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English Word Dictionary

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banging

adjective · (used informally) very large

Example: a thumping loss

bannerlike

adverb · like a banner

Example: She waved her scarf at him bannerlike

bantering

adjective · cleverly amusing in tone

Example: a bantering tone

banteringly

adverb · in a bantering fashion

Example: he spoke to her banteringly

barbecued

adjective · cooked over an outdoor grill

bare-knuckled

adjective · characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules

Example: a rough-and-tumble fight

bareback

adjective · riding without a saddle

Example: a bareback rider

barefacedly

adverb · without shame

Example: he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it

barefooted

adjective · without shoes

Example: the barefoot boy

barely

adverb · only a very short time before- W.B.Yeats

Example: they could barely hear the speaker

bargain down

verb · persuade the seller to accept a lower price

Example: She beat the merchant down $100

barky

adjective · resembling the rough bark of a tree

Example: the rattlesnake's barky scales

barometrical

adjective · relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer

Example: barometric pressure

baronetise

verb · confer baronetcy upon

Example: He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country

baronial

adjective · impressive in appearance

Example: a baronial mansion

barrel knot

noun · a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times

bartholomeu dias

noun · Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500)

base

adjective · debased; not genuine

Example: an attempt to eliminate the base coinage

base of operations

noun · installation from which a military force initiates operations

Example: the attack wiped out our forward bases

basely

adverb · in a despicable, ignoble manner

Example: this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society

basement

noun · the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

bashfully

adverb · in a shy or timid or bashful manner

Example: he smiled shyly

basically

adverb · in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature

Example: He is basically dishonest

bastardised

adjective · deriving from more than one source or style

bastardize

verb · declare a child to be illegitimate

bate

verb · soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments

Example: bate hides and skins

bathometer

noun · an instrument that measures the depth of water

battered

adjective · exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury

Example: a battered child

battle of omdurman

noun · a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese

battle of tannenberg

noun · a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians

battle of the philippine sea

noun · a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte

battlemented

adjective · having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement

Example: a crenelated molding

bay willow

noun · European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States

bc

adverb · before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born

Example: in 200 BC

bce

adverb · of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians

Example: in 200 BCE

be active

verb · be in a state of action

Example: she is always moving

be adrift

verb · be in motion due to some air or water current

Example: The leaves were blowing in the wind

be after

verb · have the will and intention to carry out some action

Example: He plans to be in graduate school next year

be born

verb · come into existence through birth

Example: She was born on a farm

be full

verb · be sated, have enough to eat

Example: I'm full--don't give me any more beans, please

be given

verb · have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

Example: She tends to be nervous before her lectures

bear away

verb · remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

Example: Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands

bear up

verb · endure cheerfully

Example: She bore up under the enormous strain

bear upon

verb · have an effect upon

Example: Will the new rules affect me?

bear's-paw fern

noun · epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines

beardown

adjective · with full strength

Example: his beardown performance in the exhibition game

bearing

adjective · (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

beat out

verb · come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

Example: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship

beat up

verb · gather

Example: drum up support

beaugregory

noun · a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies

beautiful

adjective · delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

Example: a beautiful child

beautifully

adverb · in a beautiful manner

Example: her face was beautifully made up

beauvoir

noun · French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986)