baronet | (noun) a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight | Synonyms: Bart |
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baronetage | (noun) the state of a baronet | - |
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(noun) the collective body of baronets | - |
baronetcy | (noun) the title of a baron | - |
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(noun) the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness | Synonyms: barony |
barong | (noun) a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines | - |
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barony | (noun) the domain of a baron | - |
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(noun) the estate of a baron | - |
(noun) the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness | Synonyms: baronetcy |
baroque | (noun) elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | Synonyms: baroqueness |
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baroqueness | (noun) elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century | Synonyms: baroque |
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baroreceptor | (noun) a sensory receptor that responds to pressure | - |
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barosaur | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaurus |
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barosaurus | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaur |
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barouche | (noun) a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top | - |
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barque | (noun) a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts | Synonyms: bark |
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barrack | (noun) a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel | - |
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barracking | (noun) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | Synonyms: heckling |
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barracouta | (noun) a large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa | Synonyms: snoek |
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barracuda | (noun) any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth | - |
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barrage | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling |
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(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: bombardment, onslaught, outpouring |
barramundi | (noun) a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats | Synonyms: Asian seabass, giant perch, giant seaperch, Lates calcarifer, white seabass |
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barrater | (noun) someone guilty of barratry | Synonyms: barrator |
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barrator | (noun) someone guilty of barratry | Synonyms: barrater |
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barratry | (noun) the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels | - |
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(noun) (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo | - |
(noun) the crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery | - |
(noun) traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments | Synonyms: simony |
barrel | (noun) a cylindrical container that holds liquids | Synonyms: cask |
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(noun) a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired | Synonyms: gun barrel |
(noun) any of various units of capacity | Synonyms: bbl |
(noun) the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | Synonyms: barrelful |
(noun) a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends | Synonyms: drum |
barrelfish | (noun) blackish fish of New England waters | Synonyms: black rudderfish, Hyperglyphe perciformis |
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barrelful | (noun) the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold | Synonyms: barrel |
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barrelhouse | (noun) a cheap drinking and dancing establishment | Synonyms: honky-tonk |
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barrels | (noun) the amount that many barrels might hold | - |
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barren | (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | Synonyms: waste, wasteland |
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barrenness | (noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value | Synonyms: aridity, fruitlessness |
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(noun) the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children | - |
barrenwort | (noun) slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover | Synonyms: bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum |
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barrette | (noun) a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
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barretter | (noun) a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) | Synonyms: ballast, ballast resistor |
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barricade | (noun) a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. | Synonyms: roadblock |
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(noun) a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy | - |
barrier | (noun) a structure or object that impedes free movement | - |
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(noun) any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | Synonyms: roadblock |
(noun) anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access | - |
barring | (noun) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | Synonyms: blackball |
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barrio | (noun) an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country | - |
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(noun) a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) | - |
barrister | (noun) a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution | - |
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barroom | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, ginmill, saloon, taproom |
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barrow | (noun) a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels | Synonyms: garden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow |
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(noun) (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs | Synonyms: burial mound, grave mound, tumulus |
(noun) the quantity that a barrow will hold | Synonyms: barrowful |
barrowful | (noun) the quantity that a barrow will hold | Synonyms: barrow |
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bars | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights | Synonyms: parallel bars |
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bartender | (noun) an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar | Synonyms: barkeep, barkeeper, mixologist |
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barter | (noun) an equal exchange | Synonyms: swap, swop, trade |
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barterer | (noun) a trader who exchanges goods and not money | - |
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bartlett | (noun) juicy yellow pear | Synonyms: bartlett pear |
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bartonia | (noun) annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers | Synonyms: Mentzelia lindleyi |
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barunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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barycenter | (noun) (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve | - |
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barye | (noun) the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter | Synonyms: bar absolute, microbar |
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baryon | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: heavy particle |
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baryta | (noun) any of several compounds of barium | - |
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barytes | (noun) a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium | Synonyms: barite, barium sulphate, heavy spar |
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barytone | (noun) a male singer | Synonyms: baritone |
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basalt | (noun) the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene | - |
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bascule | (noun) a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw) | - |
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base | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: pedestal, stand |
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(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
(noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring | Synonyms: bag |
(noun) (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | - |
(noun) installation from which a military force initiates operations | Synonyms: base of operations |
(noun) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit | - |
(noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: infrastructure |
(noun) the principal ingredient of a mixture | - |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork |
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | Synonyms: radical, root, root word, stem, theme |
(noun) a lower limit | Synonyms: floor |
(noun) (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment | - |
(noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | Synonyms: home |
(noun) the bottom or lowest part | - |
(noun) (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place | Synonyms: radix |
(noun) the most important or necessary part of something | Synonyms: basis |
(noun) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed | - |
(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water | Synonyms: alkali |
(noun) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | Synonyms: nucleotide |
baseball | (noun) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs | Synonyms: ball, baseball game |
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(noun) a ball used in playing baseball | - |
baseboard | (noun) a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor | Synonyms: mopboard, skirting board |
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baseline | (noun) the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases | - |
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(noun) the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line | Synonyms: service line |
(noun) an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared | - |
basement | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: cellar |
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(noun) the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture | - |
baseness | (noun) unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values | Synonyms: contemptibility, despicability, despicableness, sordidness |
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basenji | (noun) small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark | - |
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bash | (noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bang, belt, knock, smash |
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(noun) an uproarious party | Synonyms: brawl, do |
bashfulness | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: abashment |
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basic | (noun) (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant | Synonyms: staple |
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basics | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals |
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(noun) a statement of fundamental facts or principles | Synonyms: rudiments |
basidiocarp | (noun) the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells | - |
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basidiolichen | (noun) a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete | - |
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basidiomycete | (noun) any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota | Synonyms: basidiomycetous fungi |
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basidiospore | (noun) a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium | - |
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basidium | (noun) a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes | - |
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basil | (noun) leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried | Synonyms: sweet basil |
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(noun) any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum | - |
basileus | (noun) a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire | - |
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basilica | (noun) a Roman building used for public administration | Synonyms: Roman basilica |
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(noun) an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges | - |
basilisk | (noun) small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America | - |
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(noun) ancient brass cannon | - |
(noun) (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance | - |
basin | (noun) a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids | - |
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(noun) a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face | Synonyms: lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand |
(noun) the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet | Synonyms: catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed |
(noun) a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it | - |
(noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basinful |
basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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basinful | (noun) the quantity that a basin will hold | Synonyms: basin |
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basis | (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork |
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(noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: footing, ground |
(noun) the most important or necessary part of something | Synonyms: base |
basket | (noun) a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop | Synonyms: field goal |
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(noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: handbasket |
(noun) horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | Synonyms: basketball hoop, hoop |
(noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basketful |
basketball | (noun) a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | Synonyms: basketball game, hoops |
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(noun) an inflated ball used in playing basketball | - |
basketeer | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, cager |
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basketful | (noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basket |
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basketmaker | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketweaver |
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basketry | (noun) the craft of basket making | - |
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basketweaver | (noun) someone skilled in weaving baskets | Synonyms: basketmaker |
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basophil | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophile |
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basophile | (noun) a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | Synonyms: basophil |
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basophilia | (noun) the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes | - |
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bass | (noun) the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments | - |
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(noun) the lowest part of the musical range | - |
(noun) the lowest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: bass voice, basso |
(noun) the lowest part in polyphonic music | Synonyms: bass part |
(noun) an adult male singer with the lowest voice | Synonyms: basso |
(noun) nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes | - |
(noun) any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) | Synonyms: freshwater bass |
(noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae | Synonyms: sea bass |
bassarisk | (noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings | Synonyms: Bassariscus astutus, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail |
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basset | (noun) smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears | Synonyms: basset hound |
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bassine | (noun) coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms | - |
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bassinet | (noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
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(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet | - |
bassist | (noun) a musician who play the bass viol | - |
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basso | (noun) the lowest adult male singing voice | Synonyms: bass, bass voice |
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(noun) an adult male singer with the lowest voice | Synonyms: bass |
bassoon | (noun) a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family | - |
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bassoonist | (noun) a musician who plays the bassoon | - |
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basswood | (noun) any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber | Synonyms: lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree |
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(noun) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork | Synonyms: linden |
bast | (noun) (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes | Synonyms: phloem |
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(noun) strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants | Synonyms: bast fiber |
bastard | (noun) derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin | Synonyms: mongrel |
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(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
(noun) the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents | Synonyms: by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson |