French to English Dictionary (Dictionnaire Français-Anglais)

Bildungsroman

A novel that deals with the formative years, moral development, and psychological growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood.

Birth-Homicide

The act of killing a newborn child, often in the context of legal and ethical discussions regarding maternal responsibility.

Blackguard

A person, especially a man, who behaves in a dishonest, despicable, or abusive way.

Blain

An inflammatory swelling or sore on the skin, resembling a boil or blister.

Blitter

A dedicated electronic circuit or software routine used in computer graphics to rapidly transfer, combine, or copy blocks of data pixels onto a display memory.

Bloodletting

The act of withdrawing blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness.

Boarish

Resembling or characteristic of a boar; coarse, brutish, or uncouth in behavior.

Bonist

An adherent of bonism; one who maintains that the world or human nature is fundamentally good.

Bootless

Having no advantage or benefit; futile.

Bosh

Absurd or foolish talk; nonsense.

Brackle

To move or act in a noisy, bustling, or hurried manner.

Brassie

A formerly common wooden golf club with a brass soleplate, corresponding roughly to a modern number-two wood.