| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| batted | imp. & past participle | of Bat |
| batata | noun | An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas). |
| bating | present participle & vb. noun | of Bate, With the exception of; excepting. |
| bateau | noun | A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers. |
| batful | verb i. | Rich; fertile. |
| bathed | imp. & past participle | of Bathe |
| bather | noun | One who bathes. |
| bathos | noun | A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax. |
| batlet | noun | A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; — called also batler, batling staff, batting staff. |
| batman | noun | A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds., A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. |
| batmen | plural | of Batman |
| batoon | noun | See Baton, and Baston. |
| battel | noun | A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager., Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; — only in the pl., except when used adjectively., To be supplied with provisions from the buttery., To make fertile., Fertile; fruitful; productive. |
| batten | verb t. | To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten., To fertilize or enrich, as land., To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one’s self., A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc., To furnish or fasten with battens., The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. |
| batter | verb t. | To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart., To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage., To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly., A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery., Paste of clay or loam., A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form., A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope., To slope gently backward., One who wields a bat; a batsman. |
| battle | adjective | Fertile. See Battel, a., A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat., A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life., A division of an army; a battalion., The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia., To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories., To assail in battle; to fight. |
| batton | noun | See Batten, and Baton. |
| battue | verb t. | The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game., The game itself., The wanton slaughter of game. |
| batule | noun | A springboard in a circus or gymnasium; — called also batule board. |
| batzen | plural | of Batz |