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  • English Word Balsamation Definition The act of imparting balsamic properties.
  • English Word Balsamation Definition The art or process of embalming.
  • English Word Balsamic Definition Alt. of Balsamical
  • English Word Balsamical Definition Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
  • English Word Balsamiferous Definition Producing balsam.
  • English Word Balsamine Definition The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
  • English Word Balsamous Definition Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
  • English Word Balter Definition To stick together.
  • English Word Baltic Definition Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.
  • English Word Baltimore bird Definition Alt. of Baltimore oriole
  • English Word Baltimore oriole Definition A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.
  • English Word Baluster Definition A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade.
  • English Word Balustered Definition Having balusters.
  • English Word Balustrade Definition A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
  • English Word Bam Definition An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
  • English Word Bam Definition To cheat; to wheedle.
  • English Word Bambino Definition A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
  • English Word Bambino Definition Babe Ruth.
  • English Word Bambocciade Definition A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.
  • English Word Bamboo Definition A plant of the family of grasses, and genus Bambusa, growing in tropical countries.
  • English Word Bamboo Definition To flog with the bamboo.
  • English Word Bamboozle Definition To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
  • English Word Bamboozled Definition of Bamboozle
  • English Word Bamboozler Definition A swindler; one who deceives by trickery.
  • English Word Bamboozling Definition of Bamboozle
  • English Word Ban Definition A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
  • English Word Ban Definition A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
  • English Word Ban Definition Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
  • English Word Ban Definition An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
  • English Word Ban Definition A curse or anathema.