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Back
To move or go backward; .
Badly
In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
Bakingly
In a hot or baking manner.
Balbuties
The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation.
Balkish
Uneven; ridgy.
Bantling
A young or small child; an infant.
Bantu
A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with , , , , , variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix , as in , or , itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable , a person; or as in .
Baptize
To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
Barbette
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
Bare
Bore; the old preterit of ,
Baroko
A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negatives.
Bashful
Abashed; daunted; dismayed.
Basi-
A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate or ; ; , branchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; cranial, situated at the base of the cranium; facial, temporal, etc.
Bass viol
A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d , , and .
Battology
A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Beauxite
See .
Bejaundice
To infect with jaundice.
Believing
That believes; having belief.
bellboy
someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
Beslobber
To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to with praise.
bevatron
a particle accelerator which is capable of accelerating protons up to 6 gigaeletron volts.
Bewailer
One who bewails or laments.
Bhunder
An Indian monkey (), protected by the Hindus as sacred. See .
Bibcock
A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.
Bid
of .
Bindery
A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.
Bindingly
So as to bind.
biogenic
produced by living organisms; .
Biography
The written history of a person's life.
biomedical engineering
The application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also .
Bipeltate
Having a shell or covering like a double shield.
Birdling
A little bird; a nestling.
bitching
complaining; griping.
Bittersweet
Anything which is bittersweet.
blate
to of sheep, goats, or calves.
Blaze
To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.
Blemish
Any mark of deformity or injury, whether physical or moral; anything that diminishes beauty, or renders imperfect that which is otherwise well formed; that which impairs reputation.
Blench
To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder.
blip
a spot of light on a radar screen, showing the position of a reflecting surface, such as an airplane or ship.
Bodied
Having a body; -- usually in composition; .
boffo
highly successful; superbly well done.
Boletus
A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.
Bon
Good; valid as security for something.
Bowhead
The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (). See , and .
Bowler
A derby hat.
Bow net
A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
Bracketing
A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
Brage
the Norse god of poetry and music; a son of Odin.
Brent
Burnt.
Brewis
Broth or pottage.
Brief
Briefly.
Bromoform
A colorless liquid, , having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chloroform in its effects.
bronc
an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
Brown race
The Malay or Polynesian race; -- loosely so called.
buffalo soldier
A black soldier of the United States army who served in the American west in the late 1800's, often as an indian fighter, and usually as part of an all-black troop; -- the name was given by the indians due to their their kinky hair, and the name was believed also to be a compliment on their courage.
Bull
Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
Bulldog
Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; .
Burgage
A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft.
Burgundy
An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
Burl
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Burrstone
See .
Butt joint
A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st , 8.
Byssoid
Byssaceous.