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

basketball team
five noun a team that plays basketball

basketry
noun the craft of basket making

basketweaver
basketmaker noun someone skilled in weaving baskets

basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus noun large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface

basophil
basophile noun a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains

basophilia
noun the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes; `cytoplasmic basophilia`

basophilic
adjective staining readily with basic dyes

Basotho
noun a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho

Basque
noun the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language

Basque Homeland and Freedom
Basque Fatherland and Liberty noun a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create on independent homeland in Spain`s western Pyrenees; `in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials`

Basra
Basia noun the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq

bass
deep adjective having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; `a deep voice`; `a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice`; `a bass clarinet`

bass
noun the lowest part in polyphonic music

bass clarinet
noun a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet

bass clef
F clef noun a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff

bass drum
gran casa noun a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch

bass fiddle
bass viol 1 bull fiddle noun largest and lowest member of the violin family

bass guitar
noun the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch

bass horn
sousaphone noun the lowest brass wind instrument

bass part
noun the lowest part in polyphonic music

Bassariscidae
subfamily Bassariscidae noun in some classifications considered a separate family

Bassariscus
genus Bassariscus noun cacomistles

bassarisk
cacomistle noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

Basse-Normandie
Lower-Normandy noun a division of Normandy

basset
basset hound noun smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears

basset horn
noun a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet

Basseterre
noun the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher

Bassia
genus Bassia noun summer cypress

bassine
noun coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms

bassinet
noun a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby`s bed

bassist
noun a musician who play the bass viol

basso profundo
noun a very deep bass voice

bassoon
noun a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

bassoonist
noun a musician who plays the bassoon

Bast
noun cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun

bast
noun strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants

bast fiber
noun strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants

bastard
mongrel noun derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; `the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic`

bastard
love child noun the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

bastard feverfew
Parthenium hysterophorus noun tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States

bastard indigo
Tephrosia purpurea noun East Indian shrub

bastard indigo
noun an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

bastard lignum vitae
Guaiacum sanctum noun small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood

bastard pennyroyal
Trichostema dichotomum noun aromatic plant of the eastern United States

bastard toadflax
Comandra pallida noun woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers

bastard wing
alula noun tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird`s wing

bastardization
noun declaring or rendering bastard; `the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children`

bastardize
bastardise verb declare a child to be illegitimate

bastardized
bastardised adjective deriving from more than one source or style

bastardly
mean adjective of no value or worth; `I was caught in the bastardly traffic`

bastardy
illegitimacy noun the status of being born to parents who were not married

baste
basting noun loose temporary stitches

baste
verb strike violently and repeatedly; `She clobbered the man who tried to attack her`

baster
noun a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat

bastille
noun a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)

Bastille Day
14 July noun a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789

bastinado
noun a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

bastion
noun a group that defends a principle; `a bastion against corruption`; `the last bastion of communism`

bastion
noun a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

bastioned
fortified adjective secured with bastions or fortifications

bastnasite
bastnaesite noun a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements

basuco
noun low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis

bat
noun a club used for hitting a ball in various games

bat
clobber verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; `We licked the other team on Sunday!`

bat boy
noun (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment

bat mitzvah
bath mitzvah noun (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility

Bata
noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

Bataan
Corregidor noun the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945

batch
clutch noun a collection of things or persons to be handled together

batch processing
noun the serial execution of computer programs

bate
verb soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; `bate hides and skins`

bated
adjective diminished or moderated; `our bated enthusiasm`; `his bated hopes`

batfish
noun bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins

batfowl
verb catch birds by temporarily blinding them

bath
noun you soak and wash your body in a bathtub; `he has a good bath every morning`

bath
verb clean one`s body by immersion into water; `The child should bathe every day`

bath asparagus
Prussian asparagus noun Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots

bath chair
noun a wheelchair usually pushed by an attendant, as at a spa

bath linen
noun linens for use in the bathroom

bath mat
noun a heavy towel or mat to stand on while drying yourself after a bath

bath oil
noun a scented oil added to your bath water

bath salts
noun a preparation that softens or scents a bath

bath towel
noun a large towel; to dry yourself after a bath

bath water
noun water used for a bath

bathe
noun the act of swimming; `the Englishman said he had a good bathe`

bathe
verb clean one`s body by immersion into water; `The child should bathe every day`

bathetic
drippy adjective effusively or insincerely emotional; `a bathetic novel`; `maudlin expressions of sympathy`; `mushy effusiveness`; `a schmaltzy song`; `sentimental soap operas`; `slushy poetry`

bathhouse
noun a building containing public baths

bathhouse
noun a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

bathing
noun immersing the body in water or sunshine

bathing cap
swimming cap noun a tight-fitting cap that keeps hair dry while swimming

bathing machine
noun a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

batholith
batholite noun large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth

batholithic
batholitic adjective of or relating to a batholith

bathos
noun triteness or triviality of style

bathrobe
noun a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim

bathroom
noun a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet

bathroom cleaner
noun a preparation for cleaning bathrooms

bathroom fixture
noun any fixture in a bathroom

Bathsheba
noun (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of King David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)