Dictionary

"is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation // 196 220.) It is etymologically related to p v f w and m letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in E

"To kiss."

"To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles." — "To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words." — "To talk much; to chatter; to prate." — "To make a continuous

"of Babble"

"of Baby"

"An infant or young child of either sex; a babe." — "A small image of an infant; a doll." — "Pertaining to or resembling an infant; young or little; as baby swans." — "To treat like a young child; to keep dependen

"A man of any age who has not been married." — "An unmarried woman." — "A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts or in some branch of science at a college or university; as a bachelor of

"A large shallow vat; a cistern tub or trough used by brewers distillers dyers picklers gluemakers and others for mixing or cooling wort holding water hot glue — "A ferryboat. See Bac 1." — "In human beings the hi

"of Back" — "Having a back; fitted with a back; as a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as broad-backed; hump-backed."

"of Back" — "The act of moving backward or of putting or moving anything backward." — "That which is behind and forms the back of anything usually giving strength or stability." — "Support or aid given to a perso

"With the back in advance or foremost; as to ride backward." — "Toward the back; toward the rear; as to throw the arms backward." — "On the back or with the back downward." — "Toward or in past time or events;

"The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly the flesh of a pig salted or fresh."

"See Bacterium." — "of Bacterium"

"Bade." — "Wanting good qualities whether physical or moral; injurious hurtful inconvenient offensive painful unfavorable or defective either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a

"A distinctive mark token sign or cognizance worn on the person; as the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman." — "Something characteristic; a mark; a token." — "A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel co

"In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously."

"A sack or pouch used for holding anything; as a bag of meal or of money." — "A sac or dependent gland in animal bodies containing some fluid or other substance; as the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; th

"A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat." — "To lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as to bail water out of a boat." — "To dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; a

"The outer wall of a feudal castle." — "The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress." — "A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as the Old Bailey in London; the New Ba

"Any substance esp. food used in catching fish or other animals by alluring them to a hook snare inclosure or net." — "Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation." — "A portion of food or drink as a ref

"To prepare as food by cooking in a dry heat either in an oven or under coals or on heated stone or metal; as to bake bread meat apples." — "To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat as to bake bricks; the su

"of Bake"

"One whose business it is to bake bread biscuit etc." — "A portable oven in which baking is done."

"of Bake" — "The act or process of cooking in an oven or of drying and hardening by heat or cold." — "The quantity baked at once; a batch; as a baking of bread."

"An apparatus for weighing." — "Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate." — "Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales." — "The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness."

"of Balance"

"of Balance"

"A platform projecting from the wall of a building usually resting on brackets or consoles and inclosed by a parapet; as a balcony in front of a window. Also a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as the balcony i

"Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top as of hair feathers foliage trees etc.; as a bald head; a bald oak." — "Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal." — "Undisguised." — "Destitu

"A kind of reddish moderately acid winter apple."

"Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as a ball of twine; a ball of snow." — "A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with as by throwing knocking kicking etc." — "A general name fo

"An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment or an interlude by a number of persons usually women. Sometimes a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing." — "The company of persons who perform the balle

"A bag made of silk or other light material and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially one with a car attached for aerial navigation." — "A ball or globe on the to

"Originally a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting." — "The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tic