Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z bezzie A best friend. bezzle To plunder; to lay waste to, in riot. bezzo An old silver Venetian coin worth half a soldo. bezzy best friend BFC big fucking capacitor - a high-voltage film capacitor suitable for use in power transmission, electric motor starters and applications involving electrical arcs BFFdom Synonym of BFFhood. BFFhood The state or quality of being BFFs (best friends forever). BFI Reliance on raw computing power (rather than, for example, an efficient algorithm). BFILE LOB datatype accessible directly from the operating system, without using the DBMS. BFOD Best Fare of the Day BFRBD Synonym of body-focused repetitive behavior disorder. Bft Beaufort scale BFV Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. BGer A player of the Baldur’s Gate series of role-playing video games. BGM The station code of Belagavi railway station in India. bhabar A tall Indian grass, Eulaliopsis binata, used to make paper and rope. Bhabha A surname Bhabhan Of or relating to Homi K. Bhabha (born 1949), postcolonial theorist. bhabhi A title used for a sister-in-law Bhaca Any member of the Bhaca people. bhadang A spicy snack made from puffed rice, peanut and coconut. Bhadohi A city and district of Mirzapur division, Uttar Pradesh, India. Bhadon The sixth month of the Nanakshahi calendar and Punjabi calendar, coinciding with August and September in the Gregorian calendar. Bhadra A goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's Gana. Bhadrak A district of Odisha, India. Bhadrakali Name of a Hindu goddess in South India. bhadralok A member of a class of rich high-caste (Brahmin) landlords in Bengal formed during the British Raj. Bhadrapada The sixth month in the lunar calendar. bhag A certain small division of land. Bhaga One of the Adityas, a god of wealth and marriage in Hinduism. In the Rigveda Bhaga is the god who supervises the distribution of goods and destiny to each man corresponding to his merits. Bhagadatta A king of Pragjyotisha kingdom and the son of Narakasura, who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; killed by Arjuna. Bhagalpur A city in Bihar, India. bhagat A holy man in Sikhism or Hinduism. bhagdar A landholder in possession of a bhag. Bhagiratha A great king who brought the River Ganges, personified as the river goddess Ganga, to Earth from the heavens. Bhagirathi Bhagirathi River bhagwa a Hindutvavadi, a supporter of Hindutva or Hindu nationalism. bhagwaan a god. Bhagwal A village in Kharian tehsil, Gujrat district, Punjab, Pakistan. Bhagwat A surname from Marathi. Bhagyachandra An Indian male given name. bhai friend, dude, man bhaichara Brotherhood; amity. bhaigan brinjal, eggplant, aubergine Bhaiksuki An ancient writing system used to write Buddhist texts in Sanskrit. Bhairava A Shaivite and Vajrayāna deity worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists. bhaiya elder brother bhaiyachara A kind of joint land tenure in India. bhajan A type of Indian devotional song. bhaji Any of various Indian dishes of fried vegetables. bhakri A type of round, coarse flatbread, typically made from millet. bhakt Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper; a religious disciple. bhakta Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper. bhakti devotion to God Bhalla A surname from Punjabi. Bhamidipati A surname from Telugu. Bhamo City in Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma). Bhanbhore A historical city in Sindh, Pakistan. bhand One of the traditional folk entertainers of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. Bhandara A district of Maharashtra, India. Bhandari A member of a caste of toddy tappers. bhang A traditional South Asian preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, consumed in food or drink. bhanged Under the effects of bhang (cannabis) or any comparable drug. bhangi A member of the Bhangi caste, traditionally restricted to cleaning latrines and handling dead bodies bhangmeter A non-imaging radiometer used to detect nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon. bhangra A lively style of music originating from India. bhangramuffin A genre of raggamuffin dancehall influenced by bhangra or other music from the Indian subcontinent. bhapa a general pejorative term for Khatri Sikhs bhapang A Rajasthan drum made from a section of a gourd with a leather skin stretched over the opening. Bhar A member of a particular caste or community in India. Bharadwaj A surname from Hindi. bharal A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). Bharani The second nakshatra in Hindu astronomy, corresponding to 35, 39, and 41 Arietis. Bharara A surname from Punjabi. Bhararisain The summer capital of Uttarakhand, India. Bharat India: the Republic of India. Bharata A legendary emperor of India, and is referred to in Hindu and Jain theology. He was son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala in Mahabharata. Bharatanatyam A form of classical dance originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Bharathapuzha A river in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India that empties into the Lakshadweep Sea. Bharati Indian: of, or relating to, the Republic of India. Bharatiya Indian, especially in a nationalist context. Bharatpur A city in Rajasthan, India. Bharatsai An Indian male given name. Bhardwaj A surname from Hindi. Bhargava A surname. Bhargavi The goddess Lakshmi. bharta A South Asian dish of seasoned mashed vegetables or eggs. Bhartrharian Of or relating to Bhartṛhari, an Indian grammarian of the 5th century. Bharuch A city and district at the mouth of the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. Bhasin A surname. Bhaskar A surname from Hindi. bhasma calcined mineral. bhat A surname from Sanskrit, of Indian usage Bhateja A Punjabi surname, used by Jāṭs. Bhatia A surname. Bhatkal A coastal town in the Uttara Kannada District of the state of Karnataka in India. Bhatlapenumarru A small village in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Bhatnagar A surname. bhatoora A fluffy deep-fried leavened bread from the Indian subcontinent. Bhatpara A city and a municipality of West Bengal, India. Bhatt A surname from Sanskrit, of Indian usage bhatta A surname from Sanskrit, of Indian usage Bhattacharjee A surname from Bengali. Bhattacharya A surname from Bengali. Bhattacharyya A surname from Bengali. Bhattarai A surname. bhatti An oven. Bhattiprolu a variant of the Brahmi script, used in South India Bhaumik A surname from Sanskrit. bhava A feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from understanding of the continuity of life and death (reincarnation). bhavacakra A symbolic representation of samsara (or cyclic existence). bhavai A type of folk theatre from Gujarat. Bhavana A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Bhavani An epithet of a Hindu goddess associated with goddess Durga, identified in later times with Parvati (she is the wife of Shiva) within the tradition of Shaivism. Bhavna A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Bhavnagar A city in Gujarat, India. Bhavsar A surname. Bhaya An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh, Pakistan. Bheem A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. bheer Beer. bheestie A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment. bhelpuri An Indian dish of puffed rice with potatoes and a tangy tamarind sauce. Bhelsa Former name of Vidisha. bhiga A unit of land area used in India, Bangladesh, and Nepa that varies in size from one-third to one acre. bhikari beggar bhikkhu A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha. bhikkhuni A Buddhist nun. bhikshu A bhikkhu. Bhil A member of an ethnic group of Indic origin residing in central India. Bhilai A city in Chhattisgarh, in eastern India. bhilawan The Indian beech tree (Pongamia pinnata), a legume native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, cultivated for its oil-rich seeds that are used for biodiesel production, traditional medicine, and as a source of resin. bhilawanol A poisonous organic compound found in plants of genus Semecarpus, later determined to be a mixture of cis- and trans-isomers of a urushiol. Bhili A Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India. Bhill A member of a certain tribe of India, traditionally hunter-gatherers. Bhilsa Former name of Vidisha, India. Bhilwara A district of Rajasthan, India. Bhim A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Bhima In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers. Bhimrao A male given name from Sanskrit. Bhind A district of Madhya Pradesh, India. bhindi Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules. Bhishma The name of a hero in the Mahabharata. Bhisho A city, the capital of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Bhiwani A district of Haryana, India. Bhojpur A neighborhood of Bhojpur, Bhojpur district, Province No. 1, Nepal. Bhojpuri An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in India, Mauritius, Nepal, Fiji, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. Bhojwani A surname. bhokra Synonym of silk tree (“Albizia julibrissin”). Bhola A surname. Bholenath The god Shiva, in his aspect as the lord of innocence.