English Vocabulary with Meanings — bent … boyle
Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 4 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- bent
- a special way of doing something
- benton
- United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)
- berg
- a large mass of ice floating at sea
- bergman
- Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918)
- berlin
- a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats
- bermuda
- a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast
- bern
- the capital of Switzerland
- bernard
- French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
- berry
- any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits
- berth
- a job in an organization
- beset
- assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
- besides
- making an additional point
- best
- the supreme effort one can make
- bet
- the act of gambling
- beta
- the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- beth
- the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- betray
- give away information about somebody
- between
- in between
- beware
- be on one's guard
- bey
- the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
- beyond
- in addition
- bharat
- a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia
- bhutan
- a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India
- bias
- a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- biased
- favoring one person or side over another
- bible
- a book regarded as authoritative in its field
- biceps
- any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
- bicycle
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- bid
- an attempt to get something
- bidder
- someone who makes an offer
- big
- conspicuous in position or importance
- bigfoot
- large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
- bigger
- large or big relative to something else
- bigot
- a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
- bigoted
- blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others
- bigotry
- the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot
- bihar
- a state of northeastern India
- bike
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- bikers
- originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s
- bile
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder
- bill
- the entertainment offered at a public presentation
- billed
- having a beak or bill as specified
- billion
- the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
- billy
- male goat
- bin
- a container
- binary
- a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system
- bind
- something that hinders as if with bonds
- binder
- something used to tie or bind
- binge
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- bingo
- a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
- biology
- the science that studies living organisms
- biomass
- the total mass of living matter in a given unit area
- biopsy
- examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- biotech
- the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
- bipolar
- having two poles
- birch
- a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree
- bird
- warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- birdie
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- birth
- the event of being born
- bishop
- (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color
- bison
- any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
- bistro
- a small informal restaurant
- bit
- the cutting part of a drill
- bitchy
- marked by or arising from malice
- bite
- a portion removed from the whole
- biting
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation
- bitter
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
- biz
- your occupation or line of work
- bizarre
- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- black
- black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- blade
- the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
- blah
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- blair
- British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
- blake
- visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
- blame
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed
- blamed
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- blanc
- a white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat)
- bland
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- blank
- a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
- blanket
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- blast
- a very long fly ball
- blasted
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- blaster
- a workman employed to blast with explosives
- blaze
- noisy and unrestrained mischief
- blazer
- lightweight single-breasted jacket
- bleach
- the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
- bleak
- offering little or no hope
- bleed
- lose blood from one's body
- bleep
- a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
- blend
- the act of blending components together thoroughly
- blender
- an electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods
- bless
- give a benediction to
- blessed
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- blind
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- blinded
- deprived of sight
- blindly
- without preparation or reflection
- bling
- flashy, ostentatious jewelry
- blister
- (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
- blitz
- a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
- blob
- an indistinct shapeless form
- bloc
- a group of countries in special alliance
- block
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- blocked
- completely obstructed or closed off
- blocker
- a class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process
- blog
- a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
- blogger
- a person who keeps and updates a blog
- bloke
- a boy or man
- blond
- a light grayish yellow to near white
- blonde
- a light grayish yellow to near white
- blood
- temperament or disposition
- blooded
- of unmixed ancestry
- bloody
- cover with blood
- bloom
- a powdery deposit on a surface
- blossom
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- blot
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- blouse
- a top worn by women
- blow
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- blower
- large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales
- blowing
- processing that involves blowing a gas
- blown
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
- blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blues
- a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century
- bluff
- the act of bluffing in poker
- blunder
- an embarrassing mistake
- blunt
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous
- bluntly
- in a blunt direct manner
- blur
- a hazy or indistinct representation
- blurry
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- blush
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- bmi
- a measure of someone's weight in relation to height
- boa
- any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
- boar
- an uncastrated male hog
- board
- a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
- boards
- the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink
- boast
- speaking of yourself in superlatives
- boat
- a small vessel for travel on water
- boating
- water travel for pleasure
- bob
- a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)
- bod
- (informal) the human body
- bode
- indicate by signs
- bodied
- having a body or a body of a specified kind
- bodily
- having or relating to a physical material body
- body
- the external structure of a vehicle
- boer
- a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
- bog
- wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation
- bogus
- fraudulent
- bohemia
- a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
- boil
- the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level
- boiled
- cooked in hot water
- boiler
- sealed vessel where water is converted to steam
- boiling
- cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
- boise
- the capital and largest city of Idaho
- bold
- a typeface with thick heavy lines
- boldly
- with boldness, in a bold manner
- bolivia
- a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded
- bologna
- large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork
- bolster
- a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
- bolt
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- bomb
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- bombay
- a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea
- bomber
- a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
- bombing
- an attack by dropping bombs
- bond
- a connection that fastens things together
- bonding
- fastening firmly together
- bone
- a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- boner
- an embarrassing mistake
- bones
- a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
- bonfire
- a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration
- bong
- a dull resonant sound as of a bell
- bonkers
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- bonn
- a city in western Germany on the Rhine River
- bonnet
- a hat tied under the chin
- bonnie
- very pleasing to the eye
- bonus
- anything that tends to arouse
- bony
- having bones especially many or prominent bones
- boo
- a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- boogie
- an instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano)
- book
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- booked
- reserved in advance
- booker
- someone who engages a person or company for performances
- booking
- employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
- booklet
- a small book usually having a paper cover
- boom
- any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- boomer
- a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
- booming
- used of the voice
- boon
- a desirable state
- boone
- an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
- boost
- the act of giving hope or support to someone
- booster
- an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
- boot
- the act of delivering a blow with the foot
- booth
- small area set off by walls for special use
- bootleg
- the part of a boot above the instep
- booty
- goods or money obtained illegally
- booze
- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
- bop
- an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)
- border
- a strip forming the outer edge of something
- bore
- a hole or passage made by a drill
- bored
- uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
- boredom
- the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- boring
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- born
- British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
- borneo
- 3rd largest island in the world
- borough
- an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- bos
- wild and domestic cattle
- bosch
- Dutch painter (1450-1516)
- bose
- Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles
- bosnia
- a mountainous republic of south-central Europe
- bosnian
- of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia
- bosom
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance
- boss
- a circular rounded projection or protuberance
- boston
- state capital and largest city of Massachusetts
- bot
- botfly larva
- botanic
- of or relating to plants or botany
- botany
- the branch of biology that studies plants
- botched
- spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness
- bother
- something or someone that causes trouble
- bottle
- a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids
- bottom
- a cargo ship
- boulder
- a town in north central Colorado
- bounce
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- bouncer
- a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
- bound
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- bounded
- having the limits or boundaries established
- bounds
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- bounty
- a ship of the British navy
- bouquet
- an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
- bourne
- an archaic term for a goal or destination
- bout
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- bovine
- any of various members of the genus Bos
- bow
- a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
- bowed
- showing an excessively deferential manner
- bowel
- the lower part of the digestive system; the intestine
- bowels
- the intestines; the deep inner parts of something
- bower
- a framework that supports climbing plants
- bowie
- United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico
- bowing
- managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
- bowl
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
- bowler
- a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- bowling
- the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
- bowls
- a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
- bowman
- a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
- box
- a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)
- boxed
- enclosed in or set off by a border or box
- boxer
- a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany
- boxers
- underpants worn by men
- boxing
- the enclosure of something in a package or box
- boy
- a male child
- boycott
- a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
- boyhood
- the childhood of a boy
- boyle
- Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)