BEDE
First name BEDE's origin is English. BEDE means "name of a historian". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BEDE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bede.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with BEDE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming BEDE
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BEDE AS A WHOLE:
bedegrayneNAMES RHYMING WITH BEDE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ede) - Names That Ends with ede:
mercede kaede ganymede ede odede sigfriede heallstede bredeRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (de) - Names That Ends with de:
grishilde ode bertilde aude brighde adelaide brunhilde zenaide tunde ade akintunde babatunde dzigbode matunde berde jibade kazemde davide adelheide bathilde beorhthilde bride candide clarimonde clotilde eldride emeraude enide ethelinde gerde gertrude griselde grisjahilde griswalde hayley-jade heide hildagarde hilde holde hulde ide isolde isoude jade jayde magnilde maitilde mathilde matilde maude mayde melisande mide otthilde rolande romhilde romilde rosalinde rosamonde rosemonde serihilde shayde tibelde trenade trude vande wande wilde winifride yolande ysolde andwearde attewode ayrwode birde cade calfhierde carmelide cinneide claude clyde dwade ealdwode evinrude eweheorde forde gilbride giollabrighde heortwode hide jerande judeNAMES RHYMING WITH BEDE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bed) - Names That Begins with bed:
beda bedivere bednar bedrosian bedver bedwyrRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (be) - Names That Begins with be:
beacan beacher beadu beadurinc beadurof beadutun beadwof beagan beagen beal bealantin beale beall bealohydig beaman beamard beamer bean bearacb bearach bearcban bearn bearnard bearrocscir beartlaidh beat beatha beathag beathan beathas beatie beaton beatrice beatricia beatrisa beatriz beattie beatty beau beaufort beaumains beauvais beb bebeodan bebhinn bebti becan becca beceere beck beckham becki becky beecher behdeti behrend behula beinvenido beircheart beiste beitris bek bekele bekki bel bela belakane belda beldan beldane belden beldene beldon belen belia belina belinda belisarda bell bella bellamy bellance bellangere belle bellerophon bellinus beltane beltran beluchi belva bem bemabe bemadette bembeNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BEDE:
First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'e':
babette backstere baecere baibre bailee bainbridge bainbrydge bairbre baladie baldassare baldhere baldlice balere balgaire balie ballinamore banbrigge bane bankole baptiste barbie bardene barkarne barnabe barre barrie bartle bartolome basile baste bawdewyne baylee baylie bemeere bemelle bennie benoyce bentle beore berdine berenice bergitte berhane berke berkle bernadette bernadine berne bernelle bernette bernice bernyce beroe berthe bertie bertrade bessie bethanee bethanie betje bette bettine beverlee bibsbebe billie binge birche birdie birdine birkhe birte birtle blade blaine blaire blaise blaize blake blakemore blanche blane blase blayne blayze blaze blisse blithe blondelle blondene bluinse blysse blythe boarte bobbie bonie boniface bonnibelle bonnie bonny-lee booneEnglish Words Rhyming BEDE
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BEDE AS A WHOLE:
bedehouse | noun (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors. |
noun (n.) Same as Beadhouse. |
bedesman | noun (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. |
noun (n.) Same as Beadsman. |
bedeswoman | noun (n.) Fem. of Beadsman. |
bede | noun (n.) A kind of pickax. |
verb (v. t.) To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. |
bedecking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedeck |
bedeguar | noun (n.) Alt. of Bedegar |
bedegar | noun (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties. |
bedel | noun (n.) Alt. of Bedell |
bedell | noun (n.) Same as Beadle. |
bedelry | noun (n.) Beadleship. |
beden | noun (n.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible. |
bedeviling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedevil |
bedevilment | noun (n.) The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. |
bedewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedew |
bedewer | noun (n.) One who, or that which, bedews. |
bedewy | adjective (a.) Moist with dew; dewy. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BEDE (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ede) - English Words That Ends with ede:
anomalipede | adjective (a.) Having anomalous feet. |
andromede | noun (n.) Alt. of Andromed |
brede | noun (n.) Alt. of Breede |
noun (n.) A braid. |
breede | noun (n.) Breadth. |
decede | noun (n.) To withdraw. |
dede | adjective (a.) Dead. |
epicede | noun (n.) A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. |
glede | noun (n.) A live coal. |
verb (v. i.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. |
gossiprede | noun (n.) The relationship between a person and his sponsors. |
intermede | noun (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera. |
kinrede | noun (n.) Kindred. |
kynrede | noun (n.) Kindred. |
leede | noun (n.) A caldron; a copper kettle. |
mede | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia. |
noun (n.) See lst & 2d Mead, and Meed. |
octopede | noun (n.) An animal having eight feet, as a spider. |
prede | noun (n.) Prey; plunder; booty. |
verb (v. i.) To prey; to plunder. |
rede | noun (n.) Advice; counsel; suggestion. |
noun (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw. | |
verb (v. t.) To advise or counsel. | |
verb (v. t.) To interpret; to explain. |
remede | noun (n.) Remedy. |
swede | noun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sweden. |
noun (n.) A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip. |
stampede | noun (n.) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention. |
verb (v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. | |
verb (v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. | |
verb (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. |
suede | noun (n.) Swedish glove leather, -- usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, suede gloves. |
velocipede | noun (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle. |
womanhede | noun (n.) Womanhood. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BEDE (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bed) - Words That Begins with bed:
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. |
bedding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bed |
noun (n.) A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter. | |
noun (n.) The state or position of beds and layers. |
bedabbling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedabble |
bedagat | noun (n.) The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. |
bedashing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedash |
bedaubing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedaub |
bedazzling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedazzle |
bedbug | noun (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. |
bedchair | noun (n.) A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed. |
bedchamber | noun (n.) A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. |
bedclothes | noun (n. pl.) Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. |
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 |
bedfellow | noun (n.) One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch. |
bedfere bedphere | noun (n.) A bedfellow. |
bedgown | noun (n.) A nightgown. |
bedimming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedim |
bedizenment | noun (n.) That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily. |
bedkey | noun (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead. |
bedlam | noun (n.) A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. |
noun (n.) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman. | |
noun (n.) Any place where uproar and confusion prevail. | |
adjective (a.) Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. |
bedlamite | noun (n.) An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. |
bedmaker | noun (n.) One who makes beds. |
bedouin | noun (n.) One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts. |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad. |
bedpan | noun (n.) A pan for warming beds. |
noun (n.) A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed. |
bedphere | noun (n.) See Bedfere. |
bedpiece | noun (n.) Alt. of Bedplate |
bedplate | noun (n.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate. |
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. |
bedraggling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedraggle |
bedrenching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedrench |
bedright bedrite | noun (n.) The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. |
bedroom | noun (n.) A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room. |
noun (n.) Room in a bed. |
bedside | noun (n.) The side of a bed. |
bedsite | noun (n.) A recess in a room for a bed. |
bedsore | noun (n.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed. |
bedspread | noun (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. |
bedstaff | noun (n.) "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." |
bedstead | noun (n.) A framework for supporting a bed. |
bedstock | noun (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead. |
bedstraw | noun (n.) Straw put into a bed. |
noun (n.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. |
bedswerver | noun (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. |
bedtick | noun (n.) A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed. |
bedtime | noun (n.) The time to go to bed. |
beduin | noun (n.) See Bedouin. |
bedyeing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedye |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BEDE:
English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'e':
baalite | noun (n.) A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater. |
babble | noun (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. |
noun (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. | |
verb (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk much; to chatter; to prate. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones. | |
verb (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding. | |
verb (v. i.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret. |
babe | noun (n.) An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby. |
noun (n.) A doll for children. |
babingtonite | noun (n.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime. |
babyhouse | adjective (a.) A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture. |
baccalaureate | noun (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges. |
noun (n.) A baccalaureate sermon. | |
adjective (a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts. |
baccate | adjective (a.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. |
bacchante | noun (n.) A priestess of Bacchus. |
noun (n.) A female bacchanal. |
bace | noun (n., a., & v.) See Base. |
bacillariae | noun (n. pl.) See Diatom. |
backbone | noun (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column. |
noun (n.) Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone. | |
noun (n.) Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness. |
backhouse | noun (n.) A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary. |
backpiece | noun (n.) Alt. of Backplate |
backplate | noun (n.) A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back. |
backside | noun (n.) The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal. |
bactericide | noun (n.) Same as Germicide. |
bacule | noun (n.) See Bascule. |
baculine | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod. |
baculite | noun (n.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite. |
badge | noun (n.) A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. |
noun (n.) Something characteristic; a mark; a token. | |
noun (n.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one. | |
verb (v. t.) To mark or distinguish with a badge. |
badinage | noun (n.) Playful raillery; banter. |
baenomere | noun (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. |
baenosome | noun (n.) The thorax of Arthropods. |
baffle | noun (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. |
noun (n.) A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated. | |
noun (n.) A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow, as by means of a weir. | |
noun (n.) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. | |
verb (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. | |
verb (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. | |
verb (v. i.) To practice deceit. | |
verb (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. |
bagasse | noun (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar. |
bagatelle | noun (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance. |
noun (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. |
baggage | noun (n.) The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. |
noun (n.) The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. | |
noun (n.) Purulent matter. | |
noun (n.) Trashy talk. | |
noun (n.) A man of bad character. | |
noun (n.) A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. | |
noun (n.) A romping, saucy girl. |
bagpipe | noun (n.) A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland. |
verb (v. t.) To make to look like a bagpipe. |
bague | noun (n.) The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts. |
baguette | noun (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead. |
noun (n.) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation. |
bailable | adjective (a.) Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons. |
adjective (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense. | |
adjective (a.) That can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods. |
bailee | noun (n.) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. |
bailie | noun (n.) An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman. |
baillie | noun (n.) Bailiff. |
noun (n.) Same as Bailie. |
bailpiece | noun (n.) A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond. |
baize | noun (n.) A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors. |
bake | noun (n.) The process, or result, of baking. |
verb (v. t.) 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. | |
verb (v. t.) To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground. | |
verb (v. t.) To harden by cold. | |
verb (v. i.) To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. | |
verb (v. i.) To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. |
bakistre | noun (n.) A baker. |
balance | noun (n.) An apparatus for weighing. |
noun (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate. | |
noun (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. | |
noun (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness. | |
noun (n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account. | |
noun (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary). | |
noun (n.) The constellation Libra. | |
noun (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September. | |
noun (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. | |
noun (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance. | |
noun (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope. | |
noun (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize. | |
noun (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. | |
noun (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them. | |
noun (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account. | |
noun (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books. | |
noun (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners. | |
noun (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail. | |
verb (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance. | |
verb (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate. | |
verb (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back. |
balanceable | adjective (a.) Such as can be balanced. |
balanite | noun (n.) A fossil balanoid shell. |
balaustine | noun (n.) The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally. |
baldpate | noun (n.) A baldheaded person. |
noun (n.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana). | |
adjective (a.) Alt. of Baldpated |
bale | noun (n.) A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation. |
noun (n.) Misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow. | |
noun (n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. | |
verb (v. t.) To make up in a bale. | |
verb (v. t.) See Bail, v. t., to lade. |
balefire | noun (n.) A signal fire; an alarm fire. |
balize | noun (n.) A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark. |
ballade | noun (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy. |
ballastage | noun (n.) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor. |
balotade | noun (n.) See Ballotade. |
balsamine | noun (n.) The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam. |
balustrade | noun (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. |
bambocciade | noun (n.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life. |
bandage | noun (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc. |
noun (n.) Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. | |
verb (v. t.) To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes. |
banderole | noun (n.) Alt. of Bandrol |
bandle | noun (n.) An Irish measure of two feet in length. |
bandoline | noun (n.) A glutinous pomatum for the fair. |
bandore | noun (n.) A musical stringed instrument, similar in form to a guitar; a pandore. |
bane | noun (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. |
noun (n.) Destruction; death. | |
noun (n.) Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe. | |
noun (n.) A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot. | |
verb (v. t.) To be the bane of; to ruin. |
bangue | noun (n.) See Bhang. |
bangle | noun (n.) An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. |
verb (v. t.) To waste by little and little; to fritter away. |
bankable | adjective (a.) Receivable at a bank. |
bankside | noun (n.) The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam. |
banlieue | noun (n.) The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. |
banquette | noun (n.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy. |
noun (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser. | |
noun (n.) A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle. |
banshee | noun (n.) Alt. of Banshie |
banshie | noun (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house. |
noun (n.) A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice. |
banstickle | noun (n.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback. |
baptizable | adjective (a.) Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. |
barbacanage | noun (n.) See Barbicanage. |
noun (n.) Money paid for the support of a barbican. |
barbaresque | adjective (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. |
barbate | adjective (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs. |
barbecue | noun (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast. |
noun (n.) A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole. | |
noun (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried. | |
verb (v. t.) To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron. | |
verb (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog. |
barbellate | adjective (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. |
barbellulate | adjective (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs. |
barbette | noun (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. |
barbicanage | noun (n.) Alt. of Barbacanage |
barble | noun (n.) See Barbel. |
barbotine | noun (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief. |
barbre | adjective (a.) Barbarian. |
barbule | noun (n.) A very minute barb or beard. |
noun (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather. |
barcarolle | noun (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. |
noun (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. |
barde | noun (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.] |
(pl.) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms. | |
(pl.) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game. |
bare | noun (n.) Surface; body; substance. |
noun (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. | |
adjective (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. | |
adjective (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded. | |
adjective (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. | |
adjective (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. | |
adjective (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. | |
adjective (a.) Threadbare; much worn. | |
adjective (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. | |
adjective (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. | |
() Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v. | |
() of Bear |
barebone | noun (n.) A very lean person; one whose bones show through the skin. |
barege | noun (n.) A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted. |
barge | noun (n.) A pleasure boat; a vessel or boat of state, elegantly furnished and decorated. |
noun (n.) A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge. | |
noun (n.) A large boat used by flag officers. | |
noun (n.) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. | |
noun (n.) A large omnibus used for excursions. |
bargecourse | noun (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable. |
bargee | noun (n.) A bargeman. |
barite | noun (n.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins. |
baritone | noun (a. & n.) See Barytone. |
noun (n.) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other. | |
noun (n.) A person having a voice of such range. | |
noun (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused. | |
noun (n.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. | |
adjective (a.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice. | |
adjective (a.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood. |
barque | noun (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. |
noun (n.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. | |
noun (n.) Same as 3d Bark, n. |
barkantine | noun (n.) Same as Barkentine. |
barkentine | noun (n.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append. |
barleybrake | noun (n.) Alt. of Barleybreak |
barmecide | noun (n.) One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. |
barmote | noun (n.) A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners. |
barnabite | noun (n.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas. |
barnacle | noun (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. |
noun (n.) A bernicle goose. | |
noun (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. | |
(sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. |
baronage | noun (n.) The whole body of barons or peers. |
noun (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron. | |
noun (n.) The land which gives title to a baron. |
baronetage | noun (n.) State or rank of a baronet. |
noun (n.) The collective body of baronets. |