| bantamweight |
a boxer of a weight class between flyweight and featherweight, between 112 and 118 pounds. |
| banter |
witty, playful conversation. [3 definitions] |
| Bantu |
a member of any of several peoples native to central and southern Africa who speak related languages. [2 definitions] |
| banyan |
a large East Indian fig tree, the branches of which send down added roots which become supports. [2 definitions] |
| banzai |
used by the Japanese as a battle cheer and meaning "Long live the emperor". [2 definitions] |
| baobab |
a large African tree with a trunk up to thirty feet thick and large, gourd-like, fleshy-centered fruits. |
| baptism |
a Christian rite in which an applicant for membership to the church is sprinkled with or immersed in water, signifying purification. [2 definitions] |
| baptism of fire |
a soldier's first experience of being in combat and under fire. [2 definitions] |
| Baptist |
a member of a Christian sect that believes in baptism of adults by immersion, following a profession of faith. [2 definitions] |
| baptistery |
a part of a church or a separate building used for administering baptism. [2 definitions] |
| baptize |
to administer the Christian rite of immersion in or sprinkling with water, to purify symbolically and admit to church membership. [4 definitions] |
| bar1 |
a length of rigid, solid material, often cylindrical in shape, generally used as a barrier or support. [13 definitions] |
| bar2 |
a unit of pressure equal to one million dynes per square centimeter. |
| Barack Obama |
the 44th President of the United States. Before his 2004 election to the U.S. Senate, in which he served until November 2008, Barack Obama worked as an attorney, a community organizer, and an Illinois state senator (1997-2004). He is the first African-American to be elected to the U.S. presidency (b.1961). |
| barb |
a small, sharp point projecting in the opposite direction of the main point or hook, as on an arrow, fishhook, or the like. [3 definitions] |
| Barbados |
an island country in the Antilles. |
| barbarian |
a person in a culture believed by those in another culture to be savage, primitive, or uncivilized. [4 definitions] |
| barbaric |
of or resembling barbarians; savage; primitive; brutal. [2 definitions] |
| barbarism |
a crude or brutal act, custom, or characteristic. [3 definitions] |
| barbarity |
cruel or vicious behavior. [3 definitions] |
| barbarize |
to corrupt, coarsen, or degrade in quality. [4 definitions] |