Name Report For First Name BOND:

BOND

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

Rhymes with BOND - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BOND

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BOND AS A WHOLE:

bondig

NAMES RHYMING WITH BOND (According to last letters):

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

rozamond desmond raymond diamond drummond edmond lamond ormond redmond thurmond walmond thormond tedmond osmond garmond esmond clarimond richmond raimond ramond reymond

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

hind courtland garberend svend barend ryland armand garland hildebrand caitland josalind lind rosalind rozomund aldn'd arend arland behrend berend bernd bertrand brand caraidland cetewind cleveland clifland clyfland deagmund devland drummand eadmund edmund eorland eorlland erland esmund estmund fernand gariland garmund govind harland heardind hildbrand hildehrand howland jaylend kirkland kyland lakeland leeland leland lynd marchland marland moreland morland noland ordland ordmund orland ormemund ormund osmund radmund raedmund rand redmund rockland rygeland sigmund sutherland tedmund theomund thormund tolland wayland wegland weyland

NAMES RHYMING WITH BOND (According to first letters):

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

bonie boniface bonifacio bonifacius bonifaco bonita bonnar bonni bonnibelle bonnie bonnie-jo bonny bonny-jean bonny-lee

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

boadhagh boadicea boarte boas boaz bob bobbi bobbie bobby bobo boc bocleah bocley boda bodaway boden bodgan bodi bodiccea bodicea bodicia bodil bodwyn body boell boethius bofind bogart bogdan boghos bogohardt bohannon bohdan bohdana bohort bohous bohumil bokhari bolaji boldizsar bolton bomani boone booth boothe bora borak borbala bordan borden boreas borre bors borsala bort bosworth botan botewolf both bothain bothan bothe botolf botolff botwolf boudicea boukra boulad boulboul boulus bourkan bourke bourn bourne bow bowden bowdyn bowen bowie bowyn boyce boyd boyden boyne boynton bozena

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BOND:

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

baird ballard bamard bannruod bard barnard bathild bayard bayhard beamard bearnard bemossed beortbtraed beorthtraed berchtwald beresford berford berinhard bernard bernhard berthold bhraghad bickford biecaford biford bird birdoswald birkhead birkhed bladud blaed blandford blanford blathnaid brad bradd bradford brainard brainerd branhard bred brid brighid brigid brimlad brunhild brygid bud budd burchard burford burghard burhford burnard byford byrd byrtwold

English Words Rhyming BOND

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BOND AS A WHOLE:

backbondnoun (n.) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

bondnoun (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
 noun (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.
 noun (n.) A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
 noun (n.) Moral or political duty or obligation.
 noun (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.
 noun (n.) An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.
 noun (n.) The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.
 noun (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.
 noun (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence.
 noun (n.) A vassal or serf; a slave.
 noun (n.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
 noun (n.) League; association; confederacy.
 adjective (a.) In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.
 verb (v. t.) To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.
 verb (v. t.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

bondingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bond

bondageadjective (a.) The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
 adjective (a.) Obligation; tie of duty.
 adjective (a.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

bondagernoun (n.) A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field.

bondarnoun (n.) A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.

bondedadjective (a.) Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bond

bondernoun (n.) One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.
 noun (n.) A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.
 noun (n.) A freeholder on a small scale.

bondholdernoun (n.) A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

bondmaidnoun (n.) A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

bondmannoun (n.) A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.
 noun (n.) A villain, or tenant in villenage.

bondslavenoun (n.) A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

bondsmannoun (n.) A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
 noun (n.) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.

bondstonenoun (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

bondswomannoun (n.) See Bondwoman.

bonducnoun (n.) See Nicker tree.

bondwomannoun (n.) A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.

vagabondnoun (n.) One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.
 adjective (a.) Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.
 adjective (a.) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
 adjective (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.
 verb (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.

vagabondagenoun (n.) The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.

vagabondismnoun (n.) Vagabondage.

vagabondrynoun (n.) Vagabondage.

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


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


allhallondnoun (n.) Allhallows.

almondnoun (n.) The fruit of the almond tree.
 noun (n.) The tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.
 noun (n.) Anything shaped like an almond.
 noun (n.) One of the tonsils.

brondnoun (n.) A sword.

despondnoun (n.) Despondency.
 verb (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.

diamondnoun (n.) A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.
 noun (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
 noun (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.
 noun (n.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
 noun (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
 noun (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
 adjective (a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

dispondnoun (n.) See Despond.

frondnoun (n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification; as, the frond of a fern or of a lichen or seaweed; also, the peculiar leaf of a palm tree.

fondnoun (n.) Foundation; bottom; groundwork;
 noun (n.) The ground.
 noun (n.) The broth or juice from braised flesh or fish, usually served as a sauce.
 noun (n.) Fund, stock, or store.
 superlative (superl.) Foolish; silly; simple; weak.
 superlative (superl.) Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.
 superlative (superl.) Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.
 superlative (superl.) Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; -- followed by of (formerly also by on).
 superlative (superl.) Doted on; regarded with affection.
 superlative (superl.) Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.
 verb (v. t.) To caress; to fondle.
 verb (v. i.) To be fond; to dote.
  () imp. of Find. Found.

gerlondnoun (n.) A garland.

girlondnoun (n.) A garland; a prize.

hondnoun (n.) Hand.

horsepondnoun (n.) A pond for watering horses.

khondnoun (n.) A Dravidian of a group of tribes of Orissa, India, a section of whom were formerly noted for their cruel human sacrifices to the earth goddess, murder of female infants, and marriage by capture.

londnoun (n.) Land.

nursepondnoun (n.) A pond where fish are fed.

overfondadjective (a.) Fond to excess.

pondnoun (n.) A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake.
 verb (v. t.) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming.
 verb (v. t.) To ponder.

respondnoun (n.) An answer; a response.
 noun (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
 noun (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
 verb (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
 verb (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
 verb (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
 verb (v. t.) To answer; to reply.
 verb (v. t.) To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

secondnoun (n.) One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
 noun (n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
 noun (n.) Aid; assistance; help.
 noun (n.) An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
 noun (n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
 noun (n.) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
 adjective (a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
 adjective (a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
 adjective (a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
 adjective (a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
 adjective (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
 adjective (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
 adjective (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
 adjective (a.) Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.

stondnoun (n.) Stop; halt; hindrance.
 noun (n.) A stand; a post; a station.
 verb (v. i.) To stand.

strondnoun (n.) Strand; beach.

testicondadjective (a.) Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.

yondadjective (a.) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
 adjective (a.) Yonder.

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


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


bonadjective (a.) Good; valid as security for something.

bonairadjective (a.) Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding.

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.

bonaparteanadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

bonapartismnoun (n.) The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

bonapartistnoun (n.) One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

bonasusnoun (n.) Alt. of Bonassus

bonassusnoun (n.) The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

bonbonnoun (n.) Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

boncenoun (n.) A boy's game played with large marbles.

bonchretiennoun (n.) A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

boncilatenoun (n.) A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.

bonenoun (n.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.
 noun (n.) One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.
 noun (n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
 noun (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
 noun (n.) Dice.
 noun (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.
 noun (n.) Fig.: The framework of anything.
 verb (v. t.) To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.
 verb (v. t.) To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.
 verb (v. t.) To fertilize with bone.
 verb (v. t.) To steal; to take possession of.
 verb (v. t.) To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.

boningnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bone
 noun (n.) The clearing of bones from fish or meat.
 noun (n.) The manuring of land with bones.
 noun (n.) A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t.

boneachenoun (n.) Pain in the bones.

boneblacknoun (n.) See Bone black, under Bone, n.

bonedadjective (a.) Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.
 adjective (a.) Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.
 adjective (a.) Manured with bone; as, boned land.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bone

bonedognoun (n.) The spiny dogfish.

bonefishnoun (n.) See Ladyfish.

bonelessadjective (a.) Without bones.

bonesetnoun (n.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.

bonesetternoun (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.

boneshawnoun (n.) Sciatica.

bonettanoun (n.) See Bonito.

bonfirenoun (n.) A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.

bongracenoun (n.) A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat.

bonhomienoun (n.) Alt. of Bonhommie

bonhommienoun (n.) good nature; pleasant and easy manner.

bonibellnoun (n.) See Bonnibel.

bonifacenoun (n.) An innkeeper.

boniformadjective (a.) Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.

boninessnoun (n.) The condition or quality of being bony.

bonitaryadjective (a.) Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.

bonitonoun (n.) A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.
 noun (n.) The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.
 noun (n.) The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
 noun (n.) The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.

bonmotnoun (n.) A witty repartee; a jest.

bonnenoun (n.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child.

bonnetnoun (n.) A headdress for men and boys; a cap.
 noun (n.) A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
 noun (n.) A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
 noun (n.) Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use
 noun (n.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
 noun (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
 noun (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
 noun (n.) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
 noun (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
 noun (n.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.
 noun (n.) The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
 noun (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy.
 noun (n.) The metal cover or shield over the motor.
 verb (v. i.) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.

bonnetedadjective (a.) Wearing a bonnet.
 adjective (a.) Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a).

bonnetlessadjective (a.) Without a bonnet.

bonnibelnoun (n.) A handsome girl.

bonnieadjective (a.) See Bonny, a.

bonnilassnoun (n.) A "bonny lass"; a beautiful girl.

bonninessnoun (n.) The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness.

bonnynoun (n.) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
 adjective (a.) Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
 adjective (a.) Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.

bonnyclabbernoun (n.) Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.

bonspielnoun (n.) A cur/ing match between clubs.

bonteboknoun (n.) The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.

bonusnoun (n.) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.
 noun (n.) An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.
 noun (n.) Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.

bonyadjective (a.) Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
 adjective (a.) Having large or prominent bones.

bonzenoun (n.) A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BOND:

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

babehoodnoun (n.) Babyhood.

babillardnoun (n.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.

babyhoodnoun (n.) The state or period of infancy.

baccatedadjective (a.) Having many berries.
 adjective (a.) Set or adorned with pearls.

bachelorhoodnoun (n.) The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

backbandnoun (n.) The band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage.

backboardnoun (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
 noun (n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
 noun (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
 noun (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
 noun (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

backbonedadjective (a.) Vertebrate.

backedadjective (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Back

backfriendnoun (n.) A secret enemy.

backgroundnoun (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
 noun (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
 noun (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
 noun (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

backhandnoun (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
 adjective (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
 adjective (a.) Backhanded; indirect; oblique.

backhandedadjective (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
 adjective (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
 adjective (a.) Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.

backswordnoun (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
 noun (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.

backwardnoun (n.) The state behind or past.
 adjective (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
 adjective (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
 adjective (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
 adjective (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
 adjective (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
 adjective (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Backwards
 verb (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

bacteroidadjective (a.) Alt. of Bacteroidal

baenopodnoun (n.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

balanoidadjective (a.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

balconiedadjective (a.) Having balconies.

baldadjective (a.) Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.
 adjective (a.) Undisguised.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.
 adjective (a.) Destitute of the natural covering.
 adjective (a.) Marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.

baldheadnoun (n.) A person whose head is bald.
 noun (n.) A white-headed variety of pigeon.

baldheadedadjective (a.) Having a bald head.

baldpatedadjective (a.) Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded.

balistoidadjective (a.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidae. See Filefish.

balladnoun (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
 verb (v. i.) To make or sing ballads.
 verb (v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

balloonedadjective (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

balusteredadjective (a.) Having balusters.

banneredadjective (a.) Furnished with, or bearing, banners.

barbatedadjective (a.) Having barbed points.

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

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.

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

barebackedadjective (a.) Having the back uncovered; as, a barebacked horse.

barefacedadjective (a.) With the face uncovered; not masked.
 adjective (a.) Without concealment; undisguised. Hence: Shameless; audacious.

barefootedadjective (a.) Having the feet bare.

barehandednoun (n.) Having bare hands.

bareleggedadjective (a.) Having the legs bare.

bareneckedadjective (a.) Having the neck bare.

bargeboardnoun (n.) A vergeboard.

barkboundadjective (a.) Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

barmaidnoun (n.) A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.

barnyardnoun (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.

barreledadjective (a.) Alt. of Barrelled
  (imp. & p. p.) of Barrel

barrelledadjective (a.) Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
  () of Barrel

barwoodnoun (n.) A red wood of a leguminous tree (Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

basaltoidadjective (a.) Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

baseboardnoun (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.

basednoun (n.) Wearing, or protected by, bases.
 adjective (a.) Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Base

baselardnoun (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century.

basihyoidnoun (n.) The central tongue bone.

basinedadjective (a.) Inclosed in a basin.

basipterygoidnoun (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

basisphenoidnoun (n.) The basisphenoid bone.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoidal

basswoodnoun (n.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.

bastardnoun (n.) A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
 noun (n.) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.
 noun (n.) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
 noun (n.) A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
 noun (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
 noun (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
 noun (n.) Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
 noun (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
 adjective (a.) Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
 verb (v. t.) To bastardize.

bastionedadjective (a.) Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.

batailledadjective (a.) Embattled.

batedadjective (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bate

batrachoidadjective (a.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

battlementedadjective (a.) Having battlements.

bawdnoun (n.) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a woman.
 verb (v. i.) To procure women for lewd purposes.

bayadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

bayardadjective (a.) Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
 adjective (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow.

bayedadjective (a.) Having a bay or bays.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bay

beachedadjective (p. p. & a.) Bordered by a beach.
 adjective (p. p. & a.) Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Beach

beadnoun (n.) A prayer.
 noun (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
 noun (n.) Any small globular body
 noun (n.) A bubble in spirits.
 noun (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
 noun (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
 noun (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
 noun (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
 verb (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
 verb (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

beakedadjective (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
 adjective (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.

beakheadnoun (n.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.
 noun (n.) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew.
 noun (n.) Same as Beak, 3.

beambirdnoun (n.) A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

beamedadjective (a.) Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Beam

bearbindnoun (n.) The bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis).

beardnoun (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
 noun (n.) The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
 noun (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
 noun (n.) The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
 noun (n.) The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
 noun (n.) The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
 noun (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
 noun (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
 noun (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
 noun (n.) That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
 noun (n.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
 noun (n.) An imposition; a trick.
 verb (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
 verb (v. t.) To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
 verb (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

beardedadjective (a.) Having a beard.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Beard

bearherdnoun (n.) A man who tends a bear.

bearhoundnoun (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

bearwardnoun (n.) A keeper of bears. See Bearherd.

beasthoodnoun (n.) State or nature of a beast.

beastliheadnoun (n.) Beastliness.

beautiedadjective (p. a.) Beautiful; embellished.

beaveredadjective (a.) Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.

becardnoun (n.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).

becomedadjective (a.) Proper; decorous.

bednoun (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
 noun (n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
 noun (n.) A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.
 noun (n.) A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.
 noun (n.) The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.
 noun (n.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
 noun (n.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
 noun (n.) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.
 noun (n.) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
 noun (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
 noun (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
 noun (n.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
 noun (n.) The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
 noun (n.) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
 verb (v. t.) To place in a bed.
 verb (v. t.) To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.
 verb (v. t.) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
 verb (v. t.) To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.
 verb (v. t.) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.
 verb (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
 verb (v. t.) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
 verb (v. i.) To go to bed; to cohabit.

bedcordnoun (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

beddedadjective (a.) Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Bed

bedspreadnoun (n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.

bedsteadnoun (n.) A framework for supporting a bed.

beebreadnoun (n.) A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young.

beefwoodnoun (n.) An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

beeldnoun (n.) Same as Beild.

beetleheadnoun (n.) A stupid fellow; a blockhead.
 noun (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

beforehandadjective (a.) In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded.
 adverb (adv.) In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with.
 adverb (adv.) By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime.

beggarhoodnoun (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.

beghardnoun (n.) Alt. of Beguard

beguardnoun (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.

behindnoun (n.) The backside; the rump.
 adjective (a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
 adjective (a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
 adjective (a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
 adverb (adv.) At the back part; in the rear.
 adverb (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
 adverb (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
 adverb (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
 adverb (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.

beildnoun (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.

belatedadjective (a.) Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Belate

belgardnoun (n.) A sweet or loving look.

bellbirdnoun (n.) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero.
 noun (n.) The Myzantha melanophrys of Australia.