| Baa, animal sound, 412. | Balderdash, absurdity, 497. |
| Baal, divinity, 979. | Baldric, girdle, 247. |
| idol, 986. | Bale, bundle, 72. |
| Babble, talk, 584. | evil, 619. |
| faint sound, 405. | Baleful, badness, 649. |
| Babe, infant, 129. | Bale out, ejection, 297. |
| novice, 701. | Balk, hinder, 706. |
| Babel, confusion, 59. | fail, 731. |
| discord, 414. | disappoint, 509. |
| Baboon, ugliness, 846. | deceive, 545. |
| Baby, fool, 501. | Ball, globe, 249. |
| Babyhood, youth, 127. | missile, 284. |
| Babyish, folly, 499. | dance, 840. |
| Bacca, tobacco, 298A. | Ballad, song, 415. |
| Bacchanals, drunkenness, 959. | poem, 597. |
| Bacchus, drunkenness, 959. | Ballade, poem, 597. |
| Bachelor, celibacy, 904. | music, 415. |
| Bacillus, bane, 663. | Ballad-opera, drama, 599. |
| Back, rear, 235. | catapult, 276. |
| convexity, 250. | Ballast, weight, 319. |
| to recede, 283. | steadiness, 150. |
| to aid, 707. | wisdom, 498. |
| Back down, revoke, 607. | Ballet, amusement, 840. |
| Back out, revoke, 607. | Ballista, arms, 727. |
| relinquish, 624. | Ballistics, propulsion, 284. |
| Backbite, traduce, 932. | Balloon, ship, 273. |
| detract, 934. | Ballot, choice, 609. |
| Backbiter, detractor, 936. | Ballyrag, abuse, 932. |
| Backbone, frame, 215. | Balm, fragrance, 400. |
| interior, 221. | relief, 834. |
| strength, 159. | remedy, 662. |
| decision, 604. | Balmy, foolish, 499. |
| intrinsic, 5. | Balourdise, failure, 732. |
| Back-friend, opponent, 710. | Balsam, see Balm. |
| enemy, 891. | Balsamic, salubrious, 656. |
| Back-handed, oblique, 717. | Baluster, support, 215. |
| unexpected, 508. | Balustrade, enclosure, 232. |
| Backhander, attack, 716. | Bamboozle, deception, 545. |
| Back-scratcher, flatterer, 935. | Ban, prohibition, 761. |
| Backsheesh, gratuity, 784. | denunciation, 908. |
| Backsliding, dishonour, 940. | Banal, commonplace, 82, 643. |
| delinquency, 945. | feeble, 575. |
| Backstairs influence, concealment, 528. | Band, ligature, 45. |
| Backward, regression, 283. | assemblage, 72. |
| traction, 285. | party, 712. |
| tardy, 133. | of music, 416. |
| unwilling, 603. | shackle, 752. |
| Backwardness, unwillingness, 603. | Bandage, ligature, 45. |
| dislike, 867. | to lie, 43. |
| Backwoodsman, inhabitant, 188. | Bandbox, receptacle, 191. |
| Bacon, to save one's, escape, 671. | Banderole, flag, 550. |
| Bad, badness, 649, 945. | Bandit, thief, 792. |
| putrid, 653. | Bandog, warning, 668. |
| Badge, indication, 550. | Bands, canonicals, 999. |
| Badger, to maltreat, 830. | Bandy, agitate, 315. |
| Badinage, wit, 842. | contest, 476, 720. |
| Baedeker, guide, 266. | exchange, 148. |
| Baffle, thwart, 706. | crooked, 245. |
| defeat, 731. | deformed, 846. |
| Baffled, failure, 731. | Bane, badness, 663. |
| Baffling, bewildering, 528. | Baneful, badness, 649. |
| Bag, receptacle, 191. | Bang, sound, 406. |
| to take, 789, 791. | to impel, 276. |
| to receive, 810. | to beat, 972. |
| to pocket, 184. | Banish, exclude, 55, 297. |
| Bagatelle, unimportance, 643. | seclude, 893. |
| Baggage, property, 780. | Banister, support, 215. |
| materials, 635. | Banjo, musical instrument, 417. |
| hussy, 962. | Bank, side of lake, 342. |
| Bagman, agent, 758. | acclivity, 217. |
| Bagnio, impurity, 961. | store, 636. |
| Bagpipe, musical instrument, 417. | money, 802. |
| Baggy, loose, 47. | Banker, treasurer, 801. |
| bulging, 250. | Bankruptcy, failure, 732. |
| Bail, security, 771. | non-payment, 808. |
| Bailiff, director, 694. | Banlieue, nearness, 197. |
| servant, 746. | Banner, indication, 550. |
| officer, 965. | Banneret, nobility, 875. |
| factor, 758. | Banquet, meal, 298. |
| Bailiwick, tribunal, 966. | feast, 840. |
| Bairn, infant, 129. | Banshee, fairy, 979. |
| Bait, allurement, 615. | Bantam, small, 193. |
| food, 299. | Banter, wit, 842. |
| to harass, 907. | ridicule, 856. |
| Bake, heat, 384. | Bantling, child, 129. |
| Bakehouse, furnace, 386. | offspring, 167. |
| Baker's dozen, thirteen, 98. | Banyan, fast, 956. |
| Balance, equality, 27. | scanty, 640. |
| remainder, 40. | Baptise, name, 564. |
| numeration, 85. | Baptism, rite, 998. |
| measure, 466. | Baptistry, temple, 1000. |
| money, 800. | Bar, hindrance, 706. |
| accounts, 811. | line, 200. |
| mean, 29. | to exclude, 55. |
| steadiness, 265. | enclosure, 232. |
| Balcony, convexity, 250. | prison, 752. |
| Bald, bare, 226. | prohibition, 761. |
| ugly, 846. | tribunal, 966. |
| in style, 575. | legal profession, 968. |
| Baldachin, canopy, 222. |
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