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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

barberry
noun any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries

barbershop
noun a shop where men can get their hair cut

barbershop quartet
noun an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony

Barberton daisy
Transvaal daisy noun widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays

barbet
noun small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings

barbette
noun (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet

barbette carriage
noun a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet

barbican
barbacan noun a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)

barbital
veronal noun a barbiturate used as a hypnotic

barbiturate
noun organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal

barbituric acid
malonylurea noun a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs

barbu
Polydactylus virginicus noun found along western Atlantic coast

Barbuda
noun an island in Antigua and Barbuda

barcarole
barcarolle noun a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers

Barcelona
noun a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs

bard
noun an ornamental caparison for a horse

Bardeen
John Bardeen noun United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)

bardic
adjective being a bard or relating to a bard`s poetry; `bardic poetry`

bardolatry
noun the idolization of William Shakespeare

bare
au naturel(p) adjective completely unclothed; `bare bodies`; `naked from the waist up`; `a nude model`

bare bone
noun bone stripped of flesh

bare bones
noun (plural) the most basic facts or elements; `he told us only the bare bones of the story`

bare-assed
bare-ass adjective (used informally) completely unclothed

bare-breasted
braless adjective having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity; `topless waitresses`; `a topless cabaret`

bare(a)
marginal adjective just barely adequate or within a lower limit; `a bare majority`; `a marginal victory`

bareback
barebacked adjective riding without a saddle; `a bareback rider`

bareboat
noun a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions

bareboating
noun boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions; `we saved money by bareboating`

barefoot
barefooted adjective without shoes; `the barefoot boy`; `shoeless Joe Jackson`

barefooted
barefoot adverb without shoes on; `he chased her barefoot across the meadow`

barehanded
adjective with bare hands; `fought barehanded`

bareheaded
bared adjective having the head uncovered; `caught bareheaded by the downpour`; `with bared head`

barelegged
adjective having the legs uncovered by clothing; `barelegged children on the beach`

barely
hardly adverb by a small margin; `they could barely hear the speaker`; `we hardly knew them`; `just missed being hit`; `had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open`; `would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave`- W.B.Yeats

bareness
starkness noun an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; `I was struck by the starkness of my father`s room`

Barents Sea
noun the part of the Arctic Ocean north of Norway and Russia

bargain
deal noun an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; `he made a bargain with the devil`; `he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals`

bargain
steal noun an advantageous purchase; `she got a bargain at the auction`; `the stock was a real buy at that price`

bargain hunter
noun a shopper who hunts for bargains

bargain rate
cheapness noun a price below the standard price

bargain-priced
adjective costing less than standard price; `buying bargain-priced clothes for the children`; `cut-rate goods`

bargaining
noun the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

bargaining chip
noun leverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiations

barge
flatboat noun a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

barge in
crash verb enter uninvited; informal; `let`s crash the party!`

barge pole
noun a long pole used to propel or guide a barge; `I wouldn`t touch it with a barge pole`

bargello
flame stitch noun needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines

Bari
noun capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast

baric
adjective of or relating to or containing barium

barilla
noun Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate

baritone
adjective lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; `a baritone voice`; `baritone oboe`

barium
Ba noun a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

barium dioxide
barium peroxide noun a white toxic powder obtained by heating barium oxide in air

barium enema
noun contrast medium is injected into the rectum and x-rays are taken to search for lesions

barium hydroxide
noun white poisonous crystals; made by dissolving barium oxide in water

barium monoxide
barium oxide noun an oxide of barium; a whitish toxic powder

barium sulphate
barium sulfate noun a white insoluble radiopaque powder used as a pigment

bark
noun the sound made by a dog

bark beetle
noun small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils

bark-louse
bark louse noun any of several insects living on the bark of plants

barker
noun someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers

barking frog
robber frog 2 Hylactophryne augusti noun of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog`s bark

Barkley
Alben Barkley noun United States politician and lawyer; vice president of the United States (1877-1956)

barky
adjective resembling the rough bark of a tree; `the rattlesnake`s barky scales`

barley
barleycorn noun a grain of barley

barley grass
wall barley noun European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows

barley water
noun used to feed infants

barley-sugar
barley candy noun a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar

barleycorn
noun a grain of barley

barmaid
noun a female bartender

barmbrack
noun a rich currant cake or bun

barn
noun an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals

barn dance
noun a dance party featuring country dancing

barn door
noun the large sliding door of a barn

barn owl
Tyto alba noun mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control

barn spider
Araneus cavaticus noun an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; `the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White`s book `Charlotte`s Web``

barn swallow
chimney swallow 1 Hirundo rustica noun common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.

Barnaby`s thistle
yellow star-thistle noun European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States

barnacle
cerripede noun marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

barnacle goose
barnacle 2 Branta leucopsis noun European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

barnacled
adjective covered with barnacles; `the barnacled hull of a wrecked ship`

barnburner
noun a impressively successful event; `the rock concert was a real barnburner`

barndoor
noun an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas

barndoor skate
Raja laevis noun one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook

barnful
noun the quantity that a barn will hold

barnstorm
verb tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; `The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month`

barnstormer
stunt flier noun a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting

barnstormer
play-actor noun an actor who travels around the country presenting plays

Barnum
P. T. Barnum noun United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)

barnyard
noun a yard adjoining a barn

barnyard grass
barn grass noun a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing

barograph
noun a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure

barographic
adjective relating to or registered by a barograph

barometer
noun an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

barometric
barometrical adjective relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer; `barometric pressure`

barometric pressure
noun atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer

baron
noun a British peer of the lowest rank

baron
business leader noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman; `an oil baron`

Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt noun German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)

baronduki
baranduki noun terrestrial Siberian squirrel