English Words Starting With B

• bye-byes

  nounLow
  /ˈbaɪ baɪz/Used as a noun, primarily in child-directed speech, to refer to sleep, especially the act of going to sleep.
• byelgorod-dnestrovski

  nounVery Low
  /ˌbjeɫɡərɒd dnɛˈstrɒfski/A historic city and port in southwestern Ukraine, on the Dniester River estuary near the Black Sea, known for its large medieval fortress.
• byelorussia

  nounLow
  /ˌbjɛlə(ʊ)ˈrʌʃə/A historical name for the country now officially known as Belarus, located in Eastern Europe.
• byelorussian

  adjectivenounLow
  /ˌbjeɪ.ləˈrʌʃ.ən/A person from Belarus or the East Slavic language spoken there.
• byelostok

  nounVery Low
  /ˌbjeɪləˈstɒk/A transliteration of the Russian name for the city of Białystok, a city in northeastern Poland.
• byelovo

  nounVery Low (Proper Noun)
  /bjɛˈlɒvəʊ/Byelovo is not a recognized standard English word. It appears to be a proper noun, likely a transliteration of a Russian place name (e.g., Белово, a city in Kemerovo Oblast) or surname.
• bygone

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈbaɪɡɒn/Belonging to an earlier time; past.
• byke

  nounVery low / Archaic
  /bʌɪk/(Chiefly Scottish & Northern English, archaic) A nest of wasps, hornets, or wild bees; a swarm.
• bylane

  nounC2
  /ˈbaɪ.leɪn/A narrow, secondary lane or minor road that runs parallel to or branches off from a main road.
• bylaw

  nounB2
  /ˈbaɪ.lɔː/A rule or law made by a local authority or organization to govern its own affairs.
• byline

  nounverb-transitiveC1
  /ˈbaɪlaɪn/A line at the beginning or end of a newspaper or magazine article naming the author.
• byliner

  nounC2
  /ˈbaɪˌlaɪ.nə/A short text identifying the author of an article, often appearing at the beginning or end of a piece in a newspaper or magazine. Also, a journalist who consistently receives such author credit.
• byname

  nounC2 / Very Rare
  /ˈbaɪneɪm/A secondary name; a nickname or alias given to a person, place, or thing, often descriptive or informal.
• byng

  nounExtremely rare / Obsolete
  /bɪŋ/A proper noun, historically a surname, most famously associated with British military figures; it is not a standard English word with a lexical definition.
• byo

  nounLow
  /ˌbiː waɪ ˈəʊ/An initialism for 'Bring Your Own'.
• bypass

  nounverbverb-transitiveB2
  /ˈbaɪ.pɑːs/To go around or avoid something (a place, a system, a procedure).
• bypass capacitor

  nounLow
  /ˈbaɪ.pɑːs kəˈpæs.ɪ.tə/An electrical capacitor placed across a circuit path to divert unwanted high-frequency noise to ground.
• bypass engine

  nounLow
  /ˈbaɪpɑːs ˈendʒɪn/To avoid or circumvent the standard engine of a system, typically in computing or digital contexts.
• bypass ratio

  nounC2
  /ˈbaɪ.pɑːs ˈreɪ.ʃi.əʊ/A technical measurement in jet engine design: the ratio of the mass of air that bypasses the engine core to the mass of air that flows through the engine core.
• bypast

  adjectiveverbVery Low
  /ˈbaɪpɑːst/Something that has passed by; gone by in time; past.

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