BANE
Meaning: death; destruction; ruin
BASTION
Meaning: a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
BELABOR
Meaning: to beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows.
BELEAGUER
Meaning: to surround with military forces.
BEMUSED
Meaning: puzzled, confused, or bewildered.
BEQUEST
Meaning: a disposition in a will.
BEREAVED
Meaning: deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.
BLASPHEMY
Meaning: the action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.
BLIGHT
Meaning: the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
BOURGEOIS
Meaning: a shopkeeper or merchant.
BOVINE
Meaning: oxlike; cowlike.
BUCOLIC
Meaning: of or relating to shepherds
BURGEON
Meaning: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
BURLESQUE
Meaning: an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material