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- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- beakhead — (nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
- bed load — the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- bedstead — A bedstead is the metal or wooden frame of an old-fashioned bed.
- bee road — an area planted with nectar-rich flowers in order to provide a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects
- beebread — a mixture of pollen and nectar prepared by worker bees and fed to the larvae
- beheadal — a beheading
- beheader — a person who beheads another
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- bemadden — to cause to become mad
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- beshadow — to darken with shadow
- bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
- big head — If you describe someone as a big head, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- big road — a main road or highway.
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- biradial — showing both bilateral and radial symmetry, as certain sea anemones
- bladdery — like a bladder
- bladelet — a small, blade-shaped, sometimes retouched piece of stone used as the cutting edge of a weapon or tool by late Stone Age peoples.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- bluebead — corn lily (def 2).
- bluehead — either of two fish of the wrasse family, Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum
- boadicea — Boudicca
- boatload — A boatload of people or things is a lot of people or things that are, or were, in a boat.
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- bombload — (of a vehicle of war) the quantity of bombs being carried or able to be carried
- bonehead — a stupid or obstinate person
- boobhead — a repeat offender in a prison
- boofhead — a stupid person
- bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
- bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- brandade — a Provençal dish of salt cod puréed with olive oil and milk
- breadbin — a household container for bread, usually quite small
- breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- brigaded — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bullhead — any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines
- butthead — a stupid person
- cadaster — an official register showing details of ownership, boundaries, and value of real property in a district, made for taxation purposes