2-Letter Words Starting with B

The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zo\'94geography and phytogeography.

Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

Biological

Biomaterial

""(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.""

Biomedicine

Biology

English word

Biomolecule

(used with a sing. verb) The science that deals with the application of physics to biological processes and phenomena.

See life science .

Plural or third person singular

Production of molecules in living cells

The sort of thing that's produced in the cells for boys in trouble with theory

Of or pertaining to biosynthesis.

Mankind ergonomics. Environment

""The monitoring, recording, and measuring of a living organism's basic physiological functions, such as heart rate, muscle activity, and body temperature, by the use of telemetry techniques.""

Bipartition

Bipolarity

POLARIZING polarize

PROPELLANT

B2B opportunity for a gossip (wordplay)

... yaks, yaks, yaks ...

... yaks, yaks, yaks ..

Blacktop

Bladderwort

Blastocoele

Of or pertaining to a blastocoel.

Blastospore

Blastulate

Poker activity for a kidnapper (wordplay)

Blithesome

Very successful movies

They're created only if many people see them

Megahits

Blockbust

Bloodiness

Violence during a conflict

Larcenous colonel allowing slaughter

Bloodmobile

Sanguine John found in bed? I stand corrected

Such clothing perhaps taken by police, marked in red

Like some evidence gathered at a crime scene ("Titus Andronicus")

Channels of life

Things flowing through circulatory systems

Parasites

Like mosquitoes

Is the count this inhuman (wordplay)

Savage as Dracula

Craving violence and slaughter

Luck begins to change intellectual

Woman having literary interests

Type of egghead.

See windsurfing .

Boardsailor

Braggadocio

Harland and Wolff made at least one more than Noah presumably

Navy yard activity

Bobsledding

English word

Bodhisattva

Lots of DNA found in gym

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

Bombardment

Bombination

Bonefishing

Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; sometimes called simply clabber. clabber.

Bookbinding

Bookkeeping

Bookselling

Boomerang

Boondoggler

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

BOOTLESS without boots

Chemist, short of cash, began using computer

Hotel worker, unable to get out, started up computer

Boringness

Borohydride

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

Botheration

Bottleneck

Bottomless

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

Braggadocio

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

Branchiopod

Breadboard

Important development (eg in research)

Progress? Leave over!

Make a sudden advance

Way to cross the pool

Adam Peaty's swimming style

Natant style involving heart massage

Brecciation

Breechblock

Breechcloth

Breechclout

A firearm which receives its load at the breech.

BROADCASTER broadcast

Transmitting radio/TV

*On the air

Wide selection of actors for radio

Brokenness

Bromegrass

Bromination

Bromouracil

Plural or third person singular

Bronchitis

Adjective (-ic)

Instrument used for examining the windpipe

BRONCHOS broncho

English word

Type of ranch hand

Tamer of wild horses

Cowboy, at times

Prehistoric thunderer (wordplay)

Prehistoric beast (thunder lizard)

Dinosaur with a long neck and tail

Broodiness

BROOMBALLER broomball

Criminal siblings (wordplay)

Lodges open to 14 across and gangsters

Bryophyllum

English word

Buffoonery

Bulldogging

Bumbershoot

Able to keep thieves out

Burgomaster

Sweet goat from Scotland (wordplay)

Sweet bishop, say, having whisky

Foreign flavor (wordplay)

Buttonbush

Buttonholer

Accosting and detaining (someone)

Buttonhook

Celebrate host dancing for girls in New York (wordplay)

Bachelorhood

Backcountry

BACKGROUNDER background

Background

""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

Mr. X's favorite form of trickery (wordplay)

Banderillero

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

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

Baroreceptor

Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.

Basidiospore

Basification

Stops on a Civil War tour

Bugler to stand playing in fields of war

Areas of conflict

First step towards sainthood

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

First stage in becoming saint in Roman Catholic church

Beauteous

BEHAVIORIST a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism.

Bellicosity

Belonging

BENEFICIATE To reduce (ores).

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

Benzoapyrene

Benzophenone

BESTSELLER

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 ,""

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

Going both ways

Functioning two ways

Coming-of-age story

Novel that focuses on character growth

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

Biliousness

Bimolecular

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)

Bipropellant

Bisectional

Gossipy types

Bean spillers

Tattletales

Comparative adjective or agent noun

In a blasphemous manner.

Plural or third person singular