2-Letter Words Starting with B

Live outside right the same as live outside left? Not likely to last

Fragile

BRECCIA a type of rock

Artwork made from a clog, creatively coated in cheese

Lawyer meeting patient, maybe a carrier

Short job for Belli?

Accessory in a drug deal (wordplay)

Sulphur (when associated with hellfire)

Material for a fiery sermon (wordplay)

Symbolically S might make the edge hard

An oval or pearshaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.

Small fuel block

Data entered on computer

Patio fuel unit

General perhaps left following attack

Hard-to-hit barn area (wordplay)

Volley, as of denunciation.

Stick in the oven (wordplay)

Small spit or skewer: French kebab

Spit broth etc out on top of everything

Period with less money (wordplay)

E*Trade is one

Dealer's commission

""See Bromate, v. t. Bromate, v. t.""

Horse kept for breeding

Female horse kept for mating

Stable parent

""A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum.Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uniflorumand Aphyllon Ludovicianum.""

Bow and scrape

Act like a toady

Be a suck-up

English word

Brucella

*Fast-spreading blaze, perhaps

Minor rural blaze

Type of conflagration.

Make bestial

To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.

Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.Bryophyta.

""A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones.""

BUILD to construct

That really stings!

Stinging insect (2 words)

Newspaper for klutzes (wordplay)

Cowpoke's crash site

Cowboys' quarters

Where to celebrate the nonsensical (wordplay)

Parody - show with striptease (wordplay)

Like Ives (wordplay)

Show-biz category

See Buhrstone. Buhrstone.

Substance used in synthetic rubber.

A colourless gaseous hydrocarbon used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber

What an intriguing Empire style!

Like a hard-to-navigate bureaucracy

Describing a style of architecture.

Oyakawa holds this Olympic record.

One way to swim

Swimming specialty

Balcony railing (by Toni Morrison)

A bad result perhaps, but coping

Part of a balcony.

Variant of banneret 1 .

Gondolier's song

Venetian boat song

Floating melody in tavern song left echo

Certain ship

Rank higher than knightdom

Adjective meaning resembling

Same as bastardize.bastardize.

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

Early example of an oxymoron (wordplay)

Early, while the pub is still open

Not - - means none too soon

Seeming to be true or authentic

Creditworthy (wordplay)

Instilling credence

Anesthetic in some cough drops

To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

""To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.""

Bookseller.

""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.""

""A shantytown on the outskirts of a city, especially in France or North Africa.""

From Beirut Joe and I removed jewellery

Jewellery especially trinkets

Trinkets from Beirut Joe and I distributed

""Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.as, binucleate cells.""

Rot, in a good way

Break down

The subject of a biography.

Discipline dealing with living organisms

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

Town one's arrived in (wordplay)

Natal region (wordplay)

Where one enters the race (wordplay)

Opal, for example

Peridot, for example

Gem for particular occasion.

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

""To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.""

Strange and unusual thing

Ashy fireworks item

Milky gelatine dessert

French molded dessert.

Jelly-like pudding made with milk

French ragout made with a white sauce

Meat or seafood stew

Fifty tucking into feast, ten almost finished French stew

Cell formed by cleavage of a fertilised ovum

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

BLEACH to {whiten=v}

Cheerful bachelor landed male part

Carefree bishop able to move about easily

Cheery.

Stronghold reinforced against enemy fire

Military fortification

Pioneer fort

Symbol of a March birthday.

Heliotrope

Heliotrope.

Fly in dirty glass container (wordplay)

Fly down to canteen, maybe

Insect on filthy drink container

""A viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting insects and is characterized by fever, the formation of oral lesions, and swelling and cyanosis of the lips and tongue.""

BOLSHEVIZE

Library on wheels

Kind of library.

What a waste!

Do pointless work

Giant waste of money

Division is problematic

Indecisive boundary row

Only just acceptable

Annoying to disturb a few

Mob there so unruly, causing trouble

Annoying mob's here to riot

BOURGEOIS A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. Type.

Expurgate the indelicate unnecessarily

Bimbo extremely lewd, perhaps come up and use a figleaf

Censor wicked and loathsome extremists heading for Richmond in US state capital

Cut, in a way

Desex the text

Expurgate.

Subsidiary rail system

Subsidiary rail track

Secondary railway

Familiar name for the stern - um!

Wicked stabber may land on one

Sternum

Like good air

British herbal tea brewed is fit for inhaling

Capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge.

Freebootery.

""A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.""

Two-masted sailing vessel

Craft work of giant encased in salt

Giant waves in the sea for boat

Talent that outshines all others

Sparkling aptitude

Genius; brightness

English word

Upholstery fabric

A minute bronchial tube.

An Ivy League jewel?

An Ivy League jewel (wordplay)

Type of house

Bluntness of speech, French style.

""Awkward to move or use especially because of shape; as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.""

Do E-numbers turn heavy (wordplay)

A real hassle

Trying numbers, do set out last of three

G. Gordon Liddy's peepers (wordplay)

Corner with talk of flowers (wordplay)

Waylay Rose, perhaps

Accost and detain for conversation

Same as Germicide. Germicide.

Lucy at "Swan Lake" (wordplay)

He goes to "Les Sylphides."

Devotee of Terpsichore.

Sleep-inducing drug class

Drug counter snapped on universal charge

Drug ban gripped university class

Variant of barkentine .

Kind of jazz.

Jelly Roll Morton style

Old-time saloon

""A free-diving deep-sea vessel consisting of a large flotation hull with a crewed observation capsule attached to its underside, usually capable of reaching full ocean depths.""

Deep-sea vessel

Diving bell.

Beebe vehicle

See penstemon .

Active goodness

To reduce (ores).

Disposition to do good

Live current cut power lacking current? Goodness!

Kindliness

Lover of books

Collector of books

Book lover

Last course of a greasy meal (wordplay)

Type of chemical salt

Indigestion relief

Very rich person

One might support a foundation

Even richer person

""The application of the principles and techniques of the natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and solve problems in clinical medicine.""

English word

Similar to a bladder.

Adjective meaning resembling

""The fluid-filled, central cavity of a blastula. Also called segmentation cavity .""

A fungal spore produced by budding.

Real ball fan.

Its cargo was in circulation (wordplay)

Red Cross vehicle

Its cargo is in circulation

Standard wording of a contract

Hack writing

Formulaic writing

English word

Owners of the means of production

*Capitalist class, in Marxism

The middle class

Spray of flowers worn

Subject of a recent popular song.

Flower in a lapel

In the direction of the breadth.

Protector of Galahad's heart (wordplay)

It was worn in war, once

Piece of armor

Resembling a bristle in stiffness.

Unmarried young woman

Bill of exchange includes long learning time, double for single US girl

A spore borne by a basidium.

One looking for scraps may show it

Aggression of drunken reeling celeb

Aggressive behaviour

""A normally colorless aromatic oil, C 6 H 5 CHO, obtained naturally, as from the bitter almond, or made synthetically and used in perfumes and as a solvent and a flavoring.""

English word

""A white crystalline compound, C 6 H 5 COC 6 H 6 , used in perfumery and in medicine. Also called diphenylketone .""

A collection of books; a library.

""Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.""

Language in a fish market

Foul, vulgar, abusive talk

London fish market

The degree to which or rate at which a drug or other substance is absorbed or becomes available at the site of physiological activity after administration.

... yaks, yaks, yaks ...

... yaks, yaks, yaks ..

Gossip from British bird about soaps

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

Way to cross the pool

Adam Peaty's swimming style

Natant style involving heart massage

Ill in barnet? I could set that right!

Perfumed oil for making hair glossy

One worker in East going after fish oil

Instrument used for examining the windpipe

Professional with racket has something to admire

Professional

My preferred transport conveys head, being efficient

French school-leaving exam

Higher education exam

Type of degree

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

Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.

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

""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.""

Naturally breaking down

Capable of decaying

Able to be broken down by bacteria

REFRINGENCE

One place for overnight guests (2 words)

Pay to stay where it's wood (wordplay)

Where Sherlock Holmes lived

Fish stew from Provence

Rich fish stew

Rich spicy fish stew

English word

""An ergot alkaloid, C 32 H 40 BrN 5 O 5 , that slows dopamine turnover and inhibits prolactin secretion and is used to treat Parkinson's disease and to retard the growth of various pituitary tumors.""

Some obfuscating jargon

Bureaucrat

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

""A transparent, highly flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O, used in synthesizing resins.""

""Any of a group of neuroleptic drugs, such as haloperidol, administered in the treatment of acute psychotic episodes, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders.""

English word

""Any of a group of chemical compounds with a common molecular structure and similar pharmacological effects, used as antianxiety agents, muscle relaxants, sedatives, hypnotics, and sometimes as anticonvulsants.""

English word

Natural glow (wordplay)

*Natural light (wordplay)

The glow of a glowworm

Spherical form of carbon