| BARBARIC | • barbaric adj. Of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth. • BARBARIC adj. uncivilized. |
| BARBASCO | • barbasco n. A plant (Lonchocarpus urucu, now Deguelia rufescens var. urucu) native to parts of northern South America… • barbasco n. An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea). • barbasco n. One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone… |
| BARBATED | • barbated adj. Having barbed points. • BARBATED adj. barbed, bearded, also BARBATE. |
| BARBECUE | • barbecue n. A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal… • barbecue n. A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus. • barbecue n. Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect… |
| BARBELLS | • barbells n. Plural of barbell. • BARBELL n. a weightlifting bar. |
| BARBEQUE | • barbeque n. (Sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of barbecue (“apparatus for grilling; cookout (event); meat… • barbeque v. (Sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of barbecue. • bar-be-que n. (Informal) Alternative spelling of barbecue. |
| BARBERED | • barbered v. Simple past tense and past participle of barber. • BARBER v. to shave or cut the hair. |
| BARBERRY | • barberry n. Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries. • BARBERRY n. a thorny shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. |
| BARBETTE | • barbette n. A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. • barbette n. (Nautical) The inside fixed trunk of a warship’s gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains… • BARBETTE n. (French) an earthen terrace inside the parapet of a rampart, acting as a platform for guns. |
| BARBICAN | • barbican n. A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town. • barbican n. A fortress at the end of a bridge. • barbican n. An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through… |
| BARBICEL | • barbicel n. Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs. • BARBICEL n. one of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers. |
| BARBITAL | • barbital n. The first commercially marketed barbiturate, used as a hypnotic drug until the mid-1950s. • BARBITAL n. (US) a derivative of barbituric acid used as a sedative, also BARBITONE. |
| BARBLESS | • barbless adj. Lacking a barb. • BARBLESS adj. having no barbs. |
| BARBOLAS | • BARBOLA n. an ornamentation of small flowers, fruit etc. made of plastic paste and coloured. |
| BARBOTTE | • barbotte n. A Canadian dice game akin to craps. • BARBOTTE n. a kind of large catfish, also BARBOT, BURBOT. |
| BARBULES | • barbules n. Plural of barbule. • BARBULE n. a small barb. |
| BARBWIRE | • barbwire n. Alternative spelling of barbed wire. • barb-wire n. Alternative form of barbed wire. • barb␣wire n. Alternative form of barbed wire. |
| RHUBARBS | • rhubarbs n. Plural of rhubarb. • rhubarbs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rhubarb. • RHUBARB v. to simulate conversation e.g. on stage. |
| RHUBARBY | • rhubarby adj. Resembling or characteristic of rhubarb. • RHUBARBY adj. like rhubarb. |
| UNBARBED | • unbarbed adj. Not barbed. • unbarbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of unbarb. • UNBARBED adj. not barbed. |