battle-axe
1: a sharp-tongued domineering wife [syn: {battle-ax}] 2: a broadax used as a weapon [syn: {battle-ax}]
battledore
1: a light long-handled racket used by badminton players [syn: {badminton racket}, {badminton racquet}] 2: an ancient racket game [syn: {battledore and shuttlecock}]
battlefield
1: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" [syn: {battleground}, {field of battle}, {field of honor}, {field}]
battlefront
1: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: {front}, {front line}]
battleful
1: having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature" [syn: {bellicose}, {combative}, {contentious}]
battleground
1: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" [syn: {battlefield}, {field of battle}, {field of honor}, {field}]
battlement
1: a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns [syn: {crenelation}, {crenellation}]
battlemented
1: protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through 2: (of a building) having turrets and battlements in the style of a castle [syn: {castellated}, {castled}...
battler
1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: {combatant}, {belligerent}, {fighter}, {scrapper}]
battleship
1: large and heavily armoured warship [syn: {battlewagon}]
battlesight
1: an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges [syn: {battle sight}]
battlewagon
1: large and heavily armoured warship [syn: {battleship}]
battue
1: a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter 2: indiscriminate slaughter [syn: {bloodbath}, {bloodletting}, {bloodshed}]
batty
1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy}, {bats}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked}, {crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, ...
batwing
1: formed or shaped like a bat's wing; "a dress with batwing sleeves" n : one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)
bauble
1: a mock scepter carried by a court jester 2: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: {bangle}, {gaud}, {gewgaw}, {novelty}, {fallal}, {trinket}]
baud
1: (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems [syn: {baud rate}]
baud rate
1: (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems [syn: {baud}]
Baudelaire
1: a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867) [syn: {Charles Baudelaire}, {Charles Pierre Baudelaire}]
Bauhaus
1: a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918
Bauhinia
1: mountain ebony, orchid tree [syn: {genus Bauhinia}]
Bauhinia monandra
1: shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink purple-streaked flowers [syn: {butterfly flower}]
Bauhinia variegata
1: small East Indian tree having orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood [syn: {mountain ebony}, {orchid tree}]
baulk
1: the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk" [syn: {balk}] 2: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: ...
baulk-line
1: line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game [syn: {balkline}, {string line}]
baulker
1: a person who refuses to comply [syn: {balker}, {noncompliant}]
Baum
1: United States writer of children's books (1856-1919) [syn: {Frank Baum}, {Lyman Frank Brown}]
bauxite
1: a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
bauxitic
1: resembling or containing bauxite
Bavaria
1: a state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
Bavarian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people; "Bavarian beer"
bawbee
1: an old Scottish coin of little value
bawd
1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: {prostitute}, {cocotte}, {whore}, {harlot}, {tart}, {cyprian}, {fancy woman}, {working girl}, {sporting lady}, {lady of pleasure}, {woman o...
bawdiness
1: the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: {obscenity}, {lewdness}, {salaciousness}, {salacity}]
bawdry
1: lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy" [syn: {bawdy}]
bawdy
1: humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language" [syn: {off-color}, {ribald}] n : lewd or obscene talk or writing; "it was smoking-room bawdry"; "they published a collection o...
bawdyhouse
1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn: {whorehouse}, {brothel}, {bordello}, {bagnio}, {house of prostitution}, {house of ill repute}, {cathouse}, {sporting house}]
bawl
1: shout loudly and without restraint [syn: {bellow}] 2: make a raucous noise [syn: {yawp}] 3: cry loudly; "Don't bawl in public!"
bawl out
1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn...
bawler
1: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice [syn: {roarer}, {bellower}, {screamer}, {screecher}, {shouter}, {yeller}] 2: a loud weeper; "their new baby is a real bawler"
bawling
1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: {wailing}]
bawling out
1: a severe scolding [syn: {castigation}, {earful}, {chewing out}, {upbraiding}, {going-over}, {dressing down}]
bay
1: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf 2: the sound of a hound on the scent 3: small Me...
bay grass
1: any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; useful especially for forage and prevention of erosion [syn: {love grass}]
bay laurel
1: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: {true laurel}, {bay}, {ba...
bay leaf
1: dried leaf of the bay laurel
bay lynx
1: small lynx of North America [syn: {bobcat}, {Lynx rufus}]
bay myrtle
1: evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles [syn: {puckerbush}, {Myrica cerifera}]
Bay of Biscay
1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain
Bay of Campeche
1: a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; formed by the Yucatan Peninsula
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Bay of Fundy
1: a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet
Bay of Ob
1: an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia [syn: {Gulf of Ob}]
bay rum
1: an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum
bay scallop
1: muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops 2: a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America [syn: {Pecten irradians}]
Bay State
1: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: {Massachusetts}, {Old Colony}, {MA}]
bay tree
1: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: {true laurel}, {bay}, {ba...
bay willow
1: European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States [syn: {laurel willow}, {Salix pentandra}]
bay window
1: slang terms for a paunch [syn: {pot}, {potbelly}, {corporation}, {tummy}] 2: a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house [syn: {bow window}]
bay wreath
1: (antiquity) wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory [syn: {laurels}, {laurel wreath}]
bay-leaved caper
1: shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America [syn: {caper tree}, {Capparis flexuosa}]
bay-rum tree
1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: {bayberry}, {Jamaica bayberry}, {wild cinnamon}, {Pimenta acris}]
baya
1: common Indian weaverbird [syn: {Ploceus philippinus}]
Bayard
1: French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) [syn: {Seigneur de Bayard}, {Chevalier de Bayard}, {Pierre Terrail}, {Pierre de Terrail}]
bayat
1: an oath of allegiance to an emir
bayberry
1: West Indian tree; source of bay rum [syn: {bay-rum tree}, {Jamaica bayberry}, {wild cinnamon}, {Pimenta acris}] 2: deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with gray-green wax-coated berri...
bayberry tallow
1: a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles [syn: {bayberry wax}]
bayberry wax
1: a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles [syn: {bayberry tallow}]
Baycol
1: an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels [syn: {cerivastatin}]
Bayer
1: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer and Empirin) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the ...
Bayes
1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) [syn: {Thomas Bayes}]
Bayes' postulate
1: (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes know...
Bayes' theorem
1: (statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the cond...
Bayesian
1: of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem
bayonet
1: a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon v : stab or kill someone with a bayonet [also: {bayonetting}, {bayonetted}]
Bayonne
1: a city in northeastern New Jersey
Bayonne Bridge
1: a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey
bayou
1: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Bayt Lahm
1: a small town near Jerusalem on the west bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born [syn: {Bethlehem}, {Bethlehem Ephrathah}, {Bethlehem-Judah}]
bazaar
1: a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: {bazar}] 2: a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn: {bazar}] 3: a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar" [syn: {fair}...
bazar
1: a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn: {bazaar}] 2: a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: {bazaar}]
bazooka
1: a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an anti-tank weapon
BB
1: a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun [syn: {BB shot}]
BB gun
1: an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air
BB shot
1: a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun [syn: {BB}]
bbl
1: any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons" [syn: {barrel}]
bbs
1: a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest [syn: {bulletin board system}, {bulletin board}, {electronic bulletin board}]
BC
1: before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC" [syn: {B.C.}, {before Christ}]
BD
1: a bachelor's degree in religion [syn: {Bachelor of Divinity}]
bdellium
1: aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh
Be
1: a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: {beryllium}, {glucinium}, {atomic number 4}] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); ...
be active
1: be in a state of action; "she is always moving" [syn: {move}] [ant: {rest}]
be adrift
1: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away f...
be after
1: have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" [syn: {plan}]
be all and end all
1: the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business" [syn: {be-all and end-all}]
be amiss
1: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue}, {misinterpret}, {misconceive}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}]
be at pains
1: try very hard to do something [syn: {take pains}]
be born
1: come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm" [ant: {die}]
be due
1: be the result of [syn: {flow from}]
be full
1: be sated, have enough to eat; "I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please" [ant: {starve}]
be given
1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: {tend}, {lean}, {incli...
be intimate
1: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: {roll in the hay}, {love}, {make out}, {make love}, {sl...
be on
1: appear in a show, on T.V., radio, etc.; "The news won't be on tonight" [syn: {get on}]
be on cloud nine
1: feel extreme happiness or elation [syn: {exult}, {walk on air}, {jump for joy}]
be on the ball
1: be well-informed [syn: {know the score}, {be with it}, {know what's going on}, {know what's what}]
be quiet
1: refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" [syn: {close up}, {clam up}, {dummy up}, {shut up}, {belt up}, {button up}, {keep mum}] [ant: {open ...
be sick
1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: {vom...
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