A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
bathe noun 1. the act of bathing
bathe verb (pa. bathed, pr.prt. bathing) 1. to submerge in liquid, especially water, for cleaning, refreshment, or enjoyment; 2. to apply water to something for cleaning or relief
bear noun 1. a type of large, strong omnivorous mammal
beast noun (pl. beasts) 1. an animal, as distinct from one of the sentient races (Hobbit, Man, Elf, Dwarf, Orc, Troll); 2. a wild four-legged animal, as opposed to insect, fish, or bird; 3. a domesticated animal (e.g., dog, pony, horse, the Nazgûl’s flying steed). Note: While generally in English a person who behaves in a cruel or impolite manner can be called “a beast”, this use is not found in LotR.
beast of burden noun 1. a horse or pony used to carry baggage
beastly adjective 1. (of people) characterized by brutish or cruel behavior; 2. (of places) characterized as uncomfortable or uncivilized
bird noun (pl. birds, poss. bird’s) 1. a feathered animal capable of flight
birth noun 1. the occasion in which one is born
black adjective 1. the darkest color, the color of night; 2. with little or no hope
bleed verb (pr.prt. bleeding) 1. for blood to come out
blood noun 1. the red fluid inside the body (note: Troll-blood is described as ‘black’ in one passage); 2. familial lineage; 3. national or regional lineage; 4. a reddish color resembling the color of blood
blossom noun 1. generally used as a collective term for all the flowers of a tree or group of trees. A few cases could be naturally interpreted as an individual flower; but blossom is never used in the plural (unlike flower, which is), casting some doubt on that. Blossom is also never used of non-tree flowers.
blossom verb (pa. blossomed) 1. to bloom; used of trees and areas containing multiple trees, but never used for an individual flower or a grass-like flower
bread noun 1. a baked food made from wheat, water, yeast, and sometimes other ingredients; 2. sometimes used metaphorically for food in general
brick noun (pl. bricks) 1. a hard, rectangular block usually made of baked clay or mud; 2. used attributively to specify the material of which an object was constructed
babbled
babbling
babel
back
backarappers
backed
background
backs
backward
backwards
backwards-like
bacon
bad
bade
badge
badger
badgering
badgers
badges
badly
badness
baffle
baffled
bag
baggage
baggage-carrier
baggage-pony
bags
bait
baked
bakers
balance
balanced
balcony
bald
baldric
baleful
ball
ballast
balusters
bam
band
bandage
bands
bandy
bane
bang
banging
banished
bank
banked
banks
banner
banner-bearer
banners
banquet
Banquets
bar
barbed
barbs
Bard
bare
bare-back
bared
barely
barer
barest
bargain
bargain-prices
bargained
bargains
barges
baring
bark
barked
barking
barley
barn
barns
barred
barrel
barrels
barren
barricade
barrier
barriers
barring
barrow
Barrow-blade
Barrow-downs
barrow-top
Barrow-wight
barrow-wightish
barrow-wights
Barrowfield
barrows
bars
base
bases
basin
basins
basket
basking
bastards
bastion
bastions
bath
bath-songs
bath-water
bathroom
baths
bats
battalions
battered
battering
battle
battle-axes
battle-cries
battle-field
battle-fury
battlement
battlemented
battlements
battles
bay
bay-leaves
bay-trees
baying
be
beaches
beacon
beacons
bead
beads
beak
beaklike
beam
beaming
beams
beans
bear
bearable
beard
bearded
beards
bearer
bearers
bearing
bears
beast-fell
beast-flesh
beast-shape
beat
beaten
beater
beating
beats
beautiful
beautifuller
beautifully
beauty
Beaver
became
because
beckon
beckoned
beckoning
become
becomes
becoming
bed
bed-song
bedewed
bedridden
bedroom
bedrooms
beds
bedside
bee-hunter
beech
beech-grove
beech-tree
beech-trees
beech-woods
beechen
beeches
been
beer
beer-barrel
beer’s
bees
beetles
befall
befallen
befell
befit
before
beforehand
befriend
befriended
beg
began
beggar
beggar-like
beggar-man
beggars
begged
begging
begin
beginning
beginnings
begins
begone
begotten
begrudged
begs
begun
behalf
behave
behaved
behaving
behaviour
beheaded
beheld
behind
behold
being
belated
belch
belched
belching
beleaguered
belie
belied
belief
believe
believed
believes
believing
belike
bell
bell-chain
bell-stems
bellies
bellow
bellowed
bellowing
bellows
bells
belly
belly’s
bellying
belong
belonged
belonging
belongings
belongs
beloved
below
belt
belted
belts
bemused
bench
benches
bend
bendable
bending
bends
beneath
benefit
benefits
benevolent
bent
bereaved
bereft
berries
berry
berry-o
berth
beryl
beset
beside
besides
besieged
besiegers
besom
best
best-fed
bestial
bestirred
bestow
bestowed
bet
betide
betray
betrayal
betrayals
betrayed
better
betters
between
beware
bewilder
bewildered
bewildering
bewilderment
bewitched
bewitchment
beyond
bickering
bid
bidden
bidding
bide
biding
bids
bier
biers
big
bigger
biggest
bight
bilberry
billowing
billows
bind
binding
binds
birch
birches
bird-call
bird-like
bird-loft
bird-tamer
birdlike
birds-nesting
birthday
birthday-parties
birthday-party
birthday-present
birthday-presents
birthdays
bit
bite
biter
bites
biting
bits
bitten
bitter
bitter-sweet
bitterly
bitterness
bivouac
bivouacked
black-boned
black-edged
black-feathered
black-greys
black-handed
black-harnessed
black-helmed
black-leather
black-like
black-mantled
black-skinned
black-winged
blackberry
blackened
blacker
blackness
blacksmiths
blade
blades
blame
blame’s
blamed
blameless
blanch
blanched
blank
blanket
blankets
blankly
blare
blared
blaring
blast
blasted
blasting
blasts
blaze
blazed
blazing
blazoned
bleak
bleared
bleary
bleating
blemish
blench
blenched
blended
blending
bless
blessed
blessedly
blessedness
blessing
blessings
blest
blew
blight
blind
blinded
blindfold
blindfolded
blinding
blindly
blindness
blink
blinked
blinking
bliss
blissful
blistered
blizzard
bloated
block
blocked
blocking
blocks
blood-red
bloodshot
bloody-handed
bloom
blot
blotch
blotched
blotted
blotting
blow
blowing
blown
blows
blue
blue-gleaming
blue-grey
blue-shadowed
blunder
blundering
blunted
blunting
blur
blurred
blurring
blush
blushed
blushing
boar
board
boarded
boards
boast
boasted
boat
boat-bridges
boating
boats
bobbed
bobbing
bode
bodies
bodiless
boding
body
bog
bogey-stories
boggy
bogs
boil
boiled
boiling
boils
bold
bolder
boldest
boldly
boldness
bole
boles
bollards
bolster
bolsters
bolt
bolted
bolting
bolts
bom
bond
bonds
bone
bone-thin
bone-white
boned
boner
bones
bonfire
bony
book
book-case
book-learned
books
boom
boomed
booming
booms
boon
boorar
boot
booted
booth
booths
bootless
boots
booty
border
border-land
border-war
bordered
borders
bore
bored
boring
born
borne
borrow
borrower
bosom
boss
boss’s
bosses
botanical
both
bother
bothered
bothering
bottle
bottled
bottles
bottom
bough
boughs
bought
boulder
boulder-stones
boulders
bound
boundary
bounded
bounders
bounding
bounds
bow
bow-legged
bow-shot
bowed
bower
bowing
bowl
bowl-shaped
bowls
bowman
bowmen
bows
bowshot
bowstring
bowstrings
box
box-wood
box-woods
boxes
boy
boys
brace
braced
bracelet
bracken
brackets
brag
braided
braids
brain
brake
brakes
bramble
brambles
branch
branched
branches
branching
brand
branded
brandished
brandishing
brandmarks
brands
brat
brats
brave
braver
braying
brazen
brazen-throated
brazier
breach
breached
breaches
bread-crust
breadth
break
breaker
breakfast
breakfasted
breakfasts
breaking
breaks
breast
breast-high
breastwork
breath
breathe
breathed
breathing
breathless
breathlessly
breathlessness
breaths
bred
Bree-blood
Bree-dialect
Bree-folk
Bree-hill
Bree-hobbits
Bree-land
Bree-lander
Bree-landers
Bree-men
breeches
breeches-pocket
breed
breeds
breek-neek
Breelanders
breeze
breezy
brethren
brew
brewing
briar
briar-thickets
briars
bribing
bride-price
bridge
bridge-end
bridge-house
bridged
bridges
bridle
bridled
brief
briefer
briefly
brigand
brigands
bright
bright-burnished
bright-eyed
brightened
brighter
brightest
brightly
brightness
brim
brimming
bring
bringer
bringing
brings
brink
brisk
briskly
bristles
bristling
broached
broad
broad-bladed
broad-headed
broadened
broadening
broadens
broader
broidered
broil
broke
broken
brokenly
bronze
brooch
brooches
brood
brooded
brooding
broods
brook
brooks
broom
broth
brother
brothers
brought
brow
brown
brown-green
brown-haired
brown-skinned
browned
browns
brows
bruise
bruised
bruising
brunt
brush
brushed
brushing
brushwood
brutal
brute
brutes
bubble
bubbled
bubbling
buck
buckler
bucklers
bud
budding
budge
buds
build
builded
builder
builders
building
buildings
built
bulging
bulk
bulky
bull
bullies
bullying
bulwark
bump
bumped
bumping
bums
bunched
bundle
bundled
bundles
burden
burdened
burdens
burdensome
burg
burg-wall
burial
buried
burn
burned
burning
burnings
burnished
burns
burrow
burrowed
burrowing
burrows
burrowses
burst
bursting
bursts
bury
burying
bush
bush-shrouded
bushes
bushy
busied
busier
busily
business
bustle
bustled
bustling
busy
busybody
but
butt
butt-end
butter
butterflies
butteries
buttery
buttons
buttress
buttresses
buy
buyer
buzzed
buzzing
by
bygone
byre
byres
byways
byword
A Hobby for the Tome 