Words in english starting with B

• bowdlerizer — Noun – English ～ a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
• bowed — Adjective – English ～ forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling"
• bowed — Adjective – English ～ showing an excessively deferential manner
• bowed — Adjective – English ～ of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
• bowed — Adjective – English ～ have legs that curve outward at the knees
• bowel — Noun – English ～ the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
• bowelless — Adjective – English ～ ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"
• bowels — Noun – English ～ the center of the Earth
• bower actinidia — Noun – English ～ climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit
• bower — Noun – English ～ a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"
• bowerbird — Noun – English ～ any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
• bowery — Adjective – English ～ like a bower; leafy and shady; "a bowery lane"
• bowery — Noun – English ～ a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts
• bowfin — Noun – English ～ primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
• bowfront — Adjective – English ～ having an outward curving front; "a bowfront dresser"; "a bowfront house"
• bowhead — Noun – English ～ large-mouthed Arctic whale
• bowie — Noun – English ～ United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
• Bowiea — Noun – English ～ small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
• bowing — Adjective – English ～ showing an excessively deferential manner
• bowing — Noun – English ～ managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"

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