bait
1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: {come-on}, {hook}, {lure}, {sweetener}] 2: something used to lure victims into danger [syn: {decoy}, {lure}] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or car...
bait and switch
1: a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
bait casting
1: the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait
baiting
1: harassment especially of a tethered animal
baiza
1: 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani [syn: {baisa}]
baize
1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
Baja California
1: a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico [syn: {Lower California}]
bake
1: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes" 2: prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake" 3: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [syn: {br...
bakeapple
1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: {cloudberry}, {dwarf mulberry}, {baked-apple berry}, {salmonberry}, {Rubus chamaemorus}]
baked
1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" [syn: {adust...
baked Alaska
1: cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven
baked egg
1: egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin [syn: {shirred egg}, {egg en cocotte}]
baked goods
1: foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
baked potato
1: potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
baked-apple berry
1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: {cloudberry}, {dwarf mulberry}, {bakeapple}, {salmonberry}, {Rubus chamaemorus}]
bakehouse
1: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold [syn: {bakery}, {bakeshop}]
Bakelite
1: a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
baker
1: someone who bakes commercially 2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: {bread maker}]
baker's dozen
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one [syn: {thirteen}, {13}, {XIII}, {long dozen}]
baker's eczema
1: allergic eczema caused by flour or other ingredients handled by bakers
baker's yeast
1: used as a leaven in baking and brewing [syn: {brewer's yeast}, {Saccharomyces cerevisiae}]
Bakersfield
1: a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley
bakery
1: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold [syn: {bakeshop}, {bakehouse}]
bakeshop
1: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold [syn: {bakery}, {bakehouse}]
baking
1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: {baking hot}] n 1: making bread or cake or pastry etc. 2: cooking by dry heat in an oven
baking chocolate
1: pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy [syn: {bitter chocolate}, {cooking chocolate}]
baking hot
1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: {baking}]
baking powder
1: any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast
baking soda
1: a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid [syn: {bicarbonate of soda}, {sodium hydrogen carbonate}, {sodium bicarbonate}, {saleratus}]
Bakke decision
1: a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
baklava
1: rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
baksheesh
1: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: {gratuity}, {tip}, {pourboire}, {bakshish}, {bakshis}, {backsheesh}]
bakshis
1: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: {gratuity}, {tip}, {pourboire}, {baksheesh}, {bakshish}, {backsheesh}]
bakshish
1: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: {gratuity}, {tip}, {pourboire}, {baksheesh}, {bakshis}, {backsheesh}]
Baku
1: a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production [syn: {capital of Azerbaijan}]
Bakunin
1: Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876) [syn: {Mikhail Bakunin}, {Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin}]
balaclava
1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face [syn: {balaclava helmet}]
balaclava helmet
1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face [syn: {balaclava}]
Balaena
1: type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales [syn: {genus Balaena}]
Balaena mysticetus
1: large-mouthed arctic whale [syn: {bowhead}, {bowhead whale}, {Greenland whale}]
Balaeniceps
1: type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills [syn: {genus Balaeniceps}]
Balaeniceps rex
1: large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe [syn: {shoebill}, {shoebird}]
Balaenidae
1: right whales [syn: {family Balaenidae}]
Balaenoptera
1: type genus of the Balaenopteridae [syn: {genus Balaenoptera}]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
1: small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {lesser rorqual}, {piked whale}, {minke whale}]
Balaenoptera musculus
1: largest mammal ever known; bluish-gray migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere [syn: {blue whale}, {sulfur bottom}]
Balaenoptera physalus
1: large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {finback}, {finback whale}, {fin whale}, {common rorqual}]
balagan
1: a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
balalaika
1: a stringed instrument that has triangular body and three strings
balance
1: a state of equilibrium [ant: {imbalance}] 2: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity 3: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account 4: harmonious arrangement or...
balance beam
1: a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts [syn: {beam}]
balance of international payments
1: a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than go...
balance of payments
1: a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than go...
balance of trade
1: the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports" [syn: {trade balance}...
balance sheet
1: a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets
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balance wheel
1: a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat [syn: {balance}]
balanced
1: being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanc...
balanced budget
1: a budget is balanced when current expenditures are equal to receipts
balanced diet
1: a diet that contains adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients required for healthy growth and activity
balancer
1: an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions 2: either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight [syn: {halter}, {halter...
Balanchine
1: United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983) [syn: {George Balanchine}]
balancing
1: getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: {reconciliation}]
Balanidae
1: stalkless barnacles [syn: {family Balanidae}]
balanitis
1: inflammation of the head of the penis
balanoposthitis
1: inflammation of both the head of the penis and the foreskin
Balanus
1: type genus of the family Balanidae [syn: {genus Balanus}]
Balanus balanoides
1: barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones [syn: {acorn barnacle}, {rock barnacle}]
Balarama
1: elder brother of Krishna; an incarnation of Vishnu
balas
1: a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel [syn: {balas ruby}]
balas ruby
1: a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel [syn: {balas}]
balata
1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls [syn: {gutta balata}] 2: a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: {balata tree}, {beefwood}, {bully tree...
balata tree
1: a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: {balata}, {beefwood}, {bully tree}, {Manilkara bidentata}]
Balaton
1: a large shallow lake in western Hungary [syn: {Lake Balaton}, {Plattensee}]
balboa
1: the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos 2: Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) [syn: {Vasco Nunez de Balboa}]
balbriggan
1: a cotton knit fabric used for underwear
balconied
1: having balconies or a balcony; "the balconied houses of New Orleans" [ant: {unbalconied}]
balcony
1: an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium 2: a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
bald
1: with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie" [syn: {barefaced}] 2: without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills" [syn: {bare}, {denuded}, {denudate}] 3: lacking hai...
bald cypress
1: smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum [syn: {pond cypress}, {Taxodium ascendens}] 2: common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; ...
bald eagle
1: large North American eagle having a white head and dark wings and body [syn: {American eagle}, {Haliaeetus leucocephalus}]
bald-faced hornet
1: North American hornet [syn: {white-faced hornet}, {Vespula maculata}]
bald-headed
1: lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" [syn: {bald}, {bald-pated}]
bald-pated
1: lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" [syn: {bald}, {bald-headed}]
baldachin
1: ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar)
Balder
1: (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth [syn: {Baldr}]
balderdash
1: trivial nonsense [syn: {fiddle-faddle}, {piffle}]
baldhead
1: a person whose head is bald [syn: {baldpate}, {baldy}]
baldly
1: in a bald manner; "this book is, to put it baldly, an uneven work."
baldness
1: the condition of having no hair on the top of the head [syn: {phalacrosis}]
baldpate
1: a person whose head is bald [syn: {baldhead}, {baldy}] 2: American widgeon the male of which has a white crown [syn: {American widgeon}, {Anas americana}]
Baldr
1: (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth [syn: {Balder}]
baldric
1: a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip [syn: {baldrick}]
baldrick
1: a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip [syn: {baldric}]
Baldwin
1: United States author who was an outspoken citic of racism (1924-1987) [syn: {James Baldwin}, {James Arthur Baldwin}] 2: English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947) [syn: {Stanle...
baldy
1: a person whose head is bald [syn: {baldhead}, {baldpate}]
bale
1: a large bundle bound for storage or transport 2: a city in northwestern Switzerland [syn: {Basel}, {Basle}] v : make into a bale; "bale hay"
bale out
1: remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side [syn: {bail out}]
Balearic Islands
1: an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain
baleen
1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: {whalebone}]
baleen whale
1: whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water [syn: {whalebone whale}]
balefire
1: a large outdoor fire [syn: {bonfire}]
baleful
1: deadly or sinister; "the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look" [syn: {baneful}] 2: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his ...
balefully
1: in a baleful manner; "she looked at him balefully"
balefulness
1: the quality or nature of being harmful or evil [syn: {maleficence}, {mischief}] [ant: {beneficence}]
Balenciaga
1: Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972) [syn: {Cristobal Balenciaga}]
Balfour
1: English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930) [syn: {Arthur James Balfour}, {1st Earl of Balfour}]
Bali
1: an island in Indonesia east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts
balibago
1: shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament [syn: {mahoe}, {maja...
Balinese
1: the Indonesian language of the people of Bali
Balistes
1: type genus of the Balistidae [syn: {genus Balistes}]
Balistes vetula
1: tropical Atlantic fish [syn: {queen triggerfish}, {Bessy cerca}, {oldwench}, {oldwife}]
Balistidae
1: triggerfishes [syn: {family Balistidae}]
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