<B>barbicel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the very small filaments interlocking the barbules of a feather. </DL>
<A NAME="barbie">
<B>barbie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> shortened form of barbecue. <BR> <I>Ex. Paul Hogan [Australian actor] made "G'day, mate" and "Put another shrimp on the barbie" part of the American vernacular (New York Magazine).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="barbital">
<B>barbital, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug, used as a sedative or to induce sleep, containing barbituric acid, in the form of a white, crystalline powder. </DL>
<B>barbiturate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any salt or ester of barbituric acid. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a group of drugs derived from barbituric acid. Regular use of barbiturates can cause addiction. </DL>
<A NAME="barbituricacid">
<B>barbituric acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, crystalline acid, chiefly used as the basis of sedative and sleep-inducing drugs. </DL>
<A NAME="barbizon">
<B>Barbizon, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a French school of naturalistic landscape painting of the middle and latter part of the 1800's that included Corot, Daubigny, and Millet. </DL>
<B>Bar-B-Q,</B> <B>bar-b-q,</B> or <B>bar-b-que, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) barbecue. </DL>
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<B>barbs, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>folds of the mucous membrane under the tongue of horses and cattle. <DD><B> 2. </B>the disease caused by their inflammation. </DL>
<A NAME="barbudo">
<B>barbudo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several threadfins, especially a small food fish of Florida, the West Indies, and other areas of the Caribbean. </DL>
<A NAME="barbule">
<B>barbule, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a little barb. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of a series of small, pointed processes fringing the barbs of a feather. </DL>
<A NAME="barbwire">
<B>barbwire, </B>noun, verb, <B>-wired,</B> <B>-wiring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>=barbed wire.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to provide with fencing of barbed wire. </DL>
<A NAME="barcar">
<B>bar car,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a railroad passenger car equipped for serving drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, and light food. </DL>
<A NAME="barcarole">
<B>barcarole</B> or <B>barcarolle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Venetian boat song sung by gondoliers. <DD><B> 2. </B>music imitating such a song, typically with a lilting rhythm. </DL>
<A NAME="barch">
<B>B. Arch.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Bachelor of Architecture. </DL>
<A NAME="barchan">
<B>barchan</B> or <B>barchane, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a dune in the shape of a crescent, the convex side facing the prevailing wind, moved slowly by the wind. <DD><I>adj. </I> having this shape and character. Also, <B>barkhan.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="barchart">
<B>bar chart,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a chart or graph of a comparison of quantities by means of darkened rectangles of various lengths, each of which represents a particular quantity; bar graph. </DL>
<B>bar code,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a code of lines and numbers for identifying a product in a computerized system of checkout and inventory. The Universal Product Code is a bar code. <DD><B> 2. </B>to furnish with such a code. <BR> <I>Ex. The Council of Periodical Distributors Associations has asked mass market publishers to "bar code" their books (Publishers Weekly).</I> </DL>
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<B>bard</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a poet and singer of long ago. Bards sang their own poems to the music of their harps, celebrating heroic deeds and love epics. They were Celtic minstrels known from earliest times to the Middle Ages. <DD><B> 2. </B>any poet or singer, as one participating in the Welsh eisteddfod. </DL>
<A NAME="bard">
<B>bard</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> Often, <B>bards.</B> a protective covering for the breast and flanks of a war horse. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to furnish with bards. </DL>
<A NAME="bardian">
<B>bardian, </B>adjective. <B>=bardic.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bardic">
<B>bardic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or of the character of a bard or bards. </DL>
<B>bare</B> (1), adjective, <B>barer,</B> <B>barest,</B> verb, <B>bared,</B> <B>baring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>without covering; not clothed; naked. <BR> <I>Ex. The sun burned his bare shoulders. The top of the hill was bare, but the trees grew part way up its slope.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>with the head uncovered; bareheaded. <DD><B> 3. </B>not furnished; empty. <BR> <I>Ex. The room was bare of furniture.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>plain; unadorned. <BR> <I>Ex. The trapper lived in a bare little cabin in the woods.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>just enough and no more; mere. <BR> <I>Ex. He earns only a bare living by his work.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) not concealed; not disguised; open. <BR> <I>Ex. the bare truth of the matter.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>much worn; threadbare. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make bare; uncover; reveal. <BR> <I>Ex. to bare one's feelings. The dog bared his teeth.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go bare,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) to practice a profession without carrying liability insurance for malpractice. <BR> <I>Ex. Whether or not it's wise for a doctor to go bare ... , the situation clearly leaves patients in a vulnerable position. ... More than a dozen states have so far prohibited going bare (Consumer Reports).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lay bare,</B> </I>to uncover; expose; reveal. <BR> <I>Ex. The police laid bare the plot to rob the bank.</I> noun <B>bareness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bare">
<B>bare</B> (2), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) bore; a past tense of <B>bear</B> (2). </DL>
<A NAME="bareback">
<B>bareback, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a saddle; on a horse's bare back. <BR> <I>Ex. The Indian rode bareback (adv.). You can see bareback riders at the circus (adj.).</I> </DL>
<B>bareboat, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> calling for the delivery of a ship to the chartering party and transferring all responsibility from the owner to the chartering party for manning, supplying, maintaining, and insuring it. <BR> <I>Ex. a bareboat charter.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a ship so transferred. </DL>
<B>bare bones,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the essentials of something, without any embellishment; the unadorned facts. <BR> <I>Ex. These are the bare bones of the policy (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="barebones">
<B>barebones, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a very skinny person, especially one whose bones can be seen. <DD><I>adj. </I> meager. <BR> <I>Ex. a barebones program of education.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="barefaced">
<B>barefaced, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Figurative.) impudent in its obviousness; shameless. <BR> <I>Ex. a barefaced lie.</I> (SYN) brazen, audacious. <DD><B> 2. </B>with the face bare. <DD><B> 3. </B>not disguised. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) I could with barefaced power sweep him from my sight (Shakespeare).</I> adv. <B>barefacedly.</B> noun <B>barefacedness.</B> </DL>
<B>barefoot, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> without shoes and stockings on. <BR> <I>Ex. The barefoot child played in the puddles (adj.). If you go barefoot, watch out for broken glass (adv.).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="barefootdoctor">
<B>barefoot doctor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an agricultural worker in China who has been trained to serve as a part-time medical auxiliary. </DL>
<B>barehanded, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without any covering on the hands. <BR> <I>Ex. a barehanded catch.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) with no aid but one's own hands. <BR> <I>Ex. For seven years, almost barehanded he kept Owen Glendower at bay on the Welsh border (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bareheaded">
<B>bareheaded, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> wearing nothing on the head. <BR> <I>Ex. to stand bareheaded in respect at the side of a grave (adv.). In some churches it is not proper for a woman to be bareheaded (adj.).</I> noun <B>bareheadedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="barekneed">
<B>bare-kneed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> with the knees uncovered. </DL>
<A NAME="bareknuckle">
<B>bare-knuckle, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without boxing gloves. <BR> <I>Ex. John L. Sullivan was a famous bare-knuckle fighter and world heavyweight boxing champion (Lyall Smith).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) in which quarter is neither asked nor given. <BR> <I>Ex. He ... developed his talent for bare-knuckle politics (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="barelegged">
<B>barelegged, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> without stockings on. </DL>
<A NAME="barely">
<B>barely, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>with nothing to spare; only just; scarcely. <BR> <I>Ex. He has barely enough money to live on.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>poorly; scantily. <BR> <I>Ex. The hospital room was furnished barely but neatly.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) plainly; openly. <BR> <I>Ex. The facts are presented barely, without any comments.</I> </DL>
