-b-, -bb-
B.C., B.C.E.
babe
baby [mdm]
BABY TALK
bachelor, bachelor girl, bachelor’s degree
bacillus
back
back of, in back of, in back
back slash, backslash
back yard, backyard
BACK-FORMATION
background
backgrounder
backlash
backlog
backpack, rucksack
back-shifting [mdm]
backside
backward / backwards
backward, backwards
bacteria
bad / badly
BAD GRAMMAR
bad, badly, bad(ly) off
bade
badmouth
bag 1
bag 2, poke, sack
baggage, luggage
bail, bale
bait, bate
baited / bated
balance 1
balance 2, on
BALANCE, BALANCED
bald, balding
bale
baleful / baneful
baleful, baneful
balk, balk, balk at, balky
ball game, a whole new
ball’s in your court, the
ballad, ballade
balmy, barmy
baloney
baluster, balustrade, banister, bannister, railing
banal, banality
band, combo, ensemble, group, orchestra
bandit
bandwagon
bane
baneful
banger
banister, bannister
banjo
bank of a river, the left, the right
banquet
banshee
Bantu
baptismal name
bar
bar sinister, bend sinister
barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness
barbarism / barbarity
BARBARISMS
barbecue
barber
barbiturate
bare, bear
barely
bargain
bark, barque
barmy
barque
barrage
barring
barrio
barrister
basal
base
baseball, the language of
based
based on, based upon
bases
basic 1, basal
BASIC 2, BASIC ENGLISH
basically, basicly
basinet
basis, on the basis of, on a basis of, on a … basis
basketball, the language of
bass, base
bassinet, basinet
bastard, bastardize
bastille, bastile, Bastille
bastion
bate
bathos, pathos, bathetic, pathetic
bathroom, go to the bathroom
baton, batten
bay window, bow window
bazaar, bizarre
-bb-
be
be sure and
be to + infinitive [mdm]
be to + infinitive in if clauses [mdm]
be to, subject of infinitive after [mdm]
be to, verbs occurring as infinitive after [mdm]
bear
bear, bull, bearish, bullish
beastly
beat
beau
beauteous, beautiful
beauty
because
because
because (comma before) [mdm]
because of
because vs. since, as, for [mdm]
beck
become
become [mdm]
become of
been
before
beg
beg the question
begin
behalf, behoof, in behalf of, in behoof of, on behalf of
behavior, behaviour
behest, request
beholden to
behoof
behoove, behove
beige
being introducing adverbial clause [mdm]
being introducing relative clause
both [mdm]
being, being as, being as how, being that
belabor, belabour, labor, labour
belie
believe, feel, think
belittle
bells
bellwether
belly
beloved
below
BELT AND SUSPENDERS CONSTRUCTION
bemuse
bend sinister
benedict
benefactor, beneficiary
benign, benignant, malign, malignant
benny
benzine, benzene
bereave
Berkeley
beseech
beside / besides
beside, besides
bespeak
bespoke
best foot forward, put your
best [mdm]
best, had best
bestir
bestow
bet
betake oneself
bête noire
betray
better
better
better
better / best
better part of, the
better than
better than I, better than me
better, had better
bettor, better
between
between a rock and a hard place
between each, between every
between you and I, between he and his mother
between, among
between-maid, tweeny
betwixt, betwixt and between
bi-, semi-
biannual, biennial, semiannual
bias
Bible, bible, biblical
bicentenary, bicentennial
biceps, triceps
bid
bide
biennial
big of a deal, (not) that
bight, bite, byte
bigness
bilateral, multilateral, unilateral
bilk
billet doux
BILLINGSGATE
billion
bimonthly
bimonthly / biweekly / semimonthly / semiweekly
biodegradable
bipartisan
birth, birthing
birthday suit, in one’s
bisect, dissect
bison
bit
bitch goddess
bitch, bitchy
bite
bitter cold, bitterly cold
bitter end
bivalve
bivouac
biweekly
bizarre
black 1
black 2, blacken
BLACK ENGLISH
black humor
blackout
blame 1
blame 2
blanch, blench
blasé
blatant / flagrant
blatant, flagrant
blaze, blazon
bleeding
blench
blend
BLENDS
BLENDS, SYNTACTIC
blind
BLIND AGREEMENT
blink
blithe, blithesome
blizzard
bloc, block
blond, blonde
blood
blood money
bloody
blooming
blow
blue book, bluebook
blue law
blue-collar, white-collar
blush, flush
boast
boast
boat
boater
boatswain, bosun
bobby
bobby pin
bodacious
bodega
BODY ENGLISH
BODY LANGUAGE
body, dead
boffin
bogey, bogy, bogie
boggle, mind-boggling
bogie, bogy
bogus titles
Bohemian, bohemian
Bologna, bologna, baloney, boloney
bomb
bona fide(s)
bonk (on the head)
bonkers
bonnyclabber
bonus
boob
boob(s)
booboisie
boogie-woogie
boon
boondocks, boondockers, boonies
boondoggle
boonies
boost, booster
boot
borax
border
born / borne
born, borne
born-again
borrow
bosom
boss
bosun
both
both
bottleneck
bottom
bottom line
boughten
bouillabaisse
bound and determined
boundary
bounden
bourgeois, bourgeoisie
boutique
bow window
boy
boyfriend
boyish, girlish
bracero
BRACES
braces
bracket
BRACKETS (SQUARE, ANGLE)
brae
brag
brain 1
brain 2, brains
branch
brand
brand-new
brass
brass
brass tacks
bravado, bravery, bravura
brave
bravery, bravura
breach, breech
bread
breakdown, break down
breakthrough, break through
breakup, break up
breast(s), boob(s), bosom(s), bust, chest, tit(s)
breech, breeches
brethren, brothers
BREVE
BREVITY, CONCISENESS, CONCISION, TERSENESS
briar, brier
brickbat
bridegroom
brier
bright
bring
bring 1
bring 2, fetch
bring 3, take
bring up
Brit
Britain, British Isles, England, Great Britain, (the) U.K., (the) United Kingdom
britches
British (the), Brit, Britisher, Briton, (the) English
BRITISH AND AMERICAN DIFFERENCES IN MEANING, PRONUNCIATION, SPELLING, AND VOCABULARY
BRITISH ENGLISH
Briton
broach, brooch
broad
broadcast
broke, broken
brolly
brooch
brook
brother-in-law
brothers
brown bag, brown bagging, brown bagger, brown-bag
brownnose, brownnoser
brownout, blackout
browse, graze
brunch
brunet, brunette
brusque, brusk
buck
buckaroo, buckeroo
buff, in the buff
buffalo, bison
buffet
bug
bugger
bulimia, bulimic
bulk
bull, bullish
bum
bumble-bee, humble-bee
bummer
bunch
bungalow
bunk into
buns
bureau
bureaucrat, bureaucracy, bureaucratic
burgeon
burgeon, burgeoning
burger
-burgh, -burg
burglarize, burgle
burglary, robbery
burgle
buried
burlesque, caricature, farce, lampoon, parody, travesty
burn
burn out, burnout, burn-out, burned-out, burnt-out
burst
bury, buried, -bury
bus, buss, bus boy, busboy, bus
bush, bush league
bushwa, bushwah
business
buss
bust 1
bust 2
busyness, business
but
but
but which, but who
buttle
buttocks, arse, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, can, cheeks, rear (end), rump
buy
BUZZWORD
by
by-
by [mdm]
by all means
by and by, by and large, by the by, by the way, bye-bye, bye
by heart, by rote
by the by
by the same token
by the way
by way of being
byte
Byzantine, byzantine, Byzantium