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Baby
An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
baculiform
shaped like a rod.
Bade
A form of the past tense of .
Ballistic
Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
Ballium
See .
Bandy
A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
Bandy
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; .
Bankside
The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a stream.
Baptismal
Pertaining to baptism; .
Barometz
The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also .
Baseborn
Born out of wedlock.
Bashless
Shameless; unblushing.
Basifier
That which converts into a salifiable base.
bastardization
An act that debases or corrupts.
Beaconless
Having no beacon.
beaut
an outstanding example of its kind; .
Bedquilt
A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.
Beech
A tree of the genus .
Beleper
To infect with leprosy.
Belove
To love.
Bent
of .
Bequeath
To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.
Bergstock
A long pole with a spike at the end, used in climbing mountains; an alpenstock.
Besaint
To make a saint of.
Bespread
To spread or cover over.
Bickern
An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.
Bigamist
One who is guilty of bigamy.
big-shouldered
having unusually large shoulders.
Bilaterality
State of being bilateral.
bilobated
divided into two lobes.
Binocular
A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
biotin
a B vitamin () that aids in body growth; -- called also and . It functions as a coenzyme in many carboxylation reactions.
birth control
the act or process of deliberately limiting the number of one's children born, especially by preventing conception.
Birthplace
The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.
Bispinose
Having two spines.
Bitterful
Full of bitterness.
Blackbird
In England, a species of thrush (), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the , or crow blackbird; the , or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See .
Blackmoor
See .
Bladesmith
A sword cutler.
Blberry
The bilberry.
Blastide
A small, clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus.
Blent
Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.
Blink
A glimpse or glance.
Blowse
See .
bluejacket
a serviceman in the navy.
Boast
To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
Boiler
One who boils.
Bondwoman
A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.
Boodle
The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
Boost
To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
Boulevardier
A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris.
Bourgeoisie
The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.
Brachycatalectic
A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
Brand-new
Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
Brassicaceae
a natural family of plants with four-petaled flowers.
Brocaded
Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc.
Bromatologist
One versed in the science of foods.
Bromyrite
Silver bromide, a rare mineral; -- called also .
Broom
A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers.
Buckshot
A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game.
Bude light
A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil.
Bulimus
A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.
Bull
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
bunglesome
awkward to move or use especially because of shape; .
Burial
A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
Burnstickle
A stickleback ().
Buss
A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
Buz
See .
Byplay
Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.
Byre
A cow house.