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- AUTOGYROAn aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
- AUTOTOMYThe spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.
- AVALA financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
- AVALETo cause to descend; to lower; to let fall
- AVAUNTBegone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
- AVENGETo take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- AVERMENTThe act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
- AVIATORAn aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
- AVIOPHOBIAFear of flying.
- AVISOAdvisory; information; advice; intelligence.
- AVOCETAny of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
- AVOIRDUPOISThe official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
- AVOWRYThe act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
- AVOYERA chief magistrate of various free imperial cities or cantons of Switzerland.
- AWAITTo wait for.
- AZERTYHaving or using the layout of a French/Francophone keyboard.
- AZULEJOA painted tin-glazed ceramic tile of a kind found in Spain and Portugal, often arranged to form geometric patterns.
- BABACOA fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii
- BACTERIOPHAGEA virus that specifically infects bacteria.
- BADINAGEPlayful raillery; banter.
- BADINERIEA brief and lively dance.
- BAGUETTEA narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
- BAGUIOA typhoon.
- BAHUTA portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portma
- BAIGNOIREA box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
- BAILIEA bailiff.
- BAIZEA thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- BALDMONEYSMeum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- BALLADEAny of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.
- BALLERINAA ballet dancer A female ballet dancer. Ellipsis of prima ballerina (“the star female ballet performer in the company”).
- BALSAA large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
- BALSAMICProducing balsam.
- BALUSTEREDHaving one or more balusters.
- BANALITYThe quality of being banal.
- BANCA bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
- BANDA strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to b
- BANDAA style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
- BANDAGEA strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
- BANDEAUA band for the hair.
- BANDEAUXplural of bandeau
- BANDELETA small band or fillet; any little band or flat moulding, compassing a column, like a ring.
- BANDITOA bandit, particularly of the type associated with Mexico.
- BANDOLEROAn outlaw or bandit, especially in Spain or Mexico.
- BANDOLIERAn ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
- BANDYTo give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
- BANKEROne who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bill
- BANKRUPTIn a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
- BANLIEUEThe outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
- BARACHOISA coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar.
- BARAGOUINA pidgin. A pidgin spoken by French and First Nations people in the 17th century in the region of North America now called Montreal.
- BAREGINEA grey, gelatinous deposit in the sulphurous waters of the Barèges spa.
- BARISTAA person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
- BARONAGEbarons or nobles collectively
- BARONYThe domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire. Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides
- BAROUCHEA four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
- BARRANCAA steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine.
- BASCINETA light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
- BASILAROf, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
- BASILICA basilica.
- BASOCHEA guild of legal clerks in pre-revolutionary France.
- BASQUEThe part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
- BASSOONA musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
- BASTA(that's) enough; stop!
- BASTARDYThe condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
- BASTETo sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
- BASTIDEA mansion in Provence.
- BASTINADEA blow with a stick or cudgel.
- BASTINADOA blow with a cudgel or stick.
- BASTIONA projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- BASTOA card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards
- BATETo reduce the force of something; to abate.
- BATEAUA small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
- BATELEURAny member of the species Terathopius ecaudatus of eagles, endemic to Africa and Arabia.
- BATHORSEA horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign
- BATISTEA fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
- BATONA staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
- BATTEMENTA ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
- BATTERIEA brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.
- BATTLEDOREA game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton.
- BATTLEMENTIn fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering him
- BATTUPerformed with a striking together of the legs.
- BAUCHLETo misuse, to bungle.
- BAUDA unit of data transmission symbol rate; the number of signalling events per second.
- BAVAROISA pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
- BAVINA bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making. A faggot bound with only one band.
- BAWDOne who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.
- BAWSUNTHaving white streaks or spots on a black or bay background (especially of an animal's or a mountain's face).
- BAYADEREA female dancer.
- BAYAMOA violent storm in the Caribbean.
- BAYARDA bay horse
- BAYONETA blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
- BAYOUA slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
- BEAGLEA small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.
- BEAUCOUPMuch, many, a lot of.
- BECAUSEBy or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- BEDLAMA place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
- BEFOREHANDAt an earlier or preceding time.
- BEGONIAAny plant of the large genus of Begonia.
- BEGUINEA ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
- BELGARDA loving look, an amorous glance.