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- B
- B \B\ (b[=e]) is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w, and m, letters More…
- B C
- BC \BC\, B C \B. C.\n. before Christ; used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born, i.e. 1 a. d..
- B flexuosum
- Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (ground"n[u^]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[ae]a} (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining More…
- B maximus
- Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. .] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large, More…
- B superba
- Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It. .] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that More…
- B'enitier
- B'enitier \B['e]*ni"tier`\, n. [F., fr. b['e]nir to bless.] (R. C. Ch.) A holy-water stoup. —Shipley.
- B'eton
- B'eton \B['e]`ton"\, n. [F. b['e]ton, fr. L. bitumen bitumen.] (Masonry) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.
- B'ezique
- B'ezique \B['e]*zique"\ (b[asl]*z[=e]k"), n. [F. b['e]sigue.] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
- B-52
- B-52 \B-52\ n. A large long-range bomber airplane of the U. S. military aircraft fleet; B- stands for bomber. It has the capability of delivering nuclear weapons.
- B-girl
- B-girl \B-girl\ n. 1. a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers. Synonym: bar girl.
- B-horizon
- B-horizon \B-horizon\ n. that layer of soil in a well-developed soil lying immediately below the A-horizon, and which contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface More…
- Ba
- Ba \Ba\ (b[aum]), v. t. [Cf. OF. baer to open the mouth, F. bayer.] To kiss. [Obs.]
- Baa
- Baa \Baa\ (b[aum]), v. i. [Cf. G. b["a]en; an imitative word.] To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep. He treble baas for help, but none can get. —Sir P. More…
- Baa
- Baa \Baa\ (b[aum]), n.; pl. (b[aum]z). [Cf. G. b["a].] The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
- Baaing
- Baaing \Baa"ing\, n. The bleating of a sheep. —Marryat.
- Baal
- Baal \Ba"al\ (b[=a]"al), n.; Heb. pl. (-[i^]m). [Heb. ba'al lord.] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. Note: The name of this More…
- Baal
- Bel \Bel\, n. The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as . See . —Baruch vi. 41.
- Baalim
- Baal \Ba"al\ (b[=a]"al), n.; Heb. pl. (-[i^]m). [Heb. ba'al lord.] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. Note: The name of this More…
- Baalism
- Baalism \Ba"al*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. Worship of Baal; idolatry.
- Baalist
- Baalist \Ba"al*ist\, Baalite \Ba"al*ite\, n. A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.
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