BRIT

Name Report For First Name BRIT:

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

Rhymes with BRIT - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BRIT

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BR�T AS A WHOLE:

britomartus britto brita britani brite brites britlee britney britta brittaney brittani brittanie brittany brittnee brittney brittni brittny brittyn brittain brittan britton

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

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

marit lirit hurit margrit ini-herit derorit dorit mirit morit nurit gerrit jaskirit manfrit laurit urit nirit gurit berit johfrit

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

selamawit nit uadjit uatchit dawit abdul-basit kantit langit wit thabit kermit hipolit ranit birgit ciatlllait damhnait danit delit edit enit fianait gilit gobnait ilanit jafit judit karmelit karmit muadhnait navit obharnait onit ranait rathnait schlomit searlait shulamit vadit vardit yaffit yuhudit zehavit chait cleit eluwilussit kit ronit tait wait odharnait pit smit yehudit pazit gazit ganit galit dalit avivit alumit cait ceit gwynit parfait kalanit naamit zayit margit

NAMES RHYMING WITH BR�T (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 brid bride bridger bridget bridgett bridgette briefbras briella brielle brien brienna brienne briet brietta brigantia brigbam brigette briggebam briggeham briggere brigham brighde brighid brighton brigid 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 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 bradey bradford bradig bradleah bradlee bradley bradly bradon bradshaw bradwell brady bradyn braeden braedon

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

First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 't':

baldhart bancroft barnet barnett barret barrett bart bartlett bast bastet batt beat beaufort beircheart bemot benat benecroft bennet bennett bent beorht beornet bernot berowalt bert biast birkett bliant bogart bogohardt bohort bort brant brendt brent bret brett bryant burcet burdett burhardt burkett burkhart burnet burnett burt

English Words Rhyming BRIT

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BR�T AS A WHOLE:

ambrite

noun (n.) A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.

brit

noun (n.) Alt. of Britt

britt	noun (n.) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat.
	noun (n.) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

britannia

noun (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

britannic

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.

briticism

noun (n.) A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

british	noun (n. pl.) People of Great Britain.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

britisher

noun (n.) An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service.

briton	noun (n.) A native of Great Britain.
	adjective (a.) British.

brittle

adjective (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

brittleness

noun (n.) Aptness to break; fragility.

britzska

noun (n.) A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

cabrit

noun (n.) Same as Cabree.

celebrity	noun (n.) Celebration; solemnization.
	noun (n.) The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
	noun (n.) A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

cerebritis

noun (n.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.

crebritude

noun (n.) Frequency.

equilibrity

noun (n.) The state of being balanced; equality of weight.

glabrity

noun (n.) Smoothness; baldness.

incelebrity

noun (n.) Want of celebrity or distinction; obscurity.

indobriton

noun (n.) A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste.

insalubrity

noun (n.) Unhealthfulness; unwholesomeness; as, the insalubrity of air, water, or climate.

muliebrity	noun (n.) The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.
	noun (n.) Hence: Effeminancy; softness.

quebrith	noun (n.) Sulphur.
	noun (n.) Sulphur.

salubrity

noun (n.) The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate.

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

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

afrit

noun (n.) Alt. of Afreet

boltsprit

noun (n.) See Bowsprit.

bowsprit

noun (n.) A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

demerit	noun (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
	noun (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
	noun (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
	noun (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
	noun (n.) To depreciate or cry down.
	verb (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.

esprit

noun (n.) Spirit.

grit	noun (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
	noun (n.) The coarse part of meal.
	noun (n.) Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
	noun (n.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
	noun (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
	noun (n.) Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
	verb (v. i.) To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
	verb (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.

immerit

noun (n.) Want of worth; demerit.

merit	noun (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
	noun (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
	noun (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
	noun (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.
	noun (n.) To reward.
	verb (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

overmerit

noun (n.) Excessive merit.

peagrit

noun (n.) A coarse pisolitic limestone. See Pisolite.

prakrit

noun (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects.

preterit	noun (n.) The preterit; also, a word in the preterit tense.
	adjective (a.) Past; -- applied to a tense which expresses an action or state as past.
	adjective (a.) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

sanscrit

noun (n.) See Sanskrit.

sanskrit

noun (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.

scrit

noun (n.) Writing; document; scroll.

scurrit

noun (n.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta).

spirit	noun (n.) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
	noun (n.) A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
	noun (n.) Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
	noun (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material.
	noun (n.) Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
	noun (n.) Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
	noun (n.) Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
	noun (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
	noun (n.) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits.
	noun (n.) Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
	noun (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
	noun (n.) Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
	noun (n.) Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
	noun (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
	noun (n.) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
	noun (n.) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
	verb (v. t.) To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
	verb (v. t.) To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off.

sprit	noun (n.) A shoot; a sprout.
	verb (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
	verb (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
	verb (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.

tirrit

noun (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.

worrit	noun (n.) Worry; anxiety.
	verb (v. t.) To worry; to annoy.

writ	noun (n.) That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.
	noun (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.
	(obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.
	() imp. & p. p. of Write.
	(Archaic imp. & p. p.) of Write

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BR�T (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.

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.

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.

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

English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 't':

baalist

noun (n.) Alt. of Baalite

babblement

noun (n.) Babble.

babist

noun (n.) A believer in Babism.

baccarat

noun (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

bacchant	noun (n.) A priest of Bacchus.
	noun (n.) A bacchanal; a reveler.
	adjective (a.) Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

backcast

noun (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.

backjoint

noun (n.) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

backset	noun (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
	noun (n.) Whatever is thrown back in its course, as water.
	verb (v. i.) To plow again, in the fall; -- said of prairie land broken up in the spring.

backsight

noun (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

bacteriologist

noun (n.) One skilled in bacteriology.

bacterioscopist

noun (n.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.

bafflement

noun (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

baft

noun (n.) Same as Bafta.

baguet

noun (n.) Alt. of Baguette

bailment	noun (n.) The action of bailing a person accused.
	noun (n.) A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.

bakemeat

noun (n.) Alt. of Baked-meat

balancement

noun (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

ballast	adjective (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
	adjective (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
	adjective (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
	adjective (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
	adjective (a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
	verb (v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
	verb (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
	verb (v. t.) To keep steady; to steady, morally.

ballet	noun (n.) 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.
	noun (n.) The company of persons who perform the ballet.
	noun (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.
	noun (n.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

balloonist

noun (n.) An aeronaut.

ballot	noun (n.) Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.
	noun (n.) The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.
	noun (n.) The whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.
	noun (n.) To vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.
	verb (v. t.) To vote for or in opposition to.

banat

noun (n.) The territory governed by a ban.

bandelet

noun (n.) Alt. of Bandlet

bandlet	noun (n.) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat molding, compassing a column, like a ring.
	noun (n.) Same as Bandelet.

bandicoot	noun (n.) A species of very large rat (Mus giganteus), found in India and Ceylon. It does much injury to rice fields and gardens.
	noun (n.) A ratlike marsupial animal (genus Perameles) of several species, found in Australia and Tasmania.

bandit

noun (n.) An outlaw; a brigand.

banewort

noun (n.) Deadly nightshade.

banishment

noun (n.) The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

bankrupt	noun (n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
	noun (n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.
	noun (n.) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.
	adjective (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.
	adjective (a.) Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.
	adjective (a.) Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
	adjective (a.) Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
	verb (v. t.) To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

banneret	noun (n.) Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
	noun (n.) A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
	noun (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
	noun (n.) A small banner.

banquet	noun (n.) A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
	noun (n.) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.
	verb (v. t.) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
	verb (v. i.) To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.
	verb (v. i.) To partake of a dessert after a feast.

baphomet

noun (n.) An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.

baptist	noun (n.) One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.
	noun (n.) One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.

baptizement

noun (n.) The act of baptizing.

barbet	noun (n.) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
	noun (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.
	noun (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.

barghest

noun (n.) A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune.

barillet

noun (n.) A little cask, or something resembling one.

baronet

noun (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

barouchet

noun (n.) A kind of light barouche.

barpost

noun (n.) A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.

barrenwort

noun (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

barret

noun (n.) A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

barringout

noun (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.

barrowist

noun (n.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.

barrulet

noun (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.

bartlett

noun (n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

basalt	noun (n.) A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.
	noun (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.

bascinet

noun (n.) A light helmet, at first open, but later made with a visor.

basement

adjective (a.) The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.

basenet

noun (n.) See Bascinet.

basinet

noun (n.) Same as Bascinet.

basket	noun (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
	noun (n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
	noun (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
	noun (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach.
	verb (v. t.) To put into a basket.

basnet

noun (n.) Same as Bascinet.

basset	noun (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
	noun (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
	adjective (a.) Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata.
	verb (v. i.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

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

bassoonist

noun (n.) A performer on the bassoon.

bast	noun (n.) The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
	noun (n.) A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

bat	noun (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.
	noun (n.) Shale or bituminous shale.
	noun (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
	noun (n.) A part of a brick with one whole end.
	noun (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
	noun (n.) Same as Tical, n., 1.
	noun (n.) In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
	noun (n.) A stroke; a sharp blow.
	noun (n.) A stroke of work.
	noun (n.) Rate of motion; speed.
	noun (n.) A spree; a jollification.
	noun (n.) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
	verb (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
	verb (v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
	verb (v. t. & i.) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
	verb (v. t. & i.) To wink.

batement

noun (n.) Abatement; diminution.

batlet

noun (n.) A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

battailant	noun (n.) A combatant.
	verb (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.

battlement	noun (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
	noun (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.

battologist

noun (n.) One who battologizes.

baybolt

noun (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

bayonet	noun (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.
	noun (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.
	verb (v. t.) To stab with a bayonet.
	verb (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.

beamlet

noun (n.) A small beam of light.

beast	noun (n.) Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.
	noun (n.) Any four-footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden.
	noun (n.) As opposed to man: Any irrational animal.
	noun (n.) Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow.
	noun (n.) A game at cards similar to loo.
	noun (n.) A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc.

beat	noun (n.) A stroke; a blow.
	noun (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse.
	noun (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit.
	noun (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament.
	noun (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8.
	noun (n.) One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him.
	noun (n.) The act of one that beats a person or thing
	noun (n.) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; a scoop.
	noun (n.) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
	noun (n.) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
	adjective (a.) Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted.
	verb (v. t.) To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat one's breast; to beat iron so as to shape it; to beat grain, in order to force out the seeds; to beat eggs and sugar; to beat a drum.
	verb (v. t.) To punish by blows; to thrash.
	verb (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game.
	verb (v. t.) To dash against, or strike, as with water or wind.
	verb (v. t.) To tread, as a path.
	verb (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass.
	verb (v. t.) To cheat; to chouse; to swindle; to defraud; -- often with out.
	verb (v. t.) To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
	verb (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc.
	verb (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
	verb (v. i.) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
	verb (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do.
	verb (v. i.) To be in agitation or doubt.
	verb (v. i.) To make progress against the wind, by sailing in a zigzag line or traverse.
	verb (v. i.) To make a sound when struck; as, the drums beat.
	verb (v. i.) To make a succession of strokes on a drum; as, the drummers beat to call soldiers to their quarters.
	verb (v. i.) To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; -- said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
	verb (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat.
	verb (v. i.) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
	verb (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.
	(imp.) of Beat
	(p. p.) of Beat

beaufet

noun (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet.

beauseant

noun (n.) The black and white standard of the Knights Templars.

becket	noun (n.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope / metal for holding things in position, as spars, ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
	noun (n.) A spade for digging turf.

bedagat

noun (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah.

bedevilment

noun (n.) The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.

bedizenment

noun (n.) That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily.

bedpost	noun (n.) One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
	noun (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff.

bedquilt

noun (n.) A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.

beechnut

noun (n.) The nut of the beech tree.

beet	noun (n.) A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seed the second year.
	noun (n.) The root of plants of the genus Beta, different species and varieties of which are used for the table, for feeding stock, or in making sugar.

befriendment

noun (n.) Act of befriending.

beguilement

noun (n.) The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.

behest	noun (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
	noun (n.) A vow; a promise.
	verb (v. t.) To vow.

behight	noun (n.) A vow; a promise.
	verb (v.) To promise; to vow.
	verb (v.) To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
	verb (v.) To adjudge; to assign by authority.
	verb (v.) To mean, or intend.
	verb (v.) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
	verb (v.) To call; to name; to address.
	verb (v.) To command; to order.
	(imp.) of Behight
	(p. p.) of Behight

belligerent	noun (n.) A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
	(p. pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.
	(p. pr.) Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

bellwort

noun (n.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.

bellycheat

noun (n.) An apron or covering for the front of the person.

belt	noun (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
	noun (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
	noun (n.) Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.
	noun (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
	noun (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
	noun (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
	noun (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
	noun (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
	noun (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
	verb (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
	verb (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

bendlet

noun (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

benedict	noun (n.) Alt. of Benedick
	adjective (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.

benedight

adjective (a.) Blessed.

beneficent

adjective (a.) Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence.

beneficient

adjective (a.) Beneficent.

benefit	noun (n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
	noun (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
	noun (n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
	noun (n.) Beneficence; liberality.
	noun (n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
	verb (v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
	verb (v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.

benevolent

adjective (a.) Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable.

benightment

noun (n.) The condition of being benighted.

benignant

adjective (a.) Kind; gracious; favorable.

bennet

adjective (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.

bent	noun (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
	noun (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
	noun (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
	adjective (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
	adjective (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
	verb (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
	verb (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
	verb (v.) A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
	verb (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
	verb (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
	verb (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
	() of Bend
	() imp. & p. p. of Bend.

benumbment

noun (n.) Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor.

bequeathment

noun (n.) The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.

bequest	noun (n.) The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.
	noun (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
	verb (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy.

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