| benzodiazepine |
any of a class of drugs containing a benzene ring that acts as a sedative and muscle relaxant. |
| beta blocker |
any of a class of drugs that inhibit the absorption of adrenalin and the activity of the autonomic nervous system, and are used to control the heartbeat and relieve angina and hypertension. |
| bill of rights |
a formal list or summary of fundamental rights and liberties to which a people or class is entitled. [1/3 definitions] |
| blanket |
applying to or including all members of a group or class. [1/5 definitions] |
| blue-collar |
of or pertaining to industrial workers or the class of workers who earn wages rather than salaries. (Cf. white-collar.) |
| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. [4/6 definitions] |
| bourgeoisie |
the middle class. [2 definitions] |
| Brahmin |
a cultured, socially elite person, esp. a member of an upper-class New England family. [1/2 definitions] |
| bristle worm |
a segmented worm of the class Polychaeta with bristled appendages. |
| burgher |
someone who lives in a town or city, esp. one who belongs to the middle class. |
| cant1 |
the jargon particular to a class or profession. [2/6 definitions] |
| capital ship |
one of a class of the largest surface warships. |
| carbohydrate |
any of a class of organic compounds including sugars, starches, and celluloses that are formed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and that are important in plants and necessary to animal and human nutrition. [1/2 definitions] |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. [2/4 definitions] |
| caste system |
a social structure in which one's class in society is determined by heredity. |
| category |
a specific class or group in a classification system. |
| certified mail |
a postal service that, for a fee, guarantees the delivery of first-class uninsured mail by requiring the addressee to sign for it. [1/2 definitions] |
| chiton |
any of a class of mollusks that live on rocks and have hard shells composed of eight overlapping plates. [1/2 definitions] |
| class consciousness |
awareness of one's social or economic status and the class to which one belongs. |
| classic |
representative or typical of a class or category; serving as a standard. [2/10 definitions] |
| classify |
to arrange or divide into groups with respect to type or class. [1/3 definitions] |