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| ABA |
abbreviation of "American Bar Association." |
| axle |
a bar on which a wheel or wheels turn. |
| bail2 |
a hinged bar on a typewriter that holds the paper in place. [1/2 definitions] |
| balance |
an instrument for weighing objects that has two flat pans hanging from or resting on a bar; scales. [1/6 definitions] |
| bar1 |
to place a bar across. [1/10 definitions] |
| barbell |
a bar with weights attached at each end used for exercising and building muscle. Barbells are usually made of metal, and the weights can be changed to make the bar heavier or lighter. |
| bar code |
a set of dark bars on a light background printed on the labels of goods and mail. A bar code is scanned by a computer that reads information such as price. |
| bar graph |
a graph in which numerical values of data are represented by bars of equal widths but varying lengths, also known as a bar chart. |
| barkeeper |
one who tends a bar in such an establishment; bartender. [1/2 definitions] |
| bar mitzvah |
a Jewish ceremony that celebrates a boy becoming an adult and the beginning of his religious duties. The bar mitzvah usually takes place when the boy is thirteen years old. |
| barrier |
something erected to bar passage such as a fence, wall, or the like. [2/3 definitions] |
| barroom |
a room where alcoholic beverages are served, usu. at a bar or counter. |
| bar sinister |
in heraldry, a bar on a shield that runs diagonally from lower left to upper right, signifying an illegitimate ancestor; bend sinister. [1/3 definitions] |
| battering ram |
any bar, beam, or device used in a similar way, as by police, firefighters, or rescue workers. [1/2 definitions] |
| beam |
the bar of a weighing device, which holds weighing pans or scales at either end. [1/8 definitions] |
| belaying pin |
a short round metal or wooden bar that fits into the rail of a ship, and around which ropes are secured. |
| bend sinister |
in heraldry, a diagonal band from the lower left to the upper right of a shield, signifying bastardy; bar sinister. |
| bilbo |
(often pl.) a long iron bar with sliding shackles, formerly used to fetter prisoners' feet. |
| billet2 |
a narrow bar of steel or iron, usu. square in section, that is rolled or forged from an ingot. [1/4 definitions] |
| bistro |
a small bar, café, or nightclub. |
| blues |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a style of jazz developed by American blacks, usu. having a twelve-bar structure and frequently composed in a minor key. [1/2 definitions] |
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