| babelike
|
(adjective) like a baby especially in dependence |
- |
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| baboonish
|
(adjective) resembling a baboon |
- |
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| babyish
|
(adjective) characteristic of a baby |
- |
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| baccate
|
(adjective) producing or bearing berries |
Synonyms:
bacciferous,
berried |
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| (adjective) resembling a berry |
Synonyms:
berrylike |
| bacchanal
|
(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
Synonyms:
orgiastic,
carousing,
bacchanalian,
bacchic |
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| bacchanalian
|
(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
Synonyms:
orgiastic,
carousing,
bacchanal,
bacchic |
|---|
| bacchantic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler |
- |
|---|
| bacchic
|
(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
Synonyms:
orgiastic,
carousing,
bacchanal,
bacchanalian |
|---|
| bacciferous
|
(adjective) producing or bearing berries |
Synonyms:
baccate,
berried |
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| baccivorous
|
(adjective) feeding on berries |
- |
|---|
| bacillar
|
(adjective) formed like a bacillus |
Synonyms:
rod-shaped,
bacillary,
bacilliform,
baculiform |
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| (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli |
Synonyms:
bacillary |
| bacillary
|
(adjective) formed like a bacillus |
Synonyms:
rod-shaped,
bacillar,
bacilliform,
baculiform |
|---|
| (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli |
Synonyms:
bacillar |
| bacilliform
|
(adjective) formed like a bacillus |
Synonyms:
rod-shaped,
bacillar,
bacillary,
baculiform |
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| back
|
(adjective) related to or located at the back |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal |
Synonyms:
hind,
hinder |
| (adjective) of an earlier date |
- |
| backbreaking
|
(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort |
Synonyms:
hard,
heavy,
punishing,
operose,
grueling,
gruelling,
arduous,
toilsome,
laborious |
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| backed
|
(adjective) having a back or backing, usually of a specified type |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light |
- |
| backhand
|
(adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke |
Synonyms:
backhanded |
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| (adjective) (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward |
Synonyms:
left-slanting |
| backhanded
|
(adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke |
Synonyms:
backhand |
|---|
| (adjective) roundabout or ambiguous |
- |
| backless
|
(adjective) lacking a back |
- |
|---|
| backmost
|
(adjective) located farthest to the rear |
Synonyms:
rearmost,
hindermost,
hindmost |
|---|
| backstage
|
(adjective) concealed from public view or attention |
Synonyms:
offstage |
|---|
| backstair
|
(adjective) secret and sly or sordid |
Synonyms:
backstairs,
furtive |
|---|
| backstairs
|
(adjective) secret and sly or sordid |
Synonyms:
backstair,
furtive |
|---|
| backswept
|
(adjective) used of hair |
Synonyms:
sweptback |
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| backward
|
(adjective) directed or facing toward the back or rear |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature |
- |
| (adjective) retarded in intellectual development |
Synonyms:
half-witted,
slow-witted,
feebleminded |
| (adjective) having made less than normal progress |
- |
| bacteremic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or having bacteremia |
- |
|---|
| bacterial
|
(adjective) relating to or caused by bacteria |
- |
|---|
| bactericidal
|
(adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms |
Synonyms:
disinfectant,
germicidal |
|---|
| bacterioid
|
(adjective) resembling bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacterioidal,
bacteroid,
bacteroidal |
|---|
| bacterioidal
|
(adjective) resembling bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacterioid,
bacteroid,
bacteroidal |
|---|
| bacteriologic
|
(adjective) of or relating to bacteriology |
Synonyms:
bacteriological |
|---|
| bacteriological
|
(adjective) of or relating to bacteriology |
Synonyms:
bacteriologic |
|---|
| bacteriolytic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis |
- |
|---|
| bacteriophagic
|
(adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages |
Synonyms:
bacteriophagous |
|---|
| bacteriophagous
|
(adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages |
Synonyms:
bacteriophagic |
|---|
| bacteriostatic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis |
- |
|---|
| bacteroid
|
(adjective) resembling bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacterioid,
bacterioidal,
bacteroidal |
|---|
| bacteroidal
|
(adjective) resembling bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacterioid,
bacterioidal,
bacteroid |
|---|
| baculiform
|
(adjective) formed like a bacillus |
Synonyms:
rod-shaped,
bacillar,
bacillary,
bacilliform |
|---|
| bad
|
(adjective) having undesirable or negative qualities |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone |
Synonyms:
regretful,
sorry |
| (adjective) serious or severe |
Synonyms:
big |
| (adjective) feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') |
Synonyms:
tough |
| (adjective) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition |
Synonyms:
spoiled,
spoilt |
| (adjective) not capable of being collected |
Synonyms:
uncollectible |
| (adjective) below average in quality or performance |
- |
| (adjective) nonstandard |
- |
| (adjective) not financially safe or secure |
Synonyms:
risky,
high-risk,
speculative |
| (adjective) physically unsound or diseased |
Synonyms:
unfit,
unsound |
| (adjective) capable of harming |
- |
| (adjective) characterized by wickedness or immorality |
- |
| (adjective) reproduced fraudulently |
Synonyms:
forged |
| (adjective) not working properly |
Synonyms:
defective |
| badass
|
(adjective) being impressive due to extreme attitude or style |
- |
|---|
| baffled
|
(adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment |
Synonyms:
mazed,
mixed-up,
confounded,
confused,
at sea,
befuddled,
bemused,
bewildered,
lost |
|---|
| baffling
|
(adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |
Synonyms:
problematic,
problematical,
knotty,
elusive,
tough |
|---|
| baggy
|
(adjective) not fitting closely; hanging loosely |
Synonyms:
sloppy,
loose-fitting |
|---|
| bailable
|
(adjective) admitting of bail |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) eligible for bail |
- |
| baked
|
(adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight |
Synonyms:
parched,
scorched,
sunbaked,
adust |
|---|
| (adjective) (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven) |
- |
| baking
|
(adjective) as hot as if in an oven |
Synonyms:
baking hot |
|---|
| balanced
|
(adjective) being in a state of proper equilibrium |
- |
|---|
| balconied
|
(adjective) having balconies or a balcony |
- |
|---|
| bald
|
(adjective) with no effort to conceal |
Synonyms:
barefaced |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking hair on all or most of the scalp |
Synonyms:
bald-headed,
bald-pated |
| (adjective) without the natural or usual covering |
Synonyms:
denudate,
denuded |
| balding
|
(adjective) getting bald |
- |
|---|
| baleful
|
(adjective) deadly or sinister |
Synonyms:
baneful |
|---|
| (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
Synonyms:
menacing,
minacious,
minatory,
ominous,
sinister,
forbidding,
threatening |
| balking
|
(adjective) refusing to proceed, act or work |
Synonyms:
balky |
|---|
| balky
|
(adjective) refusing to proceed, act or work |
Synonyms:
balking |
|---|
| balletic
|
(adjective) characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet |
- |
|---|
| ballistic
|
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity |
- |
|---|
| bally
|
(adjective) informal intensifiers |
Synonyms:
crashing,
blinking,
bloody,
blooming,
flaming,
fucking |
|---|
| balmy
|
(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular |
Synonyms:
round the bend,
nuts,
nutty,
haywire,
daft,
dotty,
kookie,
kooky,
wacky,
whacky,
cracked,
crackers,
around the bend,
barmy,
bats,
batty,
bonkers,
buggy,
fruity,
loco,
loony,
loopy |
|---|
| (adjective) mild and pleasant |
Synonyms:
mild,
soft |
| balsamic
|
(adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam |
Synonyms:
balsamy |
|---|
| balsamy
|
(adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam |
Synonyms:
balsamic |
|---|
| banal
|
(adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |
Synonyms:
hackneyed,
old-hat,
well-worn,
shopworn,
stock,
commonplace,
threadbare,
timeworn,
tired,
trite |
|---|
| banausic
|
(adjective) (formal) ordinary and not refined |
- |
|---|
| bandaged
|
(adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage |
Synonyms:
bound |
|---|
| banded
|
(adjective) identified with a band especially around a leg |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture |
- |
| (adjective) characterized by a band of especially white around the body |
- |
| bandy
|
(adjective) have legs that curve outward at the knees |
Synonyms:
bandy-legged,
bowed,
bowleg,
bowlegged |
|---|
| baneful
|
(adjective) exceedingly harmful |
Synonyms:
deadly,
pernicious,
pestilent |
|---|
| (adjective) deadly or sinister |
Synonyms:
baleful |
| banging
|
(adjective) (used informally) very large |
Synonyms:
humongous,
walloping,
whopping,
thumping |
|---|
| bankable
|
(adjective) guaranteed to bring a profit |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) acceptable to or at a bank |
- |
| bankrupt
|
(adjective) financially ruined |
Synonyms:
belly-up |
|---|
| banned
|
(adjective) forbidden by law |
Synonyms:
prohibited |
|---|
| banner
|
(adjective) unusually good; outstanding |
- |
|---|
| bantam
|
(adjective) very small |
Synonyms:
midget,
diminutive,
petite,
flyspeck,
tiny,
lilliputian |
|---|
| bantering
|
(adjective) cleverly amusing in tone |
Synonyms:
facetious,
tongue-in-cheek |
|---|
| baptised
|
(adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism |
Synonyms:
baptized |
|---|
| baptismal
|
(adjective) of or relating to baptism |
- |
|---|
| baptized
|
(adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism |
Synonyms:
baptised |
|---|
| barbarian
|
(adjective) without civilizing influences |
Synonyms:
uncivilised,
uncivilized,
wild,
savage,
barbaric |
|---|
| barbaric
|
(adjective) without civilizing influences |
Synonyms:
uncivilised,
uncivilized,
wild,
savage,
barbarian |
|---|
| (adjective) unrestrained and crudely rich |
- |
| barbarous
|
(adjective) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
Synonyms:
roughshod,
savage,
vicious,
cruel,
brutal,
fell |
|---|
| (adjective) primitive in customs and culture |
- |
| barbate
|
(adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin |
Synonyms:
whiskered,
whiskery,
bearded,
bewhiskered |
|---|
| barbecued
|
(adjective) cooked over an outdoor grill |
Synonyms:
grilled |
|---|
| barbed
|
(adjective) capable of wounding |
Synonyms:
nipping,
mordacious,
pungent,
biting |
|---|
| (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
Synonyms:
prickly,
setaceous,
setose,
spiny,
barbellate,
briary,
briery,
bristled,
bristly,
burred,
burry,
thorny |
| barbellate
|
(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
Synonyms:
prickly,
setaceous,
setose,
spiny,
barbed,
briary,
briery,
bristled,
bristly,
burred,
burry,
thorny |
|---|
| bardic
|
(adjective) being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry |
- |
|---|
| bare
|
(adjective) not having a protective covering |
Synonyms:
unsheathed |
|---|
| (adjective) lacking its natural or customary covering |
- |
| (adjective) having no clothes on the body |
Synonyms:
naked,
nude,
au naturel |
| (adjective) lacking in magnitude or quantity |
Synonyms:
scanty,
spare |
| (adjective) just barely adequate or within a lower limit |
Synonyms:
marginal |
| (adjective) apart from anything else; without additions or modifications |
Synonyms:
mere,
simple |
| (adjective) lacking a surface finish such as paint |
Synonyms:
unfinished |
| (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance |
Synonyms:
desolate,
stark,
barren,
bleak |
| (adjective) having everything extraneous removed including contents |
Synonyms:
stripped |
| (adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation |
Synonyms:
unembellished,
unornamented,
plain,
spare |
| bareback
|
(adjective) riding without a saddle |
Synonyms:
barebacked |
|---|
| barebacked
|
(adjective) riding without a saddle |
Synonyms:
bareback |
|---|
| bared
|
(adjective) having the head uncovered |
Synonyms:
bareheaded |
|---|
| barefaced
|
(adjective) with no effort to conceal |
Synonyms:
bald |
|---|
| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety |
Synonyms:
insolent,
audacious,
bald-faced,
bodacious,
brassy,
brazen,
brazen-faced |
| barefoot
|
(adjective) without shoes |
Synonyms:
shoeless,
barefooted |
|---|
| barefooted
|
(adjective) without shoes |
Synonyms:
shoeless,
barefoot |
|---|
| barehanded
|
(adjective) with bare hands |
- |
|---|
| bareheaded
|
(adjective) having the head uncovered |
Synonyms:
bared |
|---|
| barelegged
|
(adjective) having the legs uncovered by clothing |
- |
|---|
| baric
|
(adjective) of or relating to or containing barium |
- |
|---|
| baritone
|
(adjective) lower in range than tenor and higher than bass |
- |
|---|
| barky
|
(adjective) resembling the rough bark of a tree |
- |
|---|
| barmy
|
(adjective) marked by spirited enjoyment |
Synonyms:
zestful,
zesty,
yeasty |
|---|
| (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular |
Synonyms:
round the bend,
nuts,
nutty,
haywire,
daft,
dotty,
kookie,
kooky,
wacky,
whacky,
cracked,
crackers,
around the bend,
balmy,
bats,
batty,
bonkers,
buggy,
fruity,
loco,
loony,
loopy |
| barographic
|
(adjective) relating to or registered by a barograph |
- |
|---|
| barometric
|
(adjective) relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer |
Synonyms:
barometrical |
|---|