balsa | (noun) forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts | Synonyms: Ochroma lagopus |
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(noun) strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats | Synonyms: balsa wood |
balsam | (noun) an ointment containing a fragrant resin | - |
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(noun) any seed plant yielding balsam | - |
(noun) any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes | - |
balsamic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam | Synonyms: balsamy |
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balsamroot | (noun) a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots | - |
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balsamy | (adjective) of or relating to or containing balsam | Synonyms: balsamic |
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baluster | (noun) one of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing | - |
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balusters | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balustrade, banister, bannister, handrail |
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balustrade | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, banister, bannister, handrail |
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bam | (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bang, blast, clap, eruption |
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bambino | (noun) a young child who is just beginning to walk | Synonyms: toddler, tot, yearling |
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bamboo | (noun) woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture | - |
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(noun) the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles | - |
bamboozle | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
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ban | (noun) a decree that prohibits something | Synonyms: prohibition, proscription |
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(noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: banning, forbiddance, forbidding |
(noun) 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania | - |
(noun) 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova | - |
(noun) a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. | Synonyms: dit, Hart, hartley |
(verb) prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure | - |
(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: censor |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: banish |
banal | (adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
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banality | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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banana | (noun) elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh | - |
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(noun) any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits | Synonyms: banana tree |
banausic | (adjective) (formal) ordinary and not refined | - |
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band | (noun) a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) | - |
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(noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: banding, stripe |
(noun) a restraint put around something to hold it together | - |
(noun) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger | Synonyms: ring |
(noun) a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) | Synonyms: ring |
(noun) a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration | - |
(noun) a driving belt in machinery | - |
(noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: banding, stria, striation |
(noun) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure | Synonyms: isthmus |
(noun) a range of frequencies between two limits | - |
(noun) instrumentalists not including string players | - |
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: circle, lot, set |
(noun) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing | Synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra |
(verb) bind or tie together, as with a band | - |
(verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: ring |
bandage | (noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body | Synonyms: patch |
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(verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
bandaged | (adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage | Synonyms: bound |
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bandaging | (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: binding, dressing |
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bandana | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandanna |
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bandanna | (noun) large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief | Synonyms: bandana |
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bandbox | (noun) a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats) | - |
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bandeau | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bra, brassiere |
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banded | (adjective) identified with a band especially around a leg | - |
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(adjective) characterized by a band of especially white around the body | - |
(adjective) marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture | - |
bandelet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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banderilla | (noun) a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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banderillero | (noun) the bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight | - |
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bandicoot | (noun) any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous | - |
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banding | (noun) an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material | Synonyms: band, stripe |
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(noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | Synonyms: band, stria, striation |
bandit | (noun) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | Synonyms: brigand |
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banditry | (noun) the practice of plundering in gangs | - |
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bandleader | (noun) the leader of a dance band | - |
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bandlet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, square and rabbet |
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bandmaster | (noun) the conductor of a band | - |
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bandoleer | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandolier |
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bandolier | (noun) a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers | Synonyms: bandoleer |
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bandoneon | (noun) a type of concertina popular in South America | - |
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bandsaw | (noun) an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels | Synonyms: band saw |
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bandsman | (noun) a player in a band (especially a military band) | - |
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bandstand | (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: outdoor stage, stand |
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bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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bandwagon | (noun) a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band | - |
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(noun) a popular trend that attracts growing support | - |
bandwidth | (noun) a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel | - |
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bandy | (adjective) have legs that curve outward at the knees | Synonyms: bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged |
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(verb) discuss lightly | Synonyms: kick around |
(verb) exchange blows | - |
(verb) toss or strike a ball back and forth | - |
bandyleg | (noun) a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee) | Synonyms: bandy leg, bow leg, bowleg, genu varum, tibia vara |
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bane | (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: curse, nemesis, scourge |
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baneberry | (noun) a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries | Synonyms: cohosh, herb Christopher |
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(noun) a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea | - |
baneful | (adjective) deadly or sinister | Synonyms: baleful |
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(adjective) exceedingly harmful | Synonyms: deadly, pernicious, pestilent |
banefully | (adverb) in a noxiously baneful way | Synonyms: perniciously |
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bang | (noun) a conspicuous success | Synonyms: hit, smash, smasher, strike |
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(noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: fringe |
(noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, blast, clap, eruption |
(noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bash, belt, knock, smash |
(noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill |
(adverb) directly | Synonyms: bolt, slap, slapdash, smack |
(verb) strike violently | Synonyms: slam |
(verb) close violently | Synonyms: slam |
(verb) leap, jerk, bang | Synonyms: spang |
(verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
(verb) move noisily | - |
(verb) to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound | - |
banger | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: cracker, firecracker |
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(noun) (British informal) pork sausage | - |
banging | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping |
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(noun) the act of subjecting to strong attack | Synonyms: battering |
(noun) a continuing very loud noise | - |
bangle | (noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | Synonyms: bauble, fallal, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket |
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(noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bracelet |
bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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banian | (noun) a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | Synonyms: banyan |
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(noun) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks | Synonyms: banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan |
banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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(verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
banister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, bannister, handrail |
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banjo | (noun) a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body | - |
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bank | (noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) | - |
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(noun) a building in which the business of banking is transacted | Synonyms: bank building |
(noun) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home | Synonyms: coin bank, money box, savings bank |
(noun) a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | Synonyms: banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution |
(noun) an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers | - |
(noun) a long ridge or pile | - |
(noun) sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) | - |
(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: camber, cant |
(noun) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) | - |
(noun) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games | - |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) enclose with a bank | - |
(verb) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning | - |
(verb) tip laterally | - |
(verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: deposit |
(verb) be in the banking business | - |
(verb) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | - |
(verb) act as the banker in a game or in gambling | - |
bankable | (adjective) acceptable to or at a bank | - |
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(adjective) guaranteed to bring a profit | - |
bankbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: passbook |
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banker | (noun) a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank | - |
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(noun) the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game | - |
banking | (noun) transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc. | - |
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(noun) engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. | - |
banknote | (noun) a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Synonyms: bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, bill, Federal Reserve note, government note, greenback, note |
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bankroll | (noun) a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | Synonyms: roll |
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(verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance | - |
bankrupt | (adjective) financially ruined | Synonyms: belly-up |
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(noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: insolvent |
(verb) reduce to bankruptcy | Synonyms: break, ruin, smash |
bankruptcy | (noun) a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent | - |
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(noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: failure |
(noun) a state of complete lack of some abstract property | - |
banksia | (noun) any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds | - |
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banned | (adjective) forbidden by law | Synonyms: prohibited |
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banner | (adjective) unusually good; outstanding | - |
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(noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising | Synonyms: streamer |
(noun) any distinctive flag | Synonyms: standard |
(noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page | Synonyms: streamer |
banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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bannerlike | (adverb) like a banner | - |
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banning | (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding |
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bannister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail |
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bannock | (noun) a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland | - |
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banns | (noun) a public announcement of a proposed marriage | - |
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banquet | (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: feast, spread |
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(noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: feast |
(verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: feast, junket |
(verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: feast, junket |
banqueting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: feasting |
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banquette | (noun) an upholstered bench | - |
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banshee | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshie |
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banshie | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshee |
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bantam | (adjective) very small | Synonyms: diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny |
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(noun) any of various small breeds of fowl | - |
bantamweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the flyweight division and lighter than those in the featherweight division. | - |
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(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds | - |
(noun) weighs 115-126 pounds | - |
banteng | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banting, Bos banteng, tsine |
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banter | (noun) light teasing repartee | Synonyms: backchat, give-and-take, raillery |
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(verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: chaff, jolly, josh, kid |
bantering | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: facetious, tongue-in-cheek |
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banteringly | (adverb) in a bantering fashion | Synonyms: tongue-in-cheek |
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banting | (noun) wild ox of the Malay Archipelago | Synonyms: banteng, Bos banteng, tsine |
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banyan | (noun) a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India | Synonyms: banian |
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(noun) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks | Synonyms: banian, banian tree, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan |
banzai | (noun) a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph | - |
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baobab | (noun) African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread | Synonyms: Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree |
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bap | (noun) a small loaf or roll of soft bread | - |
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baptise | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptize, christen |
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baptised | (adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: baptized |
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baptism | (noun) a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth | - |
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baptismal | (adjective) of or relating to baptism | - |
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