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beatitudenoun
Any state of great happiness.
502
beaunoun
An escort or lover.
503
becalmverb
To make quiet.
504
beckverb
To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
505
bedaubverb
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
506
bedeckverb
To cover with ornament.
507
bedlamnoun
Madhouse.
508
befogverb
To confuse.
509
befriendverb
To be a friend to, especially when in need.
510
begetverb
To produce by sexual generation.
511
begrudgeverb
To envy one of the possession of.
512
belateverb
To delay past the proper hour.
513
belayverb
To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
514
believerb
To misrepresent.
515
believeverb
To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
516
belittleverb
To disparage.
517
bellenoun
A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
518
bellicoseadjective
Warlike.
519
belligerentadjective
Manifesting a warlike spirit.
520
bemoanverb
To lament
521
benedictionnoun
a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
522
benefactornoun
A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
523
beneficenoun
A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
524
beneficentadjective
Characterized by charity and kindness.
525
beneficialadjective
Helpful.
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beneficiarynoun
One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
527
benefitnoun
Helpful result.
528
benevolencenoun
Any act of kindness or well-doing.
529
benevolentadjective
Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
530
benignadjective
Good and kind of heart.
531
benignantadjective
Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
532
benignitynoun
Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
533
benisonnoun
Blessing.
534
bequeathverb
To give by will.
535
bereaveverb
To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
536
berthnoun
A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
537
beseechverb
To implore.
538
besetverb
To attack on all sides.
539
besmearverb
To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
540
bestialadjective
Animal.
541
bestrewverb
To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
542
bestrideverb
To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
543
bethinkverb
To remind oneself.
544
betideverb
To happen to or befall.
545
betimesadverb
In good season or time.
546
betrothverb
To engage to marry.
547
betrothalnoun
Engagement to marry.
548
bevelnoun
Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
549
bewilderverb
To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
550
bibliomanianoun
The passion for collecting books.
551
bibliographynoun
A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
552
bibliophilenoun
One who loves books.
553
bibulousadjective
Fond of drinking.
554
bideverb
To await.
555
biennialnoun
A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
556
biernoun
A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
557
bigamistnoun
One who has two spouses at the same time.
558
bigamynoun
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
559
bightnoun
A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
560
bilateraladjective
Two-sided.
561
bilingualadjective
Speaking two languages.
562
biographnoun
A bibliographical sketch or notice.
563
biographynoun
A written account of one’s life, actions, and character.
564
biologynoun
The science of life or living organisms.
565
bipednoun
An animal having two feet.
566
birthrightnoun
A privilege or possession into which one is born.
567
bitternessnoun
Acridity, as to the taste.
568
blaseadjective
Sated with pleasure.
569
blasphemeverb
To indulge in profane oaths.
570
blatantadjective
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
571
blazenoun
A vivid glowing flame.
572
blazonverb
To make widely or generally known.
573
bleakadjective
Desolate.
574
blemishnoun
A mark that mars beauty.
575
blitheadjective
Joyous.
576
blithesomeadjective
Cheerful.
577
blockadenoun
The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
578
boatswainnoun
A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
579
bodicenoun
A women’s ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
580
bodilyadjective
Corporeal.
581
boisterousadjective
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
582
bolenoun
The trunk or body of a tree.
583
boleronoun
A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
584
bollnoun
A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
585
bolsterverb
To support, as something wrong.
586
bombnoun
A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
587
bombardverb
To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
588
bombardiernoun
A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
589
bombastnoun
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
590
boorishadjective
Rude.
591
boreverb
To weary by tediousness or dullness.
592
boroughnoun
An incorporated village or town.
593
bosomnoun
The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
594
botanicaladjective
Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
595
botanizeverb
To study plant-life.
596
botanynoun
The science that treats of plants.
597
bountifuladjective
Showing abundance.
598
bowdlerizeverb
To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
599
bowlernoun
In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
600
boycottverb
To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
601
braenoun
Hillside.
602
braggartnoun
A vain boaster.
603
brandishverb
To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
604
bravadonoun
An aggressive display of boldness.
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bravointerjection
Well done.
606
braynoun
A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
607
brazeverb
To make of or ornament with brass.
608
braziernoun
An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
609
breachnoun
The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
610
breakernoun
One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
611
breechnoun
The buttocks.
612
brethrennoun
pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
613
brevitynoun
Shortness of duration.
614
bric-a-bracnoun
Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
615
bridlenoun
The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
616
brigadenoun
A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
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brigadiernoun
General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
618
brigandnoun
One who lives by robbery and plunder.
619
brimstonenoun
Sulfur.
620
brinenoun
Water saturated with salt.
621
bristlenoun
One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
622
Britannianoun
The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
623
Briticismnoun
A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.
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brittleadjective
Fragile.
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broachverb
To mention, for the first time.
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broadcastadjective
Disseminated far and wide.
627
brogannoun
A coarse, heavy shoe.
628
broguenoun
Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
629
brokeragenoun
The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.
630
brominenoun
A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
631
bronchitisnoun
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
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bronchusnoun
Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
633
broochnoun
An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
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brotherhoodnoun
Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.
635
browbeatverb
To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
636
brusqueadjective
Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.
637
buffoonnoun
A clown.
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buffoonerynoun
Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
639
bulbousadjective
Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
640
bullocknoun
An ox.
641
bulrushnoun
Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.
642
bulwarknoun
Anything that gives security or defense.
643
bumpernoun
A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
644
bumptiousadjective
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
645
bungleverb
To execute clumsily.
646
buoyancynoun
Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.
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buoyantadjective
Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.
648
bureaunoun
A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
649
bureaucracynoun
Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
650
burgessnoun
In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
651
burghernoun
An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
652
burnishverb
To make brilliant or shining.
653
bursarnoun
A treasurer.
654
bustleverb
To hurry.
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buttverb
To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
656
buttenoun
A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.
657
buttressnoun
Any support or prop.
658
by-lawnoun
A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.
659
cabalnoun
A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
660
cabalismnoun
Superstitious devotion to one’s religion.
661
cabinetnoun
The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
662
cacophonynoun
A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
663
cadaverousadjective
Resembling a corpse.
664
cadencenoun
Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
665
cadenzanoun
An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
666
caitiffadjective
Cowardly.
667
cajoleverb
To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
668
cajolerynoun
Delusive speech.
669
calculableadjective
That may be estimated by reckoning.
670
calculusnoun
A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
671
callositynoun
The state of being hard and insensible.
672
callowadjective
Without experience of the world.
673
calorienoun
Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
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calumnynoun
Slander.
675
calvarynoun
The place where Christ was crucified.
676
calvinismnoun
The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
677
calvinizeverb
To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
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camenoun
A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
679
cameonoun
Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
680
campaignnoun
A complete series of connected military operations.
681
canaanitenoun
A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
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canaryadjective
Of a bright but delicate yellow.
683
candidadjective
Straightforward.
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candornoun
The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
685
canineadjective
Characteristic of a dog.
686
canonnoun
Any rule or law.
687
cantverb
To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
688
cantatanoun
A choral composition.
689
cantonoun
One of the divisions of an extended poem.
690
cantonmentnoun
The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
691
capaciousadjective
Roomy.
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capillarynoun
A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
693
capitulateverb
To surrender or stipulate terms.
694
capricenoun
A whim.
695
captionnoun
A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
696
captiousadjective
Hypercritical.
697
captivateverb
To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
698
carcassnoun
The dead body of an animal.
699
cardiacadjective
Pertaining to the heart.
700
cardinaladjective
Of prime or special importance.
701
caretnoun
A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
702
caricaturenoun
a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
703
carnagenoun
Massacre.
704
carnaladjective
Sensual.
705
carnivorousadjective
Eating or living on flesh.
706
carouseverb
To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
707
carrionnoun
Dead and putrefying flesh.
708
cartilagenoun
An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
709
cartridgenoun
A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
710
castenoun
The division of society on artificial grounds.
711
castigateverb
To punish.
712
casualadjective
Accidental, by chance.
713
casualtynoun
A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
714
cataclysmnoun
Any overwhelming flood of water.
715
cataractnoun
Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
716
catastrophenoun
Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
717
cathodenoun
The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
718
catholicismnoun
The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
719
catholicitynoun
Universal prevalence or acceptance.
720
cat-o-nine-tailsnoun
An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
721
caucusnoun
A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
722
causaladjective
Indicating or expressing a cause.
723
causticadjective
Sarcastic and severe.
724
cauterizeverb
To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
725
cedeverb
To pass title to.
726
censornoun
An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
727
censoriousadjective
Judging severely or harshly.
728
censusnoun
An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
729
centenaryadjective
Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
730
centiliternoun
A hundredth of a liter.
731
centimeternoun
A length of one hundredth of a meter.
732
centurionnoun
A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
733
cerealadjective
Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
734
ceremonialadjective
Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
735
ceremoniousadjective
Observant of ritual.
736
cessationnoun
Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
737
cessionnoun
Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
738
chagrinnoun
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one’s failures or errors.
739
chameleonadjective
Changeable in appearance.
740
chancerynoun
A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
741
chaosnoun
Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
742
characteristicnoun
A distinctive feature.
743
characterizeverb
To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
744
charlatannoun
A quack.
745
chasmnoun
A yawning hollow, as in the earth’s surface.
746
chastenverb
To purify by affliction.
747
chastiseverb
To subject to punitive measures.
748
chastitynoun
Sexual or moral purity.
749
chateaunoun
A castle or manor-house.
750
chattelnoun