476 |
Baconian |
adj. |
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy. |
477 |
bacterium |
n. |
A microbe. |
478 |
badger |
v. |
To pester. |
479 |
baffle |
v. |
To foil or frustrate. |
480 |
bailiff |
n. |
An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment. |
481 |
baize |
n. |
A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc. |
482 |
bale |
n. |
A large package prepared for transportation or storage. |
483 |
baleful |
adj. |
Malignant. |
484 |
ballad |
n. |
Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. |
485 |
balsam |
n. |
A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing. |
486 |
banal |
adj. |
Commonplace. |
487 |
barcarole |
n. |
A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. |
488 |
barograph |
n. |
An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. |
489 |
barometer |
n. |
An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface. |
490 |
barring |
prep. |
Apart from. |
491 |
baritone |
adj. |
Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. |
492 |
bask |
v. |
To make warm by genial heat. |
493 |
bass |
adj. |
Low in tone or compass. |
494 |
baste |
v. |
To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. |
495 |
baton |
n. |
An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege. |
496 |
battalion |
n. |
A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment. |
497 |
batten |
n. |
A narrow strip of wood. |
498 |
batter |
n. |
A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery. |
499 |
bauble |
n. |
A trinket. |
500 |
bawl |
v. |
To proclaim by outcry. |
501 |
beatify |
v. |
To make supremely happy. |
502 |
beatitude |
n. |
Any state of great happiness. |
503 |
beau |
n. |
An escort or lover. |
504 |
becalm |
v. |
To make quiet. |
505 |
beck |
v. |
To give a signal to, by nod or gesture. |
506 |
bedaub |
v. |
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. |
507 |
bedeck |
v. |
To cover with ornament. |
508 |
bedlam |
n. |
Madhouse. |
509 |
befog |
v. |
To confuse. |
510 |
befriend |
v. |
To be a friend to, especially when in need. |
511 |
beget |
v. |
To produce by sexual generation. |
512 |
begrudge |
v. |
To envy one of the possession of. |
513 |
belate |
v. |
To delay past the proper hour. |
514 |
belay |
v. |
To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. |
515 |
belie |
v. |
To misrepresent. |
516 |
believe |
v. |
To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others. |
517 |
belittle |
v. |
To disparage. |
518 |
belle |
n. |
A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc. |
519 |
bellicose |
adj. |
Warlike. |
520 |
belligerent |
adj. |
Manifesting a warlike spirit. |
521 |
bemoan |
v. |
To lament |
522 |
benediction |
n. |
a solemn invocation of the divine blessing. |
523 |
benefactor |
n. |
A doer of kindly and charitable acts. |
524 |
benefice |
n. |
A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. |
525 |
beneficent |
adj. |
Characterized by charity and kindness. |
526 |
beneficial |
adj. |
Helpful. |
527 |
beneficiary |
n. |
One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property. |
528 |
benefit |
n. |
Helpful result. |
529 |
benevolence |
n. |
Any act of kindness or well-doing. |
530 |
benevolent |
adj. |
Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. |
531 |
benign |
adj. |
Good and kind of heart. |
532 |
benignant |
adj. |
Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect. |
533 |
benignity |
n. |
Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. |
534 |
benison |
n. |
Blessing. |
535 |
bequeath |
v. |
To give by will. |
536 |
bereave |
v. |
To make desolate with loneliness and grief. |
537 |
berth |
n. |
A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. |
538 |
beseech |
v. |
To implore. |
539 |
beset |
v. |
To attack on all sides. |
540 |
besmear |
v. |
To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. |
541 |
bestial |
adj. |
Animal. |
542 |
bestrew |
v. |
To sprinkle or cover with things strewn. |
543 |
bestride |
v. |
To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. |
544 |
bethink |
v. |
To remind oneself. |
545 |
betide |
v. |
To happen to or befall. |
546 |
betimes |
adv. |
In good season or time. |
547 |
betroth |
v. |
To engage to marry. |
548 |
betrothal |
n. |
Engagement to marry. |
549 |
bevel |
n. |
Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. |
550 |
bewilder |
v. |
To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. |
551 |
bibliomania |
n. |
The passion for collecting books. |
552 |
bibliography |
n. |
A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject. |
553 |
bibliophile |
n. |
One who loves books. |
554 |
bibulous |
adj. |
Fond of drinking. |
555 |
bide |
v. |
To await. |
556 |
biennial |
n. |
A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second. |
557 |
bier |
n. |
A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. |
558 |
bigamist |
n. |
One who has two spouses at the same time. |
559 |
bigamy |
n. |
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living. |
560 |
bight |
n. |
A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line. |
561 |
bilateral |
adj. |
Two-sided. |
562 |
bilingual |
adj. |
Speaking two languages. |
563 |
biograph |
n. |
A bibliographical sketch or notice. |
564 |
biography |
n. |
A written account of one's life, actions, and character. |
565 |
biology |
n. |
The science of life or living organisms. |
566 |
biped |
n. |
An animal having two feet. |
567 |
birthright |
n. |
A privilege or possession into which one is born. |
568 |
bitterness |
n. |
Acridity, as to the taste. |
569 |
blase |
adj. |
Sated with pleasure. |
570 |
blaspheme |
v. |
To indulge in profane oaths. |
571 |
blatant |
adj. |
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. |
572 |
blaze |
n. |
A vivid glowing flame. |
573 |
blazon |
v. |
To make widely or generally known. |
574 |
bleak |
adj. |
Desolate. |
575 |
blemish |
n. |
A mark that mars beauty. |
576 |
blithe |
adj. |
Joyous. |
577 |
blithesome |
adj. |
Cheerful. |
578 |
blockade |
n. |
The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces. |
579 |
boatswain |
n. |
A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc. |
580 |
bodice |
n. |
A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist. |
581 |
bodily |
adj. |
Corporeal. |
582 |
boisterous |
adj. |
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. |
583 |
bole |
n. |
The trunk or body of a tree. |
584 |
bolero |
n. |
A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing. |
585 |
boll |
n. |
A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. |
586 |
bolster |
v. |
To support, as something wrong. |
587 |
bomb |
n. |
A hollow projectile containing an explosive material. |
588 |
bombard |
v. |
To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. |
589 |
bombardier |
n. |
A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells. |
590 |
bombast |
n. |
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. |
591 |
boorish |
adj. |
Rude. |
592 |
bore |
v. |
To weary by tediousness or dullness. |
593 |
borough |
n. |
An incorporated village or town. |
594 |
bosom |
n. |
The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman. |
595 |
botanical |
adj. |
Connected with the study or cultivation of plants. |
596 |
botanize |
v. |
To study plant-life. |
597 |
botany |
n. |
The science that treats of plants. |
598 |
bountiful |
adj. |
Showing abundance. |
599 |
Bowdlerize |
v. |
To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. |
600 |
bowler |
n. |
In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. |
601 |
boycott |
v. |
To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. |
602 |
brae |
n. |
Hillside. |
603 |
braggart |
n. |
A vain boaster. |
604 |
brandish |
v. |
To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear. |
605 |
bravado |
n. |
An aggressive display of boldness. |
606 |
bravo |
interj. |
Well done. |
607 |
bray |
n. |
A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. |
608 |
braze |
v. |
To make of or ornament with brass. |
609 |
brazier |
n. |
An open pan or basin for holding live coals. |
610 |
breach |
n. |
The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. |
611 |
breaker |
n. |
One who trains horses, dogs, etc. |
612 |
breech |
n. |
The buttocks. |
613 |
brethren |
n. |
pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like. |
614 |
brevity |
n. |
Shortness of duration. |
615 |
bric-a-brac |
n. |
Objects of curiosity or for decoration. |
616 |
bridle |
n. |
The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins. |
617 |
brigade |
n. |
A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. |
618 |
brigadier |
n. |
General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general. |
619 |
brigand |
n. |
One who lives by robbery and plunder. |
620 |
brimstone |
n. |
Sulfur. |
621 |
brine |
n. |
Water saturated with salt. |
622 |
bristle |
n. |
One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc. |
623 |
Britannia |
n. |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
624 |
Briticism |
n. |
A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British. |
625 |
brittle |
adj. |
Fragile. |
626 |
broach |
v. |
To mention, for the first time. |
627 |
broadcast |
adj. |
Disseminated far and wide. |
628 |
brogan |
n. |
A coarse, heavy shoe. |
629 |
brogue |
n. |
Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people. |
630 |
brokerage |
n. |
The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker. |
631 |
bromine |
n. |
A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor. |
632 |
bronchitis |
n. |
Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. |
633 |
bronchus |
n. |
Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs. |
634 |
brooch |
n. |
An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside. |
635 |
brotherhood |
n. |
Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity. |
636 |
browbeat |
v. |
To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner. |
637 |
brusque |
adj. |
Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech. |
638 |
buffoon |
n. |
A clown. |
639 |
buffoonery |
n. |
Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. |
640 |
bulbous |
adj. |
Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb. |
641 |
bullock |
n. |
An ox. |
642 |
bulrush |
n. |
Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water. |
643 |
bulwark |
n. |
Anything that gives security or defense. |
644 |
bumper |
n. |
A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health. |
645 |
bumptious |
adj. |
Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. |
646 |
bungle |
v. |
To execute clumsily. |
647 |
buoyancy |
n. |
Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas. |
648 |
buoyant |
adj. |
Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. |
649 |
bureau |
n. |
A chest of drawers for clothing, etc. |
650 |
bureaucracy |
n. |
Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business. |
651 |
burgess |
n. |
In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia. |
652 |
burgher |
n. |
An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town. |
653 |
burnish |
v. |
To make brilliant or shining. |
654 |
bursar |
n. |
A treasurer. |
655 |
bustle |
v. |
To hurry. |
656 |
butt |
v. |
To strike with or as with the head, or horns. |
657 |
butte |
n. |
A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated. |
658 |
buttress |
n. |
Any support or prop. |
659 |
by-law |
n. |
A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like. |
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