Name Report For First Name BRA:

BRA

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

Rhymes with BRA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BRA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BRA AS A WHOLE:

alzubra albracca bradamate abrafo gabra abraha ibrahim abracomas brademagus brangore briefbras bram braden brady hildebrand abraham abramo brando abra ambra barbra bradana braedyn braelyn braiana branda brandee brandelyn brandi brandice brandie brandilyn brandy brandyce branwyn braylie debra debrah debralee ginebra kimbra abracham abram abran brad bradaigh bradan bradbourne bradd braddock bradene bradey bradig bradleah bradlee bradley bradly bradshaw bradyn braeden braemwiella braiden brainerd braleah bramley bran brand brandan branddun brandeles brandelis branden brandin brandubh branduff brandyn branhard branigan brannan brannen brannon branor bransan branson brant branton brantson braoin brarn braxton braylon brayton hildbrand bradach brale brawleigh brawley brantley brandon bramwell brain brainard bradburn brasil brann brangorre brande branwen brandeis bradford bradwell brangaine brachah sabra braddon bradon braedon braweigh brayden braydon

NAMES RHYMING WITH BRA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:

asura aurora azmera chinara efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adra aludra badra bahira bushra johara nasira noura samira thara' yusra gadara adora chamorra senora thora dendera kakra mukamutara mukantagara sagira shukura subira zahra azura ceara abdera aethra aldara ara astra calandra cassandra cleopatra clytemnestra cynara cyra cythera deianira dora electra fedora hemera hera hilaeira hydra hypermnestra isadora isaura kleopatra lysandra madora marmara metanira musidora pandora phaedra pheodora sapphira theodora theora thera vara adira afra zemira candra chaitra chandara chandra kawindra nidra odra pandara sakra saura sitara zudora tara allegra cira genevra maura pietra teodora

NAMES RHYMING WITH BRA (According to first letters):

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

bre brea breac breana breanainn breandan breanna breanne breasal brecc breck brecken bred bredbe bredbeddle brede bredon bree bree-ana breeda breen breena breezy brehus breindel breine bren brenda brendalynn brendan brenden brendis brendolyn brendon brendt brendyn brengwain brenius brenn brenna brennan brennen brennon brennus brent brentan brenten brentley brently brenton breri breslin bressal bret brett bretta brettany brette bretton breuse brewster brewstere breyanna breynne brezziana bri bria brian briana briann brianna briannah brianne briannon briant briar briareus briaunna brice brick brickman bricriu bricta brid bride bridger bridget bridgett bridgette briella brielle brien brienna brienne briet brietta brigantia brigbam brigette briggebam

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRA:

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

baba badi'a baduna baha baheera bahiya balbina balinda balisarda bama bana baptista baraka barbara barda barika barkarna barra barta baseema basheera bashiga bashira basilia bathilda bathsheba battista batula batya bautista beatha beatricia beatrisa becca beda behula bela belda belia belina belinda belisarda bella belva bemia bena benedetta benigna benita beomia beornia berangaria berdina berengaria bernadea bernadina bernarda bernetta bernia bernicia bernita berta bertha bertilda bertina bertuska beta betha bethanna bethea bethia bethsaida bethseda bethsheba betia bettina beula bha bhadraa bhagiratha bianca bibiana bidelia bidina bienvenida bilagaana binata binga binta birdena birkita bitya bixenta blanca blandina blasa blathma blyana boadicea boda

English Words Rhyming BRA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BRA AS A WHOLE:

abracadabranoun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

abradantnoun (n.) A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

abradingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abrade

abrahamicadjective (a.) Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.

abrahamiticadjective (a.) Alt. of ical

abranchialadjective (a.) Abranchiate.

abranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

abranchiateadjective (a.) Without gills.

abraseadjective (a.) Rubbed smooth.

abrasionnoun (n.) The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
 noun (n.) The substance rubbed off.
 noun (n.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

abrasiveadjective (a.) Producing abrasion.

abraumnoun (n.) Alt. of Abraum salts

abraum saltsnoun (n.) A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

abraxasnoun (n.) A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

adumbrantadjective (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

adumbrationnoun (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.
 noun (n.) A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing.
 noun (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.

adumbrativeadjective (a.) Faintly representing; typical.

algebranoun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
 noun (n.) A treatise on this science.

algebraicadjective (a.) Alt. of Algebraical

algebraicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.

algebraistnoun (n.) One versed in algebra.

alhambranoun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

alhambraicadjective (a.) Alt. of Alhambresque

amphibrachnoun (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic.

anthobranchianoun (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

antibrachialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm.

antibrachiumnoun (n.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

antilibrationnoun (n.) A balancing; equipoise.

aspidobranchianoun (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

anabranchnoun (n.) A branch of a river that reenters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil.

barleybrakenoun (n.) Alt. of Barleybreak

bibracteateadjective (a.) Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

bimembraladjective (a.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence.

brabantineadjective (a.) Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

brabblenoun (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
 verb (v. i.) To clamor; to contest noisily.

brabblementnoun (n.) A brabble.

brabblernoun (n.) A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler.

braccateadjective (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

bracenoun (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
 noun (n.) A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum.
 noun (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.
 noun (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
 noun (n.) A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.
 noun (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
 noun (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
 noun (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.
 noun (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
 noun (n.) Harness; warlike preparation.
 noun (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
 noun (n.) The mouth of a shaft.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
 verb (v. t.) To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves.
 verb (v. t.) To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
 verb (v. t.) To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.
 verb (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.
 verb (v. i.) To get tone or vigor; to rouse one's energies; -- with up.

bracingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brace
 noun (n.) The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
 noun (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss.
 adjective (a.) Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

braceletnoun (n.) An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.
 noun (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.

bracernoun (n.) That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
 noun (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart.
 noun (n.) A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.

brachnoun (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.

brachelytranoun (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.

brachianoun (n. pl.) See Brachium.

brachialadjective (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
 adjective (a.) Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.

brachiatanoun (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.

brachiateadjective (a.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

brachioganoidnoun (n.) One of the Brachioganoidei.

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


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - English Words That Ends with ra:


acciaccaturanoun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.

acetabuliferanoun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

agoranoun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

agouaranoun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

almagranoun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

amphineuranoun (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

amphoranoun (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

anaphoranoun (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

angoranoun (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

anisopleuranoun (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

anomuranoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura

anomouranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

anopluranoun (n. pl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

anouranoun (n.) See Anura.

anuranoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

aparanoun (n.) See Mataco.

aphanipteranoun (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

aplacophoranoun (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

appoggiaturanoun (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

apteranoun (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

aranoun (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
 noun (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

araranoun (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

arthrogastranoun (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

arthropleuranoun (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

asuranoun (n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

auranoun (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
 noun (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.

auroranoun (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
 noun (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning.
 noun (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
 noun (n.) A species of crowfoot.
 noun (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

baccaranoun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat

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.

basommatophoranoun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

brachypteranoun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

brachyuranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

branchiuranoun (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

bravuranoun (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

buckranoun (n.) A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.
 adjective (a.) White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

caesuranoun (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

calyptranoun (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

cameranoun (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

capibaranoun (n.) See Capybara.

capranoun (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

capybaranoun (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

caracaranoun (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

caracoranoun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

carnivoranoun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

cathedranoun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

cephalophoranoun (n. pl.) The cephalata.

cephalopteranoun (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

cesuranoun (n.) See Caesura.

charanoun (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

cheiropteranoun (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.

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


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (br) - Words That Begins with br:


brachioganoideinoun (n. pl.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.

brachiolarianoun (n. pl.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.

brachiopodnoun (n.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.

brachiopodanoun (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.

brachiumnoun (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

brachmannoun (n.) See Brahman.

brachycatalecticnoun (n.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.

brachycephalicadjective (a.) Alt. of Brachycephalous

brachycephalousadjective (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

brachycephalynoun (n.) Alt. of Brachycephalism

brachycephalismnoun (n.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.

brachyceraladjective (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects.

brachydiagonalnoun (n.) The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism.

brachydomenoun (n.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.

brachygraphernoun (n.) A writer in short hand; a stenographer.

brachygraphynoun (n.) Stenography.

brachylogynoun (n.) Conciseness of expression; brevity.

brachypinacoidnoun (n.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.

brachypteresnoun (n.pl.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.

brachypterousadjective (a.) Having short wings.

brachystochronenoun (n.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid.

brachytypousadjective (a.) Of a short form.

brachyuraladjective (a.) Alt. of Brachyurous

brachyurousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Brachyura.

brachyurannoun (n.) One of the Brachyura.

bracknoun (n.) An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw.
 noun (n.) Salt or brackish water.

brackennoun (n.) A brake or fern.

bracketnoun (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
 noun (n.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles.
 noun (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
 noun (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
 noun (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet.
 noun (n.) A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.
 noun (n.) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork.
 verb (v. t.) To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
 verb (v. t.) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).

bracketingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bracket
 noun (n.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.

brackishadjective (a.) Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.

brackishnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.

brackyadjective (a.) Brackish.

bractnoun (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.
 noun (n.) Any modified leaf, or scale, on a flower stalk or at the base of a flower.

bracteanoun (n.) A bract.

bractealadjective (a.) Having the nature or appearance of a bract.

bracteateadjective (a.) Having a bract or bracts.

bractedadjective (a.) Furnished with bracts.

bracteolateadjective (a.) Furnished with bracteoles or bractlets.

bracteolenoun (n.) Same as Bractlet.

bractlessadjective (a.) Destitute of bracts.

bractletnoun (n.) A bract on the stalk of a single flower, which is itself on a main stalk that support several flowers.

bradnoun (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

bradoonnoun (n.) Same as Bridoon.

braenoun (n.) A hillside; a slope; a bank; a hill.

braggingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brag

bragnoun (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
 noun (n.) The thing which is boasted of.
 noun (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff.
 verb (v. i.) To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
 verb (v. t.) To boast of.
 verb (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
 adverb (adv.) Proudly; boastfully.

braggadocionoun (n.) A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.
 noun (n.) Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

braggardismnoun (n.) Boastfulness; act of bragging.

braggartadjective (a.) Boastful.
 verb (v. i.) A boaster.

braggernoun (n.) One who brags; a boaster.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BRA:

English Words which starts with 'b' and ends with 'a':

baanoun (n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
 verb (v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.

babanoun (n.) A kind of plum cake.

babiroussanoun (n.) Alt. of Babirussa

babirussanoun (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.

babyroussanoun (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa

babyrussanoun (n.) See Babyroussa.

bacchanalianoun (n. pl.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
 noun (n. pl.) Hence: A drunken feast; drunken reveler.

bacterianoun (n.p.) See Bacterium.
  (pl. ) of Bacterium

badiaganoun (n.) A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.

baftanoun (n.) A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

baggalanoun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean.

balaenoideanoun (n.) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.

balistrarianoun (n.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.

ballistanoun (n.) An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.

balsanoun (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

banananoun (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.

bandalanoun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

bandannanoun (n.) Alt. of Bandana

bandananoun (n.) A species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.
 noun (n.) A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.

barianoun (n.) Baryta.

barillanoun (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
 noun (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes.
 noun (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp.

barracudanoun (n.) Alt. of Barracouata
 noun (n.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyraena and family Sphyraenidae. The great barracuda (S. barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. S. Argentea of the Pacific coast and S. sphyraena of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food.

barracouatanoun (n.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyraena, sometimes used as food.
 noun (n.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

barrancanoun (n.) A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.

barytanoun (n.) An oxide of barium (or barytum); a heavy earth with a specific gravity above 4.

basilicanoun (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
 noun (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.
 noun (n.) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
 noun (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

bassanoun (n.) Alt. of Bassaw

batatanoun (n.) An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomaea batatas).

batrachianoun (n. pl.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.

battanoun (n.) Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
 noun (n.) Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.

battalianoun (n.) Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.
 noun (n.) An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body.

battutanoun (n.) The measuring of time by beating.

bayanoun (n.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).

bdelloideanoun (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

bdellomorphanoun (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams.

beccabunganoun (n.) See Brooklime.

becunanoun (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.

beganoun (n.) See Bigha.

begonianoun (n.) A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors.

belladonnanoun (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
 noun (n.) A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily.

bellonanoun (n.) The goddess of war.

beluganoun (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.

bemanoun (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
 noun (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
 noun (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.

bengolanoun (n.) A Bengal light.

berettanoun (n.) Same as Berretta.

berrettanoun (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.

berthanoun (n.) A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

beteelanoun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.

bibliomanianoun (n.) A mania for acquiring books.

bibliophobianoun (n.) A dread of books.

bibliothecanoun (n.) A library.

biganoun (n.) A two-horse chariot.

bighanoun (n.) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.

bignonianoun (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

bimananoun (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

bipinnarianoun (n.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage.

birettanoun (n.) Same as Berretta.

blastemanoun (n.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows.

blastoideanoun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.

blastulanoun (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm.

bleanoun (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.

blennorrheanoun (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
 noun (n.) Gonorrhea.

boanoun (n.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).
 noun (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

boccanoun (n.) The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.

boheanoun (n.) Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.

bohemianoun (n.) A country of central Europe.
 noun (n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3.

bolognanoun (n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.
 noun (n.) A Bologna sausage.

bonanzanoun (n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

bonettanoun (n.) See Bonito.

bosanoun (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza.

bothrenchymanoun (n.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.

bougainvillaeanoun (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts.

bozanoun (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.

brahmanoun (n.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
 noun (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra.

bramanoun (n.) See Brahma.

branchianoun (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

branchiogastropodanoun (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.

branchiopodanoun (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.

branchiostomanoun (n.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus.

brassicanoun (n.) A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the common cabbage (B. oleracea), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape or coleseed (B. napus), etc.

breccianoun (n.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.

bregmanoun (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

bretwaldanoun (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.

britannianoun (n.) A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.

britzskanoun (n.) A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

bromanoun (n.) Aliment; food.
 noun (n.) A light form of prepared cocoa (or cacao), or the drink made from it.

bronchianoun (n. pl.) The bronchial tubes which arise from the branching of the trachea, esp. the subdivision of the bronchi.

brutanoun (n.) See Edentata.

bryophytanoun (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.

bryozoanoun (n. pl.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.

buddhanoun (n.) The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.

buffanoun (n. fem.) The comic actress in an opera.
 adjective (a.) Comic, farcical.

bulimianoun (n.) Alt. of Bulimy

bullanoun (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
 noun (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
 noun (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
 noun (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.

bunodontanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Bunodonts

burlettaadjective (a.) A comic operetta; a music farce.

bursanoun (n.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

balatanoun (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
 noun (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.

banderillanoun (n.) A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight.

baracanoun (n.) An international, interdenominational organization of Bible classes of young men; -- so named in allusion to the Hebrew word Berachah (Meaning blessing) occurring in 2 Chron. xx. 26 and 1 Chron. xii.