Bicron: one billionth of a meter
Billion: a number
Binit: a unit of computer information
Bioherm: a mass of marine fossils
Biomass: an amount of living matter
Birr: a monetary unit of Ethiopia
Bittock: a small amount
Bolivar: a monetary unit of Venezuela
Boson: a subatomic particle
Biffy: a toilet
Bigeminy: the state of having a double pulse
Bilbo/bilboa: a finely tempered sword (nod to LotR and the Tolkien Hegemony)
Bilobate: having two lobes. I assume trilobate means three-lobed?
Biochip: a hypothetical computer component that uses proteins to store or process data
Biocide: a substance destructive to living organisms.
Biogen: a hypothetical protein molecule
Birl: to rotate a floating log
Bitting: an indentation in a key (always wanted to know what that was called!)
Bleb: a blister
Blellum: a babbler
Blinkard: one who habitually blinks (guilty!)
Blucher: a half boot (what’s a full boot?)
Bludge: to avoid work
Blindgut: a cecum (a bodily cavity with only 1 opening)
Bluenose: a puritanical person (as opposed to brown nose)
Blunger: one that blunges (mixes clay with water)
Boffin: a scientific expert
Boggle: to hesitate
Boggler: one that causes another to boggle (why isn’t it someone who hesitates? Boggles my mind)
Bogy: a goblin (cp. bogeyman)
Bohemian: an unconventional person
Bolide: an exploding meteor
Bomblet: a small bomb
Boobird: a fan who boos players of the home team
Bothrium: a groove on a tapeworm
Bowyer: a maker of archery bows
Boyla: a witch doctor
👀 Other Observations
This week was antelope-tastic! Check out all these antelopeds:
Bifidity: the state of being divided into two parts
Biogeny: the development of life from preexisting life
Biota: flora and fauna
Bise/bize: a cold wind
Bitable: capable of being bitten
Bitchery: malicious behavior
Blat: to bleat
Bleakish: somewhat bleak
Bloviate: to speak pompously
Boff/boffo/boffola: a hearty laugh
Booklore: book learning
Bora: a cold wind
Boreas: the north wind
Botchery: something botched
Bovinity: the state of being a bovine
(I think I have a subconscious love for words that end in -ity and -ery. We'll see if that's true in the course of the year.)