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- BANDOLIERAn ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
- BANDOREA historical stringed instrument similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.
- BANDSAWA powered saw whose blade is a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge.
- BANDURAA Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.
- BANDWIDTHThe width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
- BANDYTo give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
- BANEA cause of misery or ruin.
- BANEFULPoisonous, deadly.
- BANEFULLYIn a baneful way.
- BANGA sudden percussive noise.
- BANGERA thing or person which bangs, in any sense. A firework that makes a bang. A person who has sex.
- BANGLEA rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
- BANGLEDWearing bangles
- BANGSplural of bang
- BANGTAILThe tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
- BANISHTo send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
- BANISHEROne who banishes.
- BANISTERThe rail on the side of a staircase that a person's hand holds onto.
- BANJAXTo ruin or destroy.
- BANJAXEDsimple past and past participle of banjax
- BANJOA stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
- BANJOISTOne who plays a banjo.
- BANKAn institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- BANKABLEAcceptable to a bank.
- 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
- BANKERLYCharacteristic of a banker.
- BANKETA sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
- BANKRUPTIn a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
- BANKRUPTCYA legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
- BANKSIAA plant belonging to the genus Banksia.
- BANKSIDEThe land by a riverbank.
- BANLIEUEThe outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.
- BANQUETA large celebratory meal; a feast.
- BANQUETERA guest at a banquet.
- BANSHEEA female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
- BANTTo regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.
- BANTAMAny of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
- BANTERSharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
- BANTEREROne who banters, one who engages in bantering.
- BANTSBanter, particularly among men.
- BANYAA type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).
- BANYANAn Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
- BANZAIThrill-seeking; wild.
- BAPTISERAlternative form of baptizer.
- BAPTISIAAny of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia.
- BAPTISMA Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- BAPTISMALOf or relating to baptism.
- BAPTISMALLYIn a baptismal way; through baptism.
- BAPTISTRYA designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian b
- BAPTIZETo perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- BAPTIZEROne who baptizes.
- BAPUfather
- 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.
- BARBELA freshwater fish of the genus Barbus or other closely related taxa in the cyprinid family.
- BARBELL
- BARCHANAn arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand.
- BARCODEAny set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.
- BARDA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- BARDESA professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- BARDICOf or pertaining to bards.
- BARDIEA minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
- BARDISMThe system, learning, beliefs, or status of bards.
- BARDLINGAn inferior bard.
- BARDOThe state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
- BARDSHIPThe state of being a bard.
- BAREMinimal; that is or are just sufficient.
- BAREBACKWithout a saddle.
- BAREFACEDUndisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
- BAREFACEDLYIn a barefaced manner.
- BAREFOOTWearing nothing on the feet.
- BAREFOOTEDWearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- BAREGINEA grey, gelatinous deposit in the sulphurous waters of the Barèges spa.
- BAREHANDWith the hand bare; not wearing gloves etc.
- BARELYBy a small margin.
- BARENESSThe state of being bare.
- BARESTsuperlative form of bare: most bare
- BARFVomit.
- BARFLYA person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
- BARFULFull of obstructions.
- BARGAINAn agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the ot
- BARGEA large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- BARGEEA crewman of a working barge.
- BARGEMANA member of the crew of a barge.
- BARGHESTA legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
- BARICOf or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.
- BARISTAA person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.
- BARITEA mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO4.
- BARITONALPertaining to or having the character of a baritone
- BARITONEThe male voice between tenor and bass.
- BARIUMThe chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
- BARKTo make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- BARKEEPA bartender.
- BARKINGpresent participle and gerund of bark
- BARKYHaving bark.
- BARLEYA cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
- BARMbosom
- BARMAIDA woman who serves in a bar.
- BARMANA man who works in a bar.
- BARMPOTAn idiot; an objectionable and foolish person.