bloodbath
Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions.
A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment.

bloodbaths
plural of bloodbath

bloodcurdler
A work of fiction that causes great horror or terror.

bloodcurdlers
plural of bloodcurdler

blook
A book serialized on a blog (weblog) platform.
A book about blogging.
A printed book containing content which first appeared on a blog.

blooks
plural of blook

blooze
Blues music, especially as performed by white rock musicians.

bobet
A flag which monitors which way the wind is blowing

bobets
plural of bobet

bobwheel
The combination of a bob (short line) and a wheel (return to a rhythm at the end of each stanza).

bobwheels
plural of bobwheel

bogwera
A traditional ceremony in Botswana, initiating a boy into manhood.

boilerwork
Metalwork forming part of a boiler.

bojale
A traditional ceremony in Botswana, initiating a girl into womanhood.

bojutsu
A martial art that focuses on the use of the bō.

bokeh
A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.

bokehs
plural of bokeh

boliviano
the unit of currency in Bolivia, divided into 100 centavos

bolivianos
plural of boliviano

bolleyball
volleyball.

bolognini
plural of bolognino

bolognino
Any of several types of coin once minted in Bologna.

bombastry
Bombastic language; bombast.

bomfoggery
The pompous, obfuscatory language used in politicians' speeches.

bonkbuster
A popular novel involving frequent explicit sexual encounters, normally in a contemporary setting.

bonkbusters
plural of bonkbuster

bookception
A work of fiction (especially a novel) featuring a frame story or metanarrative structure.

bookceptions
plural of bookception

bookeries
plural of bookery

bookery
a collection of books
study of or passion for books

booklet
A small or thin book.

booklets
plural of booklet

booklore
Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing.
Synonym of book-learning.

booksona
An alter-ego or self-insert character which takes the form of a book; a book persona.

booksonas
plural of booksona

bookstaff
A letter, a letter of the alphabet, a written character.

bookstaffs
plural of bookstaff

bookstave
Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).

bookstaves
plural of bookstave.
alternative plural of bookstaff.

boombox
A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.

boomboxes
plural of boombox.

botafogo
A dance step in samba.

botafogos
plural of botafogo

boteh
The droplet-shaped motif on which paisley patterns are based.

botehs
plural of boteh

bowlliards
A pool game that borrows aspects of tenpin bowling.

brachyfold
A small-scale fold.

bracketer
A program or algorithm that breaks down natural language into certain grammatical components.
A person belonging to a specified income bracket or tax bracket.

bracketers
plural of bracketer

bradypnea
A slow breathing rate, rhythm, or tidal volume.

bradypnoea
Alternative form of bradypnea.

bragfest
A song, event, etc. characterized by bragging.

bragfests
plural of bragfest

braggie
A photo shared on a social media network with the sole intention of making one's friends/followers jealous.

braggies
plural of braggie

brasswork
Work or ornamentation made of brass.

brattach
The standard of a Highland clan.

brattachs
plural of brattach

bratteries
plural of brattery

brattery
A collection of brats; a children's nursery, etc.
Brattish behaviour.

breakbeat
A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms.

breakbeats
plural of breakbeat

brelan
A French card game: gleek.

brelfie
A selfie (photograph of oneself) taken while breastfeeding.

brelfies
plural of brelfie

breviaries
plural of breviary

breviary
A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.
A brief statement or summary.

brickscape
A landscape dominated by brick buildings.

brickscapes
plural of brickscape

briefie
A short film.

briefies
plural of briefie
Short underpants (usually for women and girls).

brille
A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake and is periodically shed as part of the exuvia.

brilles
plural of brille

briscola
A Mediterranean trick-taking card game related to bezique.

broadloid
A newspaper of a style between broadsheet and tabloid.

broadloids
plural of broadloid

brochure
A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

brochures
plural of brochure

bronchogram
A diagnostic image produced by bronchography.

bronchograms
plural of bronchogram

brontomancy
Divination by thunder.

brontoscopy
divination by thunder

brospeak
Speech that is characteristic of bros and bro culture.

brownware
Pottery with a brown glaze.

brownwares
plural of brownware

brushstroke
The stroke of a brush, as in painting.

brushstrokes
plural of brushstroke

brushwork
The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.

brushworks
plural of brushwork

bucatini
A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.

bucchero
A type of dark grey Etruscan terracotta pottery.

buchikamashi
The heavy collision of the two rikishi during the tachiai at the start of a sumo bout.

buckaroonie
Dollar.

buckaroonies
Dollars.

budgerook
A coin formerly used in India.

budgerooks
plural of budgerook

budgrook
Alternative form of budgerook.

budgrooks
plural of budgrook

buffware
Any pottery of a buff colour.

buffwares
plural of buffware

bugsha
Alternative form of buqsha.

bugshas
plural of bugsha

builtscape
A landscape dominated by buildings.

builtscapes
plural of builtscape

buksha
Alternative form of buqsha.

bukshas
plural of buksha

bullshido
Martial arts fraud, especially exaggerated or fraudulent claims regarding the biography, lineage, skills or experience of martial arts instructors.

bullsona
A fursona that is a bull.

bullsonas
plural of bullsona

bulltaur
A taur with the lower body of a bull.

bunggul
A form of ceremonial music and dance among Australian Aboriginals.

buphthalmos
Abnormal enlargement of the eyeball.

buqsha
A former currency unit of Yemen, worth one 40th of a rial.

buqshas
plural of buqsha

burletta
A comic operetta; a musical farce.

burlettas
plural of burletta

burlette
plural of burletta

bushwork
Work carried out in the bushland.

bustline
A notional line around a woman's bust.
The circumference of this line.

bustlines
plural of bustline

buta
Alternative form of boteh.

butas
plural of buta

bylina
A traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem.

bylinas
plural of bylina

bylini
plural of bylina

byliny
plural of bylina

bylyna
Alternative form of bylina.

bylynas
plural of bylyna

bylyny
plural of bylyna

bytestring
A text string treated as a series of single bytes rather than a series of characters of possibly varying storage size.

bytestrings
plural of bytestring

bywork
Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.

byworks
plural of bywork

byzant
Alternative form of bezant.

byzants
plural of byzant

cabaret
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.
The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.
A strip club.

cabarets
plural of cabaret

cachua
A Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru.

cachuas
plural of cachua

cacographies
plural of cacography