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

baroness
noun a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron

baronet
Bart noun a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; `since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.`

baronetage
noun the collective body of baronets

baronetcy
noun the title of a baron

baronetize
baronetise verb confer baronetcy upon; `He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country`

barong
noun a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines

baronial
imposing adjective impressive in appearance; `a baronial mansion`; `an imposing residence`; `a noble tree`; `severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses`; `stately columns`

barony
noun the domain of a baron

baroque
churrigueresque adjective having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; `the building...frantically baroque`-William Dean Howells

baroreceptor
noun a sensory receptor that responds to pressure

barosaur
barosaurus noun a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall

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

barrack
noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel

barrack
verb urge on or encourage especially by shouts; `The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers`

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

barrage
barrage fire noun the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; `they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops`; `the shelling went on for hours without pausing`

barrage balloon
noun an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low

barrage jam
verb jam an entire frequency spectrum; `During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West`

barrage jamming
noun electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously

barramunda
barramundi noun large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins

Barranquilla
noun a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River

barrator
barrater noun someone guilty of barratry

barratry
noun the offence of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels

barred
bolted adjective firmly fastened or secured against opening; `windows and doors were all fast`; `a locked closet`; `left the house properly secured`

barred owl
Strix varia noun large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown

barrel
cask noun a cylindrical container that holds liquids

barrel
noun a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired

barrel knot
blood knot noun a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times

barrel maker
noun a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs

barrel organ
grind organ noun a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

barrel roll
noun a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course

barrel vault
noun the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch

barrel-shaped
adjective having the general shape of a barrel

barreled
barrelled adjective (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends

barrelfish
black rudderfish noun blackish fish of New England waters

barrelful
noun the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold

barrelhouse
honky-tonk noun a cheap drinking and dancing establishment

barrels
noun the amount that many barrels might hold

barren
destitute adjective completely wanting or lacking; `writing barren of insight`; `young recruits destitute of experience`; `a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness`; `a life empty of happiness`; `innocent of literary merit`; `void of understanding`

barren ground caribou
Rangifer arcticus noun of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus

barrenness
noun the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children

barrenwort
bishop`s hat noun slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover

barrette
noun a pin for holding women`s hair in place

barricade
block verb render unsuitable for passage; `block the way`; `barricade the streets`; `stop the busy road`

barricaded
barred adjective preventing entry or exit or a course of action; `a barricaded street`; `barred doors`; `the blockaded harbor`

Barrie
James Barrie noun Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937)

barrier
noun a structure or object that impedes free movement

barrier island
noun a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore

barrier reef
noun a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

barring
blackball noun the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

barrio
noun an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country

barrister
noun a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law

barroom
bar 4 saloon noun a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; `he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar`

barrow
barrowful noun the quantity that a barrow will hold

barrow
lawn cart noun a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

Barrow`s goldeneye
Bucephala islandica noun North American goldeneye diving duck

Barrymore
Maurice Barrymore noun United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)

Barstow
noun a town in southeastern California

bartender
barman noun an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar

barter
swap noun an equal exchange; `we had no money so we had to live by barter`

barter away
verb trade in in a bartering transaction

barterer
noun a trader who exchanges goods and not money

Barth
noun Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)

Barthelme
Donald Barthelme noun United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)

Bartholdi
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi noun French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor

Bartholin
Caspar Bartholin noun Danish physician who discovered Bartholin`s gland (1585-1629)

Bartholin`s gland
noun either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper`s gland in the male

Bartle Frere
genus Bartle-Frere noun a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur`; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named

Bartlesville
noun a town in northeastern Oklahoma

bartlett
bartlett pear noun juicy yellow pear

Bartlett
Robert Abram Bartlett noun United States explorer who accompanied Peary`s expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)

Bartok
Bela Bartok noun Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945)

bartonia
Mentzelia lindleyi noun annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers

Bartram Juneberry
Amelanchier bartramiana noun open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits

Bartramia
genus Bartramia noun a genus of Scolopacidae

Baruch
Book of Baruch noun an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch

Baruch
Bernard Mannes Baruch noun economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965)

barycenter
noun (astronomy) the common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve

barye
bar absolute noun the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter

baryon
heavy particle 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

baryon number
noun a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions

baryta
noun any of several compounds of barium

barytic
adjective of or relating to or containing baryta

bas relief
low relief noun a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut

basal
base adjective serving as or forming a base; `the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats`

basal body temperature
basal temperature noun body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything

basal ganglion
noun any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement

basal metabolic rate
BMR noun the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state

basal metabolism
noun the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state

basal placentation
noun where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary

basal vein
vena basalis noun a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein

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

basaltic
adjective of or relating to or containing basalt; `basaltic magma is fluid`

bascule
noun a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

base
baseborn adjective illegitimate

base
noun installation from which a military force initiates operations; `the attack wiped out our forward bases`

base hit
safety noun (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

base metal
noun a metal that is common and not considered precious; `lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals`

base of operations
noun installation from which a military force initiates operations; `the attack wiped out our forward bases`

base on balls
noun (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls; `he worked the pitcher for a base on balls`