Bartholdi
1: French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor [syn: {Frederic Auguste Bartholdi}]
Bartholin
1: Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629) [syn: {Caspar Bartholin}]
Bartholin's gland
1: either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper's gland in the male
Bartholomeu Dias
1: Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) [syn: {Dias}, {Diaz}, {Bartholomeu Di...
Bartholomeu Diaz
1: Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500) [syn: {Dias}, {Diaz}, {Bartholomeu Di...
Bartholomew Roberts
1: a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) [syn: {Roberts}]
Bartle Frere
1: a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere...
Bartlett
1: United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946) [syn: {Robert Bartlett}, {Robert Abram Bartlett}, {Captain Bob}] 2: Unite...
Bartok
1: Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945) [syn: {Bela Bartok}]
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
1: United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927) [syn: {Vanzetti}]
Bartolommeo Eustachio
1: Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy; noted for descriptions of the ear and the heart (1520-1574) [syn: {Eustachio}]
bartonia
1: annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers [syn: {Mentzelia lindleyi}]
Bartram Juneberry
1: open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits [syn: {Amelanchier bartramiana}]
Bartramia
1: a genus of Scolopacidae [syn: {genus Bartramia}]
Bartramia longicauda
1: large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands [syn: {upland sandpiper}, {upland plover}, {Bartramian sandpiper}]
Bartramian sandpiper
1: large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands [syn: {upland sandpiper}, {upland plover}, {Bartramia longicauda}]
Baruch
1: economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965) [syn: {Bernard Baruch}, {Bernard Mannes Baruch}] 2: a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah 3: an Apocryphal book ascribed to B...
Baruch de Spinoza
1: Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677) [syn: {Spinoza}, {de Spinoza}, {Benedict de Spinoza}]
barunduki
1: terrestrial Siberian squirrel [syn: {baronduki}, {baranduki}, {burunduki}, {Eutamius asiaticus}, {Eutamius sibiricus}]
barycenter
1: (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve
barye
1: the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter [syn: {bar absolute}, {microbar}]
baryon
1: any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1 [syn: {heavy particle}]
baryon number
1: a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions
Baryshnikov
1: Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948) [syn: {Mikhail Baryshnikov}]
baryta
1: any of several compounds of barium
barytes
1: a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium [syn: {heavy spar}, {barite}, {barium sulphate}]
barytic
1: of or relating to or containing baryta
barytone
1: a male singer [syn: {baritone}]
bas bleu
1: a woman having literary or intellectual interests [syn: {bluestocking}]
bas mitzvah
1: (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility [syn: {bat mitzvah}, {bath mitzvah}]
bas relief
1: a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut [syn: {low relief}, {basso relievo}, {basso rilievo}] [ant: {alto relievo}]
basal
1: especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves" [syn: {radical}] [an...
basal body temperature method
1: natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation [syn: {basal body te...
basal body temperature method of family planning
1: natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation [syn: {basal body te...
basal ganglion
1: any of several masses of subcortical gray matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
basal metabolic rate
1: the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state [syn: {BMR}]
basal metabolism
1: the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
basal placentation
1: where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary
basal vein
1: a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein [syn: {vena basalis}]
basalt
1: the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark gray fine-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
basaltic
1: of or relating to or containing basalt; "basaltic magma is fluid"
bascule
1: a structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (as in a bascule bridge)
base
1: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" [syn: {basal}] 2: (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of alumi...
base hit
1: (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely [syn: {safety}, {bingle}]
base of operations
1: installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" [syn: {base}]
base on balls
1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on balls" [syn: {walk}, {pass}]
base pair
1: one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thym...
base rate
1: the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks
base runner
1: a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) [syn: {runner}]
baseball
1: a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot...
baseball bat
1: an implement used in baseball by the batter [syn: {lumber}]
baseball cap
1: a cap with a bill [syn: {jockey cap}, {golf cap}]
baseball card
1: a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record
baseball clinic
1: a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction; "a summer baseball clinic for promising young players"
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baseball club
1: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" [syn: {ball club}, {club}, {nine}]
baseball coach
1: a coach of baseball players [syn: {baseball manager}]
baseball diamond
1: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate [syn: {diamond}, {infield}] [ant: {outfield}]
baseball field
1: the baseball playing field [syn: {ball field}, {diamond}]
baseball game
1: a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot...
baseball glove
1: gloves worn by fielders in baseball [syn: {glove}, {baseball mitt}, {mitt}]
baseball mitt
1: gloves worn by fielders in baseball [syn: {baseball glove}, {glove}, {mitt}]
baseball swing
1: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: {swing}, {cut}]
baseboard
1: a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor [syn: {mopboard}, {skirting board}]
baseborn
1: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" [syn: {base}, {humble}, {lowly}] 2: illegitimate [syn: {base}]
based
1: being derived from (usually followed by `on' or `upon'); "a film based on a best-selling novel" 2: having a base; "firmly based ice" 3: having a basis; often used as combining terms; "a soundly bas...
based on
1: being founded on; "criticisms based on ignorance"
Basel
1: a city in northwestern Switzerland [syn: {Basle}, {Bale}]
baseless
1: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: {groundless}, {idle}, {unfounded}, {unw...
baseline
1: an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget" 2: the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving th...
basely
1: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: {meanly}, {scurvily}]
basement
1: the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage [syn: {cellar}] 2: the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
baseness
1: unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values [syn: {contemptibility}, {despicableness}, {despicability}]
basenji
1: small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark
bash
1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: {knock}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}] 2: an uproarious party [syn: {do}, {brawl}] ...
bashful
1: self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound 2: disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bash...
bashfully
1: in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly" [syn: {shyly}, {timidly}]
bashfulness
1: feeling embarrassed due to modesty [syn: {abashment}]
Basia
1: the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq [syn: {Basra}]
basic
1: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities" [ant: {incidental}] 2: reduced to th...
basic assumption
1: an assumption that is basic to an argument [syn: {constatation}, {self-evident truth}]
basic dye
1: dye in which the chromophore are part of a positive ion
Basic English
1: a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
basic iron
1: pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus
basic principle
1: principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics" [syn: {fundamentals}, {basics}, {fundamental principle}, {bedrock}]
basic slag
1: slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer
basic training
1: the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline
basically
1: at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person" [syn: {fundamentally}, {...
basics
1: a statement of fundamental facts or principles [syn: {rudiments}] 2: principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics" [syn: {fu...
basidial
1: relating to or characterized by basidia
basidiocarp
1: the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
basidiolichen
1: a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete
basidiomycete
1: any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota [syn: {basidiomycetous fungi}]
Basidiomycetes
1: large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota [syn: {class Basidiomycetes}]
basidiomycetous
1: pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
Basidiomycota
1: comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushroom...
Basidiomycotina
1: comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushroom...
basidiospore
1: a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium
basidiosporous
1: of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia
basidium
1: a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes [also: {basidia} (pl)]
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