BRID

Name Report For First Name BRID:

First name BRID's origin is Irish. BRID means "protective". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BRID below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of brid.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with BRID and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BRID - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BRID

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BR�D AS A WHOLE:

bridger trowbridge bainbridge bride bridget bridgett bridgette gilbride macbride walbridge

NAMES RHYMING WITH BR�D (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rid) - Names That Ends with rid:

margarid sigrid farid astrid halfrid halifrid ingrid mildrid winifrid ailfrid alfrid eldrid hunfrid jarid manfrid osrid renfrid sigfrid sigifrid waldifrid walfrid wilfrid willifrid winfrid wyifrid wynfrid aldrid marid

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (id) - Names That Ends with id:

anahid ealasaid raonaid namid anid abdul-hamid abdul-majid abdul-wahid amid hamid labid majid mufid mujahid rashid sajid wafid wahid zahid echoid tegid yazid zaid abboid tioboid aristid adelheid aefentid blathnaid brighid brigid brygid caraid enid saraid acaiseid daibheid gearoid hid macquaid navid ovid quaid reid seafraid sigfreid uaid rachid david diarmaid smid walid sa'id khalid nereid seonaid raid sayyid ubaid ravid sid

NAMES RHYMING WITH BR�D (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bri) - Names That Begins with bri:

bri bria brian briana briann brianna briannah brianne briannon briant briar briareus briaunna brice brick brickman bricriu bricta briefbras briella brielle brien brienna brienne briet brietta brigantia brigbam brigette briggebam briggeham briggere brigham brighde brighton brigida brigidia brigitta brigitte brigliadoro brik brilynn brimlad brin brina brinleigh brinley brinton brion briona brione brioni brionna brionne briony brisa briseis brisha brishen brisia brissa brit brita britani brite brites britlee britney britomartus britta brittain brittan brittaney brittani brittanie brittany brittnee brittney brittni brittny britto britton brittyn briza

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (br) - Names That Begins with br:

bra brachah brad bradach bradaigh bradamate bradan bradana bradbourne bradburn bradd braddock braddon brademagus braden bradene

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BR�D:

First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'd':

baird ballard bamard bannruod bard barend barnard bathild bayard bayhard beamard bearnard behrend bemossed beortbtraed beorthtraed berchtwald berend beresford berford berinhard bernard bernd bernhard berthold bertrand bhraghad bickford biecaford biford bird birdoswald birkhead birkhed bladud blaed blandford blanford bofind bond boulad boyd bradford brainard brainerd brand branhard bred brunhild bud budd burchard burford burghard burhford burnard byford byrd byrtwold

English Words Rhyming BRID

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BR�D AS A WHOLE:

abridging

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abridge

abridger

noun (n.) One who abridges.

abridgment	noun (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
	noun (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
	noun (n.) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

brid

noun (n.) A bird.

bridal	noun (n.) Of or pertaining to a bride, or to wedding; nuptial; as, bridal ornaments; a bridal outfit; a bridal chamber.
	noun (n.) A nuptial festival or ceremony; a marriage.

bridalty

noun (n.) Celebration of the nuptial feast.

bride	noun (n.) A woman newly married, or about to be married.
	noun (n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved.
	verb (v. t.) To make a bride of.

bridebed

noun (n.) The marriage bed.

bridecake

noun (n.) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.

bridechamber

noun (n.) The nuptial apartment.

bridegroom

noun (n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married.

brideknot

noun (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.

bridemaid

noun (n.) Alt. of Brideman

brideman

noun (n.) See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.

bridesmaid

noun (n.) A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

bridesman

noun (n.) A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man."

bridestake

noun (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round.

bridewell

noun (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

bridge	noun (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
	noun (n.) Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
	noun (n.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them and transmit their vibrations to the body of the instrument.
	noun (n.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
	noun (n.) A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
	noun (n.) A card game resembling whist.
	verb (v. t.) To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
	verb (v. t.) To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
	verb (v. t.) To find a way of getting over, as a difficulty; -- generally with over.

bridging

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridge

bridgeboard	noun (n.) A notched board to which the treads and risers of the steps of wooden stairs are fastened.
	noun (n.) A board or plank used as a bridge.

bridgehead

noun (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.

bridgeless

adjective (a.) Having no bridge; not bridged.

bridgepot

noun (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle.

bridgetree

noun (n.) The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill.

bridgeing

noun (n.) The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight.

bridgey

adjective (a.) Full of bridges.

bridle	noun (n.) The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.
	noun (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
	noun (n.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
	noun (n.) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle.
	noun (n.) A mooring hawser.
	verb (v. t.) To put a bridle upon; to equip with a bridle; as, to bridle a horse.
	verb (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.
	verb (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up.

bridling

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bridle

bridler

noun (n.) One who bridles; one who restrains and governs, as with a bridle.

bridoon

noun (n.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein.

drawbridge

noun (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

footbridge

noun (n.) A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.

hebridean

adjective (a.) Alt. of Hebridian

hebridian	noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland.

hybrid	noun (n.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.
	noun (n.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.
	adjective (a.) Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

hybridism

noun (n.) The state or quality of being hybrid.

hybridist

noun (n.) One who hybridizes.

hybridity

noun (n.) Hybridism.

hybridizable

adjective (a.) Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock.

hybridization

noun (n.) The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized.

hybridizing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hybridize

hybridizer

noun (n.) One who hybridizes.

hybridous

adjective (a.) Same as Hybrid.

trihybrid

noun (n.) A hybrid whose parents differ by three pairs of contrasting Mendelian characters.

unabridged

adjective (a.) Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.

unbridled

adjective (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.

weighbridge

noun (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BR�D (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rid) - English Words That Ends with rid:

acrid	adjective (a.) Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.
	adjective (a.) Causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.
	adjective (a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.

antacrid

adjective (a.) Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

arid

adjective (a.) Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.

ascarid

noun (n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

caprid

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.

djerrid	noun (n.) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.
	noun (n.) A game played with it.

eupatrid

noun (n.) One well born, or of noble birth.

florid	adjective (a.) Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
	adjective (a.) Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
	adjective (a.) Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
	adjective (a.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

geometrid	noun (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.
	adjective (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.

grid	noun (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.
	noun (n.) A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.

hesperid

noun (a. & n.) Same as 3d Hesperian.

horrid	adjective (a.) Rough; rugged; bristling.
	adjective (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.

jerid

noun (n.) Same as Jereed.

lemurid

noun (a. & n.) Same as Lemuroid.

lepidodendrid

noun (n.) One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.

lurid	adjective (a.) Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
	adjective (a.) Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
	adjective (a.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.

lyrid

noun (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

ophiurid

noun (n.) Same as Ophiurioid.

pierid

noun (n.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.

podurid	noun (n.) Any species of Podura or allied genera.
	adjective (a.) Pertaining to the poduras.

putrid	adjective (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
	adjective (a.) Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.

rorid

adjective (a.) Dewy; bedewed.

scrid

noun (n.) A screed; a shred; a fragment.

sigillarid

noun (n.) One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies.

siphonarid

noun (n.) Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills.

sminthurid

noun (n.) Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.

sporid

noun (n.) A sporidium.

stellerid

noun (n.) A starfish.

strid	noun (n.) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
	() of Stride
	() of Stride

subacrid

adjective (a.) Moderalely acrid or harsh.

subtorrid

adjective (a.) Nearly torrid.

thrid	noun (n.) Thread; continuous line.
	adjective (a.) Third.
	verb (v. t.) To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread.
	verb (v. t.) To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.

torrid	adjective (a.) Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
	adjective (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.

taurid

noun (n.) Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.

virid

adjective (a.) Green.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BR�D (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bri) - Words That Begins with bri:

briar	noun (n.) Same as Brier.
	noun (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax.
	noun (n.) Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

briarean

adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

bribable

adjective (a.) Capable of being bribed.

bribe	noun (n.) A gift begged; a present.
	noun (n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
	noun (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
	verb (v. t.) To rob or steal.
	verb (v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
	verb (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
	verb (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft.
	verb (v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.

bribing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bribe

bribeless

adjective (a.) Incapable of being bribed; free from bribes.

briber	noun (n.) A thief.
	noun (n.) One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices.
	noun (n.) That which bribes; a bribe.

bribery	noun (n.) Robbery; extortion.
	noun (n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.

brick	noun (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
	noun (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick.
	noun (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread).
	noun (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick.
	verb (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks.
	verb (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them.

bricking	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brick
	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brisk

brickbat

noun (n.) A piece or fragment of a brick. See Bat, 4.

brickkiln

noun (n.) A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them.

bricklayer

noun (n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks.

bricklaying

noun (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.

brickle

adjective (a.) Brittle; easily broken.

brickleness

noun (n.) Brittleness.

brickmaker

noun (n.) One whose occupation is to make bricks.

brickwork	noun (n.) Anything made of bricks.
	noun (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.

bricky

adjective (a.) Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust.

brickyard

noun (n.) A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place.

bricole	noun (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used.
	noun (n.) An ancient kind of military catapult.
	noun (n.) In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke.
	noun (n.) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion.

brief	noun (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
	noun (n.) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
	adjective (a.) Short in duration.
	adjective (a.) Concise; terse; succinct.
	adjective (a.) Rife; common; prevalent.
	adjective (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
	adjective (a.) An epitome.
	adjective (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
	adjective (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
	adverb (adv.) Briefly.
	adverb (adv.) Soon; quickly.
	verb (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.

briefless

adjective (a.) Having no brief; without clients; as, a briefless barrister.

briefman	noun (n.) One who makes a brief.
	noun (n.) A copier of a manuscript.

briefness

noun (n.) The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

brier

noun (n.) Alt. of Briar

briered

adjective (a.) Set with briers.

briery	noun (n.) A place where briers grow.
	adjective (a.) Full of briers; thorny.

brig	noun (n.) A bridge.
	noun (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
	noun (n.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.

brigade	noun (n.) A body of troops, whether cavalry, artillery, infantry, or mixed, consisting of two or more regiments, under the command of a brigadier general.
	noun (n.) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade.
	verb (v. t.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades.

brigading

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brigade

brigand	noun (n.) A light-armed, irregular foot soldier.
	noun (n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.

brigandage

noun (n.) Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

brigandine

noun (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.

brigandish

adjective (a.) Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.

brigandism

noun (n.) Brigandage.

brigantine	noun (n.) A practical vessel.
	noun (n.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.
	noun (n.) See Brigandine.

brigge

noun (n.) A bridge.

bright	noun (n.) Splendor; brightness.
	adjective (a.) Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.
	adjective (a.) Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
	adjective (a.) Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.
	adjective (a.) Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
	adjective (a.) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
	adjective (a.) Illustrious; glorious.
	adjective (a.) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
	adjective (a.) Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
	verb (v. i.) See Brite, v. i.
	adverb (adv.) Brightly.
	verb (v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.

brightening

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brighten

brighten	adjective (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
	adjective (a.) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.
	adjective (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.
	adjective (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.
	verb (v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

brightness	noun (n.) The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.
	noun (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

brightsome

adjective (a.) Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.

brigose

noun (n.) Contentious; quarrelsome.

brigue	noun (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.
	noun (n.) To contend for; to canvass; to solicit.

brike

noun (n.) A breach; ruin; downfall; peril.

brill

noun (n.) A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret, pearl, prill. See Bret.

brillante

adjective (a.) In a gay, showy, and sparkling style.

brillance

noun (n.) Brilliancy.

brillancy

noun (n.) The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BR�D:

English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'd':

babehood

noun (n.) Babyhood.

babillard

noun (n.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.

babyhood

noun (n.) The state or period of infancy.

baccated	adjective (a.) Having many berries.
	adjective (a.) Set or adorned with pearls.

bachelorhood

noun (n.) The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

backband

noun (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

backboard	noun (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
	noun (n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
	noun (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
	noun (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
	noun (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

backbond

noun (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

backboned

adjective (a.) Vertebrate.

backed	adjective (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Back

backfriend

noun (n.) A secret enemy.

background	noun (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
	noun (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
	noun (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
	noun (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

backhand	noun (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
	adjective (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
	adjective (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

backhanded	adjective (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
	adjective (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
	adjective (a.) Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

backsword	noun (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
	noun (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.

backward	noun (n.) The state behind or past.
	adjective (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
	adjective (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
	adjective (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
	adjective (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
	adjective (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
	adjective (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
	adverb (adv.) Alt. of Backwards
	verb (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

bacteroid

adjective (a.) Alt. of Bacteroidal

baenopod

noun (n.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

balanoid

adjective (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

balconied

adjective (a.) Having balconies.

bald	adjective (a.) 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.
	adjective (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
	adjective (a.) Undisguised.
	adjective (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
	adjective (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
	adjective (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
	adjective (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

baldhead	noun (n.) A person whose head is bald.
	noun (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.

baldheaded

adjective (a.) Having a bald head.

baldpated

adjective (a.) Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.

balistoid

adjective (a.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidae. See Filefish.

ballad	noun (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
	verb (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
	verb (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

ballooned

adjective (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

balustered

adjective (a.) Having balusters.

bannered

adjective (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, banners.

barbated

adjective (a.) Having barbed points.

barbed	adjective (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
	adjective (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Barb

bard	noun (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
	noun (n.) Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
	noun (n.) Alt. of Barde
	noun (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
	noun (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark.
	verb (v. t.) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

barded	adjective (p.a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
	adjective (p.a.) Wearing rich caparisons.

barebacked

adjective (a.) Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

barefaced	adjective (a.) With the face uncovered; not masked.
	adjective (a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.

barefooted

adjective (a.) Having the feet bare.

barehanded

noun (n.) Having bare hands.

barelegged

adjective (a.) Having the legs bare.

barenecked

adjective (a.) Having the neck bare.

bargeboard

noun (n.) A vergeboard.

barkbound

adjective (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

barmaid

noun (n.) A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.

barnyard

noun (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.

barreled	adjective (a.) Alt. of Barrelled
	(imp. & p. p.) of Barrel

barrelled	adjective (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
	() of Barrel

barwood

noun (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

basaltoid

adjective (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

baseboard

noun (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

based	noun (n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases.
	adjective (a.) Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Base

baselard

noun (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.

basihyoid

noun (n.) The central tongue bone.

basined

adjective (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

basipterygoid

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

basisphenoid	noun (n.) The basisphenoid bone.
	adjective (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal

basswood

noun (n.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.

bastard	noun (n.) A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
	noun (n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.
	noun (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
	noun (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
	noun (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
	noun (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
	noun (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
	noun (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
	adjective (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
	verb (v. t.) To bastardize.

bastioned

adjective (a.) Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.

batailled

adjective (a.) Embattled.

bated	adjective (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Bate

batrachoid

adjective (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

battlemented

adjective (a.) Having battlements.

bawd	noun (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.
	verb (v. i.) To procure women for lewd purposes.

bayad

noun (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

bayard	adjective (a.) Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
	adjective (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow.

bayed	adjective (a.) Having a bay or bays.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Bay

beached	adjective (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.
	adjective (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Beach

bead	noun (n.) A prayer.
	noun (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.
	noun (n.) Any small globular body
	noun (n.) A bubble in spirits.
	noun (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
	noun (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
	noun (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.
	noun (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.
	verb (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
	verb (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

beaked	adjective (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
	adjective (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

beakhead	noun (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
	noun (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
	noun (n.) Same as Beak, 3.

beambird

noun (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

beamed	adjective (a.) Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Beam

bearbind

noun (n.) The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

beard	noun (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
	noun (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
	noun (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
	noun (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
	noun (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
	noun (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
	noun (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
	noun (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
	noun (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
	noun (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
	noun (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
	noun (n.) An imposition; a trick.
	verb (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
	verb (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
	verb (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

bearded	adjective (a.) Having a beard.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Beard

bearherd

noun (n.) A man who tends a bear.

bearhound

noun (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

bearward

noun (n.) A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.

beasthood

noun (n.) State or nature of a beast.

beastlihead

noun (n.) Beastliness.

beautied

adjective (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.

beavered

adjective (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.

becard

noun (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

becomed

adjective (a.) Proper; decorous.

bed	noun (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
	noun (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
	noun (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
	noun (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
	noun (n.) The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
	noun (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
	noun (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
	noun (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.
	noun (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
	noun (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
	noun (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
	noun (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
	noun (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
	noun (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
	verb (v. t.) To place in a bed.
	verb (v. t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
	verb (v. t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
	verb (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
	verb (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
	verb (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
	verb (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
	verb (v. i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.

bedcord

noun (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

bedded	adjective (a.) Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Bed

bedspread

noun (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

bedstead

noun (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

beebread

noun (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

beefwood

noun (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

beeld

noun (n.) Same as Beild.

beetlehead	noun (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
	noun (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

beforehand	adjective (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
	adverb (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
	adverb (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

beggarhood

noun (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

beghard

noun (n.) Alt. of Beguard

beguard

noun (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.

behind	noun (n.) The backside; the rump.
	adjective (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
	adjective (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
	adjective (a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
	adverb (adv.) At the back part; in the rear.
	adverb (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
	adverb (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
	adverb (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
	adverb (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.

beild

noun (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.

belated	adjective (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Belate

belgard

noun (n.) A sweet or loving look.

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