Name Report For First Name BAY:

BAY

First name BAY's origin is Vietnamese. BAY means "born in july; seventh-born son". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with BAY below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of bay.(Brown names are of the same origin (Vietnamese) with BAY and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with BAY - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming BAY

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES BAY AS A WHOLE:

abayomi ubayy bayard bayhard bayley ubaydah bayen baylee baylie baylen

NAMES RHYMING WITH BAY (According to last letters):

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

sisay adjatay barclay galloway aanjay anevay chantay chardonnay elliemay fay gay jeanay jenay jennay jonay kevay lindsay linsay lyndsay may mishay nuray shamay tamay thursday ajay barday bodaway corday courtnay delray diondray dontay enapay finlay garroway gillivray gray hay jay kay lay macaulay macgillivray mackay macray montay murray o'shay otaktay ouray pay pranay ramsay ray shay tiernay treadway vernay galway tredway thay stanway clay tuesday suhay kenway ordway conway courtenay

NAMES RHYMING WITH BAY (According to first letters):

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 badal badawi bader badi'a badr badra badriyyah badru badu baduna baecere baen baerhloew baethan bagdemagus baghel baha baheera bahir bahira bahiti bahiya baibin baibre baigh bailee bailefour bailey bailintin baillidh bailoch bain bainbridge bainbrydge bairbre baird bairrfhionn bairrfhoinn bakari baker bakkir baladi baladie balasi balbina baldassare baldassario baldemar balder baldhart baldhere baldlice baldric baldrik balduin baldulf baldwin baldwyn baleigh balen balere balfour balgair balgaire balie balin balinda balisarda ballard ballinamore ballindeny balmoral balqis baltasar balthazar baltsaros bama bamard bambi bamey ban bana banain banaing banan banbhan banbrigge

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BAY:

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

barnaby barnahy barney barry barthelemy bartley bassey beatty becky bellamy benjy benny benroy bentley berdy berkeley berkley bessy bethany betsey betsy betty beverley beverly biddy billy bily birdy birkey birley birney blacey blaeey blainey blakeley blakely blakey blaney blayney bly bobby bocley body bonny bradey bradley bradly brady bramley brandy brantley brawley breezy brentley brently brettany brinley briony britney brittaney brittany brittney brittny brlety brockley brocly brody bromley bromly bryony buckley buddy bundy burley burly burney

English Words Rhyming BAY

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES BAY AS A WHOLE:

abaynoun (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.

baynoun (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
 noun (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
 noun (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
 noun (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
 noun (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
 noun (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
 noun (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.
 noun (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
 noun (n.) A tract covered with bay trees.
 noun (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
 adjective (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
 verb (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
 verb (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
 verb (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
 verb (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
 verb (v. t.) To bathe.
 verb (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

bayingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bay

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

bayadnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayatte

bayattenoun (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).

bayaderenoun (n.) A female dancer in the East Indies.

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.

bayardlyadjective (a.) Blind; stupid.

bayberrynoun (n.) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
 noun (n.) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
 noun (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.

bayboltnoun (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.

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

bayonetnoun (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.
 noun (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
 verb (v. t.) To stab with a bayonet.
 verb (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.

bayonetingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bayonet

bayounoun (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.

baysnoun (n.) Alt. of Bayze

bayzenoun (n.) See Baize.

bayamonoun (n.) A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of Cuba, esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are modified foehn winds.

baymannoun (n.) In the United States navy, a sick-bay nurse; -- now officially designated as hospital apprentice.

disembayingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembay

embayingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embay

embaymentnoun (n.) A bay.

rosebaynoun (n.) the oleander.
 noun (n.) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron.
 noun (n.) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb.

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


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


allaynoun (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
 noun (n.) Alloy.
 verb (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
 verb (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
 verb (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
 verb (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

alleywaynoun (n.) An alley.

archwaynoun (n.) A way or passage under an arch.

arraynoun (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.
 noun (n.) The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
 noun (n.) An imposing series of things.
 noun (n.) Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.
 noun (n.) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
 noun (n.) The panel itself.
 noun (n.) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
 noun (n.) To place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.
 noun (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.
 noun (n.) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.

assaynoun (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
 noun (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
 noun (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
 noun (n.) Tested purity or value.
 noun (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
 noun (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
 verb (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
 verb (v.) To affect.
 verb (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink.
 verb (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
 verb (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor.

backstaynoun (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.
 noun (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

barwaynoun (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts.

birthdaynoun (n.) The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement.
 noun (n.) The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities.

blayadjective (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n.

bobstaynoun (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

braynoun (n.) The harsh cry of an ass; also, any harsh, grating, or discordant sound.
 noun (n.) A bank; the slope of a hill; a hill. See Brae, which is now the usual spelling.
 verb (v. t.) To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.
 verb (v. i.) To utter a loud, harsh cry, as an ass.
 verb (v. i.) To make a harsh, grating, or discordant noise.
 verb (v. t.) To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound.

byplaynoun (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.

bywaynoun (n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.

breakawaynoun (n.) A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede.
 noun (n.) An animal that breaks away from a herd.

carawaynoun (n.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.
 noun (n.) A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

carpetwaynoun (n.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.

carrawaynoun (n.) See Caraway.

cartwaynoun (n.) A way or road for carts.

castawaynoun (n.) One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
 noun (n.) One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
 adjective (a.) Of no value; rejected; useless.

cathaynoun (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)

causewaynoun (n.) Alt. of Causey

caynoun (n.) See Key, a ledge.

claynoun (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.
 noun (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
 verb (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.
 verb (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

cokenaynoun (n.) A cockney.

coothaynoun (n.) A striped satin made in India.

counterswaynoun (n.) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.

craynoun (n.) Alt. of Crayer

crosswaynoun (n.) See Crossroad.

cutawayadjective (a.) Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.

chambraynoun (n.) A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish.

daynoun (n.) The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.
 noun (n.) The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
 noun (n.) Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
 noun (n.) A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
 noun (n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.

decaynoun (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
 noun (n.) Destruction; death.
 noun (n.) Cause of decay.
 verb (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.
 verb (v. t.) To destroy.

delaynoun (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.
 noun (n.) To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.
 noun (n.) To allay; to temper.
 verb (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
 verb (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

denaynoun (n.) Denial; refusal.
 verb (v. t.) To deny.

deraynoun (n.) Disorder; merriment.

disarraynoun (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
 noun (n.) Confused attire; undress.
 verb (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
 verb (v. t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

displaynoun (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
 noun (n.) Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.
 verb (v. t.) To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
 verb (v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
 verb (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.
 verb (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.
 verb (v. t.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.
 verb (v. t.) To discover; to descry.
 verb (v. i.) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

domesdaynoun (n.) A day of judgment. See Doomsday.

doomsdaynoun (n.) A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.
 noun (n.) The day of the final judgment.

doorwaynoun (n.) The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

draynoun (n.) A squirrel's nest.
 noun (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
 noun (n.) A kind of sledge or sled.

driftwaynoun (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle.
 noun (n.) Same as Drift, 11.

drivewaynoun (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

dugwaynoun (n.) A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.

essaynoun (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.
 noun (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
 noun (n.) An assay. See Assay, n.
 noun (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
 noun (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

estraynoun (n.) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray.
 verb (v. i.) To stray.

everydayadjective (a.) Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.

fairwaynoun (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.

faynoun (n.) A fairy; an elf.
 noun (n.) Faith; as, by my fay.
 verb (v. t.) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
 verb (v. i.) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.

footwaynoun (n.) A passage for pedestrians only.

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


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


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

baaingnoun (n.) The bleating of a sheep.

baalnoun (n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
 noun (n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.

baalismnoun (n.) Worship of Baal; idolatry.

baalistnoun (n.) Alt. of Baalite

baalitenoun (n.) A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.

babanoun (n.) A kind of plum cake.

babblingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Babble

babblenoun (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.
 noun (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
 verb (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
 verb (v. i.) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
 verb (v. i.) To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
 verb (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
 verb (v. i.) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
 verb (v. i.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

babblementnoun (n.) Babble.

babblernoun (n.) An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
 noun (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
 noun (n.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

babblerynoun (n.) Babble.

babenoun (n.) An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
 noun (n.) A doll for children.

babehoodnoun (n.) Babyhood.

babelnoun (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
 noun (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

baberynoun (n.) Finery of a kind to please a child.

babiannoun (n.) Alt. of Babion

babionnoun (n.) A baboon.

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

babingtonitenoun (n.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.

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.

babishadjective (a.) Like a babe; a childish; babyish.

babismnoun (n.) The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.
 noun (n.) Alt. of Babiism

babistnoun (n.) A believer in Babism.

bablahnoun (n.) The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

baboonoun (n.) Alt. of Babu

babunoun (n.) A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.

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.

baboonerynoun (n.) Baboonish behavior.

baboonishadjective (a.) Like a baboon.

babynoun (n.) An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
 noun (n.) A small image of an infant; a doll.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans.
 verb (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.

babyingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baby

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

babyhouseadjective (a.) A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.

babyishadjective (a.) Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

babyismnoun (n.) The state of being a baby.
 noun (n.) A babyish manner of acting or speaking.

babyloniannoun (n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
 noun (n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.

babylonicadjective (a.) Alt. of Babylonical

babylonicaladjective (a.) Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings.
 adjective (a.) Tumultuous; disorderly.

babylonishnoun (n.) Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
 noun (n.) Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
 noun (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
 noun (n.) Confused; Babel-like.

babyroussanoun (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa

babyrussanoun (n.) See Babyroussa.

babyshipnoun (n.) The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.

bacnoun (n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
 noun (n.) A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.

baccalaureatenoun (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
 noun (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

baccaranoun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat

baccaratnoun (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

baccateadjective (a.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.

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

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH BAY:

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

bachelrynoun (n.) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.

bacillaryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to bacilli; produced by, or containing, bacilli; bacillar; as, a bacillary disease.

bacteriologynoun (n.) The science relating to bacteria.

bacterioscopynoun (n.) The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.
 noun (n.) Microscopic examination or investigation of bacteria.

baculometrynoun (n.) Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

baggyadjective (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

baileynoun (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
 noun (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
 noun (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester.

bakerynoun (n.) The trade of a baker.
 noun (n.) The place for baking bread; a bakehouse.

balconynoun (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.
 noun (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

balkyadjective (a.) Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.

balladrynoun (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.

ballatrynoun (n.) See Balladry.

balloonrynoun (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.

balmyadjective (a.) Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.
 adjective (a.) Producing balm.
 adjective (a.) Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.

balnearynoun (n.) A bathing room.

balneatoryadjective (a.) Belonging to a bath.

balneographynoun (n.) A description of baths.

balneologynoun (n.) A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.

balneotherapynoun (n.) The treatment of disease by baths.

banalitynoun (n.) Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.

bandynoun (n.) A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.
 noun (n.) A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play; a hockey stick.
 noun (n.) The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
 adjective (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg.
 verb (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
 verb (v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
 verb (v. t.) To toss about, as from man to man; to agitate.
 verb (v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way.

baneberrynoun (n.) A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

bankruptcynoun (n.) The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
 noun (n.) The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
 noun (n.) Complete loss; -- followed by of.

baptisterynoun (n.) Alt. of Baptistry

baptistrynoun (n.) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near.
 noun (n.) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.

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.

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.

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.

barkerynoun (n.) A tanhouse.

barkyadjective (a.) Covered with, or containing, bark.

barleynoun (n.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.

barologynoun (n.) The science of weight or gravity.

barometrynoun (n.) The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

baronetcynoun (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

baronynoun (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
 noun (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.

barratrynoun (n.) The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels.
 noun (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo.
 noun (n.) The crime of a judge who is influenced by bribery in pronouncing judgment.

barrulyadjective (a.) Traversed by barrulets or small bars; -- said of the field.

barryadjective (a.) Divided into bars; -- said of the field.

barterynoun (n.) Barter.

baryphonynoun (n.) Difficulty of speech.

basicitynoun (n.) The quality or state of being a base.
 noun (n.) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.

basilarynoun (n.) Relating to, or situated at, the base.
 noun (n.) Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.

basketrynoun (n.) The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

bastardlyadjective (a.) Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
 adverb (adv.) In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.

bastardynoun (n.) The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
 noun (n.) The procreation of a bastard child.

bathymetrynoun (n.) The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea.

batrachomyomachynoun (n.) The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

battologynoun (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

battyadjective (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a bat.

bavaroynoun (n.) A kind of cloak or surtout.

bawdrynoun (n.) The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
 noun (n.) Illicit intercourse; fornication.
 noun (n.) Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.

bawdyadjective (a.) Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.
 adjective (a.) Obscene; filthy; unchaste.

beachyadjective (a.) Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly.

beadlerynoun (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

beadyadjective (a.) Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
 adjective (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
 adjective (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.

beamyadjective (a.) Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
 adjective (a.) Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
 adjective (a.) Having horns, or antlers.

bearberrynoun (n.) A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

beastlyadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
 adjective (a.) Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.
 adjective (a.) Abominable; as, beastly weather.

beautynoun (n.) An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
 noun (n.) A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
 noun (n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
 noun (n.) Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

bedelrynoun (n.) Beadleship.

bedewyadjective (a.) Moist with dew; dewy.

bedkeynoun (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

beechyadjective (a.) Of or relating to beeches.

beefyadjective (a.) Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

beeryadjective (a.) Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.

beggarlyadjective (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
 adjective (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.
 adverb (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

beggarynoun (n.) The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
 noun (n.) Beggarly appearance.
 adjective (a.) Beggarly.

belamynoun (n.) Good friend; dear friend.

belfrynoun (n.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
 noun (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.
 noun (n.) A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.
 noun (n.) The framing on which a bell is suspended.

belligerencynoun (n.) The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.

bellynoun (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
 noun (n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.
 noun (n.) The womb.
 noun (n.) The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
 noun (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.
 verb (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

belomancynoun (n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.

bendyadjective (a.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

benedictionarynoun (n.) A collected series of benedictions.

benedictoryadjective (a.) Expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer.

beneficiarynoun (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.
 noun (n.) One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate.
 adjective (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.
 adjective (a.) Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.

benignancynoun (n.) Benignant quality; kindliness.

benignitynoun (n.) The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.
 noun (n.) Mildness; gentleness.
 noun (n.) Salubrity; wholesome quality.

bentyadjective (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields.
 adjective (a.) Resembling bent.

berberrynoun (n.) See Barberry.

berrynoun (n.) Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.
 noun (n.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.
 noun (n.) The coffee bean.
 noun (n.) One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
 noun (n.) A mound; a hillock.
 verb (v. i.) To bear or produce berries.

beseemlyadjective (a.) Fit; suitable; becoming.

bestialitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being bestial.
 noun (n.) Unnatural connection with a beast.

betonynoun (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

bettynoun (n.) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
 noun (n.) A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
 noun (n.) A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask.

bevynoun (n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
 noun (n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

bewitcherynoun (n.) The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.

beynoun (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

bibacitynoun (n.) The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.

bibitoryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

biblicalitynoun (n.) The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject.

bibliographynoun (n.) A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

bibliolatrynoun (n.) Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.

bibliologynoun (n.) An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
 noun (n.) The literature or doctrine of the Bible.

bibliomancynoun (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

bibliopegynoun (n.) The art of binding books.

bibliothecarynoun (n.) A librarian.

bicentenarynoun (n.) The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.

biddynoun (n.) A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
 noun (n.) An Irish serving woman or girl.

biformitynoun (n.) A double form.