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| Bay of Bengal |
a bay of the Indian Ocean bordered largely by India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. |
| bay rum |
a fragrant liquid made from bay leaves and rum or bay leaf oil mixed with alcohol and water, used esp. in toiletries. |
| bight |
a bend in a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a bend, such as a bay. [1/3 definitions] |
| bobcat |
a North American wildcat with a rusty, spotted coat, tufted ears, and a short tail; bay lynx. |
| bow window |
a bay window built in a curve outward from a building. |
| Brahmaputra |
a major river of Asia that originates in Tibet and flows through northern India and Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal. |
| Brahmaputra River |
a major river of Asia that originates in Tibet and flows through northern India and Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal. |
| Cat Ba Island |
the largest of the 366 islands in Halong Bay off the coast of northern Vietnam. |
| cove |
a small recess in a shoreline; bay. [1/4 definitions] |
| Ellis Island |
an island in Upper New York Bay where, from 1892 to 1943, millions of incoming immigrants to the U.S. were processed. The facility on the island is now a museum that illuminates the immigration experience. |
| embay |
to surround, enclose, or shelter in a bay, or as in a bay. |
| ferry |
a boat or ship used to carry people, vehicles, and other things across a bay, river, lake, or channel. [2/6 definitions] |
| ferryboat |
a boat used to transport people, vehicles, or goods across a bay, river, or the like. |
| inlet |
a bay, stream, or the like that is recessed into or leads inland from a shoreline. [1/3 definitions] |
| Lake Maracaibo |
a large tidal bay in northwestern Venezuela linked with an arm of the Caribbean Sea by a narrow strait. |
| oriel |
a bay window that projects from a wall and is usu. supported from below by a bracket. |
| San Francisco |
a city of central California on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and a large bay. |
| seiche |
a prolonged oscillating wave in a lake, bay, or gulf caused by changes in atmospheric pressure or seismic disturbances such as earthquakes. |
| thermocline |
a layer of water between the warm surface water and the cold deep water of a lake, bay, or the like, within which the temperature changes rapidly. |
| ululate |
to howl or bay loudly, as a hound. [1/2 definitions] |
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