bombast, bombaster.nouns
grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing
bombastic.adjective
bombastically.adverb

bestow, bestowed, bestowing, bestows.transitive verbs
to present as a gift or an honor; confer.(bestowed high praise on the winners); to apply
bestowable.adjective
bestowal or bestowment.noun

biannual.adjective
happening twice each year; semiannual
biannually.adverb

biennial.adjective
lasting or living for two years; happening every second year.
Botany – having a life cycle that normally takes two growing seasons to complete biennial.noun
an event that occurs every two years; a plant that normally requires two seasons to complete its life cycle, growing usually as a rosette in the first season and producing flowers and fruits and then dying in the second season; a perennial plant, such as the English daisy, cultivated as a biennial
biennially.adverb

besot, besotted, besotting, besots.transitive verbs
to muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation

by and large.adverb
for the most part; generally (by and large, the play was a success)

benign.adjective
of a kind and gentle disposition; showing gentleness and mildness; kind; tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable (the benign influence of pure air); favorable
Medicine-–-of no danger to health; not recurrent or progressive; not malignant (a benign tumor)
benignly.adverb

benignity.noun,.plural.benignities
the quality or condition of being kind and gentle; a kindly or gracious act

bizarre.adjective
strikingly unconventional and far fetched in style or appearance; odd
bizarrely.adverb
bizarreness.noun

banish, banished, banishing, banishes.transitive verbs
to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile; to drive away;
expel (we banished all our doubts and fears)
banisher, banishment.nouns

brittle, brittler, brittlest.adjectives
likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure (brittle fossil bones); fragile; difficult to deal with; snappish: a brittle disposition; 
brittle.noun
a confection of caramelized sugar to which nuts are added (walnut brittle; peanut brittle)
brittlely.adverb
brittleness.noun

bower.noun
a shaded, leafy recess; an arbor; a rustic cottage; a country retreat
bower, bowered, bowering, bowers.transitive verbs
to enclose in or as if in a bower; embower
bowery.adjective
Nautical.-.an anchor carried at the bow

bonfire.noun.(from bon = good, above average)
a large outdoor fire

burst, burst, bursting, bursts.verbs
intransitive verb use.to come open or fly apart suddenly, especially from internal pressure; to explode; to be or seem to be full to the point of breaking open (the sacks were bursting with grain); to emerge, come forth, or arrive suddenly (burst out of the door); to give sudden utterance or expression (burst out laughing; burst into tears)
transitive verb use.to cause to burst (burst the balloon); break; to exert strong pressure in order to force (something) open
burst.noun
a sudden outbreak or outburst; an explosion; the result of bursting, especially the explosion; an abrupt, intense increase; a rush (a burst of speed; wind blowing in fitful bursts)

benefactor.noun
one that gives aid, especially financial aid
benefaction.noun
the act of conferring aid of some sort; a charitable gift or deed 

burden.noun
something that is carried; something that is emotionally difficult to bear; a source of great worry or stress; weight; the weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time
burden, burdened, burdening, burdens.transitive verbs
to weigh down; oppress; to load or overload
burdensome.adjective
of or like a burden; onerous
burdensomely.adverb
burdensomeness.noun

betterment.noun
an improvement over what has been the case (relationship betterment)

bill.noun
a draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body; an itemized list or statement of fees or charges; a list of particulars, such as a theater program or menu; the entertainment offered by a theater; a public notice, such as an advertising poster; a piece of paper money (a ten-dollar bill) and a bill of exchange such a a promissory note
bill, billed, billing, bills.transitive verbs
to present a statement of costs or charges to; to enter on a statement of costs or on a particularized list (bill it to them)
billable.adjective

bill.noun
the horny part of the jaws of a bird; a beak
Nautical.-.the tip of the fluke of an anchor
bill, billed, billing, bills.intransitive verbs

Bright, John.(1811-89)
British Parliament member in 1843 for Birmingham, England.his comment.on Britain flashing by Nova Scotia's concerns

Britain/Great Britain
the island of Great Britain during pre Roman, Roman and early Anglo-Saxon times before the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899); name is derived from Brittania, which the Romans used for the portion of the island that they occupied; acts of union joined England with Wales in 1536, with Scotland in 1707 to create the political entity of Great Britain
compare England, United Kingdom

Britain's 13 American Colonies before 1763, circa 1750


British Empire (early 20th century)
The British Empire, established over the course of three centuries, began in the late 16th century with chartered commercial ventures in sugar and tobacco plantations, slave trading and missionary activities in North America and the Caribbean Islands. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the British Empire reached the height of its power, ruling over large parts of Africa, Asia, and North America.
"British Empire, Early 20th Century," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.