backsword
A sword with one sharp edge.
A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
The game in which the stick is used.

backswording
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.

backswordmen
plural of backswordman

backswords
plural of backsword

badelaire
A short sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions.
This sword used as a heraldic charge.

badelaires
plural of badelaire

bagatel
Obsolete form of bagatelle

bagatelle
A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins.

bagatelles
plural of bagatelle

bagatels
plural of bagatel

baggonet
Obsolete form of bayonet.

baggonets
plural of baggonet

baguazhang
A Chinese martial art involving a wide variety of techniques and weapons, with distinctively evasive circular footwork.

baldric
A broad belt, originally of leather and often richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast and under the opposite arm), which was formerly used to hold a sword, a bugle, etc., and is now chiefly worn for ceremonial purposes; also (loosely), any belt.
A (usually leather) strap from which the clapper of a bell is suspended.
A necklace.
The zodiac (“belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets”).

baldrick
Alternative form of baldric.

baldricks
plural of baldrick

baldrics
plural of baldric

balisong
A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.

balisongs
plural of balisong

balista
Alternative form of ballista.

balistae
plural of balista

balistas
plural of balista

balisword
An exceptionally large balisong knife.

baliswords
plural of balisword

ballist
Archaic form of ballista.

ballista
An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

ballistae
plural of ballista

ballistas
plural of ballista

ballistite
A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine without a solvent, developed in the 1880s and still used, e.g., for artillery rockets like Grad.

ballists
plural of ballist

baltei
plural of balteus

balteus
The girdle of a biblical Jewish priest.
A swordbelt worn by Roman legionaries.
An Ionic ornamental band encircling the pulvinus, or bolster of the capital.
The subcinctorium, a papal garment.

bamf
Signalling a user's disappearance from a discussion, chat room, etc.

bandelier
Alternative form of bandoleer.

bandeliers
plural of bandelier

bandileer
Obsolete form of bandoleer.

bandileers
plural of bandileer

bandoleer
Alternative form of bandolier.

bandoleers
plural of bandoleer

bandolier
An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

bandoliers
plural of bandolier

banewort
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort

bangstick
A kind of underwater speargun used primarily against sharks.

bangsticks
plural of bangstick

banshay
A weapon-based martial art from Myanmar, focusing primarily on the sword, staff and spear.

barong
A cutting weapon similar to a cleaver, with a thick back and thin razor-like edge, used by the Moros of the Philippines.

barongs
plural of barong

barrage
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.

barrages
plural of barrage

bascule
A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.

bascules
plural of bascule

baselard
A type of heavy dagger popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.

baselards
plural of baselard

basilard
Alternative form of baselard.

basilards
plural of basilard

basilisc
Alternative form of basilisk.

basiliscs
plural of basilisc

basilisk
A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
A type of dragon used in heraldry.
Any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
A type of large brass cannon.
An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.

basilisks
plural of basilisk

baslard
Alternative form of baselard.

bassies
plural of bassy

bassy
Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds.

bastardsword
Alternative spelling of bastard sword.

bastardswords
plural of bastardsword

batarang
a bat-shaped sharp-edged boomeranglike missile weapon, primarily used by the fictional character Batman

battleax
Alternative spelling of battle axe.

battleaxe
Alternative spelling of battle axe.

battleaxes
plural of battleaxe

battlebus
A coach used as a mobile operational centre by a particular political party during an election campaign.
A bus or coach used as a personnel carrier for combatants to deliver them to the battlefield and then rolled on its side to provide cover against firearms.

battlebuses
plural of battlebus

battlemage
A wizard specializing in close magical combat.
Someone proficient in fighting with both melee weapons and offensive magic.

battlemages
plural of battlemage

battleworks
Protective infrastructure erected to protect weapons and soldiers during battle.

baudric
Obsolete form of baldric.

baudrick
Alternative form of baldric.

baudricke
Obsolete form of baldric.

baudrickes
plural of baudricke

baudricks
plural of baudrick

baudrics
plural of baudric

bauldric
Archaic spelling of baldric.

bauldrics
plural of bauldric

bawdric
Obsolete form of baldric.

bawdrick
Alternative form of baldric.

bawdricks
plural of bawdrick

bawdrics
plural of bawdric

bayonet
A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

bayoneted
simple past and past participle of bayonet

bayoneting
present participle and gerund of bayonet

bayonetings
plural of bayoneting

bayonets
plural of bayonet

bayonetted
simple past and past participle of bayonet

bayonetting
present participle and gerund of bayonet

bayonettings
plural of bayonetting

bedstaff
bedpost.

bedstaffs
plural of bedstaff

beehive
A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
A particular style of hat.
A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
Alternative form of Beehive.
In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.

beehives
plural of beehive

benchrest
A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
The infrastructure for benchrest.

benchrests
plural of benchrest

beretta
Alternative form of biretta.

berettas
plural of beretta

bersagliere
A marksman or rifleman in certain Italian regiments.