barber
v. perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of
n. United States composer (1910-1981)
bare
a. completely unclothed
a. lacking embellishment or ornamentation
barely
ad. in a sparse or scanty way
ad. only a very short time before
barge
n. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
v. transport by barge on a body of water
bark
v. speak in an unfriendly tone
v. tan (a skin) with bark tannins
bark
v. speak in an unfriendly tone
v. tan (a skin) with bark tannins
barn
n. an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
n. (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to
another as a target for an encounter
baroque
n. the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and
music flourished in Europe
n. elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe
in the 17th century
barrel
n. a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
n. any of various units of capacity
barren
a. completely wanting or lacking
a. not bearing offspring
barrenness
n. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
n. the quality of yielding nothing of value
barrier
n. a structure or object that impedes free movement
n. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
barter
n. an equal exchange
v. exchange goods without involving money
basement
n. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
n. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
basin
n. a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
n. a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe;
where you can wash your hands and face
bead
v. form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
v. decorate by sewing beads onto
beaded
a. covered with beads of liquid
beak
n. informal terms for the nose
n. horny projecting mouth of a bird
beam
n. (nautical) breadth amidships
n. a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
bean
n. any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
n. any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans
bear
v. have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
beard
n. hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
n. tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
beat
n. a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a
frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
v. move with a flapping motion
bedrock
n. solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil
n. principles from which other truths can be derived