- baleful: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments,
- banal: obvious and dull;repeated too often
- baneful: deadly or sinister
- baroque: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
- bastion: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
- batten: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm,
- bauble: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
- beget: make children
- beholden: obligated, indebted
- behoove: be appropriate or necessary
- belittle: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
- bellicose: having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- bemuse: cause to be confused emotionally
- benefactor: a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
- beneficent: doing or producing good
- benevolent: having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others
- benign: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
- berate: censure(scold) severely or angrily
- bereft: sorrowful through loss or deprivation
- beseech: ask for or request earnestly