5 Letter Words Ending in B

squib

Noun : (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

Noun : A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

Noun : (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

acerb

Adjective : (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

Adjective : (archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.

throb

Verb : (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

Verb : (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.

Noun : A beating, vibration or palpitation.

shrub

Noun : A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Noun : A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Verb : (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

plumb

Noun : A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

Noun : (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

Noun : The perpendicular direction or position.

ad lib

Verb : As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.

Verb : At pleasure.

Verb : At will.

squab

Noun : A young dove or pigeon.

Noun : (countable, sometimes attributive) A fledgling (young) bird.

Noun : (uncountable) The meat of young dove or pigeon, typically under four weeks old, used as food.

scrub

Verb : (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

Verb : (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

Noun : (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

thumb

Noun : The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Verb : (transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.

Verb : To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.

dweeb

Noun : (US, dated, originally university slang, now general slang, derogatory) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

kebab

Noun : (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

Noun : (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.

Noun : (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.

climb

Verb : (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

Verb : (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.

Verb : (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.

crumb

Noun : A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

Noun : The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.

Noun : (figuratively) A bit, small amount.

blurb

Noun : A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

Verb : (transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.

Verb : (transitive) To supply with a blurb.

nabob

Noun : (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.

Noun : (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

Noun : (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.

rhumb

Noun : (navigation) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.

Noun : (navigation) Any of the 32 points of the compass.

Noun : (navigation) A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°.

rehab

Noun : (informal) Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

Noun : (informal) An institution for rehabilitation.

Verb : (informal, transitive) To rehabilitate.

rhomb

Noun : A rhombus.

Noun : A rhombohedron.

kabob

Noun : US spelling of kebab. [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

Verb : US spelling of kebab. [(transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.]

exurb

Noun : A residential area beyond the suburbs.

repub

Noun : (US politics, informal) Clipping of Republican. [(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.]

Noun : (informal) Clipping of Republic, used in the full names of countries. [A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.]

Noun : (publishing, informal) Clipping of republish.

adlib

Verb : Alternative form of ad lib. [To perform without a script.]

Noun : Alternative form of ad lib. [(acting) An instance of something improvised, especially a line.]

carob

Noun : A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

Noun : The fruit of that tree.

Noun : An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

demob

Verb : (British) To demobilize; to release someone from military service.

Noun : (UK) Demobilization; release from military service.

coomb

Noun : An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.

Noun : Alternative spelling of combe. [A valley, often wooded and often with no river]

rahab

Noun : (biblical) A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.

Noun : A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan

Noun : (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.

redub

Verb : (transitive) To dub (video material) again; to provide with a new soundtrack.

Verb : (transitive) To give another name or title to; to dub again.

Noun : A video re-edited in any way an editor wants.

kabab

Noun : Alternative form of kebab. [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

hajib

Noun : (historical) An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.

Noun : (nonstandard) Alternative form of hijab. [(countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.]

diamb

Noun : (poetry) Alternative form of diiamb. [(poetry) A diiambus.]

naqib

Noun : The head representative of the ashraf, the descendants of Muhammad; an honorary position in the Ottoman Empire.

Noun : One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in Khurasan.

ismab

tweeb

Noun : (slang) A person who constantly uses technology, e.g. cell phone or tablet.

Noun : (slang) A person who does technical work, especially one who is annoying or socially awkward.

Noun : (Morocco, obsolete) A physician.

sahib

Noun : (historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of sahib. [(historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.]

nawab

Noun : (historical) A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

Noun : Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

hijab

Noun : (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

Noun : (uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) adult males.

deneb

Noun : (astronomy) A blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.

vocab

Noun : (informal) Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.

celeb

Noun : (informal) A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.

plan b

Noun : An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.

rajab

Noun : The seventh month of the Islamic calendar.

mcjob

Noun : (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A typically entry-level job, often part-time or temporary, generally paying low wages and requiring minimal training, such as entry-level positions at fast-food restaurants.

clomb

chubb

Noun : (slang) An erection of the penis.

Noun : A surname.

slurb

Noun : A homogeneous sprawl of urban and suburban developments.

habib

Noun : A male given name.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (Arab Australian) mate; a term of endearment for a friend

nezib

Noun : Alternative form of Nujeeb. [(India, historical) A kind of half-disciplined infantry soldier under some of the native governments; also at one time a kind of militia under the British, receiving this honorary title as being gentlemen volunteers.]

scrab

Noun : A crabapple.

Verb : (transitive) To scrape or scratch.

strub

Noun : A surname.

Verb : (UK, dialect, ambitransitive) To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.

dorab

Noun : A dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).

detab

hejab

Noun : Alternative spelling of hijab. [(countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.]

inorb

Verb : (transitive) To form or constitute as an orb.

jawab

Noun : (India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.

Noun : (India) Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.

'burb

Noun : (informal, chiefly in plural) Alternative spelling of burb, a short form of suburb. [(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A suburb.]

kolob

Noun : (Mormonism) In Mormon theology, a celestial body considered to be nearest to the throne of God.

nartb

shorb

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (birdwatching, informal) A shorebird.

thaub

Noun : Alternative spelling of thobe. [An ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.]

batab

Noun : The chief of a batabil.

clumb

kreab

kribb

maorb

phorb

Noun : Alternative spelling of forb [(chiefly ecology) Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).]

jacob

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

Noun : (biblical) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh.

Noun : (Mormonism) The fifth son of Lehi and one of the younger brothers of Nephi, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.

cubeb

Noun : One of the berries of this plant, used as a condiment.

Noun : A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.

h bomb

a bomb

carib

Noun : A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles.

Noun : A member of the Kalinago people of the Lesser Antilles, an Arawakan people who took heavy cultural influence from the mainland Caribs and so were formerly known as Island Caribs.

Noun : A member of the mainland or ‘proper’ Caribs (Kari'na), a Cariban people who inhabit the north coast of South America, in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

caleb

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.

Noun : (biblical) Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.

niqab

Noun : A veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.

f.o.b

type b

Noun : (A person having) a relatively relaxed, less neurotic or frantic personality, according to a certain hypothesis describing two contrasting personality types.

ardeb

Noun : A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.

epirb

Noun : (communication, nautical) Acronym of emergency position indicating radio beacon. [(communication, nautical) An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.]

chimb

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”). [The top of a ridge.]

stilb

Noun : (physics) a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre

horeb

Noun : (biblical) The mountain where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by Yahweh, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible.

ninib

Noun : a solar deity; first-born of bel and consort was gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical nimro

ft-lb

Noun : Abbreviation of foot-pound. [(physics, deprecated abbreviation) foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.]

ft lb

zineb

Noun : An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc.

cabob

Noun : Obsolete form of kebab. [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

Verb : Obsolete form of kebab. [(transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.]

maneb

Noun : A foliate fungicide consisting of a polymeric complex of manganese with the ethylene bis(dithiocarbamate) anionic ligand.

r and b

Noun : a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the united states by black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' rol

uskub

Noun : capital of modern macedoni

zebub

Noun : (archaic) Synonym of zimb.

fhlbb

Noun : (US, finance, historical) Initialism of Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

courb

Verb : (obsolete) To bend; to bow.

flamb

Verb : (Scotland, obsolete) To baste roasted meat.

phleb

b and b

Noun : Initialism of bed and breakfast. [A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.]

berob

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To rob; to plunder.

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otcbb

crabb

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

jakob

Noun : A male given name, equivalent to English Jacob.

Noun : A surname.

nadab

Noun : (biblical) The first-born son of Aaron and Elisheba.

presb

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