Words that start with B

A banshee is a female spirit or ghost who wails to signal the death of someone.

Barbed wire, or barb wire, is a type of wire usually used for fencing that has twists of sharp wire along its length. Barbed wire is most often used on fences that keep livestock like cows and sheep from escaping. The sharp barbs on the wire will hurt anything that tries to climb over it.
Barbed wire is not just used to keep animals in or out. Barbed wire was used extensively during war time to protect soldiers, and is also used around prisons to keep the prisoners in.

Bare is another word for naked or unclothed. If you're not wearing shoes or socks, you have bare feet.

The noise a dog makes is called a bark. It can be written as woof, yap, ruff or bow-wow. The dog in the picture is barking at the camera.

Barley is a crop grown mainly for animal food, and for making malt that is turned into beer and whiskey.

The barn owl is a medium-sized owl with a white heart-shaped face. It is often seen in farmland, especially in barns and old buildings - hence its name!

At night it hunts small animals like mice. Its distinctive call is a soft, repeated screech.

A barrel is a large container made from wood and bound with metal hoops to hold it together.
Wooden barrels used to be used for storing and transporting anything that could fit in a barrel, but today they are only used for making and storing wines and spirits.

A group of donkeys or mules is called a barren.

A bartender is someone who serves alcoholic drinks at a pub or bar.

Baseball is a team game, played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score as many runs as possible. A player first hits a ball with a baseball bat, and then starts trying to make a run. You make a run when you run the whole way around a diamond with a base on each corner.