1: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn: {type B}, {group B}] 2: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil [syn...

1: battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube

1: a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that in...

1: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins [syn: {B-complex vitamin}, {vitamin B complex}, {vitamin B}, {B vitamin}, {B}]

1: immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils [syn: {B-horizon}]

1: a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that in...

1: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins [syn: {B-complex vitamin}, {B complex}, {vitamin B complex}, {vitamin B}, {B}]

1: United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber

1: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins [syn: {B complex}, {vitamin B complex}, {vitamin B}, {B vitamin}, {B}]

1: the ordinary clarinet with a middle range [syn: {licorice stick}]

1: a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers [syn: {bar girl}]

1: immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils [syn: {B horizon}]

1: exceedingly short-lived meson

1: United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) [syn: {King}, {Riley B King}]

1: United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) [syn: {Skinner}, {Fred Skinner}, {Burrhus Frederic Skinner}]

1: before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC" [syn: {BC}, {before Christ}]

1: malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe [syn: {body odor}, {body odour}]

1: a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour [syn: {kilowatt hour}, {kW-hr}, {Board of Trade unit}]

1: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories [syn: {British thermal unit}, {BTU}]

1: a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite [syn: {barium}, {atomic number 56}] 2: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {Bachelor of Arts}, {Artium Baccalau...

1: the cry made by sheep v : cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: {bleat}, {blate}, {blat}]

1: child's word for a sheep or lamb

1: a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977

1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god

1: the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu [syn: {Marduk}, {Merodach}, {Bel-Merodach}]

1: South African term for `boss'

1: a small cake leavened with yeast

1: a baba soaked in rum [syn: {rum baba}]

1: fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil [syn: {babassu oil}]

1: an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children

1: tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn: {babassu palm}, {coco de macao}, {Orbignya phalerata}, {Orbignya spesiosa}, {Or...

1: hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm

1: fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil [syn: {babacu oil}]

1: tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory [syn: {babassu}, {coco de macao}, {Orbignya phalerata}, {Orbignya spesiosa}, {Orbigny...

1: an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; an anti-friction lining for bearings [syn: {Babbitt metal}] v : line with a Babbitt metal

1: an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; an anti-friction lining for bearings [syn: {babbitt}]

1: lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal

1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: {babbling}, {lallation}] v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attentio...

1: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {spill the beans}, {let the cat out of the bag}, {talk}, {tattle}, {blab}, {peach}, {babble}, {sing}, {blab out...

1: an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker [syn: {chatterer}, {prater}, {chatterbox}, {magpie}, {spouter}] 2: any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some cl...

1: talking idly or incoherently; "blithering (or blathering) idiot"; "jabbering children"; "gabbling housewives"; "a babbling hospital inmate" [syn: {blathering}, {blithering}, {jabbering}] 2: continu...

1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?" [syn: {baby}, {infant}]

1: outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) [syn: {Zaharias}, {Babe Zaharias}, {Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias}]

1: United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) [syn: {Ruth}, {George Herman Ruth}, {Sultan of Swat}]

1: outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) [syn: {Zaharias}, {Didrikson}, {Babe Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias}]

1: a confusion of voices and other sounds 2: (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their langu...

1: like a baby especially in dependence; "babelike innocence and dependence"

1: piroplasms and cattle pathogens [syn: {family Babesiidae}]

{baby}

1: European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America [syn: {bird's foot trefoil}, {bird's foot clover}, {bacon and eggs}, {Lotus corniculatus}]

1: tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers [syn: {baby's breath}, {Gypsophila paniculata}]

1: extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cor...

1: extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cor...

1: extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cor...

1: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: {babirusa}, {babirussa}, {Babyrousa Babyrussa}]

1: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: {babiroussa}, {babirussa}, {Babyrousa Babyrussa}]

1: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: {babirusa}, {babiroussa}, {Babyrousa Babyrussa}]

1: a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds

1: used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' [syn: {babu}]

1: large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

1: resembling a baboon

1: used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' [syn: {baboo}]

1: a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine; worn by Russian peasant women

1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?" [syn: {babe}, {infant}] 2: sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young...

1: a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling [syn: {baby's bed}]

1: young bird not yet fledged [syn: {nestling}]

1: delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots [syn: {Nemophila menziesii}]

1: the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II [syn: {baby-boom generation}]

1: a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers" [syn: {boomer}]

1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: {baby carriage}, {carriage}, {perambulator}, {pram}, {stroller}, {go-cart}, {pushchair}, {pusher}]

1: a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically [syn: {buster}]

1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: {baby buggy}, {carriage}, {perambulator}, {pram}, {stroller}, {go-cart}, {pushchair}, {pusher}]

1: son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951) [syn: {Duvalier}, {Jean-Claude Duvalier}]

1: a specialist in the care of babies [syn: {pediatrician}, {pediatrist}, {paediatrician}]

1: someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee

1: a small grand piano [syn: {baby grand piano}, {parlor grand}, {parlor grand piano}, {parlour grand}, {parlour grand piano}]

1: a small grand piano [syn: {baby grand}, {parlor grand}, {parlor grand piano}, {parlour grand}, {parlour grand piano}]

1: a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working [syn: {babyminder}, {minder}]

1: an ointment for babies

1: powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing

1: vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock [syn: {multiflora}, {multiflora rose}, {Japanese rose}, {Rosa multiflora}]

1: a shoe designed to be worn by infants

1: the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home [syn: {babysitting}]

1: an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child [syn: {babytalk}, {motherese}] 2: the developing speech of a young child [syn: {babytalk}]

1: prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves [syn: {baby's tears}, {Helxine soleirolia}, {Soleirolia soleirolii}]

1: one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children) [syn: {primary tooth}, {deciduous tooth}, {milk tooth}]

1: a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling [syn: {baby bed}]

1: tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers [syn: {babies'-breath}, {Gypsophila paniculata}]

1: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: {comforter}, {pacifier}, {teething ring}]

1: a child's room for a baby [syn: {nursery}]

1: prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves [syn: {baby tears}, {Helxine soleirolia}, {Soleirolia soleirolii}]

1: the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II [syn: {baby boom}]

1: having a youthful-looking face

1: like a baby; "he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms" [syn: {baby-wise}]

{baby-sit}

1: work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" [syn: {sit}] [also: {baby-sitting}, {baby-sat}]

1: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: {babysitter}, {sitter}]

{baby-sit}

1: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk [syn: {walker}, {go-cart}]

1: like a baby; "he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms" [syn: {baby-like}]

1: the early stage of growth or development [syn: {infancy}, {early childhood}] 2: the earliest state of immaturity [syn: {infancy}]

1: characteristic of a baby; "babyish tears and petulance"

1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia

1: an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the king) [syn: {Chaldaea}, {Chal...

1: of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; "Babylonian religion" n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Babylon 2: the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babyl...

1: the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC

1: willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn: {weeping willow}, {Salix babylonica}]

1: a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working [syn: {baby minder}, {minder}]

1: a genus of Suidae [syn: {genus Babyrousa}]

1: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: {babirusa}, {babiroussa}, {babirussa}]

1: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: {baby-sitter}, {sitter}]

1: the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home [syn: {baby sitting}]

1: an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child [syn: {baby talk}, {motherese}] 2: the developing speech of a young child [syn: {baby talk}]

1: an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry [syn: {simple fruit}]

1: a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies 2: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: {bachelor's degree}]

1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cars that total closest to nine [syn: {chemin de fer}]

1: resembling a berry [syn: {berrylike}] 2: producing or bearing berries [syn: {berried}, {bacciferous}]

1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}] n 1...

1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: {Dionysia}] 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {debauchery}, {s...

1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanal}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]

1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken reveler}, {drunken reveller}, {bacchanal}] 2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: {bacchanal}] 3: (classical mythology) a priest or v...

1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

{bacchant}

1: of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler

1: shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control [syn: {genus Baccharis}]

1: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts [syn: {groundsel tree}, {groundsel bush}, {consumption weed}...

1: widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle [syn: {coyote brush}, {coyote bush}, {chaparral broom}, {kidney wort}]

1: California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer [syn: {mule fat}]

1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchanal}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]

{bacchius}

1: (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

1: producing or bearing berries [syn: {berried}, {baccate}]

1: formed like a bacillus [syn: {bacillary}, {bacilliform}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

1: feeding on berries

1: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion [syn: {tobacco}]

1: German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of Western music (1685-1750) [syn: {Johann Sebastian Bach}] 2: the music of Bach; "he played ...

1: a man who has never been married [syn: {unmarried man}] 2: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon [syn: {knight bachelor}, {bachelor-at-arms}] v : lead a bachelor's existence [sy...

1: an unmarried girl who lives alone

1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {BA}, {Artium Baccalaurens}, {AB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in library science [syn: {ABLS}]

1: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: {BAN}]

1: a bachelor's degree in religion [syn: {BD}]

1: a three-year law degree [syn: {LLB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in literature [syn: {BLitt}]

1: (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine [syn: {MB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in music [syn: {BMus}]

1: a bachelor's degree in naval science [syn: {BNS}]

1: a bachelor's degree in science [syn: {BS}, {SB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in architecture [syn: {BSArch}]

1: a bachelor's degree in engineering

1: a bachelor's degree in theology [syn: {ThB}]

1: stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married)

1: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers [syn: {cornflower}, {bluebottle}, {Centaurea cyanus}] 2: tropical American herb ha...

1: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: {baccalaureate}]

1: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon [syn: {knight bachelor}, {bachelor}]

1: the time of a man's life prior to marriage 2: the state of being an unmarried man

1: typically rod-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores [syn: {family Bacillaceae}]

1: relating to or produced by or containing bacilli [syn: {bacillary}]

1: marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms [syn: {class Bacillariophyceae}, {Diatomophyceae}, {class Diatomophyceae}]

1: relating to or produced by or containing bacilli [syn: {bacillar}] 2: formed like a bacillus [syn: {baccilar}, {bacilliform}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

1: an acute infection of the intestine by Shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains [syn: {shigellosis}]

1: a serious bacterial disease of young chickens [syn: {pullorum disease}, {bacillary white diarrhoea}]

1: a serious bacterial disease of young chickens [syn: {pullorum disease}, {bacillary white diarrhea}]

{bacillus}

1: formed like a bacillus [syn: {baccilar}, {bacillary}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil [syn: {Bacilli}, {B}]

1: a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon [syn: {anthrax}]

1: a species of Bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics [syn: {Bacillus subtilis}, {grass bacillus}, {hay bacillus}]

1: a species of Bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics [syn: {Bacillus globigii}, {grass bacillus}, {hay bacillus}]

1: a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [syn: {back(a)}] [ant: {front(a)}] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a ...

1: moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York" [syn: {backward and forward}, {to and fro}]

1: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its h...

1: a brace worn to support the back

1: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {dot}, {Elvis}, {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane}, {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]

1: reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner" [ant: {front burner}]

1: an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government); "they negotiated via a back channel"

1: a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head

1: a remote and undeveloped area [syn: {backwoods}, {boondocks}, {hinterland}]

1: a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door" 2: an entrance at the rear of a building [syn: {back entrance}]

1: move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down" [syn: {back up}, {back off}] 2: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" [syn:...

1: the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" [syn: {rear}, {backside}] [ant: {front}]

1: an entrance at the rear of a building [syn: {back door}]

1: exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles

1: a football official

1: written matter following the main text of a book [syn: {end matter}]

1: a very remote and inaccessible place; "you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those"

1: move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down" [syn: {back up}, {back down}] 2: remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" [syn...

1: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway" 2: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his ea...

1: a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: {backpack}, {knapsack}, {packsack}, {rucksack}, {haversack}]

1: a porch for the back door

1: a room located in the rear of an establishment; usually accessible only to privileged groups

1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: {alley}, {alleyway}]

1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: {sass}, {sassing}, {backtalk}, {lip}, {mouth}]

1: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: {posterior}]

1: give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" [syn: {support}] 2: move backwards from a certain position; "The...

1: backfire from a recoilless weapon [syn: {backblast}]

1: via a back channel; "thefailure of back-channel negotiations"

1: a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

1: (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-geared lathe" [syn: {double-geared}]