banteng
1: wild ox of the Malay Archipelago [syn: {banting}, {tsine}, {Bos banteng}]
banter
1: light teasing repartee [syn: {raillery}, {give-and-take}, {backchat}] v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {jolly}, {josh}]
bantering
1: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" [syn: {facetious}, {tongue-in-cheek}]
banteringly
1: in a bantering fashion; "he spoke to her banteringly" [syn: {tongue-in-cheek}]
Banti's disease
1: a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis [syn: {Banti's syndrome}]
Banti's syndrome
1: a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis [syn: {Banti's disease}]
Banting
1: Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) [syn: {F. G. Banting}, {Sir Frederick Grant Banting}] 2: wild ox of the Malay Archipelago [...
Bantoid
1: relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu; "Bantoid languages"
Bantoid language
1: a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent [syn: {Bantu}]
Bantu
1: of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture; "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone" n 1: a member of any of a large number of linguistically rela...
Bantu-speaking
1: of or relating to people who speak Bantu; "the Bantu-speaking people of Africa" 2: able to communicate in Bantu
banyan
1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: {banyan tree}, {banian}, {banian tree}, {Indian banyan}, {East Indian fig tree}, {Ficus ben...
banyan tree
1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: {banyan}, {banian}, {banian tree}, {Indian banyan}, {East Indian fig tree}, {Ficus bengalen...
banzai
1: a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph
banzai attack
1: a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' [syn: {banzai charge}]
banzai charge
1: a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' [syn: {banzai attack}]
baobab
1: African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread [syn: {monkey-bread tree}, {Adansonia digitata}]
bap
1: a small loaf or roll of soft bread
Baphia
1: small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar [syn: {genus Baphia}]
Baphia nitida
1: small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye [syn: {camwood}, {African sandalwood}]
baptise
1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: {baptize}, {christen}]
baptised
1: having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism [syn: {baptized}] [ant: {unbaptized}]
Baptisia
1: genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod [syn: {genus Baptisia}]
Baptisia australis
1: wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers [syn: {blue false indigo}]
Baptisia lactea
1: erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States [syn: {white false indigo}]
Baptisia tinctoria
1: much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida [syn: {indigo broom}, {horsefly weed}, {rattle weed}]
baptism
1: a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
baptismal
1: of or relating to baptism; "baptismal font"
baptismal font
1: bowl for baptismal water [syn: {baptistry}, {baptistery}, {font}]
baptismal name
1: the first name given to Christians at birth or christening [syn: {Christian name}]
Baptist
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church; "Baptist baptismal practices"; "a Baptist minister" [syn: {Baptistic}] n : follower of Baptistic doctrines
Baptist Church
1: any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers [syn: {Baptists}]
baptistery
1: bowl for baptismal water [syn: {baptismal font}, {baptistry}, {font}]
Baptistic
1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church; "Baptist baptismal practices"; "a Baptist minister" [syn: {Baptist}]
baptistry
1: bowl for baptismal water [syn: {baptismal font}, {baptistery}, {font}]
Baptists
1: any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers [syn: {Baptist Church}]
baptize
1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: {baptise}, {christen}]
baptized
1: having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism [syn: {baptised}] [ant: {unbaptized}]
bar
1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: {barroom}, {saloon}, {ginmill}, {taproom}] 2: a counter where you can ...
bar absolute
1: the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter [syn: {barye}, {microbar}]
bar billiards
1: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over [syn: {bagatelle}]
bar bit
1: a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal
bar chart
1: a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities [syn: {bar graph}]
bar code
1: code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and regi...
bar exam
1: an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction; "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by ...
bar examination
1: an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction; "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by ...
bar fly
1: a drinker who frequents bars
bar girl
1: a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers [syn: {B-girl}]
bar graph
1: a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities [syn: {bar chart}]
bar hop
1: go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk; "he pub-crawled around Birmingham" [syn: {pub-crawl}]
bar line
1: a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars
bar magnet
1: a magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end
bar mitzvah
1: (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; "a bar mitzvah is an important social event" v : confirm in the ...
bar printer
1: an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs
bar sinister
1: the status of being born to parents who were not married [syn: {bastardy}, {illegitimacy}] 2: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left [syn: {bend sinister}]
bar-room plant
1: evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant [syn: {aspidistra}, {cast-iron plant}, {Aspidistra elatio}]
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Baraka
1: United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934) [syn: {Imamu Amiri Baraka}, {LeRoi Jones}]
baranduki
1: terrestrial Siberian squirrel [syn: {baronduki}, {barunduki}, {burunduki}, {Eutamius asiaticus}, {Eutamius sibiricus}]
Barany
1: Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936) [syn: {Robert Barany}]
barb
1: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chanc...
barbacan
1: a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) [syn: {barbican}]
Barbadian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants; "a Barabdos vacation" n : a native or inhabitant of Barbados
Barbados
1: a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area 2: easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles north of Venezuela
barbados cherry
1: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries [syn: {acerola}, {Surinam cherry}, {West Indian cherry}, {Malpighia glabra}] 2: acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a t...
Barbados gooseberry
1: West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits [syn: {Barbados-gooseberry vine}, {Pereskia aculeata}] 2: smal...
Barbados maidenhair
1: named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered [syn: {Farley maidenhair}, {Farley maidenhair fern}, {glory fern}, {Adiantum tenerum farleyense}]
Barbados pride
1: East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental [syn: {coralwood}, {coral-wood}, {red sandalwood}, {peacock flower fence}, {Adenanthera pavonina}]
Barbados-gooseberry vine
1: West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits [syn: {Barbados gooseberry}, {Pereskia aculeata}]
Barbara Hepworth
1: British sculptor (1902-1975) [syn: {Hepworth}, {Dame Barbara Hepworth}]
Barbara Tuchman
1: United States historian (1912-1989) [syn: {Tuchman}, {Barbara Wertheim Tuchman}]
Barbara Ward
1: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: {Ward}, {Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth}]
Barbarea
1: biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress [syn: {genus Barbarea}]
Barbarea praecox
1: of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida [syn: {Belle Isle cress}, {early winter cress}, {land cress}, {American cress}, {American watercress}, {Barbarea verna}]
Barbarea verna
1: of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida [syn: {Belle Isle cress}, {early winter cress}, {land cress}, {American cress}, {American watercress}, {Barbarea praecox}]
Barbarea vulgaris
1: noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium [syn: {yellow rocket}, {rockcress}, {rocket cress}, {Sisymbrium barbarea}]
barbarian
1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribe...
barbaric
1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribe...
barbarisation
1: an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized [syn: {barbarization}]
barbarise
1: become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language [syn: {barbarize}] 2: make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" [syn: {barbarize}]
barbarism
1: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: {brutality}, {barbarity}, {savagery}]
barbarity
1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: {atrocity}, {atrociousness}, {barbarousness}, {heinousness}] 2: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: {brutality}, {barbarism}, {savagery}]
barbarization
1: an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized [syn: {barbarisation}]
barbarize
1: become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language [syn: {barbarise}] 2: make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" [syn: {barbarise}]
Barbarossa
1: Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190) [syn: {Frederick I}, {Frederick Barbarossa}] 2: Barbary pirate (died in 1546) [sy...
barbarous
1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap";...
barbarously
1: in a barbarous manner; "they were barbarously murdered"
barbarousness
1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn: {atrocity}, {atrociousness}, {barbarity}, {heinousness}]
Barbary
1: a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries
Barbary ape
1: tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar [syn: {Macaca sylvana}]
Barbary Coast
1: a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of 1849); "we'll tolerate no Bar...
Barbary sheep
1: wild sheep of northern Africa [syn: {aoudad}, {arui}, {audad}, {maned sheep}, {Ammotragus lervia}]
barbasco
1: West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood [syn: {joewood}, {Jacquinia keyensis}]
barbate
1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: {bearded}, {bewhiskered}, {whiskered}, {whiskery}]
barbecue
1: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce [syn: {barbeque}] 2: a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn...
barbecue pit
1: a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat
barbecue sauce
1: spicy sweet and sour sauce usually based on catsup or chili sauce
barbecued
1: cooked over an outdoor grill [syn: {grilled}]
barbecuing
1: roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
barbed
1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {biting}, {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}] 2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines ...
barbed wire
1: strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
barbel
1: slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish [syn: {feeler}]
barbell
1: a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
barbellate
1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {br...
barbeque
1: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce [syn: {barbecue}] 2: a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit [syn...
Barber
1: United States composer (1910-1981) [syn: {Samuel Barber}] 2: a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade v : perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
barber chair
1: a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers
barber's itch
1: fungal infection of the face and neck [syn: {tinea barbae}]
barberry
1: any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
barberry family
1: shrubs or herbs [syn: {Berberidaceae}, {family Berberidaceae}]
barbershop
1: a shop where men can get their hair cut
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