5 Letter Words That Start With B

bleak

Adjective : Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

Adjective : Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Adjective : Without color; pale; pallid.

banal

Adjective : Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

Adjective : (uncommon, historical) Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.

brash

Adjective : (of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

Adjective : (of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.

Adjective : (of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.

break

Verb : (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

Verb : (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

brood

Noun : The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.

Noun : (uncountable) The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.

broad

Adjective : Wide in extent or scope.

Adjective : Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

Adjective : Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

blaze

Noun : A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

Noun : Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

Noun : A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.

brute

Adjective : Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless, without intelligence or reason.

Adjective : Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).

Noun : A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted.

brisk

Adjective : Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.

Adjective : Stimulating or invigorating.

Adjective : Full of spirit of life; effervescing.

bosom

Noun : (anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).

Noun : The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.

Noun : A breast, one of a woman's breasts

balmy

Adjective : Of weather, mild and pleasant.

Adjective : Soothing or fragrant.

Adjective : (informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.

blunt

Adjective : Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

Adjective : Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

Adjective : Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

black

Adjective : (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

Adjective : (of a location or setting) Without light.

Adjective : (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)

blase

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

Adjective : Alternative form of blasé. [Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.]

bound

Adjective : Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

Adjective : (with infinitive) Obliged (to).

Adjective : Confined or restricted to a certain place.

brush

Noun : An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

Noun : The act of brushing something.

Noun : A piece of conductive material, usually carbon, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine.

brook

Noun : (Northeastern US) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

Verb : (transitive, formal, chiefly in the negative) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate.

Verb : (transitive, now chiefly Scotland) To enjoy the use of; make use of; profit by; to use, enjoy, possess, or hold.

blast

Noun : A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

Noun : A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.

Noun : A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.

bloom

Noun : (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.

Noun : A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.

Noun : (collective) Flowers.

build

Verb : (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

Verb : (transitive) To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.

Verb : (transitive) To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.

bruit

Noun : (medicine) An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.

Verb : (transitive, archaic in British, current in the US) To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.

Noun : (uncountable, archaic) Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.

brass

Noun : (countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

Noun : Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass.

Noun : (music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.

beast

Noun : An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.

Noun : (often collective) All non-human animals seen as a group.

Noun : (chiefly in Commonwealth English, more specifically) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.

berth

Noun : (by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.

Noun : (by extension) A job or position on a vessel.

Noun : (by extension) A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.

buxom

Adjective : (of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

Adjective : (dated) Full of health, vigour, and good temper.

Adjective : (obsolete) Physically flexible or unresisting.

burst

Verb : (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.

Verb : (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.

Verb : (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.

brief

Adjective : Of short duration; happening quickly.

Adjective : Concise; taking few words.

Adjective : Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short.

boost

Noun : Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.

Verb : (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

Verb : (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.

basal

Adjective : Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

Adjective : (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

Adjective : (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

blasé

Adjective : Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

brave

Adjective : Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

Adjective : Making a fine show or display.

Verb : (transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

bower

Noun : A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

Noun : A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.

Noun : (literary) A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.

basic

Adjective : Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

Adjective : Necessary, essential for life or some process.

Noun : A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

basin

Noun : A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.

Noun : (geography) An area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin.

Noun : A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

bulge

Noun : An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

Verb : (intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.

Verb : (intransitive) (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell; to belly.

beset

Verb : (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.

Verb : (transitive) To surround or hem in.

Verb : (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.

brand

Noun : A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.

Noun : A branding iron.

Noun : The symbolic identity, represented by a name and/or a logo, which indicates a certain product or service to the public.

blink

Verb : (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

Verb : (transitive) To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.

Verb : To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.

boast

Verb : (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

Verb : (transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

Noun : A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

block

Noun : A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

Noun : A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

Noun : A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

bluff

Noun : (countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

Noun : (poker, countable or uncountable) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

Verb : (poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.

bully

Noun : A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

Verb : (transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

Verb : (transitive) To act aggressively towards.

brawl

Noun : A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

Verb : (intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

Verb : (intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.

bijou

Noun : A jewel.

Noun : A piece of jewelry; a trinket.

Adjective : (of a residence) Small and elegant.

brace

Noun : A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

Noun : That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Noun : A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

blare

Verb : (intransitive) To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.

Verb : (transitive) (Often followed by out) To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.

Verb : (transitive) (figuratively) To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim.

bawdy

Adjective : (of language) Sexual in nature and usually meant to be humorous but considered rude; ribald.

Adjective : Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

Noun : A bawdy or lewd person.

blear

Adjective : (of eyes or vision) Dim; unclear from water or rheum.

Adjective : Causing or caused by dimness of sight.

Verb : (transitive) To make (usually the eyes or eyesight) blurred or dim.

blood

Noun : A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.

Noun : A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption. See blood relative, blood relation.

Noun : The endometrial lining as it is shed in menstruation; menstrual fluid.

bunch

Noun : A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

Noun : An informal body of friends.

Noun : (US, informal) A considerable amount.

blush

Verb : (intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

Noun : An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

Noun : A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.

basis

Noun : A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

Noun : An underlying condition or circumstance.

Noun : A physical base or foundation.

batch

Noun : The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

Noun : (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

Noun : A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

beget

Verb : To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.

Verb : To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

Verb : (UK dialectal) To happen to; befall.

blurt

Verb : To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

Noun : An abrupt outburst.

Verb : (uncommon, informal) To spurt.

baulk

Noun : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.]

Verb : (British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(archaic) To pass over or by.]

belie

Verb : (transitive) To give a false representation of.

Verb : (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.

Verb : (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).

brill

Noun : A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).

beefy

Adjective : (informal) Strong or muscular.

Adjective : (informal) Sturdy; robust.

Adjective : Large; overweight; fat.

brain

Noun : The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

Noun : A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.

Noun : (informal) Mind.

baron

Noun : A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).

Noun : (by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.

Noun : The male ruler of a barony.

breed

Verb : To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

Verb : (transitive) To give birth to; to be the native place of.

Verb : (of animals) To mate.

begin

Verb : (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

Verb : (intransitive) To come into existence.

Noun : (nonstandard) Beginning; start.

bight

Noun : (geography) An area of sea lying between two promontories, larger than a bay, wider than a gulf.

Noun : (geography) A bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.

Noun : A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

bliss

Noun : Perfect happiness.

Noun : An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.

Noun : (computing) a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL

bimbo

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person.

Noun : A city in the Central African Republic.

burke

Verb : (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To murder by suffocation.

Verb : (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

Verb : (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, historical) To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.

barge

Noun : (nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Noun : (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

Verb : To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.

bitch

Noun : (dated or specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

Noun : (slang, vulgar, offensive, often sexist) A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman.

Noun : (vulgar, offensive, slang) A woman.

bigot

Noun : One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

Noun : (obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

bogus

Adjective : Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

Adjective : Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.

Adjective : (slang) Undesirable or harmful.

belay

Verb : (transitive, climbing) To handle a climbing rope to prevent (a climber) from falling to the ground.

Verb : (ambitransitive, nautical) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.

Verb : (transitive) To lay aside; to stop; to cancel.

baste

Verb : (transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

Verb : (transitive) To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

Verb : (transitive, by extension) To coat over something.

bleat

Noun : The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

Verb : Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry of baas; of a human, to mimic this sound.

Verb : (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.

brunt

Noun : The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

Noun : The force or shock of an attack in war.

Noun : The major part of something; the bulk.

betty

Noun : A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.

Noun : (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.

Noun : (slang) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.

blick

Noun : (MLE, slang) A pistol.

Verb : (MLE, slang, transitive) To shoot up (fire bullets at).

Verb : (transitive) To shine, gleam.

brool

Noun : A deep murmur.

booty

Noun : (slang) The buttocks.

Noun : (vulgar, slang, uncountable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.

Noun : (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse.

bravo

Noun : A shout of "bravo!"

Verb : To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!

Noun : A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.

buddy

Noun : A friend or casual acquaintance.

Noun : An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.

Noun : A partner for a particular activity.

barmy

Adjective : Crazy, mad; also, eccentric, odd, strange.

Adjective : Very foolish.

Adjective : (figuratively) Bubbling with activity or excitement; active, excited.

bussy

Noun : (gay slang, LGBTQ) The anus of a man.

Noun : (gay slang, LGBTQ, by extension) Any anus, in general.

Noun : (gay slang, LGBTQ, sometimes derogatory) The vulva or vagina of a trans man.

blank

Adjective : Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

Adjective : (figurative) Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

Adjective : Abject; absolute; complete; downright; sheer; utter.

bevel

Noun : An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

Verb : (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Noun : An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.

being

Noun : The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.

Noun : A living creature.

Noun : (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.

bunny

Noun : (informal, childish) A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.

Noun : A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.

Noun : (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.

blitz

Noun : (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.

Noun : (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.

Verb : (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.

bland

Adjective : Lacking in taste or flavor.

Adjective : (figurative) Lacking interest; boring; dull.

Adjective : Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.

blade

Noun : The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

Noun : (metonymic) A sword or knife.

Noun : The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

blind

Adjective : (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

Adjective : (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

Adjective : (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.

bogey

Noun : (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.

Noun : (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.

Noun : (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.

bilge

Noun : (slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

Noun : (uncountable) The water accumulated in the bilge; bilge water.

Noun : (nautical) The lowest inner part of a ship's hull, where water accumulates.

butch

Adjective : (slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

Noun : (slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

Verb : (nonstandard, transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.

bulky

Adjective : Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

Adjective : Unwieldy.

Adjective : (bodybuilding) Having excess body mass, especially muscle.

boggy

Adjective : Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.

bated

Adjective : Reduced; lowered; restrained

bield

Noun : (archaic in Scotland, Northern England, obsolete elsewhere) Shelter, refuge or protection.

Noun : (archaic in Scotland, Northern England, obsolete elsewhere) A place of shelter, a refuge.

Noun : (obsolete) Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.

bring

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.

Verb : (transitive) To occasion or bring about.

badge

Noun : A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.

Noun : A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

Noun : A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

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