Examples of Words that begin with the letter 'B' used in sentences..

Words that begin with the letter "B"





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Words that are mostly used on average when writing or speaking

Word Class - Parts of Speech

Word Class is a category of words of similar form or function. A part of speech.

Part of Speech is a category of words of lexical items which have similar grammatical properties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similar behavior in terms of syntax—they play similar roles within the grammatical structure of sentences—and sometimes in terms of morphology, in that they undergo inflection for similar properties. Commonly listed English parts of speech are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection, and sometimes numeral, article or determiner. Grammatical Functions - Transition Words.

Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea. (bed, democracy).

Proper nouns are specific names of people and places, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Indianapolis — are capitalized.

Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun or another pronoun. (I, you, me, he, she, it, we, who, they).

Possessive pronouns show ownership: my/mine, your/yours, their/theirs, our/ours.

Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns. (red, more, second, several).

Verbs are words that name an action or describe a state of being (run, seem).

Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (yesterday, below, happily, partly).

Conjunctions are words that connect words or groups of words and show how they are related (and, or, for, but, after, although, because).

Prepositions are words that link a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence (by, about, behind, above, across, at, with)

Interjections are words that show strong emotion (Oh! Wow!).

Noun system of words for communication: accent, dialect, expression, jargon, prose, sound, speech and style.

Punctuation Marks

Punctuation is the name for marks used in writing. They are to help understanding and correct reading. These are some common punctuation marks used in English:

. period or full stop
, comma
? question mark
! exclamation mark
' apostrophe
" quotation mark/inverted comma
: colon
; semicolon
... ellipsis (omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences) eclipsis
- hyphen
– n-dash
— m-dash

Apostrophe (') is a punctuation mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word. Use an apostrophe + S ('s) to show that one person/thing owns or is a member of something. Use an apostrophe after the “s” at the end of a plural noun to show possession. If a plural noun doesn't end in “s,” add an “'s” to create the possessive form.

Keyboard Symbols.

Prefixes that Mean “Not”

A-: Abroad is to travel in a foreign country far away from home or away from one's usual surroundings.
Anti-: Antiseptic is a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues. (an–tih-sep-tik).  Antidote is a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison. (an-teh-doht)
Dis-: Disagree is to not to understand something in the same way that someone else does.
Il-: illegible means not readable. Illiterate is a person cannot read or write. illogical is being irrational and lacking reason or common sense. illegal is something bad that is prohibited by law or not accepted by rules, something that may cause you to be arrested or sent to prison or receive a fine.
Im-: Imbalance is a lack of balance, not stable or steady.
In-: Individuality is being an individual with a unique personality.
Ir-: Irretrievable is something impossible to recover or recoup or overcome.
Un-: Unhappy means being sad or not happy.
Common Vocabulary Prefixes are Co-, De-, and In-.
Co- means “with.” Variations include col-, com-, and con-. (cofounder, commemorate, conclusion)

Suffix Meaning Examples

able/ible capable or worthy of, fit for; tending to, causing, given to, or liable to commendable, edible, impressionable.
d/ed indicates past tense of a verb baffled, flummoxed, wasted.
ence/ance quality or state; an action or process clearance, reference, remembrance.
ing indicates the present-perfect tense of a verb (such verbs are called gerunds) admiring, discussing, perplexing.
ion act, result of an act, or state or condition integration, obsession, possession.
ment an action, process, or act of a specified kind bereavement, merriment, movement.
s/es indicates the plural form of a noun analyses, arguments, results.

Examples of adding a prefix to a root:
De + hydrate = dehydrate (to remove the water or moisture from)

Examples of adding a suffix to a root:
zoo + ology = zoology (the study of animals)
bronch + itis = bronchitis (inflammation of the bronchial tubes)

Grafting roots to roots
Cal (beauty) + graph (to write) forms calligraphy (kah-lig-rih-fee), which means “elegant penmanship.”
Carn (meat) + vor (to eat) forms carnivore (kar-nih-vor), which is someone who eats meat.
Chron (time) + meter (measure) forms chronometer (krah-nahm-ih-ter) — an instrument for measuring time.

Arranging words in your mind
Any time you set out to study words, get in the habit of mentally arranging them into the following three categories:
Words you know: You use and can define these words.
Words you’re familiar with: You generally use these words correctly without knowing exactly what they mean.
Words you don’t know: You may have seen these words once or twice, or you may be encountering them for the first time.

Decoding Medical Lingo

Lingo is the vocabulary or jargon of a particular subject or group of people. A characteristic language of a particular group. A foreign language or local dialect.

Modalities of therapy means treatments.
Capillary hemangiomas refers to strawberry birthmarks.
Spontaneous involution means disappearing on its own.

Benign is harmless and not malignant. (bih-nyn).
Malignant is a dangerous uncontrolled growth of a tumor that easily spreads like an infection and is poisonous and harmful.
Tumor is an abnormal mass of tissue that can harm organs in the body and cause death by swelling or causing inflammation.
Metastasized is the spread of cancer to other areas in the body by metastasis, which is the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer.
Melanoma is a malignant skin tumor. (mel-eh-noh-ma).
Carcinogenic is something that is cancer-producing. (kar-sin-oh-jen-ik).
Ulcer is an open sore, as in the stomach lining. (ul-sur).
Toxic is something very poisonous and deadly. (tox-ik).
Antibiotic is a bacteria-killing substance. (an-ty-by-ah-tik).
Diagnosis is a decision or opinion based on an examination. (dy–ag-noh-sis).
Prognosis is a prediction of the probable course of a disease and the chances of recovery. (prog-noh-sis).
Remission is the disappearance of disease symptoms. (ree-mih-shun).
Hematoma is a collection of blood, usually clotted, outside a blood vessel. (hee-meh-toh-ma).
Coagulate is to thicken or clot, or to cause to do so (as in blood) (koh-ag-yoo-layt).
Plasma is the fluid portion of the blood. (plaz-ma).
Aneurysm is a sac formed by an enlarged weakened wall in arteries, veins, or the heart. (an-yoor-iz-em).
Incision is a cut, as in surgery. (in-siz-zhun).
Lacerated is when the skin is torn, as in a wound. (las-er-ay-ted).
Suture is joining two edges together by stitching, or similar means; a stitch. (soo-chur).
Comatose is when someone is unconscious or in a coma. (koh-mah-tohs).
Concussion is a brain injury due to violent blow or impact. (kon-kuhs-shun).
Migraine is an intense pain in the head or a  recurring headache. (my-grayn).

Numbers

(1 One) (2 Two) (3 Three)  (4 Four)  (5 Five) (6 Six) (7 Seven) (8 Eight) (9 Nine) (10 Ten)
(11 Eleven)  (12 Twelve) ( 12 Thirteen) (14 Fourteen) (15 Fifteen) (16 Sixteen) (17 Seventeen) (18 Eighteen) (19 Nineteen) (20 Twenty) (21 Twenty-one ) - (29 Twenty-Nine)
(30 Thirty) (31 Thirty-one ) - (39 Thirty-Nine)
(40 Forty ) (41 Forty-one) - (49 Thirty-Nine)
(50 Fifty ) (51 Fifty-one) - (59 Fifty-Nine)
(60 Sixty ) (61 Sixty-one) - (69 Sixty-Nine)
(70 Seventy ) (71 Seventy-one) - (79 Seventy-Nine)
(80 Eighty) (81 Eighty-one) - (89 Eighty-Nine)
(90 Ninety ) (91 Ninety-one) - (99 Ninety-Nine)
(100 One-Hundred ) (101 One-Hundred and One) - (199 One-Hundred and Ninety-Nine)
(200 Two-Hundred )
(300 Three-Hundred )
(400 Four-Hundred )
(500 Five-Hundred )
(600 Six-Hundred )
(700 Seven-Hundred )
(800 Eight-Hundred )
(900 Nine-Hundred ) (901 Nine-Hundred and One) - (999 Nine-Hundred and Ninety-Nine)
(1,000 One-Thousand)
(10,000 Ten-Thousand)
(100,000 One-Hundred-Thousand)
(1,000,000 One-Million)
(100,000,000 One-Hundred-Million)
(1,000,000,000 One-Billion)

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