| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| barring | present participle & vb. noun | of Bar |
| barbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Barb |
| barbara | noun | The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives. |
| barbaic | adjective | Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; — often with reference to barbarous nations of east., Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. |
| barbary | noun | The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon. |
| barbate | adjective | Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs. |
| barbule | noun | A very minute barb or beard., One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather. |
| bardish | adjective | Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. |
| bardism | noun | The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards. |
| barfish | noun | Same as Calico bass. |
| bargain | noun | An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration., An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge., A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain., The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap., To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; — followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow., To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. |
| barilla | noun | A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes., The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes., Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| barking | present participle & vb. noun | of Bark |
| barkery | noun | A tanhouse. |
| barmaid | noun | A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop. |
| barmote | noun | A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners. |
| barocco | adjective | See Baroque. |
| baronet | noun | A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. |
| baroque | adjective | In bad taste; grotesque; odd. |
| barpost | noun | A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field. |
| barrack | noun | A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings., A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc., To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops., To live or lodge in barracks. |
| barrage | noun | An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile. |
| barrier | noun | A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy., A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach., A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd., An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack., Any limit or boundary; a line of separation. |
| barroom | noun | A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold. |
| barruly | adjective | Traversed by barrulets or small bars; — said of the field. |
| bartery | noun | Barter. |
| bartram | noun | See Bertram. |
| barwise | adverb | Horizontally. |
| barwood | noun | A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner’s work. |
| barytes | noun | Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite. |
| barytic | adjective | Of or pertaining to baryta. |
| barytum | noun | The metal barium. See Barium. |