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Babyish
Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
Bachelry
The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
Backs
Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
Badderlocks
A large black seaweed () sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called , , and .
ballerina
A female ballet dancer.
Band
To bind or tie with a band.
Barfish
Same as .
Barter
The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
Baubling
See .
Bay ice
See under .
Beam
To emit beams of light.
Beambird
A small European flycatcher (), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.
Beater
One who, or that which, beats.
Bedewy
Moist with dew; dewy.
Beholdingness
The state of being obliged or beholden.
Belly
That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
Bellyache
to complain, especially in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe.
Beneme
To deprive (), or take away ().
Bereavement
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.
Beslubber
To beslobber.
Besort
Befitting associates or attendants.
Bestially
In a bestial manner.
Bestraddle
To bestride.
Betongue
To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Beware
To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.
Bewitchment
The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.
Biblicist
One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.
Bichromatize
To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; .
Binous
Same as .
Birthright
Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.
Bitt
To put round the bitts; .
Bivalve
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called . The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca.
Blackball
A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.
Blaze
A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.
Blemishless
Without blemish; spotless.
Blitheful
Gay; full of gayety; joyous.
Blocage
The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
Bloodthirsty
Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous; having a bloodlust.
Blue-eye
The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
blurred
out of focus; not sharply defined.
Boar
The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
Board
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
Bodyguard
A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.
Bolstered
Supported; upheld.
Bombax
A genus of trees, called also the ; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
Bombproof
Secure against the explosive force of bombs.
Bonito
A large tropical fish () allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.
Book
A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
Boreas
The north wind; -- usually a personification.
Bossy
Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Bottlescrew
A corkscrew.
Bowbell
One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.
Boxing
The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring; pugilism.
Boyle's law
See under .
brassard
an armor plate that protects the arm.
Breakfast
The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.
Breastpin
A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.
Breathful
Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.
Bristletail
An insect of the genera , , etc., belonging to the Thysanura.
Broadcast
to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.
Broad Church
A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied to other bodies of men holding liberal or comprehensive views of Christian doctrine and fellowship.
Brob
A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
Broomstick
A stick used as a handle of a broom.
Brotulidae
a natural family of chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the .
Broussonetia
a genus of shade trees including the () of East Asia.
bruised
suffering from emotional injury; .
Buccinoid
Resembling the genus , or pertaining to the , a family of marine univalve shells. See , and .
Bucentaur
A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.
Buckle
A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
Bug
to ; to bother or pester.
Bullantic
Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls.
Bunko
A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic.
Buprestidan
One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
Burmannia
the type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth.
burp
to same as ; .
Burthen
See .
Bushet
A small bush.
Butterine
A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.
buttoned
furnished with buttons or something buttonlike. Opposite of .
Buz
See .