| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| babel | noun | The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place., Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. |
| baboo | noun | Alt. of Babu |
| backs | noun pl. | Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides. |
| bacon | noun | The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. |
| badge | noun | A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman., Something characteristic; a mark; a token., A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one., To mark or distinguish with a badge. |
| badly | adverb | In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. |
| bafta | noun | A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. |
| baggy | adjective | Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks. |
| bague | noun | The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts. |
| bahar | noun | A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds. |
| bairn | noun | A child. |
| baize | noun | A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; — usually dyed in plain colors. |
| baked | imp. & past participle | of Bake |
| baken | p. p. of Bake. | |
| baker | verb i. | One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc., A portable oven in which baking is done. |
| baled | imp. & past participle | of Bale |
| balky | adjective | Apt to balk; as, a balky horse. |
| balmy | adjective | Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild., Producing balm., Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. |
| balsa | noun | A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. |
| banal | adjective | Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite. |
| banat | noun | The territory governed by a ban. |
| banco | noun | A bank, especially that of Venice. |
| bandy | noun | A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks., A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick., The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball., To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy., To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange., To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate., To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way., Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg. |
| banns | noun pl. | Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place. |
| barde | noun | A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse’s neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.], Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms., A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game. |
| bared | imp. & past participle | of Bare |
| barge | noun | A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated., A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship’s barge; a charcoal barge., A large boat used by flag officers., A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat., A large omnibus used for excursions. |
| baria | noun | Baryta. |
| baric | adjective | Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide., Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer. |
| barky | adjective | Covered with, or containing, bark. |
| baron | noun | A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount., A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. |
| barry | adjective | Divided into bars; — said of the field. |
| barse | noun | The common perch. See 1st Bass. |
| barth | noun | A place of shelter for cattle. |
| basal | adjective | Relating to, or forming, the base. |
| basan | noun | Same as Basil, a sheepskin. |
| based | imp. & past participle | of Base, Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based., Wearing, or protected by, bases. |
| basi- | A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc. | |
| basic | adjective | Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt., Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt., Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper., Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt. |
| basil | noun | The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground., To grind or form the edge of to an angle., The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)., The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. |
| basin | noun | A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses., The quantity contained in a basin., A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc., A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay., A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river., The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake., An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; — especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields. |
| bases | plural | of Basis |
| basis | noun | The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests., The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue., The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports., The principal component part of a thing. |
| bason | noun | A basin. |
| bassa | noun | Alt. of Bassaw |
| basso | adjective | The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso., One who sings the lowest part., The double bass, or contrabasso. |
| basta | interj. | Enough; stop. |
| baste | verb t. | To beat with a stick; to cudgel., To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting., To mark with tar, as sheep., To sew loosely, or with long stitches; — usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly. |
| basto | noun | The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber. |
| batch | verb t. | The quantity of bread baked at one time., A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. |
| bated | imp. & past participle | of Bate, Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. |
| baths | plural | of Bath |
| bathe | verb t. | To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath., To lave; to wet., To moisten or suffuse with a liquid., To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one’s forehead with camphor., To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed., To bathe one’s self; to take a bath or baths., To immerse or cover one’s self, as in a bath., To bask in the sun., The immersion of the body in water; as to take one’s usual bathe. |
| baton | noun | A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances., An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; — called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister. |
| batta | noun | Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India., Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins. |
| batty | adjective | Belonging to, or resembling, a bat. |
| baulk | noun & verb | See Balk. |
| bavin | noun | A fagot of brushwood, or other light combustible matter, for kindling fires; refuse of brushwood., Impure limestone. |
| bawdy | adjective | Dirty; foul; — said of clothes., Obscene; filthy; unchaste. |
| bayed | imp. & past participle | of Bay, Having a bay or bays. |
| bayad | noun | Alt. of Bayatte |
| bayou | noun | An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. |
| bayze | noun | See Baize. |
| bazar | noun | In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale., A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair., A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects. |