4-letter words starting with b
- boto — a freshwater South American dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, having a long snout and fluctuating in color between pink and gray: inhabits the Amazon and Orinoco river systems.
- bots — a digestive disease of horses and some other animals caused by the presence of botfly larvae in the stomach
- bott — bot1
- bouk — the main part of the body (of a person or animal)
- boun — prepared, ready
- bout — If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
- bowl — A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
- bowr — a muscle
- boxy — Something that is boxy is similar to a square in shape and usually plain.
- boyd — Arthur. 1920–99, Australian painter and sculptor, noted for his large ceramic sculptures and his series of engravings
- boyf — a boyfriend
- boyg — a troll-like creature; an ogre
- boyo — a boy or young man: often used in direct address
- bozo — If you say that someone is a bozo, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- bpel — Web Services Business Process Execution Language
- bpoe — Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
- brad — a small tapered nail having a small head that is either symmetrical or formed on one side only
- brae — a hill or hillside; slope
- brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- brak — (of water) brackish or salty
- bram — a male given name.
- bran — Bran is the outer skin of grain that is left when the grain has been used to make flour.
- brap — an exclamation used to imitate the sound of a burst of gunfire from an automatic weapon
- brat — If you call someone, especially a child, a brat, you mean that he or she behaves badly or annoys you.
- braw — fine or excellent, esp in appearance or dress
- bray — When a donkey brays, it makes a loud harsh sound.
- brca — either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- brcs — British Red Cross Society
- brea — a town in S California.
- bred — Bred is the past tense and past participle of breed.
- bree — broth, stock, or juice
- brei — to speak with a uvular r, esp in Afrikaans
- brel — Jacques (ʒak). 1929–78, Belgian-born composer and singer, based in Paris. His songs include "Ne me quitte pas" ("Don't Leave Me")
- bren — type of machine gun
- brer — brother.
- bres — a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- brew — If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee.
- brie — Brie is a type of cheese that comes from France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- brig — A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
- brik — a Tunisian deep-fried spicy pastry filled with fish or meat and sometimes an egg
- brim — The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- brin — one of two filaments of silk combined by the silkworm to form a strand of silk
- brio — liveliness or vigour; spirit
- bris — ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community
- brit — British people are sometimes referred to as Brits.
- brno — a city in the Czech Republic; formerly the capital of Moravia: the country's second largest city. Pop: 375 000 (2005 est)
- bro. — brother.
- brob — a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.
- brod — to prod
- brog — a bradawl