4-letter words - B Flashcards by Hartley Moorhouse

(Hebrew) a false god

BAAL

BAALS or BAALIM

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(Polish) a kind of cake

BABA

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an attractive young woman

BABE

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(Hindi) a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title answering to Mr. or Esquire

BABU

BABUS. Also BABOO

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(Adj.) like a baby; (verb) to treat like a baby

BABY

BABIER, BABIEST; BABIES, BABYING, BABIED

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(Welsh) affectionate term of address; (verb) to live as a bachelor

BACH

BACHS, BACHES, BACHING, BACHED

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To support

BACK

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(Pl.) baccalaureate

BACS

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(Pt.) to command

BADE

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(Pl.) not goods

BADS

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(Pl.) a person’s sweetheart or lover: often used as an affectionate term of address

BAES

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(Hindi) a thorny Indian tree

BAEL

BAELS. Also BEL, BHEL

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In golf, to strike the ground with the sole of the club and so send the ball up in the air

BAFF

BAFFS, BAFFING, BAFFED

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(Urdu) a coarse fabric, orig. Oriental

BAFT

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Think of Iraqi capital

(Hinglish) a garden

BAGH

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(3rd.) to put into a bag

BAGS

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(Thai) the basic monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 SATANGS

BAHT

BAHTS. Also BHAT but not *BHATS

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(Hindi) a daughter-in-law, esp one who lives with her husband’s family when married

BAHU

BAHUS

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(verb) to release from arrest on payment of money

BAIL

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(verb) to set a trap etc. with food

BAIT

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(Malay) a short loose jacket worn in Malaysia and Indonesia

BAJU

BAJUS

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To dry, harden or cook by the heat of the sun or fire

BAKE

BAKEN

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Devoid of hair; to become devoid of hair

BALD

BALDER, BALDEST; BALDLY; BALDS, BALDING, BALDED

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(Verb) to form into bundles

BALE

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To stop short, refuse a jump

BALK ## Footnote Also BAULK, BAUK

Anything spherical or nearly so; (verb) to form into such a shape

BALL ## Footnote BALLS, BALLING, BALLED.

A fragrant resin; (verb) to embalm

BALM ## Footnote BALMS, BALMING, BALMED

# think Scottish royal seat (Pl.) shoes

BALS

(Hindi) in India, a bear

BALU ## Footnote BALUS. Also BALOO

(Pl.) a hoax or cheat.

BAMS

(Fr.) a bank, as at a casino

BANC

A flat strip used to bind or mark anything; (verb) to mark with such a strip

BAND

(Noun) an evil, a poison; (verb) to harm, poison

BANE ## Footnote BANES, BANING, BANED

A loud, explosive noise; (verb) to make such a noise

BANG

(Pl.) Romanian monetary unit

BANI ## Footnote No -S

An institution for the keeping of money; (verb) to deposit in such a place

BANK

(3rd.) to prohibit

BANS

To diet

BANT

(Pl.) a steamed dumpling, usually eaten with a filling

BAOS

(Pl.) large flat breakfast roll.

BAPS

(Hindi) a spiritual father

BAPU ## Footnote BAPUS

A Moorish horse; a dark pigeon; (verb) to fit with a sharp point

BARB ## Footnote BARBS, BARBING, BARBED

(Welsh) a poet; a kind of armour for horses; (verb) to armour a horse

BARD ## Footnote BARDS, BARDING, BARDED. Also BARDE

Unclothed, uncovered; (verb) to uncover

BARE ## Footnote BARER, BAREST; BARELY; BARES, BARING, BARED

(Coll.) to vomit

BARF

To make a sound like a dog

BARK

The foam on malt liquors

BARM

A building for storing hay, straw etc.; (verb) to store in such a place

BARN ## Footnote BARNS, BARNING, BARNED.

(Scots) a mound or cairn

BARP

(Pl.) unit of pressure of one million dynes per square centimeter.

BARS

Mean; (verb) to place on a foundation

BASE ## Footnote BASER, BASEST; BASELY; BASES, BASING, BASED

To strike

BASH

To lie in the warmth or sunshine; to enjoy and take great pleasure

BASK

(Adj.) of a voice, deep; (verb) to utter in a deep tone

BASS ## Footnote BASSER, BASSEST; BASSLY; BASSES, BASSING, BASSED

Phloem, the conductive material in a plant; inner bark, esp of lime

BAST ## Footnote BASTS

To reduce the force of

BATE

Water for immersing the body; (verb) to immerse onself in such water

BATH

(3rd.) to strike with a wooden implement for hitting

BATS

A sheet of cottonwool prepared in sheets for quilting

BATT

A unit of data transmission speed of one bit per second

BAUD

To stop short, refuse a jump (variant sp.)

BAUK ## Footnote Also BAULK, BALK.

(Scots) a joke, amusing incident

BAUR ## Footnote Also BAWR

A procurer, now only a female one, a woman who obtains women for prostitution

BAWD

an Atlantic seabird

BAWK

To shout or cry very loudly

BAWL

(Irish) in Ireland, the fortification round a house, an enclosure for cattle

BAWN

(Scots) joke, amusing incident (higher-scoring version)

BAWR ## Footnote Also BAUR cf. BOWR

(Spenser) to bathe

BAYE

(3rd.) to make a noise like a hound

BAYS

(Spenser) to bate, abate

BAYT ## Footnote BAYTS, BAYTING, BAYTED

to throw (as a stone)

BAZZ

A small ball strung with others in a rosary; (verb) to provide with such a ball

BEAD

A bird's bill

BEAK

an infected sore

BEAL

A ray of light; (verb) to smile

BEAM

The name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds; (verb) to strike on the head

BEAN ## Footnote BEANS, BEANING, BEANED

To carry

BEAR

To strike repeatedly

BEAT ## Footnote BEATS, BEATING, BEAT, BEATEN, YBET.

(Fr.) a lover; a boyfriend

BEAU ## Footnote BEAUS or BEAUX

To beckon

BECK ## Footnote BECKS, BECKING, BECKED

(Obs.) a prayer

BEDE

(3rd.) to put to bed.

BEDS

A tent-dwelling nomadic Arab

BEDU ## Footnote BEDU > no -S. Also BEDUIN, BEDOUIN, BEDAWIN.

The meat of the cow; a steer or cow; (verb) to add strength to

BEEF ## Footnote BEEFS, BEEVES, BEEFS, BEEFING, BEEFED

(PaP.) BE.

BEEN

The sound made by the horn of a car, etc; (verb) to make this sound

BEEP

An alcoholic drink made from malted barley flavoured with hops

BEER

(Pl.) any of various four-winged insects.

BEES

A plant of the goosefoot family, with a red or white succulent root, used as food (red) and as a source of sugar (white); (verb) to improve or mend, esp. a fire

BEET ## Footnote BEETS, BEETING, BEETED

To beset

BEGO ## Footnote BEGOES, BEGOING, BEWENT, BEGONE

(3rd.) to ask, entreat.

BEGS

(Scots) well off, comfortable.

BEIN ## Footnote Also BIEN

(Verb) to provide with a ringing device

BELL ## Footnote BELLS, BELLING, BELLED

(Pl.) a measure of noise.

BELS

A band of leather or other material, esp one worn around the waist; (verb) to hit very hard

BELT

(Greek) a synagogue platform

BEMA ## Footnote BEMAS or BEMATA. Also BIMA, BIMAH.

To curve

BEND

The sesame plant

BENE ## Footnote BENES. Also BENNE, BENNI, BENI.

The sesame plant (variant sp.)

BENI ## Footnote BENIS. Also BENE, BENNI, BENNE

(Arabic) cannabis, Indian hemp, used as a weak narcotic

BENJ ## Footnote BENJES. Also BHANG.

Scottish mountains

BENS

(Noun) a kind of grass

BENT ## Footnote BENTS

Barley, esp. the six-rowed barley

BERE

(Afrikaans) a hill or mountain in S. Africa

BERG

A fool

BERK ## Footnote Also BURK

A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch

BERM ## Footnote Also BERME

(Verb) to defeat

BEST ## Footnote BESTS, BESTING, BESTED

(Greek) a Greek letter

BETA

To mend; to repair

BETE ## Footnote BETES, BETING, BETED. Also BEET

(Hebrew) the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet

BETH ## Footnote BETHS

(3rd.) to wager.

BETS

An alcoholic drink; a drinking session

BEVY ## Footnote BEVIES. Also BEVVY

(Pl.) Turkish governor.

BEYS

(Hindi) a brother-in-law

BHAI ## Footnote BHAIS

The basic monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 SATANGS (variant sp.)

BHAT ## Footnote BHATS. Also BAHT

(Hindi) a thorny Indian tree (higher-scoring sp.)

BHEL ## Footnote BHELS. Also BAEL, BEL.

(Hindi) a small whirlwind

BHUT ## Footnote BHUTS. Also BHOOT

To cause to incline to one side

BIAS ## Footnote BIASES or BIASSES, BIASING or BIASSING, BIASED or BIASSED

A mast support

BIBB

(Irish) a type of banshee whose crying is an omen of death

BIBE

(Pl.) item of clothing worn by babies to protect their clothes from food.

BIBS

A pale blue or green paint

BICE ## Footnote BICES

To wait, dwell

BIDE ## Footnote BIDES, BIDING, BIDED or BODE, BIDDEN

(Hindi) a hand rolled cigarette

BIDI ## Footnote BIDIS. Also BEEDI.

(3rd.) to make an offer.

BIDS

(Scots) well off, comfortable (variant sp.)

BIEN ## Footnote Also BEIN

A coffin stand to carry a dead person to the grave

BIER

A blow; (verb) to strike hard

BIFF ## Footnote BIFFS, BIFFING, BIFFED; NB: BIFF, BOFF, BAFF

(Lat.) a two-horse chariot

BIGA ## Footnote BIGAE

Four-rowed barley

BIGG ## Footnote BIGGS. Cf. BERE.

(3rd.) to build.

BIGS

(Coll.) a bicycle; (verb) to travel by such a means

BIKE

A fluid secreted by the liver

BILE

To cheat out of something valuable; to evade payment of creditors

BILK

(verb) to charge someone for services

BILL

(Hebrew) a raised platform in a synagogue (variant sp.)

BIMA ## Footnote BIMAS. Also BEMA, BIMAH.

To tie, fasten

BIND ## Footnote BINDS, BINDING, BOUND, BOUNDEN, YBOUND, YBOUNDEN.

The flexible shoot of climbing plant, especially hop

BINE

# Think crooner A heap or pile; as, a pile of wood

BING

A bench

BINK

(3rd.) to discard.

BINS

(Abbr.) biography

BIOG ## Footnote Also BIO

(Pl.) biographies.

BIOS

(Verb) to catch or snare winged creatures

BIRD

(Scots) birch

BIRK ## Footnote BARK, BERK, BIRK, BORK, BURK all good

To carouse

BIRL ## Footnote BIRLS, BIRLING, BIRLED. Also BYRL, BIRLE

A tradename of a kind of ballpoint pen

BIRO ## Footnote BIROS

1. (Scots) to whir 2. (Amharic) the monetary unit of Ethiopia

BIRR ## Footnote BIRRS, BIRRING, BIRRED. BIRROTCH

(Fr.) a cold dry northerly wind, mainly prevalent in spring, that occurs in and near Switzerland

BISE ## Footnote BISES. Also BIZE

A mistake, a blunder

BISH

A kind of rich thick soup

BISK ## Footnote BISQUE

(Arch.) 2nd person singular of BE

BIST

To seize or tear with the teeth

BITE

A tree of dry tropical Africa and Asia

BITO ## Footnote BITOS

# Think small pieces (3rd.) to curb or restrain (as in a horse)

BITS

# Think of a drill A post for fastening cables, etc; (verb) to secure a cable to such a post

BITT ## Footnote BITTS, BITTING, BITTED

(Fr.) a cold N or NE wind prevalent at certain seasons in and near Switzerland (higher-scoring variant)

BIZE ## Footnote BIZES. Also BISE

To talk idly; to tell tales

BLAB

(Scots) to strike, disfigure

BLAD

(ON) dark blue or bluish grey; lead-coloured

BLAE ## Footnote BLAER, BLAEST

To rob, steal

BLAG

Pretentious nonsense; (verb) to talk stupidly or insipidly

BLAH ## Footnote BLAHS, BLAHING, BLAHED

The sound of a gunshot

BLAM

(Sl.) a newspaper. (Verb) to cry like a sheep

BLAT ## Footnote Also BLATT. BLATS, BLATTING, BLATTED.

(Scots) to blow

BLAW ## Footnote BLAWS, BLAWING, BLAWED, BLAWN.

A small fish, aka BLEAK or ABLET

BLAY ## Footnote BLAYS. Also BLEY

A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc

BLEB

(Pt.) to lose blood.

BLED

(Scots) complexion

BLEE ## Footnote BLEES

A form of decay in fruit which is overripe; (verb) to decay like this

BLET ## Footnote BLETS, BLETTING, BLETTED

(Pt.) to produce a current of air

BLEW

A small fish, aka BLEAK or ABLET (variant sp.)

BLEY ## Footnote BLEYS. Also BLAY.

(Russian) a small buckwheat pancake; (Verb) to cease from, stop

BLIN ## Footnote BLINI, BLINIS or BLINY. Also BLINTZ, BLINTZE. BLINS, BLINNING, BLINNED.

(Verb) to remove sound from a tape

BLIP ## Footnote BLIPS, BLIPPING, BLIPPED.

To transfer a large array of bits between different locations in a computer's memory

BLIT ## Footnote BLITS, BLITTING, BLITTED. NB BLITZ

A drop or globule; (verb) to make such a drob

BLOB ## Footnote BLOBS, BLOBBING, BLOBBED.

(Fr.) a combination of States, parties, groups, or people, formed to promote a particular interest

BLOC

A journal written on-line and accessible to users of the internet

BLOG

A spot of e.g. ink; (verb) to remove excess ink etc.

BLOT

To produce a current of air

BLOW

To cry

BLUB

Blood, in the sense of a close friend.

BLUD

The colour of clear sky; to make this colour

BLUE ## Footnote BLUER, BLUEST; BLUELY; BLUES, BLUING or BLUEING, BLUED.

An ill-defined spot or smear; (verb) to make such a smear

BLUR

(Aust.) short for BAOBAB, a tree native to Africa

BOAB

(Dial.) to belch, vomit

BOAK ## Footnote BOAKS, BOAKING, BOAKED. Also BOKE, BOCK.

A male pig

BOAR

(Pl.) kind of snake.

BOAS

A small rowing, sailing or motor vessel; loosely, a ship; (verb) to sail about in such a vessel

BOAT

A contagious skin disease resembling syphilis, aka YAWS

BOBA ## Footnote BOBAS. Also BUBA.

a well-to-do person who holds bohemian values and leads a bourgeois life

BOBO ## Footnote BOBOS

(3rd.) to move rapidly up and down

BOBS

To vomit, belch (variant sp.)

BOCK ## Footnote BOCKS, BOCKING, BOCKED. Also BOKE, BOAK.

To foretell, be an omen of

BODE

(Pl.) a person.

BODS

(Verb) to give form to, to embody

BODY ## Footnote BODIES, BODYING, BODIED

(S. Afr.) a protruding belly

BOEP ## Footnote BOEPS

(S. Afr.) brother, chum

BOET ## Footnote BOETS

A hearty laugh. (Verb) to hit, strike

BOFF ## Footnote Also BOFFO, BOFFOLA.

(3rd.) to sink into a swamp

BOGS

A goblin, a bugbear, an object of special dread

BOGY ## Footnote BOGIES. Also BOGEY, BOOGERMAN, BOGEYMAN, BOGYMAN, BOOGEYMAN

(Coll.) a Bohemian

BOHO ## Footnote BOHOS

(Pl.) an exclamation used to startle someone.

BOHS

To pass rapidly from liquid into vapour with violent and copious production of bubbles

BOIL

(Pl.) a lesbian who adopts a boyish appearance or manners.

BOIS

(Dial.) to belch, vomit (2nd variant sp.)

BOKE ## Footnote Also BOCK, BOAK.

(Sl.) the nose

BOKO

(Pl.) goat or antelope.

BOKS

# Think of Spanish ball (Spanish) a throwing weapon

BOLA

Brave, daring; (noun) boldfaced type

BOLD ## Footnote BOLDER, BOLDEST; BOLDLY; BOLDS

A fine earthy clay

BOLE

The pod of a plant, as that of flax or cotton; (verb) to form pods

BOLL ## Footnote BOLLS, BOLLING, BOLLED

# Think of Spanish skittle (Spanish) a traditional long-bladed Philippine knife

BOLO

A bar or rod that slides into a hole or socket to fasten a door; (verb) to fasten with such a bar

BOLT

(Swahili) in Africa, a thorn enclosure

BOMA

A hollow case containing explosive; (verb) to attack with such a device

BOMB

# Think of credentials (Lat.) goods.

BONA ## Footnote No -S

Something that binds; (verb) to secure with such a thing

BOND

A hard substance forming the skeleton of the higher animals; (verb) to remove this from a body

BONE

To make a deep ringing sound

BONG

To hit or thump; to have sexual intercourse with

BONK

Osseous

BONY ## Footnote Also BONEY.

(Verb) to make a mistake

BOOB

To express vocal disapproval

BOOH ## Footnote BOOHS, BOOHING, BOOHED.

A collection of sheets of paper, etc, bound or otherwise fastened together; (verb) to reserve in advance

BOOK

(Scots) a bowl; (verb) to play bowls

BOOL

A hollow sound or roar; (verb) to make a hollow sound

BOOM

A timely benefit, a blessing

BOON

A rude person

BOOR

(3rd.) to express vocal disapproval

BOOS

A covering for the foot and at least the ankle, often the calf or even higher up the leg, made of leather, rubber, etc; (verb) to kick

BOOT

(Pl.) variety of jazz music.

BOPS

(Ital.) a violent cold North wind that blows from the mountains (usually in the winter) towards the East coast of the Adriatic

BORA

(Spenser) board

BORD ## Footnote Also BOORD, BORDE, BOORDE

To pierce, make a hole in

BORE

To attack a candidate or public figure systematically, especially in the media

BORK ## Footnote BARK, BERK, BIRK, BORK, BURK all good

(Dial.) to smear with paint

BORM

(Pa.P.) BEAR, to give birth to.

BORN

(Pl.) East Anglian form of address meaning neighbour.

BORS

Diamond dust or fragments

BORT ## Footnote BORTS. Also BOART, BORTZ.

(Coll.) meaningless talk

BOSH ## Footnote BOSHES

A bush; a thicket

BOSK ## Footnote BOSKS. Also BOSQUE, BOSQUET, BOSKET. BOSKY. Cf. BISK/BISQUE

Excellent; (verb) to order about

BOSS ## Footnote BOSSER, BOSSEST; BOSSES, BOSSING, BOSSED.

# Think of Spanish boot (Spanish) a leather bottle for wine

BOTA

# Think of Spanish bounce Compensation for injury or damage to property

BOTE

The two; the one and the other.

BOTH ## Footnote No -S

A cattle disease caused by botfly larvae

BOTS

The maggot of a botfly

BOTT ## Footnote Also BOT.

(Scots) the body; bulk

BOUK ## Footnote BOUKS. Also BUKE.

To prepare oneself

BOUN ## Footnote BOUNS, BOUNING, BOUNED. Also BOWNE.

A contest

BOUT

To roll or trundle

BOWL

(Spenser) a muscle

BOWR ## Footnote BOWRS

(3rd.) to bend or incline downwards

BOWS

Like a box

BOXY ## Footnote BOXIER, BOXIEST; BOXILY

(Sl.) a boyfriend

BOYF ## Footnote BOYFS

(Norwegian) a problem difficult to get to grips with

BOYG ## Footnote BOYGS

(Welsh slang) a boy, a young man

BOYO ## Footnote BOYOS

(3rd.) to play a female part as a boy

BOYS ## Footnote BOYED, BOYING

(US slang) a man, a fellow

BOZO ## Footnote BOZOS

(ON) a thin, flat, small-headed nail; (verb) to fasten with such a nail

BRAD ## Footnote BRADS, BRADDING, BRADDED

(Scots) a steep bank beside a river valley; a hillside

BRAE

(Verb) to boast; (adj.) first-rate

BRAG ## Footnote BRAGS, BRAGGING, BRAGGED; BRAGGER, BRAGGEST; BRAGLY.

(S. Afr.) brackish, salty; (noun) a mongrel dog

BRAK ## Footnote BRAKS

The husks of grain sifted from the flour; (verb) to soak in water mixed with such husks

BRAN ## Footnote BRANS, BRANNING, BRANNED

an exclamation used to imitate the sound of a burst of gunfire from an automatic weapon

BRAP ## Footnote No -S

(Pl.) women's underwear

BRAS

A contemptuous name for a child

BRAT

(Scots) fine, brave

BRAW ## Footnote BRAWER, BRAWEST; BRAWLY

To cry like a donkey

BRAY

(Pt.) to cause to give birth; (noun) a person who lives in a small remote place

BRED ## Footnote BREDS

(Scots) the liquor in which anything has been boiled

BREE ## Footnote BREES. Also BRIE, BROO.

(S. Afr.) to speak with uvular r, especially in Afrikaans

BREI ## Footnote BREIS, BREIING, BREID. Also BREY.

(Arch.) to burn

BREN ## Footnote BRENS, BRENNING, BRENT (not BRENNED*).

(Southern US dial.) brother

BRER ## Footnote BRERS

To prepare by infusion

BREW

(S. Afr.) to speak with uvular r, especially in Afrikaans (variant sp.)

BREY ## Footnote BREYS, BREYING, BREYED. Also BREI.

# Think French cheese (Scots) the liquor in which anything has been boiled (variant sp.)

BRIE ## Footnote BRIES. Also BREE, BROO.

A two-masted, square-rigged vessel

BRIG

# Think Tetrapak (Arabic) a Tunisian deep fried spicy pastry filled with fish or meat and sometimes an egg

BRIK

The upper edge of a vessel; (verb) to fill to this edge

BRIM ## Footnote BRIMS, BRIMMING, BRIMMED.

The rib of a fan

BRIN

(Ital.) liveliness, enthusiastic vigour

BRIO ## Footnote BRIOS

# Takes A- front hook (Hebrew) a Jewish circumcision rite

BRIS ## Footnote BRISSES. Also BRISS, BRITH

A young herring, sprat or other fish

BRIT ## Footnote BRITS. Also BRITT.

(Dial.) a goad, a spike; (verb) to prod

BROD ## Footnote BRODS, BRODDING, BRODDED.

(Scots) an awl; (verb) to prick with an awl

BROG ## Footnote BROGS, BROGGING, BROGGED.

(Scots) unemployment benefit; the office at which people receive it

BROO ## Footnote BROOS. Also BUROO

# Think brothers (Pl.) a place for which one feels a strong affinity.

BROS

the ridge over the eyes

BROW ## Footnote BROWED

An interjection expressing a feeling of cold.

BRRR ## Footnote Also BRR.

# Think IRN, a soft drink (Pl.) a friend.

BRUS

(Fr.) of wines, unsweetened, dry; (noun) a very dry champagne

BRUT ## Footnote BRUTS

To grind the teeth

BRUX ## Footnote BRUXES, BRUXING, BRUXED.

(Scots) a lantern

BUAT ## Footnote BUATS. Also BOWAT, BOWET.

A contagious skin disease resembling syphilis, aka YAWS (variant sp.)

BUBA ## Footnote BUBAS. Also BOBA.

# Think bubonic plague (Lat.) an inflammation, with enlargement, of a lymphatic gland, esp. in the groin, as in syphilis

BUBO ## Footnote BUBOES, BUBOED. No -S

(Pl.) strong drink.

BUBS

A long flowing garment worn by men and women in Mali

BUBU ## Footnote BUBUS. Also BOUBOU.

The male of e.g. the deer; (verb) (of a horse, etc) to jump repeatedly into the air

BUCK

(Hinglish) derogatory for an old man

BUDA

(Hinglish) derogatory for an old woman

BUDI

(Japanese) the system or philosophy of the martial arts

BUDO

New plant offshoots

BUDS

Dull yellow; (verb) to polish

BUFF ## Footnote BUFFER, BUFFEST; BUFFS, BUFFING, BUFFED.

# Think Spanish toad (Lat.) a black tincture in alchemy

BUFO

(3rd.) to trouble, annoy.

BUGS

A form of marquetry with e.g. gold and silver inlaid in tortoiseshell

BUHL ## Footnote [From Charles André Boulle (1642-1732), a cabinetmaker in the service of Louis XIV]. Also BOULLE, BOULE, BUHLWORK.

A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones

BUHR ## Footnote BUHRS. Also BUHRSTONE, BURRSTONE, BURSTONE

(Scots) a book

BUIK ## Footnote BUIKS. Also BUKE.

(Scots) a book (variant sp.)

BUKE ## Footnote BUKES. Also BUIK.

(Verb) to form a swollen root

BULB ## Footnote BULBS, BULBING, BULBED.

Volume or size; (verb) to fill out

BULK ## Footnote BULKS, BULKING, BULKED.

(Verb) to copulate with a cow

BULL ## Footnote BULLS, BULLING, BULLED.

Toilet paper; also, worthless paperwork, literature, or junk mail

BUMF ## Footnote BUMFS. Also BUMPH.

To make a heavy or loud noise; to knock dully

BUMP

(3rd.) to scrounge; to hum like a bee.

BUMS

A kind of artifical rubber made from BUTADIENE

BUNA ## Footnote BUNAS

1. a league; a confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states. 2. in India, a man-made embankment or dam; (verb) to embank

BUND ## Footnote BUNDS, BUNDING, BUNDED.

The stopper of the hole in a barrel; (verb) to stop up or enclose with such a device

BUNG

A box or recess in a ship's cabin; (verb) to occupy such a place

BUNK

A kind of sweet roll or cake

BUNN ## Footnote BUNNS. Also BUN.

(Pl.) a kind of sweet roll or cake.

BUNS

# Think baseball (Verb) to knock

BUNT

(Verb) to mark with floating devices

BUOY ## Footnote BUOYS, BUOYING, BUOYED

(Russian) in central Asia, a blizzard blowing from the North, or a summer wind from the North that causes dust storms

BURA ## Footnote BURAS. Also BURAN.

(Abbr.) suburb

BURB

(Scots) a bird

BURD ## Footnote Also BURDIE.

A fortified town

BURG

(Coll.) a fool (variant sp.)

BURK ## Footnote BARK, BERK, BIRK, BORK and BURK all good

A small knot in thread; a knot in wood; (verb) to finish cloth by removing such knots

BURL ## Footnote BURLS, BURLING, BURLED

To consume or injure by fire or great heat

BURN ## Footnote BURNS, BURNING, BURNED or BURNT or (obs.) YBRENT.

To belch

BURP

(Verb) to remove a rough edge from

BURR

(Pl.) a prickly seed-case.

BURS

To hide in the ground; to cover

BURY

(Verb) to cover or protect with shrubs

BUSH ## Footnote BUSHES, BUSHING, BUSHED.

To entertain by singing and dancing; to prepare

BUSK

A kiss, esp. a rude or playful kiss; (verb) to kiss

BUSS ## Footnote BUSSES, BUSSING, BUSSED.

To break, shatter

BUST

Occupied; (verb) to occupy oneself

BUSY ## Footnote BUSIER, BUSIEST; BUSILY; BUSIES, BUSYING, BUSIED.

(Sl.) a capsule of phenybutazone

BUTE

(3rd.) to put forward as an objection.

BUTS

To strike with the head, as a goat etc

BUTT

(3rd.) to purchase.

BUYS

To make a noise like that of insects' wings

BUZZ

(Scots) to bide

BYDE ## Footnote BYDES, BYDING, BYDED.

(Pl.) a pass to the next round (of a competition, etc.).

BYES

(Scots) a nest of wasps or wild bees; a swarm, throng; (verb) to swarm

BYKE ## Footnote BYKES, BYKING, BYKED.

A cow barn

BYRE

To carouse (higher-scoring variant sp.)

BYRL ## Footnote BYRLS, BYRLING, BYRLED. Also BIRL, BIRLE.

A set of usu. eight binary digits (bits) considered as a unit

BYTE