| appendicitis |
inflammation of the appendix in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen. |
| appendix |
a short closed tube of tissue that projects from the pouch at the beginning of the large intestine in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen; vermiform appendix. [1/3 definitions] |
| Attic |
(often l.c.) simple and restrained but elegant in style. [1/4 definitions] |
| Atticism |
(sometimes l.c.) an expression or turn of phrase that is strikingly concise and elegant. [1/2 definitions] |
| Attic salt |
(often l.c.) sharp wit, skillfully phrased; Attic wit. |
| Aurora |
(l.c.) the dawn or beginning of something. [2/3 definitions] |
| Babbitt |
(often l.c.) a person who is similar to this character in attitude and outlook; philistine. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bacchanalia |
(l.c.) any wild or drunken party; orgy. [1/2 definitions] |
| backache |
a pain in the back, esp. a persistent one in the lower back. |
| Baja California |
a Mexican peninsula south of California; Baja; Lower California. |
| Balkanize |
(often l.c.) to divide up into mutually antagonistic political units too small to maintain their independence or autonomy effectively. |
| Band-Aid |
(l.c.) any similar bandage. [2/3 definitions] |
| Baptist |
(l.c.) one who performs baptism. [1/2 definitions] |
| barrister |
(chiefly British) a lawyer who is qualified to offer legal advice and to represent clients in both the lower and higher courts in the UK. |
| 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] |
| bastardize |
to lower in value; debase. [1/3 definitions] |
| Beat Generation |
(sometimes l.c.) used to characterize some members of the generation that reached maturity in the late 1950s, esp. in the United States, who were alienated from conventional society and who promoted experimentation in artistic and literary forms. |
| Beaux-Arts |
(l.c.) of or relating to the fine arts. [2/3 definitions] |
| below |
in or to a lower place; beneath. [4/6 definitions] |
| bend sinister |
in heraldry, a diagonal band from the lower left to the upper right of a shield, signifying bastardy; bar sinister. |
| beneath |
in or to a lower level, place, or state; below. [2/5 definitions] |