3-letter words starting with b
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- biz — Biz is sometimes used to refer to the entertainment business, especially pop music or films.
- bjp — Bharatiya Janata Party
- bkg — banking
- bks — barracks
- bkt — basket(s)
- blk — black
- bll — Bachelor of Laws
- blm — Bureau of Land Management
- bls — (in the US) Bureau of Labor Statistics
- blt — bacon, lettuce, and tomato: a sandwich filled with these ingredients
- bly — Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.
- bma — British Medical Association
- bme — Black and Minority Ethnic
- bmf — Bird-Meertens Formalism
- bmi — BMI is an abbreviation for body mass index.
- bmj — British Medical Journal
- bmp — Basic Multilingual Plane
- bmr — basal metabolic rate
- bmv — Bureau of Motor Vehicles
- bmx — bicycle motocross; stunt riding on rough ground or over an obstacle course on a bicycle
- bn. — bn. is a written abbreviation for billion.
- bna — British North America
- bnc — (hardware) A connector for coaxial cable such as that used for some video connections and RG58 "cheapernet" connections. A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral slots in the male connector when it is twisted on. Different sources expand BNC as Bayonet Navy Connector, British Naval Connector, Bayonet Neill Concelman, or Bayonet Nut Connection.
- bnf — Backus-Naur Form. Originally Backus Normal Form.
- bnp — British National Party
- boa — A boa or a feather boa is a long soft scarf made of feathers or of short pieces of very light fabric.
- bob — If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
- bod — A bod is a person.
- bof — basic oxygen furnace
- bog — A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.
- boi — a lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance or manner
- bok — Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.
- bol — Bolivia (international car registration)
- bon — an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
- boo — If you boo a speaker or performer, you shout 'boo' or make other loud sounds to indicate that you do not like them, their opinions, or their performance.
- bop — A bop is a dance.
- boq — bachelor officers' quarters
- bor — a neighbour
- bos — 1. (operating system) Basic Operating System. 2. (tool) A data management system written at DESY and used in some high energy physics programs. 3. (programming) The Basic Object System.
- bot — A bot is a computer program that carries out tasks for other programs or users, especially on the Internet.
- bow — When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- boy — A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
- boz — Charles Dickens
- bpc — British Pharmaceutical Codex
- bpd — barrels per day
- bph — a condition characterized by a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland, esp. affecting older men and typically resulting in obstruction of the flow of urine
- bpi — bits per inch (used of a computer tape or disk surface)
- bpl — birthplace