basilica
A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

basilicae
plural of basilica

basilicas
plural of basilica

bastee
Alternative form of basti (“slum”).

bastees
plural of bastee

basti
A slum.

bastis
plural of basti

baston
Obsolete form of baton.
A staff or cudgel.
An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

bastons
plural of baston

batavia
Alternative form of Batavia (“variety of lettuce”).

batavias
plural of batavia

bath
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
A building or area where bathing occurs.
Clipping of bathroom.
The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
The body of liquid one bathes in.
A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.

bathbomb
Alternative form of bath bomb.

bathbombs
plural of bathbomb

bathcube
Alternative form of bath cube.

bathcubes
plural of bathcube

bathhouse
A building with baths for communal use.
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

bathhouses
plural of bathhouse

bathmat
Alternative spelling of bath mat.

bathmats
plural of bathmat

bathroom
A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

bathrooms
plural of bathroom

bathtime
Alternative spelling of bath time.

bathtimes
plural of bathtime

batu
The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.

bawns
plural of bawn

bay
A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
A bank or dam to keep back water.

bayanihan
Mutual cooperation for the public good.

bays
plural of bay

beamhouse
A building where skins are processed between curing and tanning, to soak them, remove the hair, etc.

beamhouses
plural of beamhouse

bediasite
A tektite found in the territory of the Bedias Native Americans in Texas.

bediasites
plural of bediasite

bedroom
A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
The location of sexual activity.

bedrooms
plural of bedroom

bedtowns
plural of bedtown

beeyard
An apiary.

beglic
Alternative form of beylic.

beglics
plural of beglic

beglik
Alternative form of beylic.

begliks
plural of beglik

belah
beefwood

belar
Alternative spelling of belah.

belars
plural of belar

belleek
Alternative form of Belleek.

belleeks
plural of belleek

bellman
A town crier.
A bellhop or bellboy.

bellmen
plural of bellman

beltloop
Alternative form of belt loop.

beltloops
plural of beltloop

bergen
A large rucksack.

bergens
plural of bergen

berlin
A four-wheeled carriage with a separate sheltered seat behind the body.

berline
A sedan-type (saloon-type) car.
Alternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”).

berlines
plural of berline

berlins
plural of berlin

beylic
Alternative form of beylik.

beylicate
Synonym of beylik.

beylicates
plural of beylicate

beylics
plural of beylic

beylik
The jurisdiction or the territory of a bey.

beyliks
plural of beylik

bhangar
Alternative form of bangar.

bhangars
plural of bhangar

bighouse
Alternative form of big house (“religious building of the Delaware Indians”).

bighouses
plural of bighouse

biocapital
Biological processes regarded as an economic commodity.

biodrama
A biographical drama.

biodramas
plural of biodrama

bioprovince
A biozone that is a subdivision of a bioregion.

bioprovinces
plural of bioprovince

bioregion
A region defined by natural characteristics such as flora and fauna and topographic features such as watersheds.

bioregions
plural of bioregion

bipole
A region of magnetic flux having two distinct poles
An electrical power transmission line having two direct-current conductors in opposite polarity.

bipoles
plural of bipole

birthhouse
A building used for birthing.
The house of one's birth (house where one was born).

birthhouses
plural of birthhouse

bittacles
plural of bittacle

bleachhouse
A building where bleaching is done.

bleachhouses
plural of bleachhouse

bloodhouse
A building where violent, bloody brawls are common.

bloodhouses
plural of bloodhouse

bloodlands
A region comprising modern-day Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic states, where the 20th-century regimes of Stalin and Hitler interacted to cause significant suffering and bloodshed.

boardroom
The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings
Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society

boardrooms
plural of boardroom

bologna
A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.

bolognas
plural of bologna

bolon
A traditional harp played in Mali.

bolons
plural of bolon

bonanza
A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
The point at which two mother lodes intersect.
Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.

bonanzas
plural of bonanza

bonham
A piglet.

bonhams
plural of bonham

bookbinderies
plural of bookbindery

bookbindery
A building where books are assembled and bound.

boomhouse
A building for housing the operator of the winch that controls a boom which is used to control the flow of logs that float downriver to the sawmill.

boomhouses
plural of boomhouse

boomtown
Alternative form of boom town.

boomtowns
plural of boomtown

bootheel
The heel of a boot.
An area of land protruding south of the eastern or western end of a southern border.

bootheels
plural of bootheel

boothie
Alternative form of bothy.

boothies
plural of boothy
plural of boothie

boothy
Alternative form of bothy.

bootle
Alternative spelling of boodle.

bootles
plural of bootle

bordeaux
Alternative letter-case form of Bordeaux (“fungicide; wine”).

bordon
Alternative spelling of bourdon (“pilgrim's staff”).

bordons
plural of bordon

borough
A fortified town.
A town or city.
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.

boroughs
plural of borough

bostel
Synonym of holloway.

bostels
plural of bostel

bothie
Alternative form of bothy.

bothies
plural of bothie

bothy
A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
A building for workers to rest in.
A building on a farm, sometimes with just one room, for (usually unmarried male) farmworkers or other labourers to live in.

bouillion
Alternative spelling of bouillon.

bouillions
plural of bouillion