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

bathtub
bathing tub noun a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body

bathtub gin
noun homemade gin especially that made illegally

bathyal
adjective relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope)

Bathyergidae
family Bathyergidae noun mole rats; sand rats

Bathyergus
genus Bathyergus noun mole rats

bathymeter
bathometer noun an instrument that measures the depth of water

bathymetric
bathymetrical adjective of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes

bathymetry
plumbing noun measuring the depths of the oceans

bathyscaphe
bathyscaph noun navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration

bathysphere
noun spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration

Batidaceae
family Batidaceae noun family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts

batik
noun a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted

Batis
genus Batis noun small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs

Batis maritima
noun low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

batiste
noun a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses

batman
noun an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

Batna
noun a town in north central Algeria

baton
noun a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

Baton Rouge
capital of Louisiana noun capital of Louisiana

baton twirler
noun someone who twirls a baton

Batrachoididae
family Batrachoididae noun toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes

batrachomyomachia
noun a silly altercation

Batrachoseps
genus Batrachoseps noun slender salamanders

battalion
noun an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies

batten
noun a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

batten
verb furnish with battens; `batten ships`

batten down
verb furnish with battens; `batten ships`

batter
noun a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon

batter
verb make a dent or impression in; `dinge a soft hat`

batter`s box
noun an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at bat

batter-fried
adjective fried in batter

battered
beat-up adjective damaged by blows or hard usage; `a battered old car`; `the beaten-up old Ford`

battering
banging noun the act of subjecting to strong attack

battering ram
noun a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings

battery
assault and battery noun an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

battery
noun a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores

battery acid
electrolyte acid noun dilute sulfuric acid used in storage batteries

battery-powered
adjective powered by one or more electric batteries; `a battery-powered radio`

batting
noun stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

batting average
noun (baseball) the percentage of times a batter gets a hit; number of base hits divided by the number of times at bat

batting cage
noun a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

batting coach
noun (baseball) someone who teaches batters how to bat better

batting glove
noun a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat

batting helmet
noun a helmet worn by the batter in baseball

batting order
card 3 lineup noun (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; `the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate`

battle
noun a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; `Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga`; `he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement`

battle cruiser
noun a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower

battle damage
combat casualty noun loss of military equipment in battle

battle dress
noun a military uniform designed for field service

battle fatigue
combat fatigue noun a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

battle flag
noun a flag that leads troops into battle

battle fleet
noun a fleet of warships prepared for battle

battle group
noun an army unit usually consisting of five companies

battle line
noun the line along which warring troops meet

Battle of Britain
noun the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it

Battle of Kerbala
noun a battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed; `the Battle of Kerbala is the basis for the Ta`ziyehs that are performed annually`

battle of Marathon
noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

Battle of Puebla
noun a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862

Battle of the Ardennes Bulge
Battle of the Bulge noun a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise

Battle of the Marne
Belleau Wood noun a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918

Battle of the Spanish Armada
noun in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England

Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island noun in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines

battle of wits
noun a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used

battle of Ypres
noun battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery

battle plan
noun plan for conducting a battle

battle sight
battlesight noun an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges

battle-ax
battle-axe noun a broadax used as a weapon

battle-scarred
adjective scarred by battle

battledore
battledore and shuttlecock noun an ancient racket game

battlefield
battleground noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; `they made a tour of Civil War battlefields`

battlefront
front 1 front line noun the line along which opposing armies face each other

battleful
bellicose adjective having or showing a ready disposition to fight; `bellicose young officers`; `a combative impulse`; `a contentious nature`

battlement
crenelation noun a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns

battlemented
adjective protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through

battleship
battlewagon noun large and heavily armoured warship

battue
noun a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

batwing
adjective formed or shaped like a bat`s wing; `a dress with batwing sleeves`

bauble
noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester

baud
baud rate noun (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems

Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire noun a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)

Bauhaus
noun a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918

Bauhinia
genus Bauhinia noun mountain ebony, orchid tree

Bauhinia monandra
noun shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple

Baum
Frank Baum noun United States writer of children`s books (1856-1919)

bauxite
noun a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst

bauxitic
adjective resembling or containing bauxite

Bavaria
noun a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory

Bavarian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people; `Bavarian beer`

Bavarian blue
noun blue cheese of Bavaria

Bavarian cream
noun a rich custard set with gelatin

bawbee
noun an old Scottish coin of little value

bawdily
adverb in a bawdy manner

bawdry
bawdy noun lewd or obscene talk or writing; `it was smoking-room bawdry`; `they published a collection of Elizabethan bawdy`

bawdy
off-color adjective humorously vulgar; `bawdy songs`; `off-color jokes`; `ribald language`

bawl
bellow verb shout loudly and without restraint

bawling
noun loud cries made while weeping

bay
adjective (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

bay leaf
noun dried leaf of the bay laurel

bay myrtle
puckerbush noun evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles

Bay of Bengal
noun an arm of the Indian Ocean east of India