating to an orbit | orbital revolution |
| outback | 15 | inaccessible and sparsely populated | - |
| cubicle | 13 | small individual study area in a library | - |
| debrief | 13 | put someone through a debriefing and make him report | The released hostages were debriefed |
| bashful | 15 | disposed to avoid notice | they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it |
| baffled | 16 | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | - |
| buttock | 15 | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | - |
| bumpkin | 17 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| calibre | 11 | a degree or grade of excellence or worth | - |
| mobster | 11 | a criminal who is a member of gang | - |
| abolish | 12 | do away with | Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia |
| battled | 10 | - | - |
| busiest | 9 | - | - |
| blended | 11 | combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable | - |
| inbound | 10 | directed or moving inward or toward a center | the inbound train |
| cobwebs | 16 | - | - |
| cordoba | 12 | a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture | - |
| boozing | 19 | the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | - |
| baroque | 18 | elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | - |
| blister | 9 | (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | - |
| humbled | 15 | subdued or brought low in condition or status | - |
| oddball | 11 | a person with an unusual or odd personality | - |
| subdued | 11 | lacking in light; not bright or harsh | subdued lights and soft music |
| bloomed | 12 | - | - |
| blabber | 13 | one who reveals confidential information in return for money | - |
| budding | 12 | beginning to develop | a budding genius |
| butting | 10 | - | - |
| bahadur | 13 | - | - |
| beehive | 15 | a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees | - |
| amiable | 11 | disposed to please | an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin |
| gibbons | 12 | - | - |
| inhabit | 12 | exist or be situated within | Strange notions inhabited her mind |
| sandbox | 17 | a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | - |
| sunburn | 9 | get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | - |
| bawling | 13 | loud cries made while weeping | - |
| bluntly | 12 | in a blunt direct manner | he spoke bluntly |
| boating | 10 | water travel for pleasure | - |
| acrobat | 11 | an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination | - |
| blubber | 13 | utter while crying | - |
| borough | 13 | an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament | - |
| booklet | 13 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| laborer | 9 | someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | - |
| notable | 9 | widely known and esteemed | a notable historian |
| parable | 11 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | - |
| whereby | 18 | - | - |
| blatant | 9 | without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | blatant disregard of the law |
| bellini | 9 | Italian composer of operas (1801-1835) | - |
| bailout | 9 | - | - |
| beretta | 9 | - | - |
| blowout | 12 | a gay festivity | - |
| broaden | 10 | extend in scope or range or area | broaden your horizon |
| bulging | 11 | curving or bulging outward | - |
| placebo | 13 | an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | - |
| dubbing | 13 | a new soundtrack that is added to a film | - |
| abstain | 9 | choose not to consume | I abstain from alcohol |
| barrage | 10 | the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | a barrage of questions |
| bracket | 15 | place into brackets | Please bracket this remark |
| boatman | 11 | someone who drives or rides in a boat | - |
| wallaby | 15 | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored | - |
| bedouin | 10 | a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs | - |
| embargo | 12 | a government order imposing a trade barrier | - |
| barrack | 15 | laugh at with contempt and derision | - |
| bedrock | 16 | principles from which other truths can be derived | - |
| beastly | 12 | (informal) very unpleasant | - |
| labored | 10 | lacking natural ease | a labored style of debating |
| likable | 13 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
| macabre | 13 | shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages |
| minibar | 11 | sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | - |
| barmaid | 12 | a female bartender | - |
| microbe | 13 | a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | - |
| probing | 12 | diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | a probing inquiry |
| dustbin | 10 | a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | - |
| obelisk | 13 | a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote | - |
| jumbled | 19 | in utter disorder | - |
| payable | 14 | a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency |
| bringer | 10 | - | - |
| buzzard | 28 | the common European short-winged hawk | - |
| jezebel | 25 | a shameless impudent scheming woman | - |
| rowboat | 12 | a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | - |
| toolbox | 16 | a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools | - |
| bagging | 12 | coarse fabric used for bags or sacks | - |
| halibut | 12 | marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes | - |
| subbing | 12 | working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | - |
| subside | 10 | wear off or die down | The pain subsided |
| rhubarb | 14 | long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened | - |
| turbine | 9 | rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate | - |
| subsidy | 13 | a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public | a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence |
| bassist | 9 | a musician who play the bass viol | - |
| bonanza | 18 | a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | - |
| bootleg | 10 | whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash | - |
| baptise | 11 | administer baptism to | - |
| blocker | 15 | a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process | - |
| bonsoir | 9 | - | - |
| bumming | 14 | - | - |
| carbide | 12 | a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element | - |
| airbase | 9 | - | - |
| freebie | 12 | something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) | the road map was a freebie |
| debacle | 12 | a sound defeat | - |
| debated | 11 | - | - |
| sizable | 18 | fairly large in size | a sizable fortune |
| barkeep | 15 | an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | - |
| bigotry | 13 | the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot | - |
| breadth | 13 | the extent of something from side to side | - |
| braking | 14 | - | - |
| disband | 11 | stop functioning or cohering as a unit | - |
| sherbet | 12 | a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin | - |
| bravado | 13 | a swaggering show of courage | - |
| grumble | 12 | to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | he grumbled a rude response |
| clobber | 13 | informal terms for personal possessions | did you take all your clobber? |
| baiting | 10 | harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
| braille | 9 | French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852) | - |
| bombard | 14 | throw bombs at or attack with bombs | - |
| bunches | 14 | - | - |
| wetback | 18 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | - |
| borscht | 14 | a Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation | - |
| buildup | 12 | highly favorable publicity and praise | his letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup |
| bulimic | 13 | a person suffering from bulimia | - |
| bunting | 10 | a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. | - |
| babbitt | 13 | an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction | - |
| belated | 10 | after the expected or usual time; delayed | a belated birthday card |
| bighead | 14 | any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck | - |
| ladybug | 14 | small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | - |
| shoebox | 19 | an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes | - |
| slobber | 11 | saliva spilling from the mouth | - |
| soybean | 12 | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | - |
| stubble | 11 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
| bellied | 10 | curving outward | - |
| beltway | 15 | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | - |
| benzene | 18 | a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds | - |
| boarder | 10 | a tenant in someone's house | - |
| braided | 11 | woven by (or as if by) braiding | braided cordage |
| notably | 12 | to a remarkable degree or extent | - |
| probate | 11 | a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | - |
| curable | 11 | capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
| durable | 10 | existing for a long time | hopes for a durable peace |
| windbag | 14 | a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics | - |
| bassoon | 9 | a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family | - |
| barring | 10 | the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | - |
| bobbing | 14 | - | - |
| blemish | 14 | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | a facial blemish |
| boyhood | 16 | the childhood of a boy | - |
| bubonic | 13 | of or evidencing buboes | bubonic plague |
| caboose | 11 | the area for food preparation on a ship | - |
| gobbler | 12 | male turkey | - |
| fleabag | 13 | a run-down hotel | - |
| obverse | 12 | the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides | the obverse of this issue |
| bollock | 15 | a pulley-block at the head of a topmast | - |
| bullion | 9 | a mass of precious metal | - |
| ambient | 11 | completely enveloping | the ambient air |
| gribble | 12 | - | - |
| sandbag | 11 | hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | - |
| tombola | 11 | a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum | - |
| taxicab | 18 | a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | - |
| bastion | 9 | a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | - |
| bandana | 10 | large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | - |
| bleeder | 10 | someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | - |
| boudoir | 10 | a lady's bedroom or private sitting room | - |
| broiled | 10 | cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | - |
| burping | 12 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| tubular | 9 | constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids) | - |
| armband | 12 | a band worn around the upper arm | - |
| bellboy | 14 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| blinker | 13 | blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | - |
| buttery | 12 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | buttery praise |
| shebang | 13 | an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang' | - |
| bagpipe | 14 | a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone | - |
| baklava | 16 | rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey | - |
| besiege | 10 | surround so as to force to give up | The Turks besieged Vienna |
| braised | 10 | cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container | - |
| boorish | 12 | ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | was boorish and insensitive |
| burnout | 9 | - | - |
| numbing | 12 | causing numbness or insensitivity | the numbing effect of grief |
| jawbone | 19 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
| subtext | 16 | - | - |
| sunbeam | 11 | a ray of sunlight | - |
| tumbler | 11 | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground | - |
| beeswax | 19 | a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs | - |
| bellman | 11 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| bulimia | 11 | a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation | - |
| abscess | 11 | symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue | - |
| bambino | 13 | a young child | - |
| bergere | 10 | - | - |
| bestial | 9 | resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | a bestial nature |
| bipedal | 12 | having two feet | - |
| browser | 12 | a program used to view HTML documents | - |
| buoyant | 12 | tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas | buoyant balloons |
| ichabod | 15 | - | - |
| badness | 10 | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency | - |
| beastie | 9 | - | - |
| blather | 12 | to talk foolishly | - |
| brutish | 12 | resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | a dull and brutish man |
| budging | 12 | - | - |
| brazier | 18 | large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times | - |
| busload | 10 | the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry | - |
| gabbing | 13 | - | - |
| cutback | 17 | a reduction in quantity or rate | - |
| eatable | 9 | any substance that can be used as food | - |
| affable | 15 | diffusing warmth and friendliness | an affable smile |
| beeline | 9 | the most direct route | he made a beeline for the bathroom |
| biotech | 14 | the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem |
| brigand | 11 | an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | - |
| banshee | 12 | (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | - |
| baseman | 11 | - | - |
| balding | 11 | getting bald | - |
| bohemia | 14 | a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style | - |
| bivouac | 14 | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | - |
| buggery | 14 | intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman | - |
| caramba | 13 | - | - |
| legible | 10 | (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered | legible handwriting |
| oblique | 18 | any grammatical case other than the nominative | - |
| quibble | 20 | argue over petty things | Let's not quibble over pennies |
| abysmal | 14 | resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | - |
| sidebar | 10 | a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story | - |
| rubbery | 14 | difficult to chew | - |
| warbler | 12 | a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song | - |
| beatnik | 13 | a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior | - |
| bigoted | 11 | blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others | a bigoted person |
| birdman | 12 | - | - |
| brisket | 13 | a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
| chablis | 14 | dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it | - |
| fixable | 19 | - | - |
| nibbler | 11 | a biter who takes dainty repeated bites | - |
| dabbled | 13 | covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | waves dabbled with moonlight |
| tugboat | 10 | a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | - |
| arbiter | 9 | someone with the power to settle matters at will | she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion |
| barroom | 11 | a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | - |
| bellhop | 14 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| beguile | 10 | influence by slyness | - |
| bounded | 11 | having the limits or boundaries established | - |
| brevity | 15 | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | - |
| gearbox | 17 | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed | - |
| fibbing | 15 | a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | - |
| offbeat | 15 | (informal) strikingly unconventional | - |
