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  • English Word Barrelled Definition Having a barrel; -- used in composition; as, a double-barreled gun.
  • English Word Barrelling Definition of Barrel
  • English Word Barren Definition Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
  • English Word Barren Definition Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; /rile.
  • English Word Barren Definition Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
  • English Word Barren Definition Mentally dull; stupid.
  • English Word Barren Definition A tract of barren land.
  • English Word Barren Definition Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
  • English Word Barrenly Definition Unfruitfully; unproductively.
  • English Word Barrenness Definition The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
  • English Word Barrenwort Definition An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
  • English Word Barret Definition A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
  • English Word Barricade Definition A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's access.
  • English Word Barricade Definition Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense.
  • English Word Barricade Definition To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris.
  • English Word Barricaded Definition of Barricade
  • English Word Barricader Definition One who constructs barricades.
  • English Word Barricading Definition of Barricade
  • English Word Barricado Definition See Barricade.
  • English Word Barrier Definition A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
  • English Word Barrier Definition A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach.
  • English Word Barrier Definition A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd.
  • English Word Barrier Definition An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack.
  • English Word Barrier Definition Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
  • English Word Barrigudo Definition A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.
  • English Word Barring Definition of Bar
  • English Word Barringout Definition The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools.
  • English Word Barrister Definition Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.
  • English Word Barroom Definition A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
  • English Word Barrow Definition A support having handles, and with or without a wheel, on which heavy or bulky things can be transported by hand. See Handbarrow, and Wheelbarrow.