2-Letter Words Starting with B

The worse for wear

In bad shape

Wet and dirty

Makes wet and dirty, as from rain

Makes limp and soiled

Bedrench

Bedrench

Bedrivel

Bedrug

They may be laid on for midnight feasts

Throws a banquet in the garden

Nighttime covers

JUMPING AIDS

Bedwarf

Plural noun or verb form

Red guards (wordplay)

Yeomen of the guard.

Tower of London guards

Apiary workers

They profit from their workers' operations

THEME ANSWER 2

Befinger

Beflower

WHERE'S THE SECOND (wordplay)

Deck or second (wordplay)

When to ante up (wordplay)

Early example of an oxymoron (wordplay)

Early, while the pub is still open

Not - - means none too soon

Befret

Became mates with (someone)

Got close to

Treated as ally in brief realignment, then stopped

Befringe

BEGGAR to impoverish

Begirdle

Beglamor

Beglamour

Begrim

Begroan

Giving reluctantly

Like a certain category of sciences

Like some sciences

Type of psychology

Behaviour

Negative review of Dracula (wordplay)

Overworking Bartok without much excitement

Verbally assaulted a bored blue in trouble

Surrounds

Besets.

Beliquor

Hecklers, to Rich (wordplay)

A writer of literature

Little Serb turns out to be writer of aesthetic essays

Showy blossom

Flared plant

Campanula.

V.I.P. among sheep

Leader of the flock

Leading sheep; trendsetter

Ring sailor? No time, he complains

Faultfinding type

Cigars.

Bemurmur

Sit McGwire and Teixeira (wordplay)

Criteria for judging judges (wordplay)

Points of reference, for surveyors.

One who raised the foundation

Eleemosynar, for example

Supporter's complaint about new player

Benefiter

""A colorless liquid, C 8 H 6 O, found in coal tar and used to make thermoplastic resins for paints and varnishes. Also called coumarone .""

Berascal

Berberine

Berberis

Like Hello Kitty

Berkelium

Berserker

Beryllium

Bescorch

Bescorch

Bescour

Bescreen

Beshiver

Beshrew

Beshroud

Besmear

Gathering herbs, medic may get dirty

Sullied

Makes dirty, soils

Splashes with mud

To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

Hebrew name meaning 'lion'

Medieval books featuring fables

Hebrew name meaning "lion"

Rousing

Bestrew

Spanned, it's clear, in first study

Finest travelled by horse and dominated

First past the post would surely have been this!

Dominating prime equestrian activity (wordplay)

Walking over the nicest part of Yorkshire once

Bestrow

Beswarm

Betatter

Bethorn

Betrothal

Betrothed

Betroth

Progress in standard of living

Live with Hilary, perhaps, in a tent for gain

How more good men come to tea for improvement

Beweary

At a loss!

Unruly before entering bunk at sea

Completely confused

Magnetic personal charm

Beworry

Bewrap

""A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; called also dichromate. as, potassium bichromate; called also dichromate.""

CULTURAL relating to culture

Two-pronged; forked.

Forks

Kind and considerate

Generous description of unambiguous (wordplay)

Generous sack filled with rubbish I gather

From Beirut Joe and I removed jewellery

Jewellery especially trinkets

Trinkets from Beirut Joe and I distributed

Bilberry

Seepage aboard ship

Ship's seepage

Nonsense

BILHARZIA

Bilharzia

Bilirubin

""A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.""

N.F.L. carrier (wordplay)

Ads for Cosby (wordplay)

Ads that get lots of traffic (wordplay)

In both ears

Opera glasses, for example

Bird-watcher's need

Gear for a bird watcher

See biological control .

Rot, in a good way

Break down

The subject of a biography.

Creator of life in a bookshop (wordplay)

A life's work for him

One who can tell your story

BIOGRAPH to write a biography of

Biohazard

Identity verification system

Biometry

BIOMORPH a decorative image of a living thing

""A macromolecule in a living organism that is formed by linking together several smaller molecules, as a protein from amino acids or DNA from nucleotides.""

""An apparatus in which a suspension of microorganisms in a liquid are used to perform chemical reactions, as in synthesis of pharmaceutical agents or the conversion of harmful waste to less harmful substances. The reactor consists of a vessel to contain the suspension of microorganisms, plus a variety of attached devices used to control the reaction.""

Biorhythm

Biosensor

Is posh beer brewed in living quarters (wordplay)

BIOSPHERE

PARENTAL pertaining to a parent

What foreign policy often is.

With two-party support

Involving the agreement of two parties

State of two extremes

""POLARIZE to give polarity to, also POLARISE""

Bipyramid

Dumb clucks

Nitwits

Cheep joints (wordplay)

Targets for some squirrels

Shelters in some backyards

Birdlime

First impressions that stay with you (wordplay)

Deliveries around old capital - the types that leave impressions on you for life

Town one's arrived in (wordplay)

Natal region (wordplay)

Where one enters the race (wordplay)

Population growth factors

Demographic data

Demographers' concerns

Civil liberty in the U. S.

Labour facing Tory inheritance

Inheritance of the firstborn

Birthroot

Opal, for example

Peridot, for example

Gem for particular occasion.

Birthwort

Bishopric

Bistoury

""A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.""

Bitchery

Resentment of booming female (wordplay)

Wading birds' acrimony?

Wading birds' acrimony (wordplay)

State flower of Montana

Montana's state flower

Montana-Idaho range.

A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisi\'91folia); Roman worm wood. (A. artemisi\'91folia); Roman worm wood.

Strange and unusual thing

Prattle

Othello

Mournful Chuck (wordplay)

Smart-phone brand

Fruit from a bush

Nursery-rhyme pie filler

Storied pie ingredient

Long Island U. team

Hunter's jungle

Traditional teacher's aid

Teacher's aid

Blackener

Protector for actress Karen (wordplay)

Dog left in support with sentry

Rogue bishop to go without protection

Joan Jett's own record label

Sloe-bearing bush

Tree producing sloes

Tree bearing sloes

1975 #1 hit for the Doobie Brothers

1975 hit for the Doobie Brothers

""Any of various deciduous shrubs or small trees of the genus Staphylea, native to north temperate regions and having opposite compound leaves and terminal panicles of white flowers and bladderlike fruits.""

One who uses blandishments.

Blarney

Rebel MP has reformed, so he swears!

One who reviles

Impious one

""The germinal membrane in an ovum, from which the embryo is developed.""

Cell formed by cleavage of a fertilised ovum

""The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron.""

Blatherer

Turner entertained by escort's prattle

Windbag's activity

Blatter

Blazonry

The French staying in Italian city on lake in drowsy state

Blether

Blindworm

Hampering the peripheral vision of, as a racehorse

Gruelingly intense

Very hot American crooner embracing surgeon

Very hot, so tires out wearing some large items of jewellery

Cheerful band, though stupid (wordplay)

Prattling away in happy band

Carefree group talking nonsense

Swift military offensive

Sudden overwhelming attack

Sudden overpowering military attack

BLIZZARD a heavy snowstorm

Blockader

Red puccoons

Expectorant source

Bloodworm

Bloomery

Weeping noisily.

Famous crooner keeps awkward person in tears

Lethal spouses.

Many have designs on them

They're drawn for lots

Architect's plans

Blunderer

Stumbling below, wearing tacky jewellery

Beneath appearing in flash jewellery - it's crass

A smear or blot; a smudge.

BLURRING blur

Troublemaking bigmouths

Foolish man from Balkans all over fractured north with those blowing hot air

Swaggering.

Swaggering crooner, one with passionate desires hidden

Stormy.

Swaggering

Where deals are made (wordplay)

Landladies' meeting-places (wordplay)

Carpenters' storage areas (wordplay)

Promenade platforms near beaches

Directors on a stroll, in a way.

Seaside attractions

Boarfish

Winter Olympian who may go 90 m.p.h

Winter Olympics competitor

Winter Olympian who may go 90 m.p.h.

Bullet-proof vests for escorts (wordplay)

Minders

Bodysurf

Wave catcher

Overall troubles I doubly reviewed

Overall, last set of clothes is for a tough old bird locally

Bruises too appalling, as unruly

Issue robot order to be rowdy

Noisy and lacking in restraint

Bolometer

Of or pertaining to a bolometer.

Bolsterer

Propping up pillow in middle of night

Giving a boost

Supporting

NCO arranged raid in Lancaster, maybe

Canadian snowmobile inventor

Crowd round pub ride off with soldier

Bombard

Bombardon

Promise to take case, as tends to be fireproof in this country!

Union offers support to one that never gets burned in this place (wordplay)

Investor

Could he make broken nose better (wordplay)

Cured one's inside, though no doctor (wordplay)

Unqualified treater of fractures in times past

He wraps leaves up (wordplay)

Printing-shop employe

Library menace (wordplay)

Librarian's bane?

Librarian's bane (wordplay)

Illicit publishers (wordplay)

Las Vegas operators

Publishers are better professionals

It shows what stage you've got to in your romance

Around end of October person at races may be one beset by leaves

Shopkeeper hires Fitzgerald expressly

Vendor of volumes

Borders of old, for example

Where bibliophiles browse.