| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| batfowling | noun | A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise. |
| bathometer | noun | An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line. |
| bathymetry | noun | The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea. |
| batrachian | adjective | Pertaining to the Batrachia., One of the Batrachia. |
| batrachoid | adjective | Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines. |
| bat’s-wing | adjective | Alt. of Batwing |
| battailant | verb i. | Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike., A combatant. |
| battailous | noun | Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. |
| battle-axe | noun | A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon. |
| battledoor | noun | An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock., A child’s hornbook. |
| battlement | noun | One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications., pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches. |