Letter B 79500–79750

Black-tie party Blowout, so to speak Black-tie ball, e.g. Bushy-tailed nocturnal creatures Balls and some apples Bash and blowout Bashes with cuffs, maybe Benefits, often Big fetes Big fundraisers Black tie affairs Black tie events, perhaps Black-tie parties Beautiful statue that came to life. Beloved of Pygmalion or Acis Brilliant array. Brilliant assemblage Bash that's out of this world? Bad luck for a sailor. Bad news for yachtsmen Baum's Dorothy Beaufort Scale biggie Beaufort scale level Beaufort scale rating Beaufort scale word Beaufort's 8 Beaufort-scale category Beaufort-scale level Beaufort-scale reading Between 25 and 75 miles per hour. Between a breeze and a hurricane. Beyond a breeze Big burst Big gust Big-time blow Bit of a blow Blustery wind Branch-breaking wind Brisk wind Baltic sailing vessel Blue-gray mineral Bluish-gray ores. Boxer-wrestler Tony ___. Balcony: Fr. Beaufort scale entries. Beaufort scale listings Beaufort scale measurements Beaufort scale measures Beaufort-scale readings Big blows at sea Big blows on the main Blasts from above Branch breakers Branch-breaking winds Bursts of laughter Biblical sea Brahe contemporary Be vexatious. Boldness to a fault Brass, but not bronze Brassbound nerve. Brazen behavior Buchanan recently had his ___ bladder removed Bitter biblical epic? Bitterness over Christmas preparations? Beau Brummell, for example. Brave and noble. Brave as any man. Brave, heroic Brave Algonquian? BILE storage sac BILE storage site when food digestion is not occurring Bile container Bile storer Boater's gas can? BIREME Bailiwick of a ship's cook Bireme or trireme Boat of ancient Greece Ben-Hur extra Bireme mover black vulture brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature Barefoot Wine producer Bartles & Jaymes winery Big name in California viticulture Big name in California winemaking Big name in California wines Big name in viniculture Big name in vinification Big name in viticulture Big name in wine Big vineyard name Braid used for trimming Bounding gait breed of hornless beef cattle BILE stored in gallbladder too long or too much water removed, result of BILIARY calculi Big name in polling Big name in polls Braid or lace: Fr. Big bug Big, awkward one "Big" oafs Big, awkward klutzes Ballroom dance in duple time Blackman's "Goldfinger" role By the barrelful By the truckload Big boot Bit of rainy-day footwear Bit of wet-weather wear Buckled overshoe B.F.F., maybe Bestie, perhaps Bridesmaid, often Baby shower attendees, often Bachelorette party attendees Bachelorette party attendees, often Bridesmaids, often Bridesmaids, sometimes "Buffalo ___" (1844 song) "Buffalo ___" (classic folk song) "Buffalo ___" (traditional song) "Buffalo ___, won't you come out tonight?" "Buffalo _____" (old song favorite) "Buffalo _____" (old song) Backward slag Ben-___ (Cincinnati cheerleaders) Ben-___ (N.F.L. cheerleading squad) Buffalo females of song British Nobel author Bounded clumsily Bay of song Bay, county or city of Ireland Bit of cheesecake Body part highlighted by a floozy's dress Bombshell feature Bridesmaid Rita. Basinlike prairie land: var. BEAUJOLAIS GRAPE BEAUJOLAIS, FOR EXAMPLE Beaujolais Beast's leg, in Heraldry. Bass-based viols BRITISH West Africa Banjul location British protectorate until 1965 BE rash BLIND date Bay of Pigs Invasion, e.g. Be frisky BASICALLY CHARADES Backgammon Badminton Ballpark event Bananagrams, e.g. Baseball or backgammon Baseball or tennis Basketball ___ Bingo, for instance. Boggle or bridge Bowls or skittles. Brave enough to try Brave, in a way Bridge or poker Bit of hunting gear bag for carrying hunted game birds book containing a range of possible strategies for a game Bats, bases and baseballs, e.g. Belief that your team will win? Bygone device that could give players infinite lives Big safari men Bag restriction bravely Bingo, for one Bird amusement? "Bring it!" Battleship and Go, for two Battleships and war, e.g. Bingo, bridge, etc. Birthday party activities Bridge and backgammon Bridge and go. Berne book: 1964 Best seller in 1964 Betting men Big retailer of Nintendo and Xbox products BIOLOGICAL reproductive body Branch of math concerned with decision-making Bend rules to one's advantage Buzzer beater that ends a contest Boy of the streets Before delta. Beta's follower Body scanners, of a sort Blood plasma component Blood-serum protein Bit of electromagnetic radiation Bit of radiation in the Hulk's origin story Beta followers Beat in a game of stones and points Bottom piece of a side of bacon Barrier of physics Big umbrella Brit's brolly British umbrellas. Bulky umbrellas. Betty Grable had great ones Betty Grable was famous for them Betty Grable's claim to fame Breadth; scope "Began," in Chaucer. Balrog slayer, in fiction Ben Kingsley role Best Picture after "Chariots of Fire" Best Picture of 1982 Biopic that was 1982's Best Picture Band of baddies Band of criminals Band of outlaws Band of workers Band with turf Bandit band Big city threat Blood members, e.g. Bloods or Crips Broadway's Jets, e.g. Buckwheat's bunch Bunch o'cronies Bunch of buddies Bunch of buds Bunch of cronies Bunch of friends Bunch of hoodlums Bunch of pals Bunch of thugs Bunch of toughs Bane of organized criminals Black and gold, for the Latin Kings Bullied, in a way, with "on" BENARES river BIHAR river Bay of Bengal feeder Benares's river. Bad place to end up on a pirate ship Bridge of a sort boarding ramp bridge for walking on a ship bridge for walking onto a ship