2-Letter Words Starting with B

Where to get a full physical (wordplay)

Pastime I'd ignobly dub 'freakish'

Weightlifter's practice

Bodycheck

Bohemianism

Drinks for metalworkers (wordplay)

Conquerors of Notre Dame.

Purdue eleven

Boilerplate

Oboist surely played loudly and exuberantly

BOLSHEVIZE

Bombination

Bonefishing

Bookbinding

Bookkeeping

Bookselling

Boomerang

""BOONDOGGLE a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.""

Boringness

Borohydride

""A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.""

Botheration

Member of the smart set.

Man-about-town in Paris

Bourgeoisie

""BOURGEOISIE The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.""

Boutonniere

Taking the offensive, and taking out the offensive

Bowdlerizer

""BOWDLERIZE To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive; to remove morally objectionable parts; -- said of literary texts.""

Boyishness

Brachiation

""The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.""

Bradycardia

Braggadocio

Braininess

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

Nearest bar is setting problems

Problems, puzzles

Strike by those who provoke tough questions ...

BRAINWASHER brainwash

Clearing one's mind (wordplay)

Forced indoctrination

Totally indoctrinating

Branchiopod

Brassiness

Brattiness

Brawniness

They're also first home with the bacon!

Supporters of family life waving weird banners

Clearly they succeed in earning the dough

One whose earnings are the primary source of support for one's dependents.

Breakfast

Stunning, but also inspiring (wordplay)

Lack of airtime is astonishing

Inspiring? Awesome!

Brecciation

Breeziness

Bricklaying

Brightness

Brilliancy

Ill in barnet? I could set that right!

Perfumed oil for making hair glossy

One worker in East going after fish oil

Sometime foreign policy.

Living on the edge politically

Pressing of a dangerous situation to the limit

Bristletail

Transmitting radio/TV

*On the air

Wide selection of actors for radio

Bromination

Bromouracil

Plural or third person singular

Bronchitis

Adjective (-ic)

Broodiness

Abstract noun (-ity)

Buccaneer

Like a buccaneer; piratical.

Buffoonery

Bullbaiting

Bulldogging

BULLFIGHTER bullfight

Papal edict against brawling fiesta in Pamplona

Bullmastiff

Bullterrier

Bullwhip

Bullyrag

Bunchberry

BUREAUCRAT An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

BURGLARIZE

Bushranging

""Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.""

Professional with racket has something to admire

Professional

My preferred transport conveys head, being efficient

Butterfish

Butterfly

Accosting and detaining (someone)

Bacchanalian

Backcountry

Background

Just one on tandem is doing this making U-turn

Backstabbing

Backstitch

""The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.""

Pl. bacteriolyses (-s z ) Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.

Rupture of some pathogens by, eg, an antibody

Pl. bacteriolyses (-s z ) Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.

A virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called phage in laboratory jargon.phage in laboratory jargon.

BACTERIOPHAGE a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called phage in laboratory jargon.phage in laboratory jargon.

Bacteriostat

BACTERIZE to subject to the action of bacteria.

Geopolitical term for extreme factionalism

Balletomania

Ballhandling

""BALLISTIC Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.""

Banderillero

Bankability

Certain boxers

Barbarianism

The act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.

Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.

Basidiospore

Basification

""Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.""

Bearability

Bearishness

Beastliness

First step towards sainthood

You finally quit cosmetic enhancement? That's a great blessing!

First stage in becoming saint in Roman Catholic church

Beautiful

BEHAVIORIST a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.

Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible .

Belittlement

Bellicosity

Belligerence

'Not acting a piece, by the sound of it (13)'

Belonging

Beneficiary

BENEFICIATE To reduce (ores).

BENEFICIATE To reduce (ores).

Ignorance is to remain, with thing sensed imperfectly

""A crystalline compound, C 7 H 6 N 2 , that is used in organic synthesis and inhibits the growth of certain microorganisms.""

Betweenbrain

... in the gaps dividing cunning devices

Bewildering

Bewilderment

Certain scholarly person

Academic press worker

Compiler of a list of books on a particular subject or by a single author

Like the study of books

Bibliolatry

Excessive adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Bibliomaniac

Bibliopegist

Bibliophily

Love of books.

Bibliopolist

""Remedies the therapeutic use of reading material in the treatment of nervous diseases. ; bibliotherapist , n . ; bibliotherapeutic ,""

Bicameralism

Bicentenary

Bicentennial

Biconcavity

""CONDITIONAL Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. as, a conditional promise.""

Biconvexity

BICULTURAL

Biddability

Going both ways

Functioning two ways

Bilateralism

Coming-of-age story

Novel that focuses on character growth

Literary genre of "David Copperfield" or "Ender's Game"

Bilingualism

Biliousness

Billingsgate

Of or pertaining to bimetallism.

Bimillenary

Bimillennial

Bimolecular

Bindingness

Bioactivity

Biochemical

""The property of being biologically compatible by not producing a toxic, injurious, or immunological response in living tissue: As a result of its strength and biocompatibility, the material is often used in medical devices.""

""The conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms.""

Naturally breaking down

Capable of decaying

Able to be broken down by bacteria

BIOELECTRIC

Bioenergetic

Bioengineer

The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

""(used with a sing. verb) The study of the mechanics of a living body, especially of the forces exerted by muscles and gravity on the skeletal structure.""

Biometrician

Biophysicist

See life science .

Bioscientist

Vital statistics.

Of or pertaining to biosystematics.

Such as genetic modification

Adjective (-ic)

BIPARTISAN

Bipropellant

REFRINGENCE

Bisectional

Bisexuality

Bitterbrush

Bittersweet

Bizarreness

Blackguard

The conduct or language of a blackguard; rufflanism.

Blacksmith

Actions or words aiming to flatter

Persuasive flattery

Flattering inducements

Any of several fungal infections caused by blastomycetes; they are characterized by inflammatory lesions of skin and mucous membranes or internal organs.

BLASTULATION blastulate

Blatherskite

BLOCKBUSTING blockbust

Like some screams (2 words)

Horrible (of a scream?)

Like some screams

Bloodletting

Pedantic women

There's some such leggy girls at Cambridge

They go on foot with the ladies, likewise

One place for overnight guests (2 words)

Pay to stay where it's wood (wordplay)

Where Sherlock Holmes lived

Boardsailing

Boatbuilding

Boddhisattva

Bodybuilding