B
B ...
- 1 B
- 2 B
- 3 B. C
- 4 B. and S
- 5 B. K. S
- 6 B Flats
- 7 B.’s
- 8 B. of B.K
- 9 Baal-Peor
- 10 Baal Samin
- 11 Baal Shemesh
- 12 Baal Zeboub [Beelzebub]
- 13 Ba ba
- 14 Babau
- 15 Babes in the Wood
- 16 Babes (Deities of)
- 17 Babies in the Eyes
- 18 Babel
- 19 Babouc
Babouin ...
- 1 Babouin
- 2 Baby Charles
- 3 Babylon
- 4 Babylonian Numbers
- 5 Babylonish Captivity
- 6 Babylonish Garment (A)
- 7 Baca
- 8 Bacbuc
- 9 Bacchanalia
- 10 Bacchanalian
- 11 Bacchant
- 12 Bacchante
- 13 Bacchis
- 14 Bacchus [wine]
- 15 Baccoch
- 16 Bachelor
- 17 Bachelor of Salamanea (The)
- 18 Bachelor’s Buttons
- 19 Bachelor’s Fare
- 20 Bachelor’s Porch
Bachelor’s Wife (A) ...
- 1 Bachelor’s Wife (A)
- 2 Back (To)
- 3 Back and Edge
- 4 Backbite (To)
- 5 Backbone (The)
- 6 Backgammon
- 7 Background
- 8 Back-hander
- 9 Back-speer (To)
- 10 Back-stair Influence
- 11 Backwardation (Stockbrokers term)
- 12 Backward Blessing (Muttering a)
- 13 Backwater
- 14 Bacon
- 15 Baconian Philosophy
- 16 Baconian Theory
- 17 Bactrian Sage
- 18 Bad
- 19 Bad Blood
- 20 Bad Books
Bad Debts ...
- 1 Bad Debts
- 2 Bad Form
- 3 Bad Lot (A)
- 4 Bad Shot (A)
- 5 Badaud
- 6 Badge of Poverty
- 7 Badge-men
- 8 Badger (A)
- 9 Badger (To)
- 10 Badinage
- 11 Badinguet
- 12 Badingueux
- 13 Badminton
- 14 Baffle
- 15 Bag
- 16 Bag (To)
- 17 Bags
- 18 Bag-man (A)
- 19 Bag o Nails
- 20 Baga de Secrētis
Bagatelle (A) ...
- 1 Bagatelle (A)
- 2 Baguette dArmide (La)
- 3 Bahagnia
- 4 Bahaignons
- 5 Bahr Geist (A)
- 6 Bail (French, bailler)
- 7 Bailey
- 8 Bailiff
- 9 Bailleur
- 10 Baillif (Herry)
- 11 Bain Marie
- 12 Bairam
- 13 Baisser
- 14 Bait
- 15 Bajaderes
- 16 Bajulus
- 17 Bajura
- 18 Baked
- 19 Baked Meat
- 20 Baker (The)
Baker’s Dozen ...
- 1 Baker’s Dozen
- 2 Baker’s Knee (A)
- 3 Bakshish
- 4 Bal
- 5 Balaam
- 6 Balaam Basket or Box (A)
- 7 Balafré
- 8 Balai
- 9 Balak
- 10 Balâm
- 11 Balan
- 12 Balance (The)
- 13 Balance
- 14 Balayer
- 15 Balclutha (The tower of)
- 16 Bald
- 17 Baldachin
- 18 Baldassare
- 19 Balder
- 20 Balderdash
Baldwin ...
- 1 Baldwin
- 2 Bale
- 3 Balearica Tormenta
- 4 Balfour of Burley
- 5 Balios
- 6 Balisarda or Balisardo
- 7 Balistraria
- 8 Baliverso (in Orlando Furioso)
- 9 Balk
- 10 Balker
- 11 Balkis
- 12 Ball
- 13 Balls
- 14 Ballad
- 15 Ballads
- 16 Ballambangjan (The Straits of)
- 17 Ballast
- 18 Balle
- 19 Ballendino (Don Antonio)
- 20 Ballet (pronounce bal-lay)
Balliol College ...
- 1 Balliol College
- 2 Balloon (A pilot)
- 3 Balloon Post
- 4 Balm (French, baume)
- 5 Balmawhapple
- 6 Balmérino (Lord)
- 7 Balmung or Gram
- 8 Balmy
- 9 Balmy-stick (To put on the)
- 10 Balnibarbi
- 11 Balthazar
- 12 Baltic
- 13 Balwhidder (The Rev. Micah)
- 14 Bambino
- 15 Bambocciades
- 16 Bamboccio or Bamboche
- 17 Bamboozle
- 18 Bampton Lectures
- 19 Ban
- 20 Banagher
Banat ...
- 1 Banat
- 2 Banbury
- 3 Banco
- 4 Bancus Regius
- 5 Bandana or Bandanna
- 6 Bandbox
- 7 Bandbox Plot (The)
- 8 Bande Noire
- 9 Bandit
- 10 Bands
- 11 Bandy
- 12 Bane
- 13 Bangorian Controversy
- 14 Bang-up, or Slap-bang
- 15 Banian or Banyan (A)
- 16 Banian Dàys [Ban-yan]
- 17 Bank
- 18 Bank of a River
- 19 Bankrupt
- 20 Bankside
Banks’s Horse ...
- 1 Banks’s Horse
- 2 Bannatyne Club
- 3 Banner
- 4 Banneret
- 5 Bannière
- 6 Bannière
- 7 Banns of Marriage
- 8 Banquet
- 9 Banquo
- 10 Banshee
- 11 Bantam
- 12 Banting
- 13 Bantling
- 14 Banyan
- 15 Bap or Baphomet
- 16 Baptes
- 17 Baptist
- 18 Bar
- 19 Bar
- 20 Bar
Bar ...
- 1 Bar
- 2 Bar (Trial at)
- 3 Barabas
- 4 Barataria
- 5 Barăthron
- 6 Barb
- 7 Barb
- 8 Barbari
- 9 Barbarians
- 10 Barbarossa [Red-beard, similar to Rufus]
- 11 Barbary
- 12 Barbason
- 13 Barbazure (or Blue-Beard)
- 14 Barbe (Ste.)
- 15 Barbecue
- 16 Barbed Steed (a corruption of barded)
- 17 Barbel
- 18 Barbeliots
- 19 Barber
- 20 Barber Poet
Barber’s Pole ...
- 1 Barber’s Pole
- 2 Barbican (The) or Barbacan
- 3 Barbier
- 4 Barcarole
- 5 Barcelona (A)
- 6 Barclayans
- 7 Barcochebah or Barchõchebas (Shimeon)
- 8 Bardesanists
- 9 Bardit
- 10 Bardo deBardi
- 11 Bardolph
- 12 Bards
- 13 Barebone Parliament (The)
- 14 Barefaced
- 15 Barefooted
- 16 Bare Poles
- 17 Bargain
- 18 Bark
- 19 Barker
- 20 Barktan
Barlaham ...
- 1 Barlaham
- 2 Barley
- 3 Barley-bree
- 4 Barley Cap
- 5 Barleycorn
- 6 Barley-mow
- 7 Barley Sugar
- 8 Barmecide
- 9 Barmecide’s Feast
- 10 Barnabas
- 11 Barnabites
- 12 Barnaby Lecturers
- 13 Barnaby Rudge
- 14 Barnacle
- 15 Barnacles
- 16 Barnacles
- 17 Barnardine
- 18 Barn-burners
- 19 Barnet
- 20 Barnwell (George)
Baro-Devel ...
- 1 Baro-Devel
- 2 Baron
- 3 Baron Bung
- 4 Baron Munchausen (pron. Moohnkow-zn)
- 5 Baron of Beef
- 6 Barons War (The)
- 7 Barrack Hack (The)
- 8 Barracks
- 9 Barratry or Barretry
- 10 Barrel Fever
- 11 Barrell’s Blues
- 12 Barrette
- 13 Barricade
- 14 Barrier Treaty
- 15 Barrikin
- 16 Barring-out
- 17 Barrister
- 18 Barristers Bags
- 19 Barristers Gowns
- 20 Barry Cornwall, poet
Barsanians ...
- 1 Barsanians
- 2 Bar-sur-Aube (Prévot)
- 3 Bartholo
- 4 Bartholomew (St.)
- 5 Bartholomew Fair
- 6 Barthram’s Dirge (in Sir Walter Scott’s Border Minstrelsy)
- 7 Bartoldo
- 8 Bartole
- 9 Bartolist
- 10 Barzillai
- 11 Bas Bleu
- 12 Base
- 13 Base Tenure
- 14 Base of Operation
- 15 Bashaw
- 16 Basilian Monks
- 17 Basilica
- 18 Basilics
- 19 Basilidians
- 20 Basilisco
Basilisk ...
- 1 Basilisk
- 2 Basket
- 3 Basochians
- 4 Bass
- 5 Bastard
- 6 Baste
- 7 Bastille
- 8 Bastinado
- 9 Bastion (A)
- 10 Bat
- 11 Bat-horses
- 12 Batavia
- 13 Bate me an Ace
- 14 Bath
- 15 Bath Brick
- 16 Bath Chair (A)
- 17 Bath Metal
- 18 Bath Post
- 19 Bath Shillings
- 20 Bath Stone
Bath (Major) ...
- 1 Bath (Major)
- 2 Bath-kol (daughter of the voice)
- 3 Bathos [Greek, bathos, depth]
- 4 Bathsheba
- 5 Bathyllus
- 6 Batiste
- 7 Batrachomyomachia (pronounce Ba-trako-myo-makia)
- 8 Batta
- 9 Battar
- 10 Battels
- 11 Battersea
- 12 Battle
- 13 Battle of the Frogs and Mice (The)
- 14 Battle of the Kegs (The)
- 15 Battle of the Poets (The)
- 16 Battle of the Whips
- 17 Battle (Sarah)
- 18 Battledore
- 19 Battu
- 20 Battu de fol Oiseau (Etre)
Battus paieront (Les) ...
- 1 Battus paieront (Les)
- 2 Baubee
- 3 Bauble
- 4 Baucis
- 5 Baviad (The)
- 6 Bavieca
- 7 Bavius
- 8 Bawbee
- 9 Bawley Boat (A)
- 10 Bawtry
- 11 Baxterians
- 12 Bay
- 13 Bay the Moon (To)
- 14 Bay Salt
- 15 Bayadere (bah-ya-dare)
- 16 Bayard (Chevalier)
- 17 Bayard of the East (The)
- 18 Bayard
- 19 Bayardo
- 20 Bayes
Bayes’s Troops ...
- 1 Bayes’s Troops
- 2 Bayeux Tapestry
- 3 Bayle
- 4 Bayonet
- 5 Bayonets
- 6 Bead (Anglo-Saxon, bed, a prayer)
- 7 Bead-house
- 8 Bead-roll
- 9 Beadle
- 10 Beadsman or Bedesman
- 11 Beak
- 12 Beaker
- 13 Beam
- 14 Beam (of a stag)
- 15 Bean
- 16 Beans
- 17 Bean Feast
- 18 Bean Goose (The)
- 19 Bean-king (The)
- 20 Bear (A)
Bear (The) ...
- 1 Bear (The)
- 2 Bear (To)
- 3 Bear of Bradwardine (The)
- 4 Bear Account (A)
- 5 Bear Garden
- 6 Bear-leader
- 7 Bears are caught by Honey
- 8 Beard
- 9 Beard (To)
- 10 Bearded
- 11 Bearded Women:
- 12 Bearings
- 13 Bearnais (Le)
- 14 Beasts (Heraldic):
- 15 Beastly Drunk
- 16 Beat
- 17 Beat (To)
- 18 Beat (To)
- 19 Beat. (French, abattre, to abate.)
- 20 Beaten to a Mummy
Beaten with his own Staff ...
- 1 Beaten with his own Staff
- 2 Beating about the Bush
- 3 Beating the Bounds
- 4 Beati Possidentes
- 5 Beatific Vision
- 6 Beatrice
- 7 Bean
- 8 Beau Ideal
- 9 Beau Jour beau Retour (A)
- 10 Beau Lion (Un)
- 11 Beau Monde
- 12 Beau Trap
- 13 Beauclerc [good scholar]
- 14 Beaumontague [pronounce bo-montaig]
- 15 Beautiful
- 16 Beautiful Parricide
- 17 Beauty
- 18 Beauty and the Beast
- 19 Beauty of Buttermere
- 20 Beauty Sleep
Beaux Esprits (French) ...
- 1 Beaux Esprits (French)
- 2 Beaux Yeux (French)
- 3 Beaver
- 4 Beaver
- 5 Becarre, Bemol
- 6 Becasse
- 7 Becket’s Assassins
- 8 Bed
- 9 Bed of Justice
- 10 Bed of Roses (A)
- 11 Bed of Thorns (A)
- 12 Bed-post
- 13 Bede (Adam)
- 14 Bedell
- 15 Beder
- 16 Bedford
- 17 Bedford Level
- 18 Bedfordshire
- 19 Bediver
- 20 Bedlam
Bedlamite ...
- 1 Bedlamite
- 2 Bedouins [Bed-wins]
- 3 Bedreddin Hassan
- 4 Bed-rock
- 5 Bedver
- 6 Bee
- 7 Bee
- 8 Bee-line
- 9 Bees
- 10 Beef, Ox
- 11 Beefeaters
- 12 Beef-steak Club
- 13 Beefington
- 14 Beelzebub
- 15 Beer
- 16 Beer and Skittles
- 17 Beer aux Mouches
- 18 Beeswing
- 19 Beetle (To)
- 20 Beetle-crusher
Befana ...
- 1 Befana
- 2 Before the Lights
- 3 Before the Mast
- 4 Beg the Question (To)
- 5 Beggar
- 6 Beggars
- 7 Beggars Barm
- 8 Beggars Bullets
- 9 Beggar’s Bush
- 10 Beggar’s Daughter
- 11 Begging Hermits
- 12 Begging the Question
- 13 Beghards
- 14 Begtashi
- 15 Begue dentendement
- 16 Béguins
- 17 Begum
- 18 Behemoth (Hebrew)
- 19 Behmenists
- 20 Behram
Bejan ...
- 1 Bejan
- 2 Bel-à-faire-peur
- 3 Bel Esprit (French)
- 4 Belch
- 5 Belcher
- 6 Beldam
- 7 Beleses
- 8 Belfast Regiment (The)
- 9 Bel-fires
- 10 Belford
- 11 Belfry
- 12 Belial (Hebrew)
- 13 Belinda
- 14 Belinuncia
- 15 Belisarius
- 16 Bell
- 17 Bell
- 18 Bells
- 19 Bell, Book, and Candle
- 20 Bell of Patrick’s Will (clog an eadhachta Phatraic)
Bell Savage ...
- 1 Bell Savage
- 2 Bell-the-Cat
- 3 Bell-wavering
- 4 Belladonna (Italian, beautiful lady)
- 5 Bellarmine (A)
- 6 Bellaston (Lady)
- 7 Belle
- 8 Belles Lettres
- 9 Bellefontaine (Benedict)
- 10 Bellerophon
- 11 Bellerophon
- 12 Bellerus
- 13 Bellicent
- 14 Bellin
- 15 Bellisant
- 16 Bellman
- 17 Bellona
- 18 Bellows
- 19 Bellwether of the Flock
- 20 Belly
Belly-timber ...
- 1 Belly-timber
- 2 Belomancy (Greek)
- 3 Beloved Disciple
- 4 Beloved Physician
- 5 Below the Belt
- 6 Belphegor
- 7 Belphœbe
- 8 Belt
- 9 Beltane
- 10 Belted Knight
- 11 Belted Will
- 12 Beltenebros
- 13 Belvawney (Miss)
- 14 Belvedere [bel-ve-dear]
- 15 Belvidera (in Otway’s Venice Preserved)
- 16 Bemuse
- 17 Ben
- 18 Ben (a theatrical word)
- 19 Ben Jochanan
- 20 Ben trovato (Italian)
Benaiah ...
- 1 Benaiah
- 2 Benares
- 3 Benbow (Admiral)
- 4 Benbow
- 5 Bench
- 6 Bench
- 7 Bench and Bar
- 8 Benchers
- 9 Bend
- 10 Bend Sinister
- 11 Bendemeer
- 12 Bender
- 13 Bendigo
- 14 Bendy (Old)
- 15 Benedicite
- 16 Benedick
- 17 Benedict
- 18 Benedictines
- 19 Benefice
- 20 Benefit of Clergy
Benen-geli ...
- 1 Benen-geli
- 2 Benet (French)
- 3 Benèvolence
- 4 Benevolus
- 5 Bengal Tigers
- 6 Bengalese
- 7 Bengodi
- 8 Benicia Boy
- 9 Benjamin
- 10 Benjamin
- 11 Benjamin’s Mess
- 12 Bennaskar
- 13 Benshie, Benshee
- 14 Bent
- 15 Benvolio
- 16 Beppo
- 17 Berchta [the white lady]
- 18 Bereans
- 19 Berecynthian Hero
- 20 Berengarians
Berenice ...
- 1 Berenice
- 2 Berg Folk
- 3 Bergæan (A)
- 4 Bergelmir
- 5 Berger
- 6 Bergomask
- 7 Berkley (Mr.)
- 8 Berkshire (Saxon, Bearoc - scire, forest-shire)
- 9 Berlin Decree
- 10 Berlin Time
- 11 Berliners
- 12 Bermeja
- 13 Bermoothes
- 14 Bermudas
- 15 Bernard (St.)
- 16 Bernard
- 17 Bernard Soup (St.)
- 18 Bernardo
- 19 Bernardo del Carpio
- 20 Bernard’s Inn
Berners or Barnes (Juliana) ...
- 1 Berners or Barnes (Juliana)
- 2 Bernese
- 3 Bernesque Poetry
- 4 Bernouilli’s Numbers
- 5 Berserker
- 6 Berth
- 7 Bertha
- 8 Bertha
- 9 Bertha (Frau)
- 10 Berthas [Stock Exchange term]
- 11 Berthe au Grand Pied
- 12 Bertolde [Bar-told]
- 13 Bertram
- 14 Bertram (Henry)
- 15 Bertram, Count of Rousillon
- 16 Bertram Risingham
- 17 Bertramo
- 18 Berwicks [Stock Exchange term]
- 19 Beryl Molozane
- 20 Berzak [the interval]
Besaile ...
- 1 Besaile
- 2 Besants or Bezants
- 3 Beside the Cushion
- 4 Besom
- 5 Bess
- 6 Bess o Bedlam
- 7 Bess of Hardwicke
- 8 Bessemer Iron
- 9 Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
- 10 Bessus
- 11 Best
- 12 Best Man (at a wedding)
- 13 Best Things (The Eight)
- 14 Bestiaries or Bestials
- 15 Bête
- 16 Bête Noire
- 17 Beth Gelert
- 18 Bethlemenites
- 19 Betrothed (The)
- 20 Better
Better kind Friend, etc ...
- 1 Better kind Friend, etc
- 2 Bettina
- 3 Bettina
- 4 Betty
- 5 Betty
- 6 Betubium
- 7 Between
- 8 Betwixt and Between
- 9 Beurre
- 10 Beuves
- 11 Bever
- 12 Bevil
- 13 Bevis
- 14 Bevoriskius
- 15 Bevy
- 16 Bezaliel
- 17 Bezonian
- 18 Bheem or Bhîma
- 19 Biæum
- 20 Bianca
Bianchi ...
- 1 Bianchi
- 2 Bias
- 3 Biberius Caldius Mero
- 4 Bible
- 5 Bible-backed
- 6 Bible-carrier (A)
- 7 Bible Christians
- 8 Bible-Clerk
- 9 Bible Statistics
- 10 Biblia Pauperum [the poor man’s Bible]
- 11 Biblical
- 12 Bibliomancy
- 13 Bibulus
- 14 Biceps
- 15 Biceps Parnassus (Pers. Prol. 2)
- 16 Bickerstaff (Isaac)
- 17 Bioorn
- 18 Bid
- 19 Bid
- 20 Bid-ale
Bidding Beads ...
- 1 Bidding Beads
- 2 Bidding-Prayer
- 3 Biddy (i.e. Bridget)
- 4 Bideford Postman
- 5 Bidpai
- 6 Biforked Letter of the Greeks
- 7 Bifrost
- 8 Big
- 9 Big Bird
- 10 Big-endians
- 11 Big Gooseberry Season (The)
- 12 Big-wig (A)
- 13 Bigaroon
- 14 Bighes (pron. bees)
- 15 Bight
- 16 Bigorne
- 17 Bigot
- 18 Bigot and his Castle of Bungay
- 19 Bilbo
- 20 Bilboes
Bile ...
- 1 Bile
- 2 Bilge Water
- 3 Bilk
- 4 Bilker (A)
- 5 Bill (The)
- 6 Bill (A)
- 7 Bill of Fare (A)
- 8 Bill of Health
- 9 Bill of Lading
- 10 Bill of Pains and Penalties (A)
- 11 Bill of Quantities
- 12 Bill of Rights
- 13 Bill of Sale
- 14 Bills of Mortality
- 15 Bills of Parcels
- 16 Billee (Little)
- 17 Billet-doux [pronounce billy doo]
- 18 Billiards
- 19 Billings (Josh)
- 20 Billingsgate (London)
Billingsgate Pheasant (A) ...
- 1 Billingsgate Pheasant (A)
- 2 Billy
- 3 Billy Barlow
- 4 Billycock Hats
- 5 Bi-metallism
- 6 Binary Arithmetic
- 7 Binary Theory
- 8 Bingham’s Dandies
- 9 Binnacle
- 10 Birchin Lane
- 11 Bird
- 12 Bird in the hand
- 13 Bird in thy Bosom
- 14 Bird of Estë
- 15 Birds
- 16 Birds (protected by superstitions)
- 17 Bird’s-eye View
- 18 Birdcage Walk (St. James’s Park, London);
- 19 Birmingham Poet
- 20 Birthday Suit
Bis ...
- 1 Bis
- 2 Biscuit (French-Latin, bis, twice; cuit, baked)
- 3 Bise
- 4 Bishop (Evêque)
- 5 Bishop, Cardinal, Pope (as beverages):
- 6 Bishop Barnaby
- 7 Bishop in Partibus
- 8 Bishop of Hippo
- 9 Bishop’s Apron
- 10 Bishop’s Bible (The)
- 11 Bishop’s Mitre
- 12 Bissextile
- 13 Bisson
- 14 Bistonians
- 15 Bit
- 16 Bit (of a horse)
- 17 Bit
- 18 Bite
- 19 Bite
- 20 Bitelas
Bites and Bams ...
- 1 Bites and Bams
- 2 Biting Remark (A)
- 3 Bitt
- 4 Bitten
- 5 Bitter End (The)
- 6 Bitter as Gall
- 7 Bittock
- 8 Biz
- 9 Black
- 10 Black
- 11 Black as a Crow (or as a raven);
- 12 Black as a Newgate Knocker
- 13 Black in the Face
- 14 Black is White
- 15 Black Act
- 16 Black Acts
- 17 Black Art
- 18 Black Assize
- 19 Black-balled
- 20 Black Book
Black Books ...
- 1 Black Books
- 2 Black Brunswickers
- 3 Black Cap
- 4 Black Cattle
- 5 Black Cattle
- 6 Black Death
- 7 Black Diamonds
- 8 Black Dog
- 9 Black Doll (A)
- 10 Black Douglas
- 11 Black Flag (A)
- 12 Black Flags
- 13 Black-foot
- 14 Blackfoot (The)
- 15 Black Friars
- 16 Black Friday
- 17 Black Game
- 18 Black Genevan (A)
- 19 Black-guards
- 20 Black Hole of Calcutta
Black Horse ...
- 1 Black Horse
- 2 Black Jack
- 3 Black Jack (A)
- 4 Black Joke
- 5 Black Leg
- 6 Black Letter
- 7 Black Letter Day
- 8 Black Lists
- 9 Black Looks
- 10 Black Mail
- 11 Black Man (The)
- 12 Black Maria
- 13 Black Monday
- 14 Black Money
- 15 Black Ox
- 16 Black Parliament
- 17 Black Prince
- 18 Black Republicans
- 19 Black Rod
- 20 Black Rood of Sootland
Black Russia ...
- 1 Black Russia
- 2 Black Saturday
- 3 Black Sea
- 4 Black Sheep [Kârâ-Koin-loo]
- 5 Black Standard
- 6 Black Strap
- 7 Black Swan
- 8 Black-thorn Winter (The)
- 9 Black Thursday
- 10 Black Tom
- 11 Black Watch
- 12 Black … White
- 13 Blacks
- 14 Blacks (The)
- 15 Blackacre (Widow)
- 16 Blackamoor
- 17 Blackness
- 18 Blacksmith
- 19 Bladamour
- 20 Blade
Bladud ...
- 1 Bladud
- 2 Blachefleur
- 3 Blandiman
- 4 Blaney
- 5 Blank Cartridge
- 6 Blank Cheque
- 7 Blank Practice
- 8 Blank Verse
- 9 Blanket
- 10 Blanketeers
- 11 Blare
- 12 Blarney
- 13 Blasé (pronounce blah-zay)
- 14 Blasphemous Balfour
- 15 Blast
- 16 Blast
- 17 Blatant Beast (The)
- 18 Blayney’s Bloodhounds
- 19 Blaze
- 20 Blaze (To)
Blazer (A) ...
- 1 Blazer (A)
- 2 Blazon [Blazonry]
- 3 Blé
- 4 Blear-eyed (The)
- 5 Bleed
- 6 Bleeding of a Dead Body (The)
- 7 Blefuscu
- 8 Bleidablik [vast splendour]
- 9 Blemmyes (of Africa)
- 10 Blenheim Dog
- 11 Blenheim House (Oxfordshire)
- 12 Blenheim Steps
- 13 Bless
- 14 Blessing
- 15 Blest
- 16 Blikiandabol [splendid misery]
- 17 Blimber (Miss)
- 18 Blind
- 19 The Blind:
- 20 Blind Alley (A)
Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green (The) ...
- 1 Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green (The)
- 2 Blind Department (The)
- 3 Blind Ditch (A)
- 4 Blind Harper (The)
- 5 Blind Harry
- 6 Blind Hedge (A)
- 7 Blind old Man of Scio’s rocky Isle
- 8 Blind Magistrate (The)
- 9 Blindman’s Holiday
- 10 Blindman’s Lantern (The)
- 11 Blindmen’s Dinner (The)
- 12 Blinkers
- 13 Block
- 14 Blockhead
- 15 Blood
- 16 Blood
- 17 Blood-guiltiness
- 18 Blood-horse (A)
- 19 Bloodhound
- 20 Blood Money
Blood Relation (A) ...
- 1 Blood Relation (A)
- 2 Blood-thirsty
- 3 Blood of the Grograms (The)
- 4 Bloody
- 5 Bloody (The)
- 6 Bloody Assizes
- 7 Bloody Bill
- 8 Bloody-bones
- 9 Bloody Butcher
- 10 Bloody Hand
- 11 Bloody Wedding
- 12 Bloody Week (The)
- 13 Bloom
- 14 Bloomerism
- 15 Blount (Charles)
- 16 Blouse
- 17 1. Blow (To)
- 18 2. Blow (To)
- 19 3. Blow (To)
- 20 4. Blow
Blow a Cloud ...
- 1 Blow a Cloud
- 2 Blow Me (an oath)
- 3 Blow Out (A)
- 4 Blow-point
- 5 Blown
- 6 Blown Herrings
- 7 Blown upon
- 8 Blowzelinda
- 9 Blowzy
- 10 Blubber
- 11 Blubber Cheeks
- 12 Bluchers
- 13 Blue
- 14 Blue (A)
- 15 Blue-apron Statesman (A)
- 16 Blue Beans
- 17 Bluebeard
- 18 Bluebeard’s Key
- 19 Blue Billy (A)
- 20 Blue Blood
Blue Boar ...
- 1 Blue Boar
- 2 Blue Bonnets (The)
- 3 Blue Books
- 4 Blue Bottle
- 5 Blue Caps
- 6 Blue-coat School
- 7 Blue Devils
- 8 Blue-eyed Maid (The)
- 9 Blue Fish (The)
- 10 Blue Flag
- 11 Blue Gown (A)
- 12 Blue-gowns
- 13 Blue Guards (The)
- 14 Blue Hen
- 15 Blue-jackets
- 16 Blue John (A)
- 17 Blue Laws (The)
- 18 Blue-light Federalists
- 19 Blue-mantle
- 20 Blue Monday
Blue Moon ...
- 1 Blue Moon
- 2 Blue Mould
- 3 Blue Murder
- 4 Blue-noses
- 5 Blue Peter
- 6 Blue-pigeon Flyer
- 7 Blue Ribbon (The)
- 8 Blue Ribbon (A)
- 9 Blue Ruin
- 10 Blue Squadron (The)
- 11 Blue Stocking
- 12 Blue Talk
- 13 Blue Wonder (A)
- 14 Blue and Red
- 15 Blue and Yellow (The)
- 16 Blues (The)
- 17 Bluff (To)
- 18 Bluff Harry or Hal
- 19 Blunderbore
- 20 Blunderbuss
Blunt ...
- 1 Blunt
- 2 Blunt (Major-General)
- 3 Blurt out (To)
- 4 Blush
- 5 Bo or Boh
- 6 Bo-tree
- 7 Boa
- 8 Boanergēs (sons of thunder)
- 9 Boar
- 10 Boar (The)
- 11 Boar’s Flesh
- 12 Boar’s Head. [The Christmas dish.]
- 13 Board
- 14 Board
- 15 Board of Green Cloth
- 16 Board School (A)
- 17 Boarding School
- 18 Boards
- 19 Boast (The)
- 20 Boast of England (The)
Boat ...
- 1 Boat
- 2 Boatswain
- 3 Boaz and Jachin
- 4 Bob
- 5 Bobadil
- 6 Bobbery
- 7 Bobbish
- 8 Bobbit
- 9 Bobby
- 10 Boccus (King)
- 11 Bockland or Bookland
- 12 Bod
- 13 Boden-See
- 14 Bodies
- 15 Bodkin
- 16 Bodkin
- 17 Bodkin
- 18 Bodle
- 19 Bodleian Library (Oxford)
- 20 Body. (Anglo-Saxon, bodig.)
Body and Soul ...
- 1 Body and Soul
- 2 Body-colour (A)
- 3 Body Corporate (A)
- 4 Body Politic (A)
- 5 Body-snatcher (A)
- 6 Bœmond
- 7 Bœotia
- 8 Bœotian
- 9 Bœotian Ears
- 10 Boëthius
- 11 Bogie
- 12 Bogio (in Orlando Furioso)
- 13 Bogle Swindle
- 14 Bogomili
- 15 Bogtrotters
- 16 Bogus
- 17 Bohême (La)
- 18 Bohemia
- 19 Bohemian
- 20 Bohemian Brethren
Bohemian Life (A) ...
- 1 Bohemian Life (A)
- 2 Bohort (Sir)
- 3 Boies
- 4 Boiling-point
- 5 Boiley or Boily
- 6 Boisserean Collection
- 7 Bolay or Boley
- 8 Bold
- 9 Bolerium Promontory
- 10 Bolero
- 11 Bolingbroke
- 12 Bollandists
- 13 Bollen
- 14 Bologna Stone
- 15 Bolognese School
- 16 Bolt
- 17 Bolt from the Blue (A)
- 18 Bolt in Tun
- 19 Bolt Upright
- 20 Bolted
Bolted Arrow ...
- 1 Bolted Arrow
- 2 Bolton
- 3 Bolus
- 4 Bomb
- 5 Bomba
- 6 Bombast
- 7 Bombastes Furioso
- 8 Bombastus
- 9 Bon Gaultier Ballās
- 10 Bon gré mal gré
- 11 Bon Mot (French)
- 12 Bon Ton (French)
- 13 Bon Vivant (French)
- 14 Bona Fide
- 15 Bona-roba
- 16 Bonduca = Boadicea
- 17 Bone
- 18 Bone in my Throat
- 19 Bone of Contention
- 20 Bones
Bone to pick (A) ...
- 1 Bone to pick (A)
- 2 Bone
- 3 Bone (To)
- 4 Bone-grubber (A)
- 5 Bone-lace
- 6 Bone-shaker (A)
- 7 Boned
- 8 Bones
- 9 Bonese
- 10 Bonfire
- 11 Bonhomie
- 12 Bonhomme (Un)
- 13 Boniface
- 14 Bonne (French)
- 15 Bonne Bouche (A)
- 16 Bonnet
- 17 Bonnet
- 18 Bonnet Lairds
- 19 Bonnet-piece
- 20 Bonnet Rouge
Bonnie Dundee ...
- 1 Bonnie Dundee
- 2 Bonnyclabber
- 3 Bono Johnny
- 4 Bontemps
- 5 Bonus
- 6 Bonzes (sing. Bonze)
- 7 Booby
- 8 Booby (Lady)
- 9 Booby-trap (A)
- 10 Book (Ang.-Saxon, boc; Danish, beuke; German, buche, a beech-tree)
- 11 Book
- 12 Book
- 13 Book of Books (The)
- 14 Book of Life (The)
- 15 Books
- 16 Book-keeper
- 17 Book-keeping
- 18 Bookworm
- 19 Boom
- 20 Boom-Passenger (A)
Boon Companion (A) ...
- 1 Boon Companion (A)
- 2 Boot
- 3 Boot-jack
- 4 Boots
- 5 Boots (an instrument of torture)
- 6 Boots
- 7 Boots
- 8 Boots at an Inn
- 9 Bootless Errand
- 10 Boötes (Bo-o-tees)
- 11 Booth
- 12 Boozy
- 13 Bor (in Norfolk)
- 14 Borachio
- 15 Borak
- 16 Bord Halfpenny
- 17 Bordarii
- 18 Border (The)
- 19 Border Minstrel
- 20 Border States (The)
Bordlands ...
- 1 Bordlands
- 2 Bordlode
- 3 Bore (A)
- 4 Bore
- 5 Bore (in pugilistic language)
- 6 Boreal
- 7 Boreas
- 8 Borghese (Bor-ga-zy)
- 9 Borgia
- 10 Born
- 11 Born Days
- 12 Born in the Purple (a translation of porphyrogenitus)
- 13 Born with a Silver Spoon
- 14 Borough English
- 15 Borowe
- 16 Borr
- 17 Borrow
- 18 Borrowed days of February (The)
- 19 Borrowed days of March
- 20 Bortell
Bos[ei] in lingua ...
- 1 Bos[ei] in lingua
- 2 Bosh
- 3 Bosky
- 4 Bosom Friend (A)
- 5 Bosom Sermons
- 6 Bosphorus=Ox ford
- 7 Boss
- 8 Bossum
- 9 Bostal
- 10 Botanomancy
- 11 Botany
- 12 Botch
- 13 Bother
- 14 Bothie System
- 15 Botley Assizes
- 16 Bottes
- 17 Bottle
- 18 Bottle-chart
- 19 Bottle-holder
- 20 Bottle-imps
Bottle-washer (Head) ...
- 1 Bottle-washer (Head)
- 2 Bottled Beer
- 3 Bottled Moonshine
- 4 Bottom
- 5 Bottom (Nick)
- 6 Bottomless
- 7 Botty
- 8 Boucan
- 9 Bouders
- 10 Boudoir
- 11 Boues de St. Amand (Les)
- 12 Bought and Sold
- 13 Bougie
- 14 Boule
- 15 Bouljanus
- 16 Bouncer
- 17 Bounty
- 18 Bouquet
- 19 Bourbon
- 20 Bourgeois (French)
Bourgeoisie (French) ...
- 1 Bourgeoisie (French)
- 2 Bouse
- 3 Boustrapa
- 4 Boustrophedon
- 5 Bouts-rimes [rhymed-endings]
- 6 Bovey Coal
- 7 Bow (to rhyme with flow)
- 8 Bow (to rhyme with now)
- 9 Bow Bells
- 10 Bow-catcher (A)
- 11 Bow-hand
- 12 Bow-street Runners
- 13 Bow-window in Front (A)
- 14 Bow-wow Word
- 15 Bowden
- 16 Bowdlerise (To)
- 17 Bowels of Mercy
- 18 Bower
- 19 Bower Anchor
- 20 Bower-woman (A)
Bower of Bliss ...
- 1 Bower of Bliss
- 2 Bowie Knife
- 3 Bowing
- 4 Bowled
- 5 Bowling
- 6 Bowls
- 7 Bowse
- 8 Bowyer God
- 9 Box
- 10 Box and Cox
- 11 Box the Compass
- 12 Box Days
- 13 Box Harry (To)
- 14 Boxing-Day
- 15 Boy
- 16 Boy Bachelor
- 17 Boy Bishop
- 18 Boycott (To)
- 19 Boyle Controversy
- 20 Boyle’s Law
Boyle Lectures ...
- 1 Boyle Lectures
- 2 Boz
- 3 Bozzy
- 4 Brabançonne
- 5 Brabançons
- 6 Brace
- 7 Brace of Shakes
- 8 Brad amant or Bradamante
- 9 Bradshaw’s Guide
- 10 Bradwardine (Rose)
- 11 Brag
- 12 Braggadochio
- 13 Bragi
- 14 Bragi’s Apples
- 15 Bragi’s Story
- 16 Bragmardo
- 17 Brahma (Indian)
- 18 Brahmi
- 19 Brahmin
- 20 Bramble (Matthew)
Bran ...
- 1 Bran
- 2 Bran-new or Brand-new
- 3 Brand
- 4 Brandenburg
- 5 Brandimart
- 6 Brandon
- 7 Brandons
- 8 Brandy is Latin for Goose
- 9 Brandy Nan
- 10 Branghtons (The)
- 11 Brank
- 12 Brasenose (Oxford)
- 13 Brass
- 14 Brat
- 15 Brave
- 16 Bravery
- 17 Bravest of the Brave
- 18 Brawn
- 19 Bray
- 20 Brazen Age
Brazen-faced ...
- 1 Brazen-faced
- 2 Brazen Head
- 3 Brazen out (To)
- 4 Breaches
- 5 Bread
- 6 Bread
- 7 Bread-basket (One’s)
- 8 Bread and Cheese
- 9 Break (To)
- 10 Break Cover (To)
- 11 Break Down (To)
- 12 Break Faith (To)
- 13 Break Ground (To)
- 14 Break In (To)
- 15 Break of Day
- 16 Break the Ice (To)
- 17 Break your Back (To)
- 18 Break up Housekeeping (To)
- 19 Break with One (To)
- 20 Breakers Ahead
Breaking a Stick ...
- 1 Breaking a Stick
- 2 Breast
- 3 Breath
- 4 Breathe
- 5 Brèche de Roland
- 6 Breeches
- 7 Breeches Bible
- 8 Breeze
- 9 Breeze
- 10 Breidablik [wide-shining]
- 11 Brennus
- 12 Brent
- 13 Brent-goose (A)
- 14 Brent-hill
- 15 Brentford
- 16 Bressommer
- 17 Bretwalda (ruler of Britain)
- 18 Brevet Rank
- 19 Breviary
- 20 Brew
Brewer ...
- 1 Brewer
- 2 Briareos or Ægeon
- 3 Briar-root Pipe
- 4 Briboci
- 5 Bric-à-brac
- 6 Brick
- 7 Brick-and-mortar Franchise
- 8 Brickdusts
- 9 Brick-tea
- 10 Bride
- 11 Bride Cake
- 12 Bride or Wedding Favours
- 13 Bride of Abydos
- 14 Bride of Lammermoor
- 15 Bride of the Sea
- 16 Bridegroom
- 17 Bridegroom’s Men
- 18 Bridewell
- 19 Bridge of Gold
- 20 Bridge of Jehennam
Bridge of Sighs ...
- 1 Bridge of Sighs
- 2 Bridgewater Treatises
- 3 Bridle
- 4 Bridle Road or Way
- 5 Bridle up (To)
- 6 Bridlegoose (Judge)
- 7 Bridport
- 8 Brigadore
- 9 Brigand
- 10 Brigandine
- 11 Brigantine
- 12 Bright’s Disease
- 13 Brigians
- 14 Brigliadoro
- 15 Brilliant Madman (The)
- 16 Briney or Briny
- 17 Bring About (To)
- 18 Bring Down the House (To)
- 19 Bring into Play (To)
- 20 Bring Round (To)
Bring To (To) ...
- 1 Bring To (To)
- 2 Bring to Bear (To)
- 3 Bring to Book (To)
- 4 Bring to Pass (To)
- 5 Bring to the Hammor (To)
- 6 Bring Under (To)
- 7 Bring Up (To)
- 8 Brioche
- 9 Bris
- 10 Brisēis
- 11 Brisingamen
- 12 Brisk as a Bee
- 13 Brissotins
- 14 Bristol Board
- 15 Bristol Boy (The)
- 16 Bristol Diamonds
- 17 Bristol Fashion (In)
- 18 Bristol Milk
- 19 Bristol Waters
- 20 Britain
Britannia ...
- 1 Britannia
- 2 British Lion (The)
- 3 Britomart [sweet maid]
- 4 Britomartis
- 5 Briton (Like a)
- 6 Brittany
- 7 Broach
- 8 Broad as Long
- 9 Broad Arrow
- 10 Broad Bottom Ministry (1744)
- 11 Broadcloth
- 12 Broadside
- 13 Brobdingnag
- 14 Brobdingnagian
- 15 Brocken
- 16 Brocklehurst (The Rev. Robert)
- 17 Brogue
- 18 Brogues
- 19 Broken Feather (A)
- 20 Broken Music
Broken on the Wheel ...
- 1 Broken on the Wheel
- 2 Broker
- 3 Brontes
- 4 Bronzomarte
- 5 Brook (Master)
- 6 Brooks of Sheffield
- 7 Broom
- 8 Brosier
- 9 Brother
- 10 Brother German
- 11 Brother Jonathan
- 12 Brother Sam
- 13 Browbeat
- 14 Brown
- 15 Brown as a Berry
- 16 Brown, Jones, and Robinson
- 17 Brown Bess
- 18 Brown Bill
- 19 Brown Study
- 20 Browns
Brownie ...
- 1 Brownie
- 2 Brownists
- 3 Browse his Jib (To)
- 4 Bruel
- 5 Bruin
- 6 Brumaire
- 7 Brummagem
- 8 Brums
- 9 Brunehild
- 10 Brunello (in Orlando Furioso)
- 11 Brunswicker
- 12 Brunt
- 13 Brush
- 14 Brush up (To)
- 15 Brut
- 16 Brut dAngleterre
- 17 Brute
- 18 Brute (Sir John)
- 19 Brute or Brutus
- 20 Brutum Fulmen (Latin)
Brutus (Junius) ...
- 1 Brutus (Junius)
- 2 Brutus (Marcus)
- 3 Bruxellois
- 4 Brydport Dagger
- 5 Bub
- 6 Bubastis
- 7 Bubble (A)
- 8 Bubble and Squeak
- 9 Bucca
- 10 Buccaneer
- 11 Bucentaur
- 12 Bucephalos [bull-headed]
- 13 Buchanites
- 14 Buck
- 15 Buck-basket
- 16 Buck-bean
- 17 Buck-rider (A)
- 18 Buck-tooth
- 19 Buckwheat
- 20 Buckhorse
Buckingham ...
- 1 Buckingham
- 2 Bucklaw
- 3 Buckle
- 4 Buckler
- 5 Bucklersbury (London)
- 6 Buckmaster’s Light Infantry
- 7 Buckra
- 8 Buckshish or Baksheesh
- 9 Buddha
- 10 Buddhism
- 11 Buddhist
- 12 Bude or Gurney Light
- 13 Budge
- 14 Budge (To)
- 15 Budge Baehelors
- 16 Budget
- 17 Buff
- 18 Buffalo Bill
- 19 Buffalo Robe (A)
- 20 Buffer
Buffer (A) ...
- 1 Buffer (A)
- 2 Buffoon
- 3 Buffoons
- 4 Buffs
- 5 Bugaboo
- 6 Bugbear
- 7 Buggy
- 8 Buhl-work
- 9 Build
- 10 Build
- 11 Builder’s Square
- 12 Bulbul
- 13 Bulis
- 14 Bull
- 15 Bull
- 16 Bull
- 17 Bull and Gate. Bull and Mouth
- 18 Bull-dog (A)
- 19 Bull-dogs
- 20 Bull-necked
Bull-ring ...
- 1 Bull-ring
- 2 Bull’s Eye
- 3 Bulls
- 4 Bullet
- 5 Bulletin
- 6 Bulling the Barrel
- 7 Bullion
- 8 Bully
- 9 Bully-boy (A)
- 10 Bully-rook
- 11 Bum-bailiff
- 12 Bum-boat
- 13 Bumble
- 14 Bumbledom
- 15 Bummarees
- 16 Bumper
- 17 Bumpkin
- 18 Bumptious
- 19 Bun
- 20 Bunch of Fives
Buncle (John) ...
- 1 Buncle (John)
- 2 Bundle
- 3 Bundle of Sticks
- 4 Bundschuh [highlows]
- 5 Bung
- 6 Bungalow (Indian)
- 7 Bungay
- 8 Bungay
- 9 Bunkum
- 10 Bunny
- 11 Bunsby (Jack)
- 12 Bunting
- 13 Buphagos
- 14 Burbon
- 15 Burchardise
- 16 Burchell (Mr.)
- 17 Burd (Helen)
- 18 Burden of a Song
- 19 Bure
- 20 Bureaucracy
Burglar [burg-larron] ...
- 1 Burglar [burg-larron]
- 2 Burgundian
- 3 Burial of an Ass
- 4 Buridan’s Ass
- 5 Burke
- 6 Burkers
- 7 Burl, Burler
- 8 Burlaw or Byrlaw
- 9 Burlesque
- 10 Burlond
- 11 Burn
- 12 Burn
- 13 Burning Crown (A)
- 14 Burnt
- 15 Burnt Candlemas Day
- 16 Bursa (a bull’s hide)
- 17 Burst
- 18 Bury the Hatchet
- 19 Burying
- 20 Burying at Cross Roads
Bus ...
- 1 Bus
- 2 Busby (A)
- 3 Busby
- 4 Bush
- 5 Bushel
- 6 Bushman (Dutch, Boschjesman)
- 7 Bushrangers
- 8 Business, Busy
- 9 Business To-morrow
- 10 Busirane
- 11 Busiris
- 12 Buskin
- 13 Buss
- 14 Busterich
- 15 Busy as a Bee
- 16 Butcher
- 17 Butcher Boots
- 18 Butter
- 19 Butter-fingers
- 20 Butter-tooth (A)
Buttered Ale ...
- 1 Buttered Ale
- 2 Buttercups
- 3 Butterflies
- 4 Butterfly Kiss (A)
- 5 Button
- 6 Buttons
- 7 Button-hole
- 8 Button-hole (A)
- 9 Buy in (To)
- 10 Buy Off (To)
- 11 Buy Out (To)
- 12 Buy Over (To)
- 13 Buy Up (To)
- 14 Buying a Pig in a Poke
- 15 Buzfuz (Serjeant)
- 16 Buzz
- 17 Buzz (A)
- 18 Buzzard (The)
- 19 By
- 20 By-and-by
Bygones ...
- 1 Bygones
- 2 By-laws
- 3 By-road (A)
- 4 By-the-by
- 5 By-the-way
- 6 Byron
- 7 Byrsa
- 8 Byzantine Art
- 9 Byzantine Empire (The)
- 10 Byzantine Historians
- 11 Byzantines
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