Category:English terms with unknown etymologies
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A
- abdabs
- abracadabra
- acacia
- Accident
- acker
- a closed mouth catches no flies
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
- afatinib
- Akey
- alakazam
- alatern
- Albany
- albatross
- alcantara
- alcatote
- alembroth
- alewife
- alexander
- a little bird told me
- Alkincoats
- almond
- Alsobrook
- ama
- Amorite
- amuse
- Anadama bread
- an army marches on its stomach
- ancony
- ancraophobia
- Anguilla
- ant's pants
- Anzu
- aphenphosmphobia
- aphid
- apple-pie order
- Arabella
- Arafura Sea
- Arica
- Arizona
- Armenian cucumber
- askance
- astonish
- at loggerheads
- at sixes and sevens
- aubaine
- Ayside
- Aztlán
B
- baccarat
- bad
- bad cess
- badge
- badger
- baffle
- bafta
- bag
- bait
- bald
- balderdash
- balichao
- ball-buster
- ballean
- ballow
- ballyhoo
- banana
- Banbury story of a cock and a bull
- bangle
- banjax
- Banquo
- banter
- bantling
- bap
- bar ditch
- barf
- Barlaam
- barnacle
- barney
- barratry
- barth
- Bartlebaugh
- bash the bishop
- basket
- bastable
- bastard
- batch
- batter
- battle
- baze
- bazonga
- beagle
- beak
- beat the bishop
- Beazer
- bede
- beezer
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- beg
- benny
- bent
- Beougher
- berth
- Beverlin
- bevy
- bifter
- bigot list
- bike
- bilboes
- Biles
- bilk
- billy
- Bim
- bindle
- Bingham
- bird
- bistro
- bitzer
- blackity-black
- Black Maria
- Blacks Harbour
- blag
- Blann
- Blanton
- blart
- Blazier
- bleg
- blens
- blight
- blimp
- blivet
- blivit
- blizzard
- bloke
- Bloodsaw
- blotch
- blue
- blue law
- blush
- bobbery
- bobby-dazzler
- Bob's your uncle
- bodge
- boffin
- bog
- bogan
- Bogan
- bogey
- boggard
- bogie
- bogle
- bog-standard
- Bohall
- Boitnott
- Bole
- bolection
- Bombay duck
- bone
- bonkers
- bonzer
- boogie-woogie
- boomshakalaka
- boost
- booty
- Booty
- bop the bishop
- boshter
- bosker
- Boston marriage
- bother
- bougar
- boulter
- bounce
- bouse
- Bowden
- Bowden cable
- Bowery
- Bowlds
- bowse
- box
- brag
- braize
- brake
- branch
- brasco
- brash
- brass
- brassy
- Bray
- break a leg
- breenge
- breeze
- Brigus
- Briley
- brin
- brine
- brisk
- broad
- brockle
- broha
- bronze