blotto (en)

extremely drunk

bloviation (en)

(verb) to speak or write verbosely and windily

blucher (en)

(noun) a shoe having the tongue and vamp cut in one piece and the quarters lapped over the vamp and laced together for closing / (biographical name) Gebhard Leberecht von 1742–1819 prince of Wahlstatt Pruss. field marshal

bolection (en)

a decorative moulding above or around a panel or other architectural feature

bolus (en)

(noun) ; a rounded mass; as / (noun) a large pill / (noun) a soft mass of chewed food / (noun) a dose of a substance (as a drug) given intravenously / (noun) a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream / (adverb) all at once

borborygmus (en)

(noun) intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas

borstal (en)

(noun) reformatory (a custodial institution for youthful offenders)

bregma (en)

(noun) the point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull

breviary (en)

(noun) a book of the prayers, hymns, psalms, and readings for the canonical hours / (noun) divine office / (noun) a brief summary

brinkmanship (en)

(noun) the art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome

brocard (en)

A brocard is a legal maxim in Latin that is, in a strict sense, derived from traditional legal authorities, even from ancient Rome.

brook (en)

tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition)

Bundesrepublik (de)

from Bundesrepublik Deutschland, which was used during the Cold War to refer to West Germany

burgher (en)

(noun) a citizen of a town or city, typically a member of the wealthy bourgeoisie

Burkean (en)

pertaining to the ideas of Edmund Burke, Irish politician and philosopher; widely regarded as the philosophical founder of modern conservatism

bwana (en)

(in East Africa) a boss or master (often used as a title or form of address)

Byronesque (en)

reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes

caballero (es)

a Spanish or Mexican gentleman (the Spanish word for gentleman)

cadent (en)

(adjective) being in the process of falling / (adjective) having rhythmic cadence

cadenza (en)

(noun) a parenthetical flourish in an aria or other solo piece commonly just before a final or other important cadence / (noun) a technically brilliant sometimes improvised solo passage toward the close of a concerto / (noun) an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic and especially a literary work

calembour (fr)

pun, play on words

calico (en)

(noun) cotton cloth imported from India / (noun) a plain white cotton fabric that is heavier than muslin / (noun) any of various cheap cotton fabrics with figured patterns / (noun) a blotched or spotted animal / (noun) one that is predominantly white with red and black patches / (noun) black crappie / (noun) mountain laurel

calliope (en)

(noun) the Greek Muse of heroic poetry / (noun) a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air

calque (en)

(verb) originate or function as a loan translation of. ""it goes without saying” is calqued on French “cela va sans dire”"

camber (en)

(verb) to curve upward in the middle / (verb) to arch slightly / (verb) to impart camber to / (noun) a slight convexity, arching, or curvature (as of a beam, deck, or road) / (noun) the convexity of the curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge / (noun) a setting of the wheels of an automotive vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top