| bank on |
(informal) to rely or depend on. |
| bankrupt |
in a state of having been legally declared incapable of paying off one's debts and having one's assets administered by a court to compensate creditors. [6 definitions] |
| bankruptcy |
the condition of being legally insolvent or bankrupt; impoverishment or destitution. [2 definitions] |
| banner |
a piece of cloth, usu. with a motto or emblem and mounted on a staff, representing a person, organization, or cause. [6 definitions] |
| banquet |
an elaborate formal dinner. [4 definitions] |
| banshee |
in Irish folklore, a female spirit whose wailing forbodes the death of a loved one. |
| banter |
witty, playful conversation. [3 definitions] |
| baptism |
a Christian rite in which an applicant for membership to the church is sprinkled with or immersed in water, signifying purification. [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] |
| 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] |
| barbecue |
a party, often held outdoors, at which meat and sometimes vegetables are roasted on a grill or spit over an open fire. [4 definitions] |
| barbed wire |
a wire or strands of wire with barbs at regular intervals, used as a military barrier or fencing for livestock; barbwire. |
| barbell |
a usu. metal bar with removable weights at each end, used in weightlifting and exercising. |
| barber |
a person whose business is to shave, cut, or style hair and beards. [2 definitions] |
| barbershop |
the workplace of a barber. [2 definitions] |
| bar code |
a set of vertical bars of varying widths containing coded information that can be read by an optical scanner, usu. printed on the labels of consumer goods, on mail, and the like. (Cf. Universal Product Code.) |
| bare |
lacking clothing or covering; naked. [6 definitions] |
| bareback |
on the back of a horse, donkey, or the like, without a saddle. |