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

Bay of Biscay
noun an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain

Bay of Fundy
noun a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet

Bay of Naples
noun an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea at Naples

bay rum
noun an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum

bay scallop
noun muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops

Bay Stater
noun a native or resident of Massachusetts

bay willow
laurel willow noun European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States

bay window
bow window noun a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house

bay-leaved caper
Capparis flexuosa noun shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America

bay-rum tree
Jamaica bayberry noun West Indian tree; source of bay rum

baya
Ploceus philippinus noun common Indian weaverbird

Bayard
Seigneur de Bayard noun French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

bayat
noun an oath of allegiance to an emir

bayberry
Jamaica bayberry noun West Indian tree; source of bay rum

bayberry wax
bayberry tallow noun a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles

Bayes
Thomas Bayes noun English mathematician for whom Bayes` theorem is named (1702-1761)

Bayes` postulate
noun (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes` theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)

Bayes` theorem
noun (statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the conditional probability of the outcome of each cause

Bayesian
adjective of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes` theorem

bayonet
noun a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

Bayonne
noun a city in northeastern New Jersey

Bayonne Bridge
noun a steel arch bridge connecting New Jersey and Staten Island at Bayonne, New Jersey

bayou
noun a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

bazaar
bazar noun a shop where a variety of goods are sold

bazooka
noun a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon

BB
BB shot noun a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun

BB gun
noun an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air

BC
B.C. adverb before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; `in 200 BC`

BCE
B.C.E. adverb of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians; `in 200 BCE`

bdellium
noun aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh

be
verb spend or use time; `I may be an hour`

be
verb have life, be alive; `Our great leader is no more`; `My grandfather lived until the end of war`

be active
verb be in a state of action; `she is always moving`

be after
verb have the will and intention to carry out some action; `He plans to be in graduate school next year`; `The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion`

be due
flow from verb be the result of

be full
verb be sated, have enough to eat; `I`m full--don`t give me any more beans, please`

be given
verb have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; `She tends to be nervous before her lectures`; `These dresses run small`; `He inclined to corpulence`

be on
verb appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; `The news won`t be on tonight`

be well
verb be healthy; feel good; `She has not been well lately`

be-all and end-all
be all and end all noun the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; `profit is the be-all and end-all of business`

beach
noun an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

beach ball
beachball noun large and light ball; for play at the seaside

beach erosion
noun the erosion of beaches

beach flea
sand hopper noun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

beach grass
noun tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores

beach heather
poverty grass noun small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America

beach house
noun a house built on or near a beach

beach pancake
Abronia maritima noun plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico

beach pea
sea pea noun wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder

beach plum
noun small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies

beach sand verbena
pink sand verbena noun prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California

beach strawberry
Chilean strawberry noun wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries

beach towel
noun very large towel to dry yourself after swimming

beach wagon
station wagon noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

beach wormwood
old woman noun herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant

beachcomber
noun a vagrant living on a beach

beached
high-and-dry(p) adjective on a beach

beachfront
noun a strip of land running along a beach

beachhead
noun a bridgehead on the enemy`s shoreline seized by an amphibious operation; `the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead`

beachwear
noun clothing to be worn at a beach

beachy
beachlike adjective (of a shore or shoreline) having an extensive gently sloping area covered with sand or gravel or shingle down to the water line

beacon
beacon fire noun a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

beacon
beacon light noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

Beacon Hill
noun a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building

bead
noun a small ball with a hole through the middle

bead tree
jumby bean noun small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots

beaded
beady adjective covered with beads or jewels or sequins

beaded lizard
Mexican beaded lizard noun lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico

beading
bead 1 beadwork noun a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

beading plane
noun a plane with a concave blade for making moulding with beadwork

beadle
noun a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services

Beadle
George Wells Beadle noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)

beads
string of beads noun several beads threaded together on a string

beadsman
bedesman noun a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another

beady
beadlike adjective small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; `bright beady eyes`; `black buttony eyes`

beady-eyed
adjective having eyes that gleam with malice

beagle
noun a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound

beagling
noun hunting rabbits with beagles

beak
bill noun horny projecting mouth of a bird

beaked
adjective having or resembling a beak

beaked hazelnut
Corylus cornuta noun hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts

beaked salmon
sandfish 2 Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus noun fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

beaked whale
noun any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw

beaker
noun a cup (usually without a handle)

beakless
adjective not having a beak or bill

beaklike
adjective resembling the beak of a bird; `a grizzled man with a beaklike nose`

beam
noun (nautical) breadth amidships

beam
noun a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

beam balance
noun a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm

beam-ends
noun (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; `on her beam-ends` means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical

beaming
beamy adjective radiating or as if radiating light; `the beaming sun`; `the effulgent daffodils`; `a radiant sunrise`; `a refulgent sunset`

beamish
smiling(a) adjective smiling with happiness or optimism; `Come to my arms, my beamish boy!`- Lewis Carroll; `a room of smiling faces`; `a round red twinkly Santa Claus`

beamy
adjective broad in the beam; `a beamy cargo ship`

bean
edible bean noun any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food

bean aphid
Aphis fabae noun blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

bean caper
Syrian bean caper noun perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers

bean counter
noun an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures

bean curd
tofu noun cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk

bean dip
noun a dip made of cooked beans

bean sprout
noun any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans