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BBaa,n.bleat, bleating.--v.bleat.babble,v.prattle,gabble;murmur, purl. Seetalk.babble,n.prattle,gabble, chatter, prating;murmur, purl.babbler,n.prater, chatterer, prattler,tattler.baby,n.infant, babe,suckling,nursling. Seechild.baby,v.humor,fondle,indulge,coddle,pet, cosset.baby,a.infantine, infantile, babyish.babyhood,n.infancy.bachelor,n.celibate.bachelorhood,n.bachelorship, bachelorism, celibacy.back,n.reverse; posteriors,fundament, buttocks,seat,rump,breech;ridge.Associated words:supine, resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous,dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone,loins, dorsicumbent.back,a.posterior, dorsal, notal, tergal, neural;remote,distant, frontier;rear,reverse.back,adv.backward, rearward; in arrear; inreturn, inrestitution, inrequital.back,v.support,second,maintain,abet, subsidize,coöperate, with;mount; indorse.backbite,v.defame (clandestinely), malign, traduce,vilify, calumniate,scandalize.backbiter,n.defamer, detractor, maligner, vilifier, slanderer, calumniator.backbiting,n.defamation, vilification, traducement, calumny, slander (secret).backbone,n.spine, spinalcolumn, rachis, chine.Associated words: vertebræ, Vertebrata, vertebra, vertebralspinal. Seespine.backbone,n.moral principle, steadfastness,stability, firmness,stamina.backboned,a.vertebrate, vertebrated.Antonyms: invertebrate, invertebrated.backdown,n.surrender, recession,withdrawal.backhouse,n.outhouse,privy,necessary,water-closet, jakes, latrine (in camp or hospital).backing,n.support,coöperation, seconding,assistance, subsidy.backing out.withdrawal,retreat, recession,retirement.back out.(Colloq.)withdraw,retreat, resile, recede,retire.backset,n.discouragement,setback,check,repulse,rebuff.backslide,v.breakfaith, apostatize,retrograde, relapse,desert, fallaway.backslider,n.apostate,renegade,deserter,recreant,pervert.backsliding,n.apostasy, defection, relapse, recidivism,recreancy, retrogradation.backsliding,a.apostate,renegade, retrogressive, recidivous,recreant,unfaithful.backward,a.retrograde, retrogressive,reverse, regressive; retrospective;reluctant,averse, loath, disinclined,unwilling;dull,inapt;late,tardy, delayed;undeveloped.backwardness,n.reluctance, averseness, unwillingness, disinclination,hesitancy; inaptness, dullness; lateness, tardiness;undevelopment.bacon,n.Associated words: lardoon, bard, flitch, gammon,lard.bad,a.evil,wicked,immoral, iniquitous, arrant,corrupt, depraved,sinful,base, demoralized,sinister,licentious,unprincipled,abandoned,graceless,vicious, incorrigible,unscrupulous, miscreant,reprobate, disreputable,rascal,scoundrel, profligate,knavish,naughty, malevolent,malicious,unrighteous, degrading,dissolute,libertine,hardened,wanton;injurious, prejudicial,pernicious, detrimental, baneful,unwholesome, baleful,deleterious, mischievous,noisome, malign, malignant,noxious, unpropitious,disadvantageous;offensive,serious,grave,severe, mortal; defective,imperfect,incompetent,inferior; untoward, depressing, unwelcome, adverse,grievous,unfavorable, inauspicious; infertile, inarable;barren,unproductive,worthless;hard,heavy,serious, irreparable, egregious;nefarious,felonious,infamous,villainous,heinous,flagrant,atrocious, flagitious.badge,n.device, cognizance, emblem, ensign, brassard, cordon,star, insignia.badinage,n.raillery (innocent),banter, persiflage, asteism.badly,adv.poorly, unskillfully, wretchedly, grievously, imperfectly; very much; greatly.badness,n.depravity, improbity, unscrupulousness, iniquity,immorality, turpitude, knavishness,villainy, peccancy, baseness, profligacy, venality, licentiousness, obliquity, pravity,degeneracy, viciousness, wantonness, criminality, libertinism, malevolence, incorrigibility,rascality, malignity, noxiousness,infamy, mischief.baffle,v.foil,balk,checkmate, disconcert,frustrate,thwart, circumvent,nonplus.bafflement,n.frustration, foiling, thwarting, circumvention,defeat, disconcertion.baffling,a.disconcerting, frustrating, confusing,perplexing.bag,n.sack,pouch,wallet, reticule, knapsack,pocket, cul-de-sac, haversack, portmanteau,poke, scrip,satchel, suitcase,quiver,valise, sporran, gunnysack;udder; cyst, vesicle, saccule, utricle,bladder.bag,v.capture,entrap,catch.baggage,n.luggage,traps.baggage truck.lorrie, lorry.baggy,a.unshapely,flabby.bagpipe,n.doodlesack.bail,n.security,surety, vadium.bait,n.lure,enticement,inducement,temptation,decoy,allurement; kibblings.balance,v.poise, librate;equal,counterpoise,counteract,counterbalance, countervail; adjust, equalize,square.Antonyms: unbalance, derange, preponderate.balance,n.scales;equipoise,equilibrium, steadiness;surplus,excess,remainder,overplus;poise,equipoise; weighing,estimate.Antonyms: preponderance, deficit,deficiency.balcony,n.gallery,terrace.bald,a.hairless, polled; tonsured; unadorned, literal, undisguised, unvarnished,unqualified; uncorroborated, unsupported,glaring, mere.balderdash,n.flummery,nonsense,jargon,fustian,moonshine,twaddle,fudge.baldness,n.alopecia.Associated word: alopecist.balk,v.frustrate,baffle,foil,thwart,disappoint; jib.balky,a.refractory,perverse, recalcitrant,contrary,stubborn.ball,n.sphere,globe, orb, pellet; pome,pommel; base-ball, football, lacrosse, basket-ball, tether-ball; bullet, projectile, dejectile,missile; glomeration, conglobation; fandango (Mexico).ballarag,v.(Slang)bully,threaten, browbeat, overbear, intimidate.ballast,n.steadiness, self-control,equipoise,stability,judgment.ballet,n.Associated words: choreograph, choreographer.ballet-dancer,n.danseuse,coryphee,figurante.balloon,n.aërostat.ballooning,n.aëronautics, aërostation, balloonery.balloonist,n.aëronaut, aërostat, ballooner.balm,n.unguent,ointment; mitigant, anodyne, assuager, nepenthe, balsam.balmy,a.aromatic, odoriferous,sweet-smelling,odorous, balsamic.bamboozle,v.(Colloq.)cheat,humbug,impose upon,dupe.ban,n.announcement,notice;curse,anathema,denunciation, malediction, execration; interdiction, proscription, interdict,taboo.ban,v.curse,anathematize, execrate; interdict,forbid, proscribe,taboo.banal,a.commonplace,platitudinous, hackneyed,trite.banality,n.platitude,commonplace.band,n.fillet,fetter,manacle,shackle, gyve; cincture,girth, swaddle;belt,zone, cestus;bandage,link,bond, vinculum, withe;company,crew,troop,gang,coterie; cabal,clique,club,junto,league; orchestra.band,v.league,confederate,unite,clique.bandage,n.ligature, deligation, fillet; capeline, fasciation, fascia, spica.bandage,v.deligate, swathe.bandit,n.outlaw,brigand,footpad,highwayman,marauder, desperado.bang,v.thump,cudgel,maul; slam;resound,reëcho.bang,n.thump, whack,rap,knock; clangor, clang.banish,v.exile, expatriate, relegate; driveaway,dismiss,expel.banished person.exile, expatriate.banishment,n.exile, expatriation, relegation, proscription,expulsion.banister,n.baluster;pl.balustrade.bank,n.mound,pile,ridge,dike,heap,drift,embankment,brink,shore, rivage,rim,brim, marge, strand;shallow,shoal,bar; levee; terreplein.bank,v.embank,dike; pile up, heap up.bankrupt,a.insolvent; depleted, impoverished.Antonym:solvent.bankrupt,v.impoverish,ruin,break.bankruptcy,n.insolvency.Antonym: solvency.banner,n.flag,standard, gonfalon, ensign, oriflame, vexillum, banderole, colors, pavilion.banquet,n.junket, regalement,feast.--v.feast,junket,regale.banter,n.joking,jesting,pleasantry,badinage,chaff,raillery, persiflage, asteism.banter,v.jest,chaff,rally,roast.baptism,n.baptizing; parabaptism, pedobaptism; hypothetical,baptism.Associated words: baptize, christen, font, baptistery, baptismal.bar,n.obstruction,barrier,impediment,obstacle, barricade,hindrance;shoal, sandbar,bank; ingot;lever,pole,rod; tribunal,judgment-seat; jimmy, betty.bar,v.debar, except,exclude;obstruct,restrain,hinder.barbarian,a.barbarous,savage,rude,uncivilized.--n.savage.barbarism,n.savagery, savagism;outrage,brutality,atrocity; vulgarism, impropriety (of speech),solecism.barbarity,n.barbarism, barbarousness,inhumanity,brutality.barbarous,a.uncivilized,barbarian,inhuman, truculent,brutal.barber,n.tonsor.Associated word: tonsorial.barber's itch.sycosis.bare,a.naked,nude, undressed, denuded, unveiled, exposed, undraped,in puris naturalibus; unadorned,bald,meager, unembellished, uncolored, unvarnished;empty,destitute, unfurnished;threadbare, pileworn, napless; meer,alone,sheer.bare,v.denude,strip, divest,expose,undress, unmask.barefaced,a.unmasked, undisguised,glaring,notorious;shameless, unabashed, brazen,audacious.barefooted,a.unshod, discalced, discalceated.bareness,n.nakedness, nudity.bargain,v.stipulate,agree,contract,covenant;barter.bark,n.cortex.Associated words: cortical, corticate, corticiferous, corticiform, phleophagus, corticose, periderm, liber, decortication, decorticator.bark,v.peel,flay,skin, decorticate;bay,yelp,yap.barn,n.stable.barrel,n.cask, cade, butt, puncheon, tierce, hogshead, keg, rundlet; (of wine) 31-1/2 gallons; (of flour) 196 pounds.Associated words: gauntree, cooper, bilge, stave, hoop, chine.barren,a.sterile, agenestic, infecund, unprolific, unprocreant;unproductive,unfruitful, unfertile,effete,desert;unprofitable,fruitless, unremunerative,empty;stupid,dull,unimaginative, prosaic, devoid, uninspiring, uninteresting.Antonyms: prolific, fecund,virile,fruitful,fertile,teeming.barrenness,n.sterility, infecundity, unprolificness, infertility.Antonyms: fecundity, prolificness,fertility.barrier,n.obstruction,impediment,obstacle,hindrance, barricade.barter,n.traffic,exchange,trade,business.--v.traffic,trade,exchange.base,a.debased,impure,spurious, alloyed,counterfeit;low-minded,unworthy,ignoble,mean,servile,groveling;despicable, discreditable,disgraceful,venal; plebeian,obscure, untitled,unhonored.base,n.basis,bottom,foundation,groundwork; pedestal; plinth.baseboard,n.mopboard, scrubboard.baseborn,a.plebeian.baseless,a.unfounded,groundless.basement,n.cellar.Associated word: area.bashful,a.over-modest,diffident,coy,shamefaced,sheepish,retiring.bashfulness,n.modesty,diffidence,shyness, over-modesty.basis,n.foundation.bask,v.luxuriate,revel.basket,n.hamper, creel, hanaper, pannier, corb, tumbril, dosser, canister,prickle, corf, bassinet, voider, flasket, punnet, wicker, wicker-work,scuttle.basket-bearer,n.canephore, canephorus. (Gr. Antiq.)bastard,n.illegitimatechild, love-child, whoreson; mamzer (Mosaic law).bastard,a.illegitimate, adulterine;spurious,false,counterfeit, supposititious.bastardize,v.illegitimatize,Antonyms:legitimate, legitimatize.baste,v.beat,cudgel,pound,pommel, buffet,thrash,maul,strike.bat,n.club,cudgel; brickbat; cheiropter,vampire;racket; (Slang)blow, stroke, buffet; (Slang)spree, jollification.batch,n.quantity,collection,lot, assortment.bate,n.puer, grainer.bath,n.ablution, lavement; bathroom, lavatory.Associated words: balneal, balneary, balneography, balneology balneotherapy, laver.bathe,v.lave,wash;foment;surround,envelop, enwrap, suffuse.bathing,n.ablution, lavement.baton,n.staff,wand, sceptre, truncheon.batten,v.fatten.batter,v.smite,pelt,assault;demolish,raze,shatter.battle,n.engagement,fight,encounter, skirmish,contest,combat, tournament,strife.battle array.battalia.bauble,n.gewgaw,gimcrack, kickshaws,trinket,plaything.bawdy-house,n.brothel.bay,n.bight, frith, estuary, fiord, bayou;recess, alcove, sinus, oriel (bay window); bay-tree, sweet laurel; last resort,desperation;pl.honors,garland,renown.

Baa,n.bleat, bleating.--v.bleat.

babble,v.prattle,gabble;murmur, purl. Seetalk.

babble,n.prattle,gabble, chatter, prating;murmur, purl.

babbler,n.prater, chatterer, prattler,tattler.

baby,n.infant, babe,suckling,nursling. Seechild.

baby,v.humor,fondle,indulge,coddle,pet, cosset.

baby,a.infantine, infantile, babyish.

babyhood,n.infancy.

bachelor,n.celibate.

bachelorhood,n.bachelorship, bachelorism, celibacy.

back,n.reverse; posteriors,fundament, buttocks,seat,rump,breech;ridge.Associated words:supine, resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous,dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone,loins, dorsicumbent.

back,a.posterior, dorsal, notal, tergal, neural;remote,distant, frontier;rear,reverse.

back,adv.backward, rearward; in arrear; inreturn, inrestitution, inrequital.

back,v.support,second,maintain,abet, subsidize,coöperate, with;mount; indorse.

backbite,v.defame (clandestinely), malign, traduce,vilify, calumniate,scandalize.

backbiter,n.defamer, detractor, maligner, vilifier, slanderer, calumniator.

backbiting,n.defamation, vilification, traducement, calumny, slander (secret).

backbone,n.spine, spinalcolumn, rachis, chine.Associated words: vertebræ, Vertebrata, vertebra, vertebralspinal. Seespine.

backbone,n.moral principle, steadfastness,stability, firmness,stamina.

backboned,a.vertebrate, vertebrated.Antonyms: invertebrate, invertebrated.

backdown,n.surrender, recession,withdrawal.

backhouse,n.outhouse,privy,necessary,water-closet, jakes, latrine (in camp or hospital).

backing,n.support,coöperation, seconding,assistance, subsidy.

backing out.withdrawal,retreat, recession,retirement.

back out.(Colloq.)withdraw,retreat, resile, recede,retire.

backset,n.discouragement,setback,check,repulse,rebuff.

backslide,v.breakfaith, apostatize,retrograde, relapse,desert, fallaway.

backslider,n.apostate,renegade,deserter,recreant,pervert.

backsliding,n.apostasy, defection, relapse, recidivism,recreancy, retrogradation.

backsliding,a.apostate,renegade, retrogressive, recidivous,recreant,unfaithful.

backward,a.retrograde, retrogressive,reverse, regressive; retrospective;reluctant,averse, loath, disinclined,unwilling;dull,inapt;late,tardy, delayed;undeveloped.

backwardness,n.reluctance, averseness, unwillingness, disinclination,hesitancy; inaptness, dullness; lateness, tardiness;undevelopment.

bacon,n.Associated words: lardoon, bard, flitch, gammon,lard.

bad,a.evil,wicked,immoral, iniquitous, arrant,corrupt, depraved,sinful,base, demoralized,sinister,licentious,unprincipled,abandoned,graceless,vicious, incorrigible,unscrupulous, miscreant,reprobate, disreputable,rascal,scoundrel, profligate,knavish,naughty, malevolent,malicious,unrighteous, degrading,dissolute,libertine,hardened,wanton;injurious, prejudicial,pernicious, detrimental, baneful,unwholesome, baleful,deleterious, mischievous,noisome, malign, malignant,noxious, unpropitious,disadvantageous;offensive,serious,grave,severe, mortal; defective,imperfect,incompetent,inferior; untoward, depressing, unwelcome, adverse,grievous,unfavorable, inauspicious; infertile, inarable;barren,unproductive,worthless;hard,heavy,serious, irreparable, egregious;nefarious,felonious,infamous,villainous,heinous,flagrant,atrocious, flagitious.

badge,n.device, cognizance, emblem, ensign, brassard, cordon,star, insignia.

badinage,n.raillery (innocent),banter, persiflage, asteism.

badly,adv.poorly, unskillfully, wretchedly, grievously, imperfectly; very much; greatly.

badness,n.depravity, improbity, unscrupulousness, iniquity,immorality, turpitude, knavishness,villainy, peccancy, baseness, profligacy, venality, licentiousness, obliquity, pravity,degeneracy, viciousness, wantonness, criminality, libertinism, malevolence, incorrigibility,rascality, malignity, noxiousness,infamy, mischief.

baffle,v.foil,balk,checkmate, disconcert,frustrate,thwart, circumvent,nonplus.

bafflement,n.frustration, foiling, thwarting, circumvention,defeat, disconcertion.

baffling,a.disconcerting, frustrating, confusing,perplexing.

bag,n.sack,pouch,wallet, reticule, knapsack,pocket, cul-de-sac, haversack, portmanteau,poke, scrip,satchel, suitcase,quiver,valise, sporran, gunnysack;udder; cyst, vesicle, saccule, utricle,bladder.

bag,v.capture,entrap,catch.

baggage,n.luggage,traps.

baggage truck.lorrie, lorry.

baggy,a.unshapely,flabby.

bagpipe,n.doodlesack.

bail,n.security,surety, vadium.

bait,n.lure,enticement,inducement,temptation,decoy,allurement; kibblings.

balance,v.poise, librate;equal,counterpoise,counteract,counterbalance, countervail; adjust, equalize,square.Antonyms: unbalance, derange, preponderate.

balance,n.scales;equipoise,equilibrium, steadiness;surplus,excess,remainder,overplus;poise,equipoise; weighing,estimate.Antonyms: preponderance, deficit,deficiency.

balcony,n.gallery,terrace.

bald,a.hairless, polled; tonsured; unadorned, literal, undisguised, unvarnished,unqualified; uncorroborated, unsupported,glaring, mere.

balderdash,n.flummery,nonsense,jargon,fustian,moonshine,twaddle,fudge.

baldness,n.alopecia.Associated word: alopecist.

balk,v.frustrate,baffle,foil,thwart,disappoint; jib.

balky,a.refractory,perverse, recalcitrant,contrary,stubborn.

ball,n.sphere,globe, orb, pellet; pome,pommel; base-ball, football, lacrosse, basket-ball, tether-ball; bullet, projectile, dejectile,missile; glomeration, conglobation; fandango (Mexico).

ballarag,v.(Slang)bully,threaten, browbeat, overbear, intimidate.

ballast,n.steadiness, self-control,equipoise,stability,judgment.

ballet,n.Associated words: choreograph, choreographer.

ballet-dancer,n.danseuse,coryphee,figurante.

balloon,n.aërostat.

ballooning,n.aëronautics, aërostation, balloonery.

balloonist,n.aëronaut, aërostat, ballooner.

balm,n.unguent,ointment; mitigant, anodyne, assuager, nepenthe, balsam.

balmy,a.aromatic, odoriferous,sweet-smelling,odorous, balsamic.

bamboozle,v.(Colloq.)cheat,humbug,impose upon,dupe.

ban,n.announcement,notice;curse,anathema,denunciation, malediction, execration; interdiction, proscription, interdict,taboo.

ban,v.curse,anathematize, execrate; interdict,forbid, proscribe,taboo.

banal,a.commonplace,platitudinous, hackneyed,trite.

banality,n.platitude,commonplace.

band,n.fillet,fetter,manacle,shackle, gyve; cincture,girth, swaddle;belt,zone, cestus;bandage,link,bond, vinculum, withe;company,crew,troop,gang,coterie; cabal,clique,club,junto,league; orchestra.

band,v.league,confederate,unite,clique.

bandage,n.ligature, deligation, fillet; capeline, fasciation, fascia, spica.

bandage,v.deligate, swathe.

bandit,n.outlaw,brigand,footpad,highwayman,marauder, desperado.

bang,v.thump,cudgel,maul; slam;resound,reëcho.

bang,n.thump, whack,rap,knock; clangor, clang.

banish,v.exile, expatriate, relegate; driveaway,dismiss,expel.

banished person.exile, expatriate.

banishment,n.exile, expatriation, relegation, proscription,expulsion.

banister,n.baluster;pl.balustrade.

bank,n.mound,pile,ridge,dike,heap,drift,embankment,brink,shore, rivage,rim,brim, marge, strand;shallow,shoal,bar; levee; terreplein.

bank,v.embank,dike; pile up, heap up.

bankrupt,a.insolvent; depleted, impoverished.Antonym:solvent.

bankrupt,v.impoverish,ruin,break.

bankruptcy,n.insolvency.Antonym: solvency.

banner,n.flag,standard, gonfalon, ensign, oriflame, vexillum, banderole, colors, pavilion.

banquet,n.junket, regalement,feast.--v.feast,junket,regale.

banter,n.joking,jesting,pleasantry,badinage,chaff,raillery, persiflage, asteism.

banter,v.jest,chaff,rally,roast.

baptism,n.baptizing; parabaptism, pedobaptism; hypothetical,baptism.Associated words: baptize, christen, font, baptistery, baptismal.

bar,n.obstruction,barrier,impediment,obstacle, barricade,hindrance;shoal, sandbar,bank; ingot;lever,pole,rod; tribunal,judgment-seat; jimmy, betty.

bar,v.debar, except,exclude;obstruct,restrain,hinder.

barbarian,a.barbarous,savage,rude,uncivilized.--n.savage.

barbarism,n.savagery, savagism;outrage,brutality,atrocity; vulgarism, impropriety (of speech),solecism.

barbarity,n.barbarism, barbarousness,inhumanity,brutality.

barbarous,a.uncivilized,barbarian,inhuman, truculent,brutal.

barber,n.tonsor.Associated word: tonsorial.

barber's itch.sycosis.

bare,a.naked,nude, undressed, denuded, unveiled, exposed, undraped,in puris naturalibus; unadorned,bald,meager, unembellished, uncolored, unvarnished;empty,destitute, unfurnished;threadbare, pileworn, napless; meer,alone,sheer.

bare,v.denude,strip, divest,expose,undress, unmask.

barefaced,a.unmasked, undisguised,glaring,notorious;shameless, unabashed, brazen,audacious.

barefooted,a.unshod, discalced, discalceated.

bareness,n.nakedness, nudity.

bargain,v.stipulate,agree,contract,covenant;barter.

bark,n.cortex.Associated words: cortical, corticate, corticiferous, corticiform, phleophagus, corticose, periderm, liber, decortication, decorticator.

bark,v.peel,flay,skin, decorticate;bay,yelp,yap.

barn,n.stable.

barrel,n.cask, cade, butt, puncheon, tierce, hogshead, keg, rundlet; (of wine) 31-1/2 gallons; (of flour) 196 pounds.Associated words: gauntree, cooper, bilge, stave, hoop, chine.

barren,a.sterile, agenestic, infecund, unprolific, unprocreant;unproductive,unfruitful, unfertile,effete,desert;unprofitable,fruitless, unremunerative,empty;stupid,dull,unimaginative, prosaic, devoid, uninspiring, uninteresting.Antonyms: prolific, fecund,virile,fruitful,fertile,teeming.

barrenness,n.sterility, infecundity, unprolificness, infertility.Antonyms: fecundity, prolificness,fertility.

barrier,n.obstruction,impediment,obstacle,hindrance, barricade.

barter,n.traffic,exchange,trade,business.--v.traffic,trade,exchange.

base,a.debased,impure,spurious, alloyed,counterfeit;low-minded,unworthy,ignoble,mean,servile,groveling;despicable, discreditable,disgraceful,venal; plebeian,obscure, untitled,unhonored.

base,n.basis,bottom,foundation,groundwork; pedestal; plinth.

baseboard,n.mopboard, scrubboard.

baseborn,a.plebeian.

baseless,a.unfounded,groundless.

basement,n.cellar.Associated word: area.

bashful,a.over-modest,diffident,coy,shamefaced,sheepish,retiring.

bashfulness,n.modesty,diffidence,shyness, over-modesty.

basis,n.foundation.

bask,v.luxuriate,revel.

basket,n.hamper, creel, hanaper, pannier, corb, tumbril, dosser, canister,prickle, corf, bassinet, voider, flasket, punnet, wicker, wicker-work,scuttle.

basket-bearer,n.canephore, canephorus. (Gr. Antiq.)

bastard,n.illegitimatechild, love-child, whoreson; mamzer (Mosaic law).

bastard,a.illegitimate, adulterine;spurious,false,counterfeit, supposititious.

bastardize,v.illegitimatize,Antonyms:legitimate, legitimatize.

baste,v.beat,cudgel,pound,pommel, buffet,thrash,maul,strike.

bat,n.club,cudgel; brickbat; cheiropter,vampire;racket; (Slang)blow, stroke, buffet; (Slang)spree, jollification.

batch,n.quantity,collection,lot, assortment.

bate,n.puer, grainer.

bath,n.ablution, lavement; bathroom, lavatory.Associated words: balneal, balneary, balneography, balneology balneotherapy, laver.

bathe,v.lave,wash;foment;surround,envelop, enwrap, suffuse.

bathing,n.ablution, lavement.

baton,n.staff,wand, sceptre, truncheon.

batten,v.fatten.

batter,v.smite,pelt,assault;demolish,raze,shatter.

battle,n.engagement,fight,encounter, skirmish,contest,combat, tournament,strife.

battle array.battalia.

bauble,n.gewgaw,gimcrack, kickshaws,trinket,plaything.

bawdy-house,n.brothel.

bay,n.bight, frith, estuary, fiord, bayou;recess, alcove, sinus, oriel (bay window); bay-tree, sweet laurel; last resort,desperation;pl.honors,garland,renown.


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