| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| barbacan | noun | See Barbican., A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own., An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy. |
| barbados | noun | Alt. of Barbadoes |
| barbated | adjective | Having barbed points. |
| barbecue | noun | A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast., A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole., A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried., To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron., To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. |
| barbered | imp. & past participle | of Barber |
| barberry | noun | A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. |
| barbette | noun | A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. |
| barbican | noun | Alt. of Barbacan |
| barbicel | noun | One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers. |
| barbiers | noun | A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; — considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form. |
| barbiton | noun | An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre. |
| bardling | noun | An inferior bard. |
| bardship | noun | The state of being a bard. |
| bareback | adverb | On the bare back of a horse, without using a saddle; as, to ride bareback. |
| barebone | noun | A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. |
| barefoot | adjective & adverb | With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings. |
| barehead | adjective & adverb | Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl. |
| bareness | noun | The state of being bare. |
| baresark | noun | A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor. |
| bargeman | noun | The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. |
| barghest | noun | A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. |
| barillet | noun | A little cask, or something resembling one. |
| bar iron | See under Iron. | |
| baritone | adjective & noun | See Barytone., Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice., Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood., A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other., A person having a voice of such range., The viola di gamba, now entirely disused., A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. |
| barkless | adjective | Destitute of bark. |
| barnacle | noun | Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle., A bernicle goose., An instrument for pinching a horse’s nose, and thus restraining him., Spectacles; — so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. |
| barnyard | noun | A yard belonging to a barn. |
| barology | noun | The science of weight or gravity. |
| barometz | noun | The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; — called also Scythian lamb. |
| baronage | noun | The whole body of barons or peers., The dignity or rank of a baron., The land which gives title to a baron. |
| baroness | noun | A baron’s wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. |
| baronial | adjective | Pertaining to a baron or a barony. |
| baronies | plural | of Barony |
| barouche | noun | A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat. |
| barracan | noun | A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; — still used for outer garments in the Levant. |
| barranca | noun | A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. |
| barrator | verb i. | One guilty of barratry. |
| barratry | noun | The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels., A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo., The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment. |
| barreled | imp. & past participle | of Barrel, Alt. of Barrelled |
| barrenly | adverb | Unfruitfully; unproductively. |
| barrulet | noun | A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width. |
| bartered | imp. & past participle | of Barter |
| barterer | noun | One who barters. |
| bartizan | noun | A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway. |
| bartlett | noun | A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams’ Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. |
| barytone | adjective | Alt. of Baritone, Alt. of Baritone |