Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 16

Basilary (n.) Relating to, or situated at, the base.

Basilary (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

Basilic (n.) Basilica.

Basilic (a.) Alt. of Basilical

Basilical (a.) Royal; kingly; also, basilican.

Basilical (a.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

Basilicas (pl. ) of Basilica

Basilic/ (pl. ) of Basilica

Basilica (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

Basilica (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.

Basilica (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.

Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

Basilican (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical.

Basilicok (n.) The basilisk.

Basilicon (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.

Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice.

Basilisk (n.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae.

Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.

Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.

Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.

Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.

Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

Basined (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

Basinet (n.) Same as Bascinet.

Basioccipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young.

Basioccipital (n.) The basioccipital bone.

Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

Basipodite (n.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.

Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.

Basipterygoid (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

Bases (pl. ) of Basis

Basis (n.) The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

Basis (n.) The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.

Basis (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.

Basis (n.) The principal component part of a thing.

Basisolute (a.) Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.

Basisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal

Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

Basisphenoid (n.) The basisphenoid bone.

Basked (imp. & p. p.) of Bask

Basking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bask

Bask (v. t.) To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.

Bask (v. t.) To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.

Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.

Basket (n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.

Basket (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.

Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.

Basket (v. t.) To put into a basket.

Basketfuls (pl. ) of Basketful

Basketful (n.) As much as a basket will contain.

Basketry (n.) The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

Basking shark () One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

Basnet (n.) Same as Bascinet.

Basommatophora (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

Bason (n.) A basin.

Basque (a.) Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.

Basque (n.) One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

Basque (n.) The language spoken by the Basque people.

Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

Basquish (a.) Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque

Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

Bass (pl. ) of Bass

Basses (pl. ) of Bass

Bass (n.) An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.

Bass (n.) The two American fresh-water species of black bass (genus Micropterus). See Black bass.

Bass (n.) Species of Serranus, the sea bass and rock bass. See Sea bass.

Bass (n.) The southern, red, or channel bass (Sciaena ocellata). See Redfish.

Bass (n.) The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.

Bass (n.) A hassock or thick mat.

Bass (a.) A bass, or deep, sound or tone.

Bass (a.) The lowest part in a musical composition.

Bass (a.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass.

Bass (a.) Deep or grave in tone.

Bass (v. t.) To sound in a deep tone.

Bassa (n.) Alt. of Bassaw

Bassaw (n.) See Bashaw.

Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.

Basset (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.

Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Basseted (imp. & p. p.) of Basset

Basseting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basset

Basset (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves.

Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Bassetto (n.) A tenor or small bass viol.

Bass horn () A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.

Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

Bassinet (n.) See Bascinet.

Basso (a.) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.

Basso (a.) One who sings the lowest part.

Basso (a.) The double bass, or contrabasso.

Bassock (n.) A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

Bassoonist (n.) A performer on the bassoon.

Basso-rilievo (n.) Alt. of Basso-relievo

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