Words starting with b

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

babylonian means: of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

babylonian captivity means: the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC

babylonian weeping willow means: willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental

babyminder means: a person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working

babyrousa means: a genus of Suidae

babyrousa babyrussa means: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth

babysit means: work or act as a baby-sitter

babysit means: take watchful responsibility for

babysitter means: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

babysitting means: the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

barber chair means: a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers

colloquy means: formal conversation

colloquy means: a conversation especially a formal one

cutback means: a reduction in quantity or rate

disseminative means: spreading by diffusion

genus agalinis means: semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies

iron blue means: any of various blue pigments

iron blue means: slightly purplish or bluish dark grey

legal blindness means: vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)

lots means: a large number or amount

lots means: to a very great degree or extent

masquerader means: a participant in a masquerade

methodological analysis means: the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

naval air warfare center weapons division means: the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems

occupancy rate means: the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time

ordered series means: an ordered reference standard

pretentiousness means: the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

pretentiousness means: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

queenly means: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen

road game means: a game played away from home