Baya (n.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).
Bayad (n.) Alt. of Bayatte
Bayatte (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).
Bayadere (n.) A female dancer in the East Indies.
Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
Bayard (a.) Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
Bayard (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow.
Bayardly (a.) Blind; stupid.
Bayberry (n.) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
Bayberry (n.) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
Bayed (a.) Having a bay or bays.
Bay ice () See under Ice.
Bay leaf () See under 3d Bay.
Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.
Bayonet (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Bayoneted (imp. & p. p.) of Bayonet
Bayoneting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bayonet
Bayonet (v. t.) To stab with a bayonet.
Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Bayous (pl. ) of Bayou
Bayou (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
Bay rum () A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
Bays (n.) Alt. of Bayze
Bayze (n.) See Baize.
Bay salt () Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce.
Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
Bay window () A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.
Bay yarn () Woolen yarn.
Bazaar (n.) Alt. of Bazar
Bazar (n.) In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.
Bazar (n.) A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.
Bazar (n.) A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable objects.
Bdellium (n.) An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.
Bdellium (n.) A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa.
Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.
Bdellometer (n.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe.
Bdellomorpha (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.
Was (imp.) of Be
Been (p. p.) of Be
Being (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Be
Be (v. i.) To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
Be (v. i.) To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.
Be (v. i.) To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.
Be (v. i.) To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.
Be- () A prefix, originally the same word as by;
Be- () To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, bestir.
Be- () To render an intransitive verb transitive; as, befall (to fall upon); bespeak (to speak for).
Be- () To make the action of a verb particular or definite; as, beget (to get as offspring); beset (to set around).
Beaches (pl. ) of Beach
Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle.
Beach (n.) The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.
Beached (imp. & p. p.) of Beach
Beaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beach
Beach (v. t.) To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to strand; as, to beach a ship.
Beach comber () A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.
Beached (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.
Beached (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
Beachy (a.) Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.
Beacon (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
Beacon (n.) A high hill near the shore.
Beacon (n.) That which gives notice of danger.
Beaconed (imp. & p. p.) of Beacon
Beaconing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beacon
Beacon (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
Beacon (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
Beaconage (n.) Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively.
Beaconless (a.) Having no beacon.
Bead (n.) A prayer.
Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
Bead (n.) Any small globular body
Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.
Bead (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
Bead (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
Beaded (imp. & p. p.) of Bead
Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead
Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehouse
Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.
Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
Beadleship (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.
Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.
Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken.
Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
-men (pl. ) of Bedesman
Beadsman (n.) Alt. of Bedesman
Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.
-women (pl. ) of Bedeswoman
Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoman