B words

Question 1

ba

Answer 1

In ancient Egyptian mythology, a being’s soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food

Question 2

backmost

Answer 2

Furthest back.

Question 3

banal

Answer 3

unoriginal, stale, hackneyed

Question 4

bandeau

Answer 4

a narrow band worn around the head to hold the hair in position, or a top worn around a woman’s chest.

Question 5

bane

Answer 5

something that harms or destroys

Question 6

bantamweight

Answer 6

a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).

Question 7

barnacle

Answer 7

a marine crustacean with an external shell, which attaches itself permanently to a variety of surfaces. Barnacles feed by filtering particles from the water using their modified feathery legs.

Question 8

barren

Answer 8

unable to produce or sustain life

Question 9

becharm

Answer 9

to charm; to captivate.

Question 10

beleaguer

Answer 10

to harass

Question 11

bemuse

Answer 11

puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).

Question 12

beneficial

Answer 12

helpful, good

Question 13

benne

Answer 13

another term for sesame

Question 14

bestiary

Answer 14

a descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various real or mythical kinds of animals, esp. a medieval work with a moralizing tone.

Question 15

bias

Answer 15

preference, prejudice

Question 16

bibasic

Answer 16

Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; - said of acids.

Question 17

bibulous

Answer 17

excessively fond of drinking alcohol.

Question 18

bigender

Answer 18

Having two genders simultaneously, e.g. both male and female.

Question 19

bilk

Answer 19

obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud

Question 20

bloat

Answer 20

make or become swollen with fluid or gas.

Question 21

bludgeon

Answer 21

a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Question 22

bo

Answer 22

Fellow, chap, boy

Question 23

bolster

Answer 23

to support, prop up, buttress

Question 24

botch

Answer 24

carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

Question 25

botrytis

Answer 25

a fungus that forms a grayish powdery mold on a variety of organic matter. It causes a number of fungal plant diseases, including chocolate spot, and is deliberately cultivated (as noble rot) on the grapes used for certain wines.

Question 26

braggadocio

Answer 26

boastful or arrogant behavior.

Question 27

bruit

Answer 27

to spread (a report or rumor) widely; or a sound, typically an abnormal one, heard through a stethoscope; a murmur.

Question 28

brusque

Answer 28

rudely brief, surly

Question 29

bugbear

Answer 29

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing.

Question 30

bungler

Answer 30

a clumsy person

Question 31

buoyant

Answer 31

cheerful; capable of floating

Question 32

bureaucratic

Answer 32

relating to the business of running an organization, or government.

Question 33

burgeon

Answer 33

begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.

Question 34

burgess

Answer 34

a person with municipal authority or privileges, in particular

Question 35

bustle

Answer 35

to be noisily busy and in a hurry

Question 36

buttress

Answer 36

to support, reinforce, bolster