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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: b - babirusa</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="b"> B (1) or b, noun, pl. B's or Bs, b's or bs.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the second letter of the English alphabet. There are two b's in baby. <DD> 2. any sound represented by this letter. <DD> 3. as a symbol: <DD> a. the second (of an actual or possible series). Ex. a reservation for bedroom B, a member of Company B in an infantry battalion. <DD> b. the second best (of its kind or class). Ex. a B motion picture, grade B canned fruit. <DD> c. a known quantity (used especially in algebraic equations, along with a, c, etc.; x, y, and z most commonly represent unknown quantities). <DD> 4. the second highest grade (in schools and colleges). Ex. to get a B in English. <DD> 5. (Music.) <DD> a. the seventh tone in the scale of C major. <DD> b. a symbol representing this tone. <DD> c. a key, string, etc., that produces this tone. <DD> d. the scale or key which has B as its keynote. Ex. a sonata in B. </DL> <A NAME="b"> B (2), noun, pl. B's.<DL COMPACT><DD> anything shaped like the letter B. </DL> <A NAME="b"> b.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. (Baseball.) <DD> a. base. <DD> b. baseman. <DD> 2. (Music.) bass. <DD> 3. born. <DD> 4. (Sports.) bowled. <DD> 5. breadth. <DD> 6. brother (of). <DD> 7. (Sports.) bye. </DL> <A NAME="b"> B (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. bishop, in chess. <DD> 2. boron (chemical element). <DD> 3. one of the four main groups used to determine blood compatibility in transfusions. A person with B type blood can receive blood of either the B or O group. </DL> <A NAME="b"> B.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. bacillus. <DD> 2. (Baseball.) <DD> a. base. <DD> b. baseman. <DD> 3. (Music.) bass. <DD> 4. battery. <DD> 5. Bay. <DD> 6. Bible. <DD> 7. book. <DD> 8. British. <DD> 9a. brother. <DD> b. brotherhood. </DL> <A NAME="b"> B-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Air Force.) bomber. Ex. B-17, B-29. </DL> <A NAME="ba"> ba, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the soul, in ancient Egyptian religion. It was represented in art by a birdlike figure and supposed to return to the body sometime after death. </DL> <A NAME="ba"> Ba (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> barium (chemical element). </DL> <A NAME="ba"> BA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Bachelor of Arts (Latin, Baccalaureus Artium). Also, AB (no periods). </DL> <A NAME="ba"> B.A.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Also, A.B. Bachelor of Arts (Latin, Baccalaureus Artium). <DD> 2. British Academy. <DD> 3. British America. </DL> <A NAME="baa"> baa, noun, pl. baas, verb, baaed, baaing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the sound a sheep makes; a bleat. <DD>v.i. to make this sound; bleat. </DL> <A NAME="baal"> Baal, noun, pl. Baalim, Baals.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the chief god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians. In some places he was the god of fertility; in others, he was the sun god. His cult, which included related deities, was condemned as idolatrous by the Israelites. <DD> 2. any one of several local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) any false god. </DL> <A NAME="baalish"> Baalish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or belonging to Baal. <DD> 2. idolatrous. </DL> <A NAME="baalism"> Baalism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the worship of Baal. <DD> 2. gross idolatry. noun Baalist. </DL> <A NAME="baalite"> Baalite, noun. =Baalist.</DL> <A NAME="baas"> baas, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> master (now especially a form of address an African is required to use to a white man in the Republic of South Africa). </DL> <A NAME="baaskap"> baaskap or baasskap, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the supremacy of the white race in the Republic of South Africa; mastery over the native and colored peoples by white people in the Republic of South Africa. </DL> <A NAME="baaskap"> baaskap or baasskap apartheid, =apartheid.</DL> <A NAME="baathism"> Baathism or Ba'athism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs and principles of a Socialist party of various Arab countries, especially Syria and Iraq. n., adj. Baathist, Ba'athist. </DL> <A NAME="baba"> baba (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, spongy, light cake, made with yeast, and flavored with rum, kirsch, or the like. </DL> <A NAME="baba"> baba (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a child or baby, in India. </DL> <A NAME="baba"> baba (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a title of respect in Turkey, especially for a noble. </DL> <A NAME="babaaurhum"> baba au rhum,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a baba (cake) flavored with rum; rumbaba. </DL> <A NAME="babassu"> babassu or babasu, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a Brazilian palm whose hard-shelled nuts yield an oil used in making soap and inexpensive candies. <DD> 2. Also, babassu oil. the oil. </DL> <A NAME="babbitsmetal"> Babbit's metal,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) babbitt. </DL> <A NAME="babbitt"> babbitt, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun an alloy of tin, antimony, copper, and sometimes lead, used especially in bearings to lessen friction; Babbitt metal. Babbitt is whitish in color and usually feels slippery, almost greasy, when it is rubbed. <DD>v.t. to line or furnish (a bearing) with babbitt. </DL> <A NAME="babbitt"> Babbitt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a smug, self-satisfied businessman, especially one who conforms to middle-class standards of respectability and business success. </DL> <A NAME="babbittmetal"> Babbitt metal, =babbitt.</DL> <A NAME="babbittry"> babbittry or Babbittry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> conformity to middle-class ideas of respectability and business success. </DL> <A NAME="babble"> babble, verb, -bled, -bling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to make sounds like a baby. Ex. My baby brother babbles and coos in his crib. <DD> 2. to talk foolishly; prattle. Ex. She babbled on and on about her new dress. (SYN) gabble. <DD> 3. to talk too much; chatter. <DD> 4. to tell secrets. Ex. He babbled all about the surprise party we had planned. <DD> 5. to make a murmuring sound. Ex. The little brook babbled away just behind our tent. <DD>v.t. to reveal foolishly. Ex. She babbled our secret. (SYN) blab. <DD>noun 1. talk that cannot be understood. Ex. A confused babble filled the room. <DD> 2. foolish talk. <DD> 3. a murmuring sound. Ex. The babble of the brook put me to sleep. noun babblement. adv. babblingly. </DL> <A NAME="babbler"> babbler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that babbles. <DD> 2. any of a family of passerine birds with a loud, chattering cry. </DL> <A NAME="babcocktest"> Babcock test,<DL COMPACT><DD> a test for measuring the amount of butterfat in milk. </DL> <A NAME="babe"> babe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a baby. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) an innocent or inexperienced person; a person who is like a child. (SYN) innocent. <DD> 3. (U.S. Slang.) a girl or young woman. </DL> <A NAME="babeinthewood"> babe in the wood or woods,<DL COMPACT><DD> a very innocent or inexperienced person; one who has a child's blind trust or lack of experience and hence is likely to become the victim of unscrupulous persons. </DL> <A NAME="babel"> Babel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Tower of Babel, a high tower built after the Flood to reach heaven. God punished its builders by changing their language into several new and different languages. Because they could not understand one another, they had to leave the tower unfinished (in the Bible, Genesis 11:1-9). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) Also, babel. <DD> a. noise; confusion. Ex. ... a babel of fury and shouts (Harper's). <DD> b. a place of noise and confusion. Ex. When the teacher came back, she found the room a babel. <DD> 3. Babylon. </DL> <A NAME="babelic"> Babelic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with Babel. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) Also, babelic. of the nature of a Babel; noisily confused. Ex. a Babelic crescendo of confusion. </DL> <A NAME="babelize"> Babelize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to throw into confusion; make unintelligible; confound. noun Babelization. </DL> <A NAME="babesiasis"> babesiasis, noun. =piroplasmosis.</DL> <A NAME="babi"> Babi, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. =Babism. <DD> 2. =Babist. <DD>adj. of or having to do with Babism. </DL> <A NAME="babiana"> babiana, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant of the iris family, having spikes of lilac, red, or yellow flowers. </DL> <A NAME="babiche"> babiche, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Canadian.) thongs or lacings of rawhide, sinew, or gut, used especially to make snowshoes, snares, and other items of wood and leather exposed to the weather. </DL> <A NAME="babiesbreath"> babies'-breath, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a tall plant bearing numerous clusters of small, fragrant, white or pink flowers on branching stalks; gypsophila. Babies'-breath is a member of the pink family and is often grown in rock gardens. <DD> 2. any of various other plants bearing somewhat similar flowers, often pink or rose. Also, baby's-breath. </DL> <A NAME="babiesslippers"> babies'-slippers, noun. =bird's-foot trefoil.</DL> <A NAME="babinskisreflex"> Babinski's reflex,<DL COMPACT><DD> a reflex in which the big toe turns up, instead of curling under, when the sole of the foot is stroked. The abnormal reaction usually indicates a brain lesion. </DL> <A NAME="babirusa"> babirusa, babiroussa, or babirussa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a wild hog found in the East Indies. The boar has tusks that curve upward and backward from its snout. </DL> <A HREF="babism.dic">NEXT</A>