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Ba: To kiss.... Baa: To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.... Baa: The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.... Baaing: The bleating of a sheep.... Baal: The whole class of divinities to whom th... Baal: The supreme male divinity of the Phoenic... Baalim: of Baal... Baalism: Worship of Baal; idolatry.... Baalist: Alt. of Baalite... Baalite: A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any fa... Baas: of Baa... Bab: Lit., gate; -- a title given to the foun... Baba: A kind of plum cake.... Babbitt: To line with Babbitt metal.... Babbitt metal: A soft white alloy of variable compositi... Babble: To utter words indistinctly or unintelli... Babble: To utter in an indistinct or incoherent ... Babble: Inarticulate speech; constant or confuse... Babble: Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; tw... Babble: To disclose by too free talk, as a secre... Babble: To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning... Babble: To talk much; to chatter; to prate.... Babble: To make a continuous murmuring noise, as... Babbled: of Babble... Babblement: Babble.... Babbler: An idle talker; an irrational prater; a ... Babbler: A hound too noisy on finding a good scen... Babbler: A name given to any one of family (Timal... Babblery: Babble.... Babbling: of Babble... Babe: An infant; a young child of either sex; ... Babe: A doll for children.... Babehood: Babyhood.... Babel: Hence: A place or scene of noise and con... Babel: The city and tower in the land of Shinar... Babery: Finery of a kind to please a child.... Babian: Alt. of Babion... Babied: of Baby... Babies: of Baby... Babiism: The doctrine of a modern religious panth... Babillard: The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- cal... Babingtonite: A mineral occurring in triclinic crystal... Babion: A baboon.... Babiroussa: Alt. of Babirussa... Babirussa: A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus... Babish: Like a babe; a childish; babyish.... Babism: The doctrine of a modern religious sect,... Babism: Alt. of Babiism... Babist: A believer in Babism.... Bablah: The ring of the fruit of several East In... Baboo: Alt. of Babu... Babool: Any one of several species of Acacia, es... Baboon: One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the ... Baboonery: Baboonish behavior.... Baboonish: Like a baboon.... Babu: A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who w... Babul: Alt. of Babool... Baby: An infant or young child of either sex; ... Baby: To treat like a young child; to keep dep... Baby: A small image of an infant; a doll.... Baby: Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant;... Baby farm: A place where the nourishment and care o... Baby farmer: One who keeps a baby farm.... Baby farming: The business of keeping a baby farm.... Baby jumper: A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in... Babyhood: The state or period of infancy.... Babyhouse: A place for children's dolls and dolls' ... Babying: of Baby... Babyish: Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.... Babyism: The state of being a baby.... Babyism: A babyish manner of acting or speaking.... Babylonian: An inhabitant of Babylonia (which inclu... Babylonian: Of or pertaining to the real or to the m... Babylonian: An astrologer; -- so called because the ... Babylonic: Alt. of Babylonical... Babylonical: Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as... Babylonical: Tumultuous; disorderly.... Babylonish: Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon... Babylonish: Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation ... Babylonish: Pertaining to Rome and papal power.... Babylonish: Confused; Babel-like.... Babyroussa: Alt. of Babyrussa... Babyrussa: See Babyroussa.... Babyship: The quality of being a baby; the persona... Bac: A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually... Bac: A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.... Baccalaureate: The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or... Baccalaureate: A baccalaureate sermon.... Baccalaureate: Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.... Baccara: Alt. of Baccarat... Baccarat: A French game of cards, played by a bank... Baccare: Alt. of Backare... Baccate: Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said ... Baccated: Having many berries.... Baccated: Set or adorned with pearls.... Bacchanal: Relating to Bacchus or his festival.... Bacchanal: Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and r... Bacchanal: A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges i... Bacchanal: The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia... Bacchanal: Drunken revelry; an orgy.... Bacchanal: A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.... Bacchanalia: A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.... Bacchanalia: Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.... Bacchanalian: A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.... Bacchanalian: Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacc... Bacchanalianism: The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanal... Bacchant: Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; w... Bacchant: A priest of Bacchus.... Bacchant: A bacchanal; a reveler.... Bacchante: A priestess of Bacchus.... Bacchante: A female bacchanal.... Bacchantes: of Bacchant... Bacchantes: of Bacchante... Bacchantic: Bacchanalian.... Bacchants: of Bacchant... Bacchic: Alt. of Bacchical... Bacchical: Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial... Bacchii: of Bacchius... Bacchius: A metrical foot composed of a short syll... Bacchus: The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Seme... Bacciferous: Producing berries.... Bacciform: Having the form of a berry.... Baccivorous: Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, b... Bace: See Base.... Bacharach: Alt. of Backarack... Bachelor: A person who has taken the first or lowe... Bachelor: A man of any age who has not been marrie... Bachelor: An unmarried woman.... Bachelor: A knight who had no standard of his own,... Bachelor: A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fi... Bachelor: In the companies of London tradesmen, on... Bachelordom: The state of bachelorhood; the whole bod... Bachelorhood: The state or condition of being a bachel... Bachelorism: Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiar... Bachelor's button: A plant with flowers shaped like buttons... Bachelorship: The state of being a bachelor.... Bachelry: The body of young aspirants for knightho... Bacillar: Shaped like a rod or staff.... Bacillar: Pertaining to, or produced by, the organ... Bacillariae: See Diatom.... Bacillary: Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-sha... Bacillary: Of or pertaining to bacilli; produced by... Bacilli: of Bacillus... Bacilliform: Rod-shaped.... Bacillus: A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, r... Back: The keel and keelson of a ship.... Back: To drive or force backward; to cause to ... Back: To place or seat upon the back.... Back: To get upon the back of; to mount.... Back: Moving or operating backward; as, back a... Back: Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.... Back: Being at the back or in the rear; distan... Back: In human beings, the hinder part of the ... Back: The upper part of a lode, or the roof of... Back: To write upon the back of; as, to back a... Back: A support or resource in reserve.... Back: The part of a cutting tool on the opposi... Back: The part opposite to, or most remote fro... Back: The part opposed to the front; the hinde... Back: The outward or upper part of a thing, as... Back: A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or ... Back: A garment for the back; hence, clothing.... Back: To the place from which one came; to the... Back: In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.... Back: In withdrawal from a statement, promise,... Back: In return, repayment, or requital.... Back: In a state of restraint or hindrance.... Back: In concealment or reserve; in one's own ... Back: Away from contact; by reverse movement.... Back: To make a back for; to furnish with a ba... Back: To a former state, condition, or station... Back: To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.... Back: In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stan... Back: To stand still behind another dog which ... Back: To change from one quarter to another by... Back: To move or go backward; as, the horse re... Back: To bet on the success of; -- as, to back... Back: To support; to maintain; to second or st... Back: A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.... Back: (Of time) In times past; ago.... Back: An extended upper part, as of a mountain... Back door: A door in the back part of a building; h... Back fire: A fire started ahead of a forest or prai... Back fire: A premature explosion in the cylinder of... Back stairs: Stairs in the back part of a house, as d... Backarack: See Bacharach.... Backarack: A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the ... Backare: Same as Baccare.... Backare: Stand back! give place! -- a cant word o... Backband: The band which passes over the back of a... Backbite: To wound by clandestine detraction; to c... Backbite: To censure or revile the absent.... Backbiter: One who backbites; a secret calumniator ... Backbiting: Secret slander; detraction.... Backboard: A thin stuff used for the backs of frame... Backboard: A board attached to the rim of a water w... Backboard: A board serving as the back part of anyt... Backboard: A board which supports the back wen one ... Backboard: A board worn across the back to give ere... Backbond: An instrument which, in conjunction with... Backbone: The column of bones in the back which su... Backbone: Anything like , or serving the purpose o... Backbone: Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness... Backboned: Vertebrate.... Backcast: Anything which brings misfortune upon on... Backdoor: Acting from behind and in concealment; a... Backdown: A receding or giving up; a complete ... Backed: of Back... Backed: Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a... Backer: One who, or that which, backs; especiall... Backfall: A fall or throw on the back in wrestling... Back-fire: To have or experience a back fire or bac... Back-fire: Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, t... Backfriend: A secret enemy.... Backgammon: In the game of backgammon, to beat by en... Backgammon: A game of chance and skill, played by tw... Background: Ground in the rear or behind, or in the ... Background: Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, ... Background: A place in obscurity or retirement, or o... Background: The space which is behind and subordinat... Backhand: Backhanded; indirect; oblique.... Backhand: A kind of handwriting in which the downw... Backhand: Sloping from left to right; -- said of h... Backhanded: Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic;... Backhanded: Turned back, or inclining to the left; a... Backhanded: With the hand turned backward; as, a bac... Backhandedness: State of being backhanded; the using o... Backhander: A backhanded blow.... Backheel: To trip (a person) in this way.... Backheel: A method of tripping by getting the leg ... Backhouse: A building behind the main building. Spe... Backing: That which is behind, and forms the back... Backing: The preparation of the back of a book wi... Backing: Support or aid given to a person or caus... Backing: The act of moving backward, or of puttin... Backing: of Back... Backjoint: A rebate or chase in masonry left to rec... Backlash: The distance through which one part of c... Backless: Without a back.... Backlog: A large stick of wood, forming the back ... Backpiece: Alt. of Backplate... Backplate: A piece, or plate which forms the back o... Backrack: Alt. of Backrag... Backrag: See Bacharach.... Backs: Among leather dealers, the thickest and ... Backsaw: A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is st... Backset: Whatever is thrown back in its course, a... Backset: To plow again, in the fall; -- said of p... Backset: A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a ... Backsettler: One living in the back or outlying distr... Backsheesh: Alt. of Backshish... Backshish: In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratu... Backside: The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of ... Backsight: The reading of the leveling staff in its... Backslid: of Backslide... Backslid: of Backslide... Backslidden: of Backslide... Backslide: To slide back; to fall away; esp. to aba... Backslider: One who backslides.... Backsliding: of Backslide... Backsliding: The act of one who backslides; abandonme... Backsliding: Slipping back; falling back into sin or ... Backstaff: An instrument formerly used for taking t... Backstair: Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -... Backstairs: Alt. of Backstair... Backstay: A rope or strap used to prevent excessiv... Backstay: A rope or stay extending from the masthe... Backster: A backer.... Backstitch: To sew with backstitches; as, to backsti... Backstitch: A stitch made by setting the needle back... Backstop: In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 ... Backstop: In rounders, the player who stands immed... Backstop: In cricket, the longstop; also, the wick... Backstress: A female baker.... Backsword: A sword with one sharp edge.... Backsword: In England, a stick with a basket hand... Backward: Directed to the back or rear; as, backwa... Backward: Late or behindhand; as, a backward seaso... Backward: Not advanced in civilization; undevelope... Backward: Already past or gone; bygone.... Backward: The state behind or past.... Backward: Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating... Backward: To keep back; to hinder.... Backward: Not well advanced in learning; not quick... Backward: Alt. of Backwards... Backwardation: The seller's postponement of delivery of... Backwardly: Perversely; ill.... Backwardly: Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.... Backwardness: The state of being backward.... Backwards: Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.... Backwards: In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or... Backwards: By way of reflection; reflexively.... Backwards: On the back, or with the back downward.... Backwards: Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to... Backwards: With the back in advance or foremost; as... Backwards: From a better to a worse state, as from ... Backwash: To clean the oil from (wood) after combi... Backwater: Water turned back in its course by an ob... Backwater: Water thrown back by the turning of a wa... Backwater: An accumulation of water overflowing the... Backwoods: The forests or partly cleared grounds on... Backwoodsman: A man living in the forest in or beyond ... Backwoodsmen: of Backwoodsman... Backworm: A disease of hawks. See Filanders.... Bacon: The back and sides of a pig salted and s... Baconian: One who adheres to the philosophy of Lor... Baconian: One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the... Baconian: Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to hi... Bacteria: See Bacterium.... Bacteria: of Bacterium... Bacterial: Of or pertaining to bacteria.... Bactericidal: Destructive of bacteria.... Bactericide: Same as Germicide.... Bacterin: A bacterial vaccine.... Bacteriological: Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, ba... Bacteriologist: One skilled in bacteriology.... Bacteriology: The science relating to bacteria.... Bacteriolysis: The destruction or dissolution of bacter... Bacteriolysis: Chemical decomposition brought about by ... Bacterioscopic: Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bac... Bacterioscopist: One skilled in bacterioscopic exa... Bacterioscopy: The application of a knowledge of bacter... Bacterioscopy: Microscopic examination or investigation... Bacterium: A microscopic vegetable organism, belong... Bacteroid: Alt. of Bacteroidal... Bacteroidal: Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid parti... Bactrian: Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia.... Bactrian: A native of Bactria.... Bacule: See Bascule.... Baculine: Of or pertaining to the rod or punishmen... Baculite: A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculi... Baculometry: Measurement of distance or altitude by a... Bad: Wanting good qualities, whether physical... Bad: Bade.... Bad: of Bid... Bad lands: Barren regions, especially in the wester... Badaud: A person given to idle observation of ev... Badder: compar. of Bad, a.... Badderlocks: A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta)... Baddish: Somewhat bad; inferior.... Bade: A form of the pat tense of Bid.... Bade: of Bid... Badge: A carved ornament on the stern of a vess... Badge: Something characteristic; a mark; a toke... Badge: A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cogn... Badge: To mark or distinguish with a badge.... Badgeless: Having no badge.... Badger: To tease or annoy, as a badger when bait... Badger: An itinerant licensed dealer in commodit... Badger: A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Mel... Badger: A brush made of badgers' hair, used by a... Badger: To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to ... Badger game: The method of blackmailing by decoying a... Badger State: Wisconsin; -- a nickname.... Badgered: of Badger... Badgerer: One who badgers.... Badgerer: A kind of dog used in badger baiting.... Badgering: The act of one who badgers.... Badgering: The practice of buying wheat and other k... Badgering: of Badger... Badger-legged: Having legs of unequal length, as the ba... Badiaga: A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common... Badian: An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnol... Badigeon: A cement or distemper paste (as of plast... Badigeon: A cement or paste (as of plaster and fre... Badinage: Playful raillery; banter.... Badly: In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unski... Badminton: A game, similar to lawn tennis, played w... Badminton: A preparation of claret, spiced and swee... Badness: The state of being bad.... Baenomere: One of the somites (arthromeres) that ma... Baenopod: One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.... Baenosome: The thorax of Arthropods.... Baetulus: A meteorite, or similar rude stone artif... Baff: a stroke in which the sole of the club ... Baff: A blow; a stroke.... Baff: To strike; to beat; to make a baff.... Baff: A blow; stroke; thud... Baffle: A lever for operating the throttle valve... Baffle: To check by shifts and turns; to elude; ... Baffle: A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arra... Baffle: A grating or plate across a channel or p... Baffle: A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns;... Baffle: To struggle against in vain; as, a ship ... Baffle: To check by perplexing; to disconcert, f... Baffle: To cause to undergo a disgraceful punish... Baffle: To practice deceit.... Baffled: of Baffle... Bafflement: The process or act of baffling, or of be... Baffler: One who, or that which, baffles.... Baffling: Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting... Baffling: of Baffle... Baffy: A short wooden club having a deeply conc... Baft: Same as Bafta.... Bafta: A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, origi... Bag: A certain quantity of a commodity, such ... Bag: To swell or hang down like a full bag; a... Bag: To furnish or load with a bag or with a ... Bag: To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag... Bag: To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.... Bag: To swell with arrogance.... Bag: A sort of silken purse formerly tied abo... Bag: To become pregnant.... Bag: A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bod... Bag: A sack or pouch, used for holding anythi... Bag: The quantity of game bagged.... Bag net: A bag-shaped net for catching fish.... Bagasse: Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the... Bagatelle: A game played on an oblong board, having... Bagatelle: A trifle; a thing of no importance.... Baggage: The clothes, tents, utensils, and provis... Baggage: The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., whi... Baggage: Purulent matter.... Baggage: Trashy talk.... Baggage: A man of bad character.... Baggage: A woman of loose morals; a prostitute.... Baggage: A romping, saucy girl.... Baggage master: One who has charge of the baggage at a r... Baggager: One who takes care of baggage; a camp fo... Baggala: A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vess... Bagged: of Bag... Baggily: In a loose, baggy way.... Bagging: of Bag... Bagging: Cloth or other material for bags.... Bagging: The act of putting anything into, or as ... Bagging: The act of swelling; swelling.... Bagging: Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a... Baggy: Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, o... Bagman: A commercial traveler; one employed to s... Bagmen: of Bagman... Bagnio: A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- ... Bagnio: A brothel; a stew; a house of prostituti... Bagpipe: To make to look like a bagpipe.... Bagpipe: A musical wind instrument, now used chie... Bagpiper: One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.... Bagreef: The lower reef of fore and aft sails; al... Bague: The annular molding or group of moldings... Baguet: Alt. of Baguette... Baguette: A small molding, like the astragal, but ... Baguette: One of the minute bodies seen in the div... Bagwig: A wig, in use in the 18th century, with ... Bagworm: One of several lepidopterous insects whi... Bah: An exclamation expressive of extreme con... Bahadur: Alt. of Bahaudur... Bahai: A member of the sect of the Babis consis... Bahaism: The religious tenets or practices of the... Bahar: A weight used in certain parts of the Ea... Bahaudur: A title of respect or honor given to Eur... Baigne: To soak or drench.... Baignoire: A box of the lowest tier in a theater.... Bail: The security given for the appearance of... Bail: The top or cross piece ( or either of th... Bail: A division for the stalls of an open sta... Bail: A certain limit within a forest.... Bail: The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence... Bail: A line of palisades serving as an exteri... Bail: The arched handle of a kettle, pail, or ... Bail: The person or persons who procure the re... Bail: Custody; keeping.... Bail: To deliver, as goods in trust, for some ... Bail: To set free, or deliver from arrest, or ... Bail: To deliver; to release.... Bail: To dip or lade water from; -- often with... Bail: To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually wi... Bail: A bucket or scoop used in bailing water ... Bail: A half hoop for supporting the cover of ... Bail bond: Special bail in court to abide the judgm... Bail bond: A bond or obligation given by a prisoner... Bailable: Having the right or privilege of being a... Bailable: Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offens... Bailable: That can be delivered in trust; as, bail... Bailed: of Bail... Bailee: The person to whom goods are committed i... Bailer: One who bails or lades.... Bailer: A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in b... Bailer: See Bailor.... Bailey: The outer wall of a feudal castle.... Bailey: The space immediately within the outer w... Bailey: A prison or court of justice; -- used in... Bailie: An officer in Scotland, whose office for... Bailiff: Originally, a person put in charge of so... Bailiff: A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make ar... Bailiff: An overseer or under steward of an estat... Bailiffwick: See Bailiwick.... Bailing: of Bail... Bailiwick: The precincts within which a bailiff has... Baillie: Same as Bailie.... Baillie: Bailiff.... Bailment: The action of bailing a person accused.... Bailment: A delivery of goods or money by one pers... Bailor: One who delivers goods or money to anoth... Bailpiece: A piece of parchment, or paper, containi... Baily's beads: A row of bright spots observed in connec... Bain: A bath; a bagnio.... Bain-marie: A vessel for holding hot water in which ... Bairam: Either of two Mohammedan festivals, of w... Bairam: The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of... Bairn: A child.... Baisemains: Respects; compliments.... Bait: Any substance, esp. food, used in catchi... Bait: Anything which allures; a lure; enticeme... Bait: A portion of food or drink, as a refresh... Bait: A light or hasty luncheon.... Bait: To provoke and harass; esp., to harass o... Bait: To give a portion of food and drink to, ... Bait: To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap... Bait: To stop to take a portion of food and dr... Bait: To flap the wings; to flutter as if to f... Baited: of Bait... Baiter: One who baits; a tormentor.... Baiting: of Bait... Baize: A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -... Bajocco: A small copper coin formerly current in ... Bake: To do the work of baking something; as, ... Bake: To be baked; to become dry and hard in h... Bake: To harden by cold.... Bake: To dry or harden (anything) by subjectin... Bake: To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry... Bake: The process, or result, of baking.... Baked: of Bake... Baked-meat: A pie; baked food.... Bakehouse: A house for baking; a bakery.... Bakemeat: Alt. of Baked-meat... Baken: p. p. of Bake.... Baker: A portable oven in which baking is done.... Baker: One whose business it is to bake bread, ... Baker-legged: Having legs that bend inward at the knee... Bakery: The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.... Bakery: The trade of a baker.... Baking: of Bake... Baking: The act or process of cooking in an oven... Baking: The quantity baked at once; a batch; as,... Bakingly: In a hot or baking manner.... Bakistre: A baker.... Baksheesh: Alt. of Bakshish... Bakshish: Same as Backsheesh.... Balaam: A paragraph describing something wonderf... Balachong: A condiment formed of small fishes or sh... Balaenoidea: A division of the Cetacea, including the... Balance: To support on a narrow base, so as to ke... Balance: To fluctuate between motives which appea... Balance: To have equal weight on each side; to be... Balance: To contract, as a sail, into a narrower ... Balance: To move toward, and then back from, reci... Balance: To arrange accounts in such a way that t... Balance: To make the sums of the debits and credi... Balance: To settle and adjust, as an account; to ... Balance: To compare in relative force, importance... Balance: To bring to an equipoise, as the scales ... Balance: To move toward a person or couple, and t... Balance: An apparatus for weighing.... Balance: A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i... Balance: The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called L... Balance: The constellation Libra.... Balance: A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock... Balance: An equality between the sums total of th... Balance: The state of being in equipoise; equilib... Balance: Equipoise between the weights in opposit... Balance: Act of weighing mentally; comparison; es... Balance: To equal in number, weight, force, or pr... Balance wheel: A wheel which imparts regularity to the ... Balance wheel: A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in s... Balance wheel: A wheel which regulates the beats or pul... Balanceable: Such as can be balanced.... Balanced: of Balance... Balancement: The act or result of balancing or adjust... Balancer: In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wi... Balancer: One who balances, or uses a balance.... Balancereef: The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, ta... Balancing: of Balance... Balaniferous: Bearing or producing acorns.... Balanite: A fossil balanoid shell.... Balanoglossus: A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneust... Balanoid: Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a gro... Balas ruby: A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose... Balata: The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also,... Balata: A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia ... Balaustine: The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). ... Balayeuse: A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk... Balbucinate: To stammer.... Balbutiate: Alt. of Balbucinate... Balbuties: The defect of stammering; also, a kind o... Balcon: A balcony.... Balconied: Having balconies.... Balconies: of Balcony... Balcony: A projecting gallery once common at the ... Balcony: A platform projecting from the wall of a... Bald: Marked with a white spot on the head; ba... Bald: Destitute of the natural or common cover... Bald: Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; ... Bald: Undisguised.... Bald: Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; m... Bald: Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wh... Bald: Destitute of the natural covering.... Bald eagle: The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leuco... Baldachin: A portable canopy borne over shrines, et... Baldachin: A rich brocade; baudekin.... Baldachin: A structure in form of a canopy, sometim... Balder: The most beautiful and beloved of the go... Balderdash: Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; tr... Balderdash: A worthless mixture, especially of liquo... Balderdash: To mix or adulterate, as liquors.... Bald-faced: Having a white face or a white mark on t... Baldhead: A person whose head is bald.... Baldhead: A white-headed variety of pigeon.... Baldheaded: Having a bald head.... Baldly: Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly.... Baldness: The state or condition of being bald; as... Baldpate: Alt. of Baldpated... Baldpate: A baldheaded person.... Baldpate: The American widgeon (Anas Americana).... Baldpated: Destitute of hair on the head; baldheade... Baldrib: A piece of pork cut lower down than the ... Baldric: A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamente... Baldwin: A kind of reddish, moderately acid, wint... Bale: Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.... Bale: A bundle or package of goods in a cloth ... Bale: To make up in a bale.... Bale: See Bail, v. t., to lade.... Bale: Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; som... Balearic: Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca... Baled: of Bale... Baleen: Plates or blades of "whalebone," from tw... Balefire: A signal fire; an alarm fire.... Baleful: Full of deadly or pernicious influence; ... Baleful: Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.... Balefully: In a baleful manner; perniciously.... Balefulness: The quality or state of being baleful.... Baling: of Bale... Balisaur: A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx c... Balister: A crossbow.... Balistoid: Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of th... Balistraria: A narrow opening, often cruciform, throu... Balize: A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon... Balk: To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.... Balk: A ridge of land left unplowed between fu... Balk: A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., t... Balk: A hindrance or disappointment; a check.... Balk: A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as i... Balk: To leave or make balks in.... Balk: A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.... Balk: To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun... Balk: To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to... Balk: One of the beams connecting the successi... Balk: To engage in contradiction; to be in opp... Balk: To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.... Balk: To stop abruptly and stand still obstina... Balk: To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or s... Balked: of Balk... Balker: One who, or that which balks.... Balker: A person who stands on a rock or eminenc... Balking: of Balk... Balkingly: In a manner to balk or frustrate.... Balkish: Uneven; ridgy.... Balky: Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.... Ball: A general name for games in which a ball... Ball: To gather balls which cling to the feet,... Ball: The globe or earth.... Ball: A social assembly for the purpose of dan... Ball: A pitched ball, not struck at by the bat... Ball: To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball... Ball: To heat in a furnace and form into balls... Ball: A large pill, a form in which medicine i... Ball: A roundish protuberant portion of some p... Ball: A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a... Ball: Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or con... Ball: A spherical body of any substance or siz... Ball: Any round or roundish body or mass; a sp... Ball: A flaming, roundish body shot into the a... Ballad: A popular kind of narrative poem, adapte... Ballad: To make or sing ballads.... Ballad: To make mention of in ballads.... Ballad monger: A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaste... Ballade: A form of French versification, sometime... Ballader: A writer of ballads.... Balladry: Ballad poems; the subject or style of ba... Ballahoo: Alt. of Ballahou... Ballahou: A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Ber... Ballarag: To bully; to threaten.... Ballast: To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy... Ballast: To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, wi... Ballast: Fig.: That which gives, or helps to main... Ballast: The larger solids, as broken stone or gr... Ballast: Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the ... Ballast: Any heavy matter put into the car of a b... Ballast: Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc... Ballast: To keep steady; to steady, morally.... Ballastage: A toll paid for the privilege of taking ... Ballasted: of Ballast... Ballasting: That which is used for steadying anythin... Ballasting: of Ballast... Ballatry: See Balladry.... Balled: of Ball... Ballet: An artistic dance performed as a theatri... Ballet: The company of persons who perform the b... Ballet: A light part song, or madrigal, with a f... Ballet: A bearing in coats of arms, representing... Ball-flower: An ornament resembling a ball placed in ... Balling: of Ball... Ballist/: of Ballista... Ballista: An ancient military engine, in the form ... Ballister: A crossbow.... Ballistic: Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to ... Ballistic: Pertaining to projection, or to a projec... Ballistics: The science or art of hurling missile we... Ballistite: A smokeless powder containing equal part... Ballium: See Bailey.... Balloon: A game played with a large inflated ball... Balloon: To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.... Balloon: To go up or voyage in a balloon.... Balloon: The outline inclosing words represented ... Balloon: A bomb or shell.... Balloon: A round vessel, usually with a short nec... Balloon: A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, ... Balloon: A bag made of silk or other light materi... Balloon: To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.... Balloon fish: A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus ... Ballooned: Swelled out like a balloon.... Ballooner: One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronau... Ballooning: The art or practice of managing balloons... Ballooning: The process of temporarily raising the v... Ballooning spider: A spider which has the habit of rising i... Balloonist: An aeronaut.... Balloonry: The art or practice of ascending in a ba... Ballot: Originally, a ball used for secret votin... Ballot: To vote for or in opposition to.... Ballot: The whole number of votes cast at an ele... Ballot: The act of voting by balls or written or... Ballot: To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ball... Ballotade: A leap of a horse, as between two pillar... Ballotage: In France, a second ballot taken after a... Ballotation: Voting by ballot.... Balloted: of Ballot... Balloter: One who votes by ballot.... Ballotin: An officer who has charge of a ballot bo... Balloting: of Ballot... Ballow: A cudgel.... Ballproof: Incapable of being penetrated by balls f... Ballroom: A room for balls or dancing.... Balm: To anoint with balm, or with anything me... Balm: Any fragrant ointment.... Balm: Anything that heals or that mitigates pa... Balm: An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.... Balm: The resinous and aromatic exudation of c... Balmify: To render balmy.... Balmily: In a balmy manner.... Balmoral: A long woolen petticoat, worn immediatel... Balmoral: A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in f... Balmy: Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.... Balmy: Having the qualities of balm; odoriferou... Balmy: Producing balm.... Balneal: Of or pertaining to a bath.... Balneary: A bathing room.... Balneation: The act of bathing.... Balneatory: Belonging to a bath.... Balneography: A description of baths.... Balneology: A treatise on baths; the science of bath... Balneotherapy: The treatment of disease by baths.... Balopticon: See Projector, below.... Balotade: See Ballotade.... Balsa: A raft or float, used principally on the... Balsam: To treat or anoint with balsam; to relie... Balsam: An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsam... Balsam: A species of tree (Abies balsamea).... Balsam: A resin containing more or less of an es... Balsam: Anything that heals, soothes, or restore... Balsamation: The art or process of embalming.... Balsamation: The act of imparting balsamic properties... Balsamic: Alt. of Balsamical... Balsamical: Having the qualities of balsam; containi... Balsamiferous: Producing balsam.... Balsamine: The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsa... Balsamous: Having the quality of balsam; containing... Balter: To stick together.... Baltic: Of or pertaining to the sea which separa... Baltimore bird: Alt. of Baltimore oriole... Baltimore oriole: A common American bird (Icterus galbula)... Baluster: A small column or pilaster, used as a su... Balustered: Having balusters.... Balustrade: A row of balusters topped by a rail, ser... Bam: To cheat; to wheedle.... Bam: An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.... Bambino: Babe Ruth.... Bambino: A child or baby; esp., a representation ... Bambino: A child or baby; specif., a representati... Bambocciade: A representation of a grotesque scene fr... Bamboo: A plant of the family of grasses, and ge... Bamboo: To flog with the bamboo.... Bamboozle: To deceive by trickery; to cajole by con... Bamboozled: of Bamboozle... Bamboozler: A swindler; one who deceives by trickery... Bamboozling: of Bamboozle... Ban: A curse or anathema.... Ban: To curse; to swear.... Ban: A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a... Ban: An interdiction, prohibition, or proscri... Ban: Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaime... Ban: A calling together of the king's (esp. t... Ban: A public proclamation or edict; a public... Ban: To forbid; to interdict.... Ban: To curse; to invoke evil upon.... Ban: An ancient title of the warden of the ea... Banal: Commonplace; trivial; hackneyed; trite.... Banalities: of Banality... Banality: Something commonplace, hackneyed, or tri... Banana: A perennial herbaceous plant of almost t... Banana solution: A solution used as a vehicle in applying... Banat: The territory governed by a ban.... Banc: Alt. of Bank... Bancal: An ornamental covering, as of carpet or ... Banco: A bank, especially that of Venice.... Bancus: Alt. of Bank... Band: A space between elevated lines or ribs, ... Band: A number of musicians who play together ... Band: A company of persons united in any commo... Band: A narrow strip of cloth or other materia... Band: Two strips of linen hanging from the nec... Band: A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th ... Band: That which serves as the means of union ... Band: In Gothic architecture, the molding, or ... Band: A continuous tablet, stripe, or series o... Band: A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament ... Band: A stripe, streak, or other mark transver... Band: A belt or strap.... Band: To confederate for some common purpose; ... Band: imp. of Bind.... Band: A bond... Band: Pledge; security.... Band: To bind or tie with a band.... |