English to English Dictionary

Bibliolater

A person who treats the Bible with an uncritical or literalistic worship, often elevating the text itself above its spiritual or contextual meaning.

Bildungsroman

A novel that deals with the formative years, moral development, and psychological growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.

Blackguard

A person, especially a man, who behaves in a dishonest, despicable, or abusive way.

Blain

An inflammatory swelling or sore on the skin, resembling a boil or blister.

Blitter

A dedicated electronic circuit or software routine used in computer graphics to rapidly transfer, combine, or copy blocks of data pixels onto a display memory.

Bloodletting

The act of withdrawing blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness.

Bonist

An adherent of bonism; one who maintains that the world or human nature is fundamentally good.

Bosh

Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.

Brackle

To move or act in a noisy, bustling, or hurried manner.

Bulrush-millet

A widely cultivated cereal grass (Pennisetum glaucum, also known as pearl millet) grown primarily in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia for its edible grain and fodder.

Bulu

A member of a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to southern Cameroon.

Burasagari-shūshokugo

A term describing a state of being in a slump or downturn after employment.