| bison |
a hoofed, shaggy, cud-chewing mammal with a large head and forequarters, short curved horns, and a hump at the shoulders, found in North America; buffalo. [2 definitions] |
| bit1 |
the metal part of a bridle that is placed in the mouth of an animal, usu. a horse, and used to restrain or control. [5 definitions] |
| bit2 |
a small amount; little piece. [4 definitions] |
| bit3 |
a unit of information in a computer; binary digit. |
| bit4 |
past tense and a past participle of bite. |
| bite |
to cut or pierce with the teeth. [19 definitions] |
| bitten |
a past participle of bite. |
| bitter |
having a sharp and unpleasant taste that is neither sour nor salty. [5 definitions] |
| black |
of or pertaining to the color black, the color of the night sky. [13 definitions] |
| black-and-white |
in shades of black and white only, as a photograph or film. [3 definitions] |
| black bear |
a North American bear, smaller than a grizzly bear, with thick black or brown fur. [2 definitions] |
| blackberry |
a berry, dark purple to black and composed of many large seeds. [2 definitions] |
| blackbird |
any of various common songbirds, the males of which are black or mostly black, such as the European thrush or the American red-winged blackbird. |
| blackboard |
a smooth, hard, dark-colored panel, often made of slate and suitable for writing on with chalk; chalkboard. |
| blackboard eraser |
an object made of bound layers of felt used for erasing chalk from a blackboard. |
| blacken |
to make black; make dark. [3 definitions] |
| black eye |
darkening and discoloration of the flesh around the eye, as from a bruise or blow. [2 definitions] |
| black hole |
a hypothetical region or body in space, possibly the remnants of a collapsed star, with such a strong gravitational pull that neither light nor matter can escape. |
| blackmail |
payment forced by threats to reveal damaging information; extortion. [3 definitions] |
| blackout |
the extinguishing or hiding of all the lights of a city or region, as in a power failure or air raid. [4 definitions] |
| black out |
to lose consciousness; faint. |