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| Bailpiece | | (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a ... |
| Bailys beads | | () A row of bright spots observed in connection ... |
| Bain | | (n.) A bath; a bagnio. ... |
| Bain-marie | | (n.) A vessel for holding hot water in which ... |
| Bairam | | (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which ... |
| Bairam | | (n.) Either of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one ... |
| Bairn | | (n.) A child. ... |
| Baisemains | | (n. pl.) Respects; compliments. ... |
| Bait | | (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching ... |
| Bait | | (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. ... |
| Bait | | (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as ... |
| Bait | | (v. i.) A light or hasty luncheon. ... |
| Bait | | (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass ... |
| Bait | | (v. t.) To give a portion of food and ... |
| Bait | | (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as ... |
| Bait | | (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of ... |
| Bait | | (v. i.) To flap the wings; to flutter as ... |
| Baited | | (imp. & p. p.) of Bait ... |
| Baiter | | (n.) One who baits; a tormentor. ... |
| Baiting | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bait ... |
| Baize | | (n.) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; ... |
| Bajocco | | (n.) A small copper coin formerly current in the ... |
| Bake | | (v. t.) To prepare, as food, by cooking in ... |
| Bake | | (v. t.) To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting ... |
| Bake | | (v. t.) To harden by cold. ... |
| Bake | | (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; ... |
| Bake | | (v. i.) To be baked; to become dry and ... |
| Bake | | (n.) The process, or result, of baking. ... |
| Baked | | (imp. & p. p.) of Bake ... |
| Baked-meat | | (n.) A pie; baked food. ... |
| Bakehouse | | (v. t.) A house for baking; a bakery. ... |
| Bakemeat | | (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat ... |
| Baken | | () p. p. of Bake. ... |
| Baker | | (v. i.) One whose business it is to bake ... |
| Baker | | (v. i.) A portable oven in which baking is ... |
| Baker-legged | | (a.) Having legs that bend inward at the knees. ... |
| Bakery | | (n.) The trade of a baker. ... |
| Bakery | | (n.) The place for baking bread; a bakehouse. ... |
| Baking | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bake ... |
| Baking | | (n.) The act or process of cooking in an ... |
| Baking | | (n.) The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, ... |
| Bakingly | | (adv.) In a hot or baking manner. ... |
| Bakistre | | (n.) A baker. ... |
| Baksheesh | | (n.) Alt. of Bakshish ... |
| Bakshish | | (n.) Same as Backsheesh. ... |
| Balaam | | (n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill ... |
| Balachong | | (n.) A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, ... |
| Balaenoidea | | (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right ... |
| Balance | | (n.) An apparatus for weighing. ... |
| Balance | | (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate. ... |
| Balance | | (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. ... |
| Balance | | (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even ... |
| Balance | | (n.) An equality between the sums total of the ... |
| Balance | | (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or ... |
| Balance | | (n.) The constellation Libra. ... |
| Balance | | (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, ... |
| Balance | | (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To make the sums of the debits and ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; ... |
| Balance | | (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower ... |
| Balance | | (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; ... |
| Balance | | (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of ... |
| Balance | | (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, ... |
| Balance wheel | | () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses ... |
| Balance wheel | | () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches ... |
| Balance wheel | | () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements ... |
| Balanceable | | (a.) Such as can be balanced. ... |
| Balanced | | (imp. & p. p.) of Balance ... |
| Balancement | | (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; ... |
| Balancer | | (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance. ... |
| Balancer | | (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing. ... |
| Balancereef | | (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken ... |
| Balancing | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Balance ... |
| Balaniferous | | (a.) Bearing or producing acorns. ... |
| Balanite | | (n.) A fossil balanoid shell. ... |
| balanitis | | ... |
| Balanoglossus | | (n.) A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria. ... |
| Balanoid | | (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group ... |
| balanoposthitis | | ... |
| balantidiasis | | ... |
| Balas ruby | | () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale ... |
| Balata | | (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). ... |
| Balata | | (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky ... |
| Balaustine | | (n.) The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of ... |
| Balayeuse | | (n.) A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk ... |
| Balbucinate | | (v. i.) To stammer. ... |
| Balbutiate | | (v. i.) Alt. of Balbucinate ... |
| Balbuties | | (n.) The defect of stammering; also, a kind of ... |
| Balcon | | (n.) A balcony. ... |
| Balconied | | (a.) Having balconies. ... |
| Balconies | | (pl. ) of Balcony ... |
| Balcony | | (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a ... |
| Balcony | | (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal. ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Undisguised. ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean. ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Destitute of the natural covering. ... |
| Bald | | (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; ... |
| Bald eagle | | () The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The ... |
| Bald-faced | | (a.) Having a white face or a white mark ... |
| Baldachin | | (n.) A rich brocade; baudekin. ... |
| Baldachin | | (n.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes ... |
| Baldachin | | (n.) A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in ... |
| Balder | | (n.) The most beautiful and beloved of the gods; ... |
| Balderdash | | (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. ... |
| Balderdash | | (n.) Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash. ... |
| Balderdash | | (v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors. ... |
| Baldhead | | (n.) A person whose head is bald. ... |
| Baldhead | | (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon. ... |
| Baldheaded | | (a.) Having a bald head. ... |
| Baldly | | (adv.) Nakedly; without reserve; inelegantly. ... |
| Baldness | | (n.) The state or condition of being bald; as, ... |
| Baldpate | | (n.) A baldheaded person. ... |
| Baldpate | | (n.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana). ... |
| Baldpate | | (a.) Alt. of Baldpated ... |
| Baldpated | | (a.) Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. ... |
| Baldrib | | (n.) A piece of pork cut lower down than ... |
| Baldric | | (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over ... |
| Baldwin | | (n.) A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple. ... |
| Bale | | (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a ... |
| Bale | | (v. t.) To make up in a bale. ... |
| Bale | | (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade. ... |
| Bale | | (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow. ... |
| Bale | | (n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great ... |
| Balearic | | (a.) Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, ... |
| Baled | | (imp. & p. p.) of Bale ... |
| Baleen | | (n.) Plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to ... |
| Balefire | | (n.) A signal fire; an alarm fire. ... |
| Baleful | | (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive. ... |
| Baleful | | (a.) Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. ... |
| Balefully | | (adv.) In a baleful manner; perniciously. ... |
| Balefulness | | (n.) The quality or state of being baleful. ... |
| Baling | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bale ... |
| Balisaur | | (n.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris). ... |
| Balister | | (n.) A crossbow. ... |
| Balistoid | | (a.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of ... |
| Balistraria | | (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows ... |
| Balize | | (n.) A pole or a frame raised as a ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) A ridge of land left unplowed between ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) One of the beams connecting the successive ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check. ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure. ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) A deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as ... |
| Balk | | (v. t.) To leave or make balks in. ... |
| Balk | | (v. t.) To leave heaped up; to heap up ... |
| Balk | | (v. t.) To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. ... |
| Balk | | (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; ... |
| Balk | | (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) To engage in contradiction; to be in ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; ... |
| Balk | | (v. i.) To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or ... |
| Balked | | (imp. & p. p.) of Balk ... |
| Balker | | (n.) One who, or that which balks. ... |
| Balker | | (n.) A person who stands on a rock or ... |
| Balking | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Balk ... |
| Balkingly | | (adv.) In a manner to balk or frustrate. ... |
| Balkish | | (a.) Uneven; ridgy. ... |
| Balky | | (a.) Apt to balk; as, a balky horse. ... |
| Ball | | (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A general name for games in which a ... |
| Ball | | (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A roundish protuberant portion of some part of ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A large pill, a form in which medicine ... |
| Ball | | (n.) The globe or earth. ... |
| Ball | | (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the ... |
| Ball | | (v. t.) To heat in a furnace and form ... |
| Ball | | (v. t.) To form or wind into a ball; ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A social assembly for the purpose of dancing. ... |
| Ball | | (n.) A pitched ball, not struck at by the ... |
| Ball-flower | | (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a ... |
| Ballad | | (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for ... |
| Ballad | | (v. i.) To make or sing ballads. ... |
| Ballad | | (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads. ... |
| Ballad monger | | () A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. ... |
| Ballade | | (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in ... |
| Ballader | | (n.) A writer of ballads. ... |
| Balladry | | (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. ... |
| Ballahoo | | (n.) Alt. of Ballahou ... |
| Ballahou | | (n.) A fast-sailing schooner, used in the Bermudas and ... |
| Ballarag | | (v. i.) To bully; to threaten. ... |
| Ballast | | (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put ... |
| Ballast | | (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of ... |
| Ballast | | (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed ... |
| Ballast | | (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, ... |
| Ballast | | (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, ... |
| Ballast | | (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting ... |
| Ballast | | (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of ... |
| Ballast | | (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally. ... |
| Ballastage | | (n.) A toll paid for the privilege of taking ... |
| Ballasted | | (imp. & p. p.) of Ballast ... |
| Ballasting | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballast ... |
| Ballasting | | (n.) That which is used for steadying anything; ballast. ... |
| Ballatry | | (n.) See Balladry. ... |
| Balled | | (imp. & p. p.) of Ball ... |
| Ballet | | (n.) An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, ... |
| Ballet | | (n.) The company of persons who perform the ballet. ... |
| Ballet | | (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a ... |
| Ballet | | (n.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one ... |
| Balling | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ball ... |
| Ballist/ | | (pl. ) of Ballista ... |
| Ballista | | (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of ... |
| Ballister | | (n.) A crossbow. ... |
| Ballistic | | (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to ... |
| Ballistic | | (a.) Pertaining to projection, or to a projectile. ... |
| Ballistics | | (n.) The science or art of hurling missile weapons ... |
| Ballistite | | (n.) A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble ... |
| Ballium | | (n.) See Bailey. ... |
| Balloon | | (n.) A bag made of silk or other light ... |
| Balloon | | (n.) A ball or globe on the top of ... |
| Balloon | | (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, ... |
| Balloon | | (n.) A bomb or shell. ... |
| Balloon | | (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball. ... |
| Balloon | | (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from ... |
| Balloon | | (v. t.) To take up in, or as if ... |
| Balloon | | (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a ... |
| Balloon | | (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a ... |
| Balloon fish | | () A fish of the genus Diodon or the ... |
| Ballooned | | (a.) Swelled out like a balloon. ... |
| Ballooner | | (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an ... |
| Ballooning | | (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or ... |
| Ballooning | | (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of ... |
| Ballooning spider | | () A spider which has the habit of rising ... |
| Balloonist | | (n.) An aeronaut. ... |
| Balloonry | | (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a ... |
| Ballot | | (n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: ... |
| Ballot | | (n.) The act of voting by balls or written ... |
| Ballot | | (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an ... |
| Ballot | | (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ... |
| Ballot | | (v. t.) To vote for or in opposition to. ... |
| Ballotade | | (v. i.) A leap of a horse, as between ... |
| Ballotage | | (n.) In France, a second ballot taken after an ... |
| Ballotation | | (n.) Voting by ballot. ... |
| Balloted | | (imp. & p. p.) of Ballot ... |
| Balloter | | (n.) One who votes by ballot. ... |
| Ballotin | | (n.) An officer who has charge of a ballot ... |
| Balloting | | (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ballot ... |
| ballottable | | ... |
| ballottement | | ... |
| Ballow | | (n.) A cudgel. ... |
| Ballproof | | (a.) Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms. ... |
| Ballroom | | (n.) A room for balls or dancing. ... |
| Balm | | (n.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa. ... |
| Balm | | (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees ... |
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