5 Letter Words Ending in B

squib

Noun : (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

Noun : A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

Noun : (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

acerb

Adjective : (archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.

Adjective : (archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

throb

Verb : (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.

Verb : (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.

Verb : (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

shrub

Noun : A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Noun : (Kenya) A word mispronounced by replacing some consonant sounds with others of a similar place of articulation due to interference from one's knowledge of an indigenous Kenyan language.

Verb : (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

plumb

Noun : A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

Noun : (nautical) A weight on the end of a long line, used by sailors to determine the depth of water.

Noun : The perpendicular direction or position.

ad lib

Verb : At pleasure.

Verb : At will.

Verb : As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.

squab

Noun : (countable, sometimes attributive) A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.

Noun : (uncountable) The meat of such a baby bird used as food.

Noun : (countable) A baby rook.

scrub

Adjective : Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

Noun : (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.

Noun : (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

thumb

Noun : The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Noun : (graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.

Noun : (colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.

dweeb

Noun : (US, dated, originally university slang, now general slang, derogatory) A boring, studious, or socially inept person.

kebab

Noun : (British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

Noun : (Australia) A hand-held dish consisting of pieces of meat roasted on an upright skewer mixed with fresh vegetables and sauces and rolled up in a round piece of unleavened bread.

Noun : (US) A shish kebab or any other food on a skewer.

climb

Verb : (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.

Verb : (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.

Verb : (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.

crumb

Noun : A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

Noun : A small piece of any other solid substance.

Noun : (figuratively) A bit, small amount.

blurb

Noun : A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

Verb : (transitive) To write or quote in a blurb.

Verb : (transitive) To supply with a blurb.

nabob

Noun : (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.

Noun : (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.

Noun : (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

rhumb

Noun : (navigation) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.

Noun : (navigation) Any of the 32 points of the compass.

Noun : (navigation) A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°.

rehab

Noun : (informal) Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.

Noun : (informal) An institution for rehabilitation.

Noun : (firefighting) A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.

rhomb

Noun : A rhombus.

Noun : A rhombohedron.

kabob

Noun : US spelling of kebab [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

Verb : US spelling of kebab [(transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.]

exurb

Noun : A residential area beyond the suburbs.

repub

Noun : (US politics, informal) Clipping of Republican. [(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.]

Noun : (informal) Clipping of Republic (used in the full names of countries). [A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.]

Noun : (publishing, informal) Clipping of republished.

adlib

Noun : Alternative spelling of ad-lib

Verb : Alternative spelling of ad lib [To perform without script.]

carob

Noun : An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.

Noun : The fruit of that tree.

Noun : A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

demob

Verb : (British) To demobilize; to release someone from military service.

Noun : (UK) Demobilization; release from military service.

coomb

Noun : An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.

Noun : Alternative spelling of combe [A valley, often wooded and often with no river]

rahab

Noun : (biblical) A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.

Noun : (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.

Noun : A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan

redub

Verb : (transitive) To give another name or title to; to dub again.

Verb : (transitive) To dub (video material) again; to provide with a new soundtrack.

Noun : A video re-edited in any way an editor wants.

kabab

Noun : Alternative form of kebab [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

hajib

Noun : (historical) An official of a Muslim court, of varied importance, initially controlling access to the caliph, but later very powerful; a chamberlain.

Noun : (nonstandard) Alternative form of hijab [(uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) adult males.]

diamb

Noun : (poetry) Alternative form of diiamb [(poetry) A diiambus.]

naqib

Noun : One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in Khurasan.

Noun : The head representative of the ashraf, the descendants of Muhammad; an honorary position in the Ottoman Empire.

ismab

tweeb

Noun : (slang) A person who constantly uses technology, e.g. cell phone or tablet.

Noun : (slang) A person who does technical work, especially one who is annoying or socially awkward.

Noun : (Morocco, obsolete) A physician.

sahib

Noun : (historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of sahib [(historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.]

nawab

Noun : (historical) A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

Noun : Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

hijab

Noun : (uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) adult males.

Noun : (countable) A traditional headscarf worn by Muslim women, covering the hair and neck.

deneb

Noun : (astronomy) A blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.

vocab

Noun : (informal) Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.

celeb

Noun : (informal) A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.

plan b

Noun : An alternative approach adopted when one's original plan does not succeed.

rajab

Noun : The seventh month of the Islamic calendar.

mcjob

Noun : (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A typically entry-level job, often part-time or temporary, generally paying low wages and requiring minimal training, such as entry-level positions at fast-food restaurants.

clomb

chubb

Noun : (slang) An erection of the penis.

Noun : A surname.

slurb

Noun : A homogeneous sprawl of urban and suburban developments.

habib

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A male given name.

Noun : (Arab Australian) mate; a term of endearment for a friend

nezib

Noun : Alternative form of Nujeeb [(India, historical) A kind of half-disciplined infantry soldier under some of the native governments; also at one time a kind of militia under the British, receiving this honorary title as being gentlemen volunteers.]

scrab

Verb : (transitive) To scrape or scratch.

Noun : A crabapple.

strub

Noun : A surname.

Verb : (UK, dialect, ambitransitive) To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.

dorab

Noun : A dorab wolf-herring (Chirocentrus dorab).

detab

hejab

Noun : Alternative spelling of hijab [(uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) adult males.]

inorb

Verb : (transitive) To form or constitute as an orb.

jawab

Noun : (India, historical) An answer, especially a dismissal, or a woman's rejection of a marriage proposal.

Noun : (India) Anything erected or planted as a symmetrical double.

'burb

Noun : (informal, chiefly in plural) Alternative spelling of burb, a short form of suburb. [(colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A suburb.]

kolob

Noun : (Mormonism) In Mormon theology, a celestial body considered to be nearest to the throne of God.

nartb

shorb

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (birdwatching, informal) A shorebird.

thaub

Noun : Alternative spelling of thobe [An ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.]

batab

Noun : The chief of a batabil.

clumb

kreab

kribb

maorb

phorb

jacob

Noun : (biblical) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh; was renamed to Israel.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

Noun : A breed of multihorned sheep.

cubeb

Noun : A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.

h bomb

a bomb

carib

Noun : A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles.

Noun : A member of the mainland or ‘proper’ Caribs (Kari'na), a Cariban people who inhabit the north coast of South America, in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.

Noun : A member of the Kalinago people of the Lesser Antilles, an Arawakan people who took heavy cultural influence from the mainland Caribs and so were formerly known as Island Caribs.

caleb

Noun : (biblical) Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.

niqab

Noun : A veil which covers the face, worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.

f.o.b

type b

Noun : (A person having) a relatively relaxed, less neurotic or frantic personality, according to a certain hypothesis describing two contrasting personality types.

ardeb

Noun : A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.

epirb

Noun : (communication, nautical) Abbreviation of emergency position indicating radio beacon. [(communication, nautical) An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.]

chimb

Noun : (obsolete) Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”) [The top of a ridge.]

stilb

Noun : (physics) a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre

horeb

Noun : (biblical) The mountain where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by Yahweh, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible.

ninib

Noun : a solar deity; first-born of bel and consort was gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical nimro

ft-lb

Noun : Abbreviation of foot-pound. [(physics) Deprecated abbreviation for foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work or energy.]

ft lb

zineb

Noun : An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc.

cabob

Noun : Obsolete form of kebab. [(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.]

Verb : Obsolete form of kebab. [(transitive) To roast in the style of a kebab.]

maneb

Noun : A foliate fungicide consisting of a polymeric complex of manganese with the ethylene bis(dithiocarbamate) anionic ligand.

r and b

Noun : a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the united states by black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' rol

uskub

Noun : capital of modern macedoni

zebub

Noun : (archaic) Synonym of zimb

fhlbb

Noun : (US, finance, historical) Initialism of Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

courb

Verb : (obsolete) To bend; to bow.

flamb

Verb : (Scotland, obsolete) To baste roasted meat.

phleb

b and b

Noun : Initialism of bed and breakfast. [A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.]

berob

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To rob; to plunder.

e bomb

otcbb

crabb

Noun : A surname.

Noun : An unincorporated community in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.

jakob

Noun : A male given name, equivalent to English Jacob.

Noun : A surname

nadab

Noun : (biblical) The first-born son of Aaron and Elisheba.

presb

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