2-Letter Words Starting with B

Lip, bloody lip!

Edge (of cup or hat)

Kind of stone, maybe

Lower, as a light

Opposite of "brighten"

Opposite of brighten

False gods.

False gods

In Aqaba, a lime grove houses fertility gods

Ba in Chemistry (wordplay)

Reactive earth metal

GI series element

To make {dirty=adj}

Like a mermaid or centaur

Dual

Worship of idols

Belief in false gods

Belief in ancient Phoenicia

Dunking a baby, say

Church admission rite

Rite involving water

A mass of marine fossils

""Belief in bogies, also BOGEYISM""

Tweed rule, for example

Control within a government machine

Campaign issue

A diseased condition of the skin

The state of being {brutal=adj}

Habitual grinding of the teeth

Habitual teeth grinding

A fungal fructification from which spores are released

Libel - mud being thrown, by gum!

Gum resin, like myrrh.

Gum from Commiphora trees

Two-year period

Living matter

An aircraft carrier

A groove on a tapeworm

Form of food poisoning

Food poisoning

Must boil stew, or food poisoning results

The rule of boyars

Upper arm

A prairie soil

Salmonella, for example

Micro-organism that can cause disease

Micro-organism

"Complected," for one

Complected, for one

Absence of culture and civilisation

""A chemical element of the transuranic series. Chemical symbol Bk; atomic number 97; atomic weight 247. It is a radioactive element, with no stable isotopes; the longest-lived isotope is of mass number 247.07, decaying by alpha-emission with a half-life of 1,400 years. The isotope with atomic weight 249 has a half-life of 314 days, and was isolated in weighable quantities.""

Aerospace structural material

Fourth element on the periodic table

Be 51 stone in front, without odd tummy

Feeder, strangely slim, keeps in charge of devotion to the book

""Use of biological principles in explaining human behavior, especially social behavior.""

Periodic change in behaviour of animals

Small legless lizard

Legless lizard

Snake-like creature's undiscerning malignant software

""An anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that secretes botulin and inhabits soils.""

A small branch of the windpipe

BIPEDAL having two feet

"Peace, Bread and Land" movement

Peace, Bread and Land movement

BOOSTER that which boosts

The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

A maddening sort of 2 down (wordplay)

Gather one's thoughts (wordplay)

Sudden thought, not too bright.

Lohengrin, for one.

Man of the match (wordplay)

Union member (wordplay)

An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior.

""The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; in opposition to monometallism. monometallism.""

Inflected form of RACIALISM Inflected form of RACIAL pertaining to an ethnic group

Socially unconventional style of, eg, artists and writers

BARBARIAN A foreigner.

""BICAMERAL Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.""

BILATERAL Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.

Quality of being bilingual.

Love of books.

BICULTURAL

BIPARTISAN

The conduct or language of a blackguard; rufflanism.

Nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy.bureaucracy.

BIDIALECTAL