bilingual
Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.
Dictionary · English 473
Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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bonded
Secured by bond.
bauer
A German farmer or peasant.
behaving
Behaviour.
benign
Kind; gentle; mild.
Berkshire
A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
bleach
A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
boast
A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
brethren
kinsmen
bridge-burner
Someone who destroys their own opportunities or relationships
brink
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
Barbados
To press-gang (force into naval service).
bartender
One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
birch
Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
bland
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
blended
Being a mixture.
bohemian
A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.
bounded
That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
breastfeeding
The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
bribe
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
bridal
Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial.
brushing
An instance of brushing.
baptized
Rum, brandy, or any other spirits, that have been lowered with water.
Brute
In the mythological history of England, the first king of the
bone-crunching
Violently or intensely physical
backfire
To have the opposite effect of what was intended
banger
Something excellent or of high quality
broad-beamed
Having a wide hips or buttocks
buzzer-beater
A shot or score made just before time expires
backwater
A remote or undeveloped area
brass-necked
Shamelessly impudent or audacious
buttoned-down
Conventional and restrained in behavior or style
brainpower
Mental ability or intelligence
brokenhearted
Overwhelmed with sorrow, typically due to a romantic separation
buzzkill
Someone or something that spoils the fun
backburner
To put something on the backburner means to postpone or prioritize it lower.
backpedal
To retract or reverse a previous statement or action
barhop
to visit several bars in one night
barnburner
An exciting or highly entertaining event
bass-ackwards
Completely wrong or reverse of what is correct
Beadsman
Properly, one who prays; hence, an inmate of an almshouse* because most charities of this class were instituted so that the inmates might "pray for the soul of the founder." See BEAD. Seated with some grey beadsman.
beanspilling
revealing confidential or sensitive information
beddy-bye
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
beestung
having a puffy and swollen appearance
Bestiaries
Books very popular in the llth, 12th, and 13th centuries, containing accounts of the supposed habits and peculiar- ities of animals, which, with the legendary lore connected with them, served as texts for devotional homilies. They were founded on the old Physiologi^ and those in English were, for the most part, translations of Continental originals.
birdbrain
A silly or scatter-brained person.
blondin
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bloodclaat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Bockland
Land severed from the folkland (i.e. the common land belonging to the people) and held either communally or in severally, and converted into a private estate of perpetual inheritance by a written hoc (or book) i.e. a deed.
borganism
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
borley
The local name for a fishing-boat at the mouth of the Thames.
broad-brusher
One who generalizes or makes sweeping statements
butterfingers
Someone who often drops things
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