5-letter words containing b
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- baldy — People sometimes refer to a bald person as a baldy, especially if they are talking about them or to them in a friendly or humorous way. Some people might find this offensive.
- baled — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baler — an agricultural machine for making bales of hay, etc
- bales — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- balkh — a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
- balks — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- balky — Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
- balla — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- balls — If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage.
- bally — a thumb
- balms — Plural form of balm.
- balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
- balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- baloo — a lullaby
- balop — Also called balop card. a photographic print made on smooth, matte, double-weight paper, used especially in television advertisements.
- balot — Alternative form of balut.
- balpa — British Airline Pilots' Association
- balsa — Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree.
- balti — A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.
- balun — a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
- balut — Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell.
- bambi — born-again middle-aged biker: an affluent middle-aged man who rides a powerful motorbike
- bammy — (Scotland, slang) Crazy.
- banak — a tree of the genus Virola, of Central America: family Myristicaceae
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- banan — (rare, informal) Banana.
- banat — a fertile plain extending through Hungary, Romania, and Serbia
- banco — a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
- banda — Hastings Kamuzu (kæˈmuːzuː). 1906–97, Malawi statesman. As first prime minister of Nyasaland (from 1963), he led his country to independence (1964) as Malawi: president (1966–94)
- bandh — (in India) a general strike
- bando — A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
- bands — Plural form of band.
- bandy — If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
- baned — Simple past tense and past participle of bane.
- banes — a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence.
- banff — a town in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire. Pop: 3991 (2001)
- bangs — Bangs are hair that is cut so that it hangs over your forehead.
- bangy — (India) A type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.
- bania — banyan (def 2).
- banjo — A banjo is a musical instrument that looks like a guitar with a circular body, a long neck, and four or more strings.
- banka — Bangka
- banke — Obsolete spelling of bank.
- banks — Iain (Menzies). 1954–2013, Scottish novelist and science fiction writer. His novels include The Wasp Factory (1984), The Crow Road (1992), and The Steep Approach to Garbadale (2007); science-fiction (under the name Iain M. Banks) includes Look to Windward (2000)
- banns — When a minister or priest reads or publishes the banns, he or she makes a public announcement in church that two people are going to be married.
- banon — a small, round goat cheese from Provence, France, that is dipped in brandy before being wrapped in chestnut leaves.
- bants — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bantu — Bantu means belonging or relating to a group of peoples in central and southern Africa. This use could cause offence.
- banty — a person resembling such a bird, namely short and often aggressive
- bantz — Alternate spelling of bants.