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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

Basilicate
proper noun
Basilicata (an administrative region of southern Italy)
Basilide
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage
Basle
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Bâle
Basque
noun, masculine/feminine
Basque (person of either gender)
Bassatne
proper noun
a surname, Bassatne, from Arabic
Basse-Autriche
proper noun
Lower Austria (a state of Austria)
Basse-Normandie
proper noun
Lower Normandy (a former administrative region of France; now part of the administrative region of Normandy)
Basse-Pointe
proper noun
Basse-Pointe (a town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France)
Basse-Saxe
proper noun
Lower Saxony (a state of Germany)
Basse-Terre
proper noun
Basse-Terre (the capital city of the overseas department of Guadeloupe, France); Basse-Terre (an island comprising the western half of the overseas department of Guadeloupe)
Basse-Terrien
noun, masculine
resident or native of Basse-Terre
Basses-Alpes
proper noun
Basses-Alpes
Basses-Pyrénées
Bassette
proper noun
name commonly given to a short-legged cow
Bassompierre
proper noun
a surname
Bassorah
proper noun
Basra (a port city in Iraq)
Bassussarry
proper noun
Bassussarry (a village and commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Bastia
proper noun
Bastia
Bastien
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Sébastien, equivalent to German Bastian; a surname; clipping of Sébastien
Bastienne
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Sébastienne, masculine equivalent Bastien
Bastille
proper noun
Bastille (“former prison”); Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood
Bastogne
proper noun
Bastogne (a city in Luxembourg, Belgium)
Batave
noun, masculine/feminine
Batavian; Dutchman; Hollander
Bathily
proper noun
a surname from Soninke
Bathurst
proper noun
Bathurst (a city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada).
Batman
proper noun
Batman (superhero)
Baton Rouge
proper noun
Baton Rouge (the capital city of Louisiana, United States)
Baudelaire
proper noun
a surname; Charles Baudelaire, French writer
Baudier
proper noun
a surname
Baudile
proper noun
a male given name of historical usage
Baudouin
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Baldwin or Dutch Boudewijn
Baudrillard
proper noun
a surname
Baudrit
proper noun
Baudrit: a surname
Bauer
proper noun
a surname from German
Baumé
proper noun
a French family name
Baup
proper noun
The Baup (a right tributary of the Salat, Ariège department, Occitania, France)
Baup
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Bausset
proper noun
A toponym in Castelbiague, Haute-Garonne
Bavarois
noun, masculine
Bavarian (native or inhabitant of the state of Bavaria, Germany) (usually male)
Bavière
proper noun
Bavaria (a historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria)
Bawumia
proper noun
a surname
Bax
proper noun
a village in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France
Bayle
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Bayonne
proper noun
Bayonne (a city and commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Bayraktar
noun, masculine
Bayraktar (combat drone)
Bayrou
proper noun
a surname
Bazille
proper noun
a surname
Bazin
proper noun
a surname
Baïse
proper noun
a left tributary of the Garonne, France
Beatles
proper noun
Beatles (rock music quartet)
Beauce
proper noun
a fertile region south-west of Paris, Centre-Val de Loire region, France; a river in Loir-et-Cher department, France
Beauce-Centre
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
Beauce-Sartigan
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
Beauceville
proper noun
Beauceville (a town, the seat of Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada)
Beauchamp
proper noun
a habitational surname, Beauchamp, from locations; the name of several places in France
Beauchemin
proper noun
a surname, Beauchemin
Beauchesne
proper noun
a surname
Beaudin
proper noun
Beaudin: a surname
Beaudoin
proper noun
a surname, Beaudoin
Beaudreau
proper noun
a surname