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Back
To move or go backward; .
Bagwig
A wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.
Baldhead
A person whose head is bald.
Balister
A crossbow.
Balneatory
Belonging to a bath.
Bangladeshi
A native or inhabitant of Bangladesh.
Bannock
A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.
Basil
The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
Batten
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
Bawdily
Obscenely; lewdly.
Beaupere
A father.
Bega
See .
Beget
To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.
Begone
Go away; depart; get you gone.
Belgravian
Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.
Bellarmine
A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also , .
Benefit society
A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called in Great Britain.
Benshee
See .
Berattle
To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down.
Bercy
a sauce prepared from butter creamed with white wine, shallots, parsley and fish stock; -- also called .
Beseem
To seem; to appear; to be fitting.
Bessemer steel
Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry , an English engineer, the inventor of the process.
Beta rays
a form of ionizing radiation emitted by radioactive substances (such as radium), more penetrating than alpha rays, and consisting of negatively charged electrons. The electrons are the same kind of particle as those of cathode rays, but have much higher velocities (about 35,000 to 180,000 miles per second). They are readily deflected by a magnetic or electric field.
Better
To improve or ameliorate; to increase the good qualities of.
Betterment
A making better; amendment; improvement.
Bewailment
The act of bewailing.
Biconcave
Concave on both sides; .
Bicorporal
Having two bodies.
Bigam
A bigamist.
Billow
A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.
Binocularly
In a binocular manner.
biogenic
produced by living organisms; .
biomedicine
The application of the principles and techniques of the natural sciences, especially biology, to investigate and solve problems in clinical medicine.
Biquadratic
A biquadrate.
Bishoply
Bishoplike; episcopal.
Bishop sleeve
A wide sleeve, once worn by women.
Bit
The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
Bitstock
A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.
Blirt
A gust of wind and rain.
Blissful
Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.
Bloomingness
A blooming condition.
Blue jay
The common jay of the United States (). The predominant color is bright blue.
Blunge
To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay.
Boaster
A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
bookable
subject to being reserved or booked.
Bookful
As much as will fill a book; a book full.
Boomdas
A small African hyracoid mammal () resembling the daman.
Boot
Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
bounds
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; .
Bowless
Destitute of a bow.
Bowtel
See .
Boxing
The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring; pugilism.
Brachioganoid
One of the Brachioganoidei.
Bragger
One who brags; a boaster.
Bramah press
A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph of London. See under .
Branchy
Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.
Brass-visaged
Impudent; bold.
Breakable
Capable of being broken.
Breastpin
A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.
Brickle
Brittle; easily broken.
Brindle
The state of being brindled.
Broad-horned
Having horns spreading widely.
Brusk
Same as .
Buck
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.
Buckskin
The skin of a buck.
Bull Moose
A follower of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912; -- a sense said to have originated from a remark made by Roosevelt on a certain occasion that he felt like a bull moose.
bungaloid
of or pertaining to a bungalow; similar to a bungalow.
Bunker
To drive (the ball) into a bunker.
Burden
That which is borne or carried; a load.
Burrel fly
The botfly or gadfly of cattle (). See .
Bury
To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; .
By-interest
Self-interest; private advantage.