| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| barred | imp. & past participle | of Bar |
| barbed | imp. & past participle | of Barb, Accoutered with defensive armor; — said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.), Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire. |
| barbel | noun | A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished., A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels., Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3. |
| barber | noun | One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons., To shave and dress the beard or hair of. |
| barbet | noun | A variety of small dog, having long curly hair., A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa., A larva that feeds on aphides. |
| barble | noun | See Barbel. |
| barbre | adjective | Barbarian. |
| barcon | noun | A vessel for freight; — used in Mediterranean. |
| barded | p.adjective | Accoutered with defensive armor; — said of a horse., Wearing rich caparisons. |
| bardic | adjective | Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. |
| baring | present participle & vb. noun | of Bare |
| barege | noun | A gauzelike fabric for ladies’ dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted. |
| barely | adverb | Without covering; nakedly., Without concealment or disguise., Merely; only., But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely enough for all; he barely escaped. |
| barful | adjective | Full of obstructions. |
| bargee | noun | A bargeman. |
| barger | noun | The manager of a barge. |
| barite | noun | Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins. |
| barium | noun | One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group; a metal having a silver-white color, and melting at a very high temperature. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight, 137. Symbol, Ba. Its oxide called baryta. |
| barked | imp. & past participle | of Bark |
| barque | noun | Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind., A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged., Same as 3d Bark, n. |
| barken | adjective | Made of bark. |
| barker | noun | An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably., One who stands at the doors of shops to urg/ passers by to make purchases., A pistol., The spotted redshank., One who strips trees of their bark. |
| barley | noun | A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. |
| baroko | noun | A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative. |
| barony | noun | The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron., In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. |
| barras | noun | A resin, called also galipot. |
| barrel | noun | A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads., The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds., A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled., A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged., A jar., The hollow basal part of a feather., To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels. |
| barren | adjective | Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; — said of women and female animals., Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile., Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty., Mentally dull; stupid., A tract of barren land., Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile. |
| barret | noun | A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; — called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics. |
| barrow | noun | A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow., A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain., A hog, esp. a male hog castrated., A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus., A heap of rubbish, attle, etc. |
| barter | verb i. | To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck., To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; — sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor., The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods., The thing given in exchange. |
| barton | noun | The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself., A farmyard. |
| barway | noun | A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts. |
| baryta | noun | An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4. |