2-Letter Words Starting with B

Blow for big party (wordplay)

All-nighter, maybe

Hit hard; party (slang)

Pish and tush!

Ex-student returning quietly? Rubbish!

Balderdash! (or basketball player Chris)

Snowball, for one

Rose or George (wordplay)

The wild American president (wordplay)

Red state (wordplay)

Redden (in the face)

A rose, by another name (wordplay)

Full of testosterone, perhaps

Full of testosterone perhaps

Reckless and bold

Touch base at start (career meeting)

Relative of the crew cut.

Rebuff, with "off"

Drive away, maybe from country

Send away (as punishment)

Send far, far away, maybe

Close to the color of a robin's egg

Somewhat sky-colored

Resembling some sapphires

Beet soup (Var.)

Soup mug returned to small church

Soup for Jerry out east, about a rouble

Like Peter Pan or some grins

Youthful, in a way

Like some grins

Timid, silly, etc.

Infantile and shabby, I get removed

Childish & silly

Showing signs of recession (wordplay)

Somewhat spotty on top (wordplay)

Lacking full coverage, in a way

Odd-shaped reef denizen

Spade-shaped reef swimmer

Sting ray.

From maybe a mishap, emerges radiant

Radiant, a la Lewis Carroll.

Like "Jabberwocky"'s boy

Down on the market (wordplay)

Expecting a decline

Expecting a drop, in a way

Pertaining to a {beau=n}

Pray to live and follow the church

Request to be the church of the diocese

Beg for bit of bread and cheese spread

A bit large

A bit at large

Kinda large

Its atomic number is 83

Black iodine stain on hot metal

A heavy metal

Bad spot, perhaps

Moral defect or fault

A flaw or imperfection

Of a certain color.

Like a colour that is reflected in a red glow

Somewhat dismal black pestilence engulfs island hospital

Cruelly coarse

Swinelike

{boggy=adj}

{doltish=adj}

Fond of reading

Devoted to reading

Fond of study and reading

Coarse, rough or rude

Like Stanley Kowalski

Awkward or rude

Puffer's cousin

Like brine

Savage upset Italian in the undergrowth

Like the Yahoos.

Cruel and stupid

{foppish=adj}

Taking much stock, maybe

Optimistic about a stock

Expecting a rise in stock market prices

Tall reed-like water plant

Tall plant near water

Papyrus or cattail

Polish-British vase his to break

Polish by rubbing

Rub to shiny finish

Baloney!

Voter reaction of sorts

Term for clearance between meshed gears

Provoked adverse reaction

The ebbing of the waves

Unpleasant after-effects

How H. saw the water going the wrong way

H. saw the repercussion behind

{childish=adj}

To give a tip

To {scorch=v}

Damage (a reputation)

Sully ("Hamlet")

Soil possibly with smoke or dirt

To {smooth=v}

A fish with long jaws

Sitcom starring Tracee Ellis Ross

Kind of dark

ABC sitcom about the Johnsons

Somewhat mild praise (wordplay)

Flatter on the flat side (wordplay)

Flatter sort of vanilla (wordplay)

Somewhat bleak

(0f a elderly person) with incurably pompous and conservative views

Mistake about uneven movement characteristic of old soldier

Block shaped

Somewhat fair-haired

Flaxen

Inflatable marine creature

Hootie's backup

Globefish.

No permit required for these

End of a Dr. Seuss title

Atlantic angler's catch

A marine fish

Florida catch.

Silvery swimmer

(Of water) salty

Of water, slightly salty

Rich bask in slightly salty water

Impetuous

Wave about a meal of husks (wordplay)

Flourish a bit like Russell (wordplay)

Flourish (a weapon)

Like brass

Like badly behaved kids

Badly behaved fashion star bit husband

Assertive about not drinking alcohol, one becomes badly behaved

Kind of wide

Having a brogue

Tan, maybe

Rather tanned forehead, last of tan his undoing

Somewhat like ex-PM that's kind of shady (wordplay)

A tall marsh plant

Payment to expedite service

Just the tip of the East

Cook's welcoming that woman with hot tip

Somewhat bitter.

""A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.""

""A small fish (Amblyopsis spel\'91us) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name. Amblyopsis spel\'91us) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.""

Clear one's mind!

Leave without reason (wordplay)

Reindoctrinate, modern style.

SPLASH to scatter liquid about

""A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.""

Track event for those less hirsute?

Race that's less hairy (wordplay)

Rhubarb a smidgen less hairy (wordplay)

Deep-sea submersible

Professional forger (wordplay)

Iron man (wordplay)

Longfellow's famed artisan.

BOUNDER one that {bounds=v}

Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.

BUMPKIN a clumsy rustic

Atlantic gunnel

Wild licorice

Part of Pimlico

Part of Pimlico's field

""An evergreen shrub of the genus Purshia, especially P. tridentata of western North America, having bitter-tasting leaves with fuzzy undersides that are nutritious for deer, elk, and antelope.""

Kitchen cleaner will get it in the neck

Carplike member of the sucker family

Like a buccaneer; piratical.

Sweet goat from Scotland (wordplay)

Sweet bishop, say, having whisky

Foreign flavor (wordplay)