English Words Starting With B

• bartow

  nounVery Low
  /ˈbɑːtəʊ/A proper noun, most commonly recognized as a place name for several towns and a county in the United States.
• bartram

  nounVery Low
  /ˈbɑːtrəm/A surname of English origin; also used in proper nouns for places, plants, and occasionally as a given name.
• bartramian sandpiper

  nounVery Low
  /bɑːˈtreɪ.mi.ən ˈsændˌpaɪ.pə/A common North American name for the Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), a long-legged, terrestrial shorebird.
• bartsia

  nounVery Low (Specialist/Botanical)
  /ˈbɑːt.si.ə/A genus of small, semi-parasitic flowering plants, typically with reddish or purple flowers.
• baruch

  nounLow
  /ˈbɑːrʊk/Blessed (in a religious or spiritual context).
• baruta

  nounNot Found
  /bəˈruːtə/ (hypothetical pronunciation if used)
• barware

  nounC1
  /ˈbɑː.weə(r)/Equipment, utensils, and tools used for serving and consuming drinks, particularly alcoholic beverages, in a bar or home bar setting.
• barycentre

  nounRare
  /ˈbærɪˌsɛntə/The centre of mass of two or more bodies that orbit each other.
• barycentric coordinate system

  nounVery Low / Technical
  /ˌbærɪˈsɛntrɪk kəʊˈɔːdɪnət ˈsɪstəm/A coordinate system in which the location of a point is specified by its masses relative to a set of reference points (simplex vertices), such that the point is the center of mass of those points with those assigned masses.
• barye

  nounVery low
  /ˈbɑːriː/A unit of pressure in the CGS system, equal to one dyne per square centimetre.
• baryon

  nounVery low
  /ˈbær.i.ɒn/A heavy subatomic particle, such as a proton or neutron, made of three quarks.
• baryon number

  nounVery Low
  /ˈbæri.ɒn ˈnʌmbə/A quantum number representing the difference between the number of baryons (e.g., protons, neutrons) and antibaryons in a system. It is a conserved quantity in particle physics.
• baryshnikov

  nounVery Low
  /ˌbærɪʃˈnɪkɒf/A surname of a famous Russian-American ballet dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, often used metonymically to refer to exceptional skill, grace, or artistry in dance.
• barysphere

  nounVery Low
  /ˈbærɪsfɪə/The dense, central core of the Earth, specifically the region beneath the lithosphere, primarily composed of heavy materials like iron and nickel.
• baryta

  nounVery low
  /bəˈrʌɪtə/A chemical compound of barium, specifically barium oxide (BaO) or barium hydroxide (Ba(OH)₂).
• baryta water

  nounRare/Obsolescent
  /bəˌraɪ.tə ˈwɔː.tə/An aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used historically as a reagent to detect carbon dioxide.
• barytes

  nounLow (Technical/Scientific)
  /bəˈrʌɪtiːz/A heavy, chemically inert mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO₄).
• barytocalcite

  nounVery Low (Technical/Obsure)
  /ˌbarɪtəʊˈkælsaɪt/A specific mineral; a double carbonate of barium and calcium, with the chemical formula BaCa(CO3)2.
• baryton

  nounVery low/obscure
  /ˈbarɪtɒn/In ancient and classical Greek poetry, a word having a non-accented (or unaccented) final syllable.
• barytone

  adjectivenounRare / Technical
  /ˈbarɪtəʊn/In linguistics and poetry, a word having the stress or accent on any syllable other than the last.

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