Name Report For First Name BARTON:

BARTON

First name BARTON's origin is Other. BARTON means "from the barley farm". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BARTON below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of barton.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with BARTON and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BARTON - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BARTON

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BARTON AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH BARTON (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (arton) - Names That Ends with arton:

garton warton darton wharton

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (rton) - Names That Ends with rton:

burton everton sumerton worton somerton orton norton leverton horton berton atherton merton egerton morton

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ton) - Names That Ends with ton:

afton cihuaton antton txanton alston alton benton carelton fenton hamilton kenton preston ralston remington rexton sexton stanton weston anton biton euryton triton agoston ashton kerrington stayton wryeton aetheston aiston athelston beaton boynton branton braxton brayton bretton brighton britton bryceton bryston buinton carleton carlton charleston charlton chayton clayton clifton clinton clyffton crayton creighton criston crofton danton daxton dayton delton deston duston easton elliston elston eston fulaton hampton harrington helton houston hsmilton hughston huntington johnston keaton kingston knoton kolton langston layton lifton litton macnaughton

NAMES RHYMING WITH BARTON (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (barto) - Names That Begins with barto:

bartol bartoli bartolo bartolome

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (bart) - Names That Begins with bart:

bart barta bartalan bartel barth barthelemy bartholomew barthram bartle bartleah bartleigh bartlett bartley bartram

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (bar) - Names That Begins with bar:

bar barabal barabell barak baraka barakah baram baran barbara barbel barbi barbie barbra barclay bard barda bardalph bardan bardaric bardarik bardawulf barday barden bardene bardo bardol bardolf bardolph bardon bardrick bardulf barend barhlo barhloew bari bariah barika barkarna barkarne barlow barnab barnabas barnabe barnaby barnahy barnard barnet barnett barney barnum baron barr barra barrak barram barran barrani barre barret barrett barric barrick barrie barrington barron barry baruch baruti barwolf

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ba) - Names That Begins with ba:

baal bab baba babafemi babatunde babette babu babukar bac baccaus baccus backstere bacstair

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BARTON:

First Names which starts with 'ba' and ends with 'on':

battseeyon battzion

First Names which starts with 'b' and ends with 'n':

baen baethan baibin bailintin bain bairrfhionn bairrfhoinn balduin baldwin baldwyn balen balin ban banain banan banbhan bannan bastiaan bastien bawdewyn bayen baylen beacan beadutun beagan beagen bealantin beaman bean bearcban bearn beathan bebeodan bebhinn becan bedrosian beldan belden beldon belen bellerophon beltran ben ben-tziyon bendigeidfran bendision benedictson benen benjamin benkamin benn benon benson benzion beomann beorhttun beorn beretun berihun berlyn bern bernardyn berneen bernon berrin bertin bestandan besyrwan bethann bevan bevin bevyn bharain bheathain bhradain bian bingen binyamin biron bittan bitten bjorn blagdan blagden blagdon blian boden bodgan bodwyn bogdan bohannon bohdan bolton bonny-jean bordan borden botan bothain

English Words Rhyming BARTON

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BARTON AS A WHOLE:

bartonnoun (n.) The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself.
 noun (n.) A farmyard.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BARTON (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (arton) - English Words That Ends with arton:


cartonnoun (n.) Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.


Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (rton) - English Words That Ends with rton:


burtonnoun (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.

skimmertonnoun (n.) See Skimmington.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ton) - English Words That Ends with ton:


actonnoun (n.) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.

aketonnoun (n.) See Acton.

astrophytonnoun (n.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

asyndetonnoun (n.) A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.

badmintonnoun (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.
 noun (n.) A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.

barbitonnoun (n.) An ancient Greek instrument resembling a lyre.

bastonnoun (n.) A staff or cudgel.
 noun (n.) See Baton.
 noun (n.) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.

batonnoun (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
 noun (n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.

battonnoun (n.) See Batten, and Baton.

betonnoun (n.) The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.

bostonnoun (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

bretonnoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.
 adjective (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.

britonnoun (n.) A native of Great Britain.
 adjective (a.) British.

buttonnoun (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
 noun (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.
 noun (n.) A bud; a germ of a plant.
 noun (n.) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.
 noun (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
 noun (n.) To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
 noun (n.) To dress or clothe.
 verb (v. i.) To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
  () Alt. of evil

cantonnoun (n.) A song or canto
 noun (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.
 noun (n.) A small community or clan.
 noun (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
 noun (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
 verb (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
 verb (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

caxtonnoun (n.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.

checklatonnoun (n.) Ciclatoun.
 noun (n.) Gilded leather.

chitonnoun (n.) An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
 noun (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

cottonnoun (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
 noun (n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
 noun (n.) Cloth made of cotton.
 verb (v. i.) To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does.
 verb (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed.
 verb (v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
 verb (v. i.) To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.

crotonnoun (n.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries.

croutonnoun (n.) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.

dermoskeletonnoun (n.) See Exoskeleton.

emplectonnoun (n.) A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.

endoskeletonnoun (n.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

exoskeletonnoun (n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.

feuilletonnoun (n.) A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.

frontonnoun (n.) Same as Frontal, 2.

gluttonnoun (n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
 noun (n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself.
 noun (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
 adjective (a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
 verb (v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously.

hacquetonnoun (n.) Same as Acton.

haketonnoun (n.) Same as Acton.

homoioptotonnoun (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

hyperbatonnoun (n.) A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed."

indobritonnoun (n.) A person born in India, of mixed Indian and British blood; a half-caste.

jettonnoun (n.) A metal counter used in playing cards.

karyomitonnoun (n.) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed; -- in opposition to kytomiton, or the network in the body of the cell.

kingstonnoun (n.) Alt. of Kingstone

kytomitonnoun (n.) See Karyomiton.

kryptonnoun (n.) An inert gaseous element of the argon group, occurring in air to the extent of about one volume in a million. It was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898. Liquefying point, -- 152¡ C.; symbol, Kr; atomic weight, 83.0.

latonnoun (n.) Alt. of Latoun

megaphytonnoun (n.) An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds.

melocotonnoun (n.) Alt. of Melocotoon

meltonnoun (n.) A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.

montonnoun (n.) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

motonnoun (n.) A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.

muttonnoun (n.) A sheep.
 noun (n.) The flesh of a sheep.
 noun (n.) A loose woman; a prostitute.

mirlitonnoun (n.) A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound.

neuroskeletonnoun (n.) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation.

pantonnoun (n.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel.

phaetonnoun (n.) A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.
 noun (n.) See Phaethon.
 noun (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore.

phlogistonnoun (n.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH BARTON (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (barto) - Words That Begins with barto:



Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (bart) - Words That Begins with bart:


bartendernoun (n.) A barkeeper.

barteringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barter

barternoun (n.) The act or practice of trafficking by exchange of commodities; an exchange of goods.
 noun (n.) The thing given in exchange.
 verb (v. i.) To traffic or trade, by exchanging one commodity for another, in distinction from a sale and purchase, in which money is paid for the commodities transferred; to truck.
 verb (v. t.) To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor.

barterernoun (n.) One who barters.

barterynoun (n.) Barter.

barthnoun (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.

bartizannoun (n.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway.

bartlettnoun (n.) A Bartlett pear, a favorite kind of pear, which originated in England about 1770, and was called Williams' Bonchretien. It was brought to America, and distributed by Mr. Enoch Bartlett, of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

bartramnoun (n.) See Bertram.


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (bar) - Words That Begins with bar:


barnoun (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
 noun (n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
 noun (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
 noun (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
 noun (n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.
 noun (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court.
 noun (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence.
 noun (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession.
 noun (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
 noun (n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God.
 noun (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept.
 noun (n.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field.
 noun (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color.
 noun (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.
 noun (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
 noun (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.
 noun (n.) A drilling or tamping rod.
 noun (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
 noun (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
 noun (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar.
 noun (n.) To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
 noun (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up.
 noun (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
 noun (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.

barringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bar

barbnoun (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
 noun (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
 noun (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
 noun (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
 noun (n.) A bit for a horse.
 noun (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather.
 noun (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting.
 noun (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
 noun (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
 noun (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
 noun (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1.
 verb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of.
 verb (v. t.) To clip; to mow.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

barbingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barb

barbacannoun (n.) See Barbican.
 noun (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own.
 noun (n.) An opening in the wall of a fortress, through which missiles were discharged upon an enemy.

barbacanagenoun (n.) See Barbicanage.
 noun (n.) Money paid for the support of a barbican.

barbadiannoun (n.) A native of Barbados.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Barbados.

barbadosnoun (n.) Alt. of Barbadoes

barbadoesnoun (n.) A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.

barbaranoun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

barbaresqueadjective (a.) Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture.

barbariannoun (n.) A foreigner.
 noun (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
 noun (n.) A person destitute of culture.
 noun (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity.
 adjective (a.) Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

barbaicadjective (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.

barbarismnoun (n.) An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness.
 noun (n.) A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage.
 noun (n.) An offense against purity of style or language; any form of speech contrary to the pure idioms of a particular language. See Solecism.

barbaritynoun (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
 noun (n.) Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
 noun (n.) A barbarous or cruel act.
 noun (n.) Barbarism; impurity of speech.

barbarizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbarize

barbarousadjective (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
 adjective (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
 adjective (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
 adjective (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

barbarousnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

barbarynoun (n.) The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.

barbastelnoun (n.) A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

barbateadjective (a.) Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.

barbatedadjective (a.) Having barbed points.

barbecuenoun (n.) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
 noun (n.) A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole.
 noun (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
 verb (v. t.) To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
 verb (v. t.) To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.

barbecuingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barbecue

barbedadjective (a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse. See Barded ( which is the proper form.)
 adjective (a.) Furnished with a barb or barbs; as, a barbed arrow; barbed wire.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Barb

barbelnoun (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
 noun (n.) A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.
 noun (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

barbellateadjective (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.

barbellulateadjective (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.

barbernoun (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.
 noun (n.) A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, esp. one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; -- so named from the cutting ice spicules.
 verb (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.

barberingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Barber

barbermongernoun (n.) A fop.

barberrynoun (n.) A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root.

barbetnoun (n.) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
 noun (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.
 noun (n.) A larva that feeds on aphides.

barbettenoun (n.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.

barbicannoun (n.) Alt. of Barbacan

barbicanagenoun (n.) Alt. of Barbacanage

barbicelnoun (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

barbiersnoun (n.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form.

barbigerousadjective (a.) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

barblenoun (n.) See Barbel.

barbotinenoun (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.

barbreadjective (a.) Barbarian.

barbulenoun (n.) A very minute barb or beard.
 noun (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather.

barcarollenoun (n.) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.
 noun (n.) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song.

barconnoun (n.) A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

bardnoun (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
 noun (n.) Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Barde
 noun (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
 noun (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark.
 verb (v. t.) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

bardenoun (n.) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
  (pl.) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
  (pl.) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

bardedadjective (p.a.) Accoutered with defensive armor; -- said of a horse.
 adjective (p.a.) Wearing rich caparisons.

bardicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry.

bardishadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BARTON:

English Words which starts with 'ba' and ends with 'on':

babionnoun (n.) A baboon.

baboonnoun (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

backgammonnoun (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
 verb (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

backwardationnoun (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.

baconnoun (n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

badigeonnoun (n.) A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
 noun (n.) A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, etc.

balconnoun (n.) A balcony.

balloonnoun (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.
 noun (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.
 noun (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
 noun (n.) A bomb or shell.
 noun (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
 noun (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
 verb (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
 verb (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
 verb (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.

ballotationnoun (n.) Voting by ballot.

balneationnoun (n.) The act of bathing.

balsamationnoun (n.) The act of imparting balsamic properties.
 noun (n.) The art or process of embalming.

bandonnoun (n.) Disposal; control; license.

bannitionnoun (n.) The act of expulsion.

baptizationnoun (n.) Baptism.

baronnoun (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
 noun (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.

barracoonnoun (n.) A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily.

basiliconnoun (n.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.

basionnoun (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

basonnoun (n.) A basin.

bassoonnoun (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

bastionnoun (n.) A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

batoonnoun (n.) See Baton, and Baston.

battalionnoun (n.) A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
 noun (n.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.
 noun (n.) An infantry command of two or more companies, which is the tactical unit of the infantry, or the smallest command which is self-supporting upon the battlefield, and also the unit in which the strength of the infantry of an army is expressed.
 verb (v. t.) To form into battalions.

bawsonnoun (n.) A badger.
 noun (n.) A large, unwieldy person.

balopticonnoun (n.) See Projector, below.