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B is for Bib

A bib is a garment usually worn by babies. It is worn around your neck and protects the clothes on your chest from getting dirty.

B is for Biceps

Your biceps are muscles in your upper arm. They help you to move your arms and to lift things.

B is for Bicycle

A bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle. Bikes are normally powered by you pedalling. They can be hard for very young children to ride, so children often have tricycles instead.

B is for Bidet

A bidet is a plumbing fixture, normally found in the bathroom next to the toilet. You sit on it after you use the toilet, and it cleans your bottom for you with jets of water. Some bidets are an attachment inside the bowl of the toilet itself, not a separate fixture.

B is for Big

Something is big if it is many times larger than something else. The ship in the picture is much bigger than the little boat at the front of the picture. The opposite of big is small.

B is for Bike

Bike is short for bicycle. More people use the short form bike than the long form bicycle.

B is for Bikini

A bikini is a women's suit made for swimming in that is in two pieces.

B is for Bilby

Bilbies are rabbit sized animals that live in remote desert areas of Australia. They eat plants, seeds and insects.

B is for Bile

Bile is a yellowish fluid made by the liver in the body. It helps your body digest food.

Bile is stored in the gallbladder and released into the small intestine, especially after you eat. It helps break down fats so your body can absorb them.
A bill is a document that says how much money needs to be paid for some goods or services.
It might also mean paper money, like a twenty dollar bill.
It might also be another word for a bird's beak.
It is also a shortened form of the name William.

B is for Billboard

A billboard is a very, very large outdoor advertisement. Billboards are usually put near busy roads, so that people driving past in cars can see them from a long way away.

B is for Billionaire

A billionaire is someone who has more than a billion dollars, or $1,000,000,000.

B is for Billow

Something is billowing if it is rising up or puffing out in a big surge, usually from the wind. sails and flags are often seen billowing.

B is for Bin

A bin is a container for storing things in. Many bins are used as trash cans, but bins can also be used to store , fuel, or virtually anything.

B is for Bind

Binding is a way of holding two or more things together, usually by tying or wrapping. Book pages are bound together down one edge to form a book.

B is for Bingo

Bingo is a game for many players, each with a card full of numbers on a grid. The numbers are drawn randomly and players win by matching five numbers in a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

B is for Binned

Binned is the past tense of bin, usually meaning to put something in a bin, for example "he binned all the leftover food".

B is for Binoculars

Binoculars, also called field glasses, are a special kind of glasses that function like two small telescopes, one for each eye. They let you see things in the distance as if they are much closer. Binoculars are smaller and easier to use than a telescope, and are more pleasant to use as you do not need to close one eye to look through binoculars.

B is for Birch

Birch are deciduous trees related to the oak and beech. They are found in many cooler places in the northern hemisphere. Birch are small trees that are grown in gardens for their attractive white bark.

B is for Bird

Birds are a special type of animal that has two legs and two wings and is covered in feathers. Most birds can fly. Some birds, like the penguin and emu cannot fly, but they still have tiny wings. Some kinds of birds, such as parrots, can mimic what people say so well it seems like they can talk.