Barracouata (n.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).
Barrage (n.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.
Barranca (n.) A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.
Barras (n.) A resin, called also galipot.
Barrator (v. i.) One guilty of barratry.
Barratrous (/) Tainter with, or constituting, barratry.
Barratry (n.) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.
Barratry (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.
Barred owl () A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
Barrel (n.) A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.
Barrel (n.) The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31/ gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds.
Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled.
Barrel (n.) A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
Barrel (n.) A jar.
Barrel (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.
Barreled (imp. & p. p.) of Barrel
Barrelled () of Barrel
Barreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barrel
Barrelling () of Barrel
Barrel (v. t.) To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
Barreled (a.) Alt. of Barrelled
Barrelled (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
Barren (a.) Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
Barren (a.) Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
Barren (a.) Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Barren (a.) Mentally dull; stupid.
Barren (n.) A tract of barren land.
Barren (n.) Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
Barrenly (adv.) Unfruitfully; unproductively.
Barrenness (n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
Barrenwort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
Barret (n.) A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
Barricade (n.) A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.
Barricade (n.) Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
Barricaded (imp. & p. p.) of Barricade
Barricading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barricade
Barricade (n.) To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.
Barricader (n.) One who constructs barricades.
Barricado (n. & v. t.) See Barricade.
Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.
Barrier (n.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd.
Barrier (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.
Barrier (n.) Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
Barrigudo (n.) A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.
Barringout (n.) The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
Barrister (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.
Barroom (n.) A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
Barrow (n.) A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.
Barrow (n.) A wicker case, in which salt is put to drain.
Barrow (n.) A hog, esp. a male hog castrated.
Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.
Barrow (n.) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
Barrowist (n.) A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
Barrulet (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.
Barruly (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.
Barry (a.) Divided into bars; -- said of the field.
Barse (n.) The common perch. See 1st Bass.
Bartender (n.) A barkeeper.
Bartered (imp. & p. p.) of Barter
Bartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barter
Barter (v. i.) To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.
Barter (v. t.) To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.
Barter (n.) The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
Barter (n.) The thing given in exchange.
Barterer (n.) One who barters.
Bartery (n.) Barter.
Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.
Bartholomew tide () Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th.
Bartizan (n.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.
Bartlett (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.
Barton (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.
Barton (n.) A farmyard.
Bartram (n.) See Bertram.
Barway (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.
Barwise (adv.) Horizontally.
Barwood (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.
Barycentric (a.) Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.
Baryphony (n.) Difficulty of speech.
Baryta (n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.
Barytes (n.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite.
Barytic (a.) Of or pertaining to baryta.
Baryto-calcite (n.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.
Barytone (a.) Alt. of Baritone
Baritone (a.) Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
Baritone (a.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
Barytone (n.) Alt. of Baritone
Baritone (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.
Baritone (n.) A person having a voice of such range.
Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
Baritone (n.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
Barytum (n.) The metal barium. See Barium.
Basal (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base.
Basal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.
Basalt (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.
Basalt (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.
Basaltic (a.) Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.
Basaltiform (a.) In the form of basalt; columnar.
Basaltoid (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.