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English dictionary: words starting with ba

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Ba

ˈbɛːrɪəm
noun

(in ancient egypt) the supposed soul of a person or god, which survived after death but had to be sustained with offerings of food. it was typically represented as a human-headed bird.

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The ba is everything other than the body that makes a person an individual.
abbreviation

Bachelor of arts.

Usage examples:

David brown, ba

The chemical element barium.

verb

(of a sheep or lamb) bleat.

Usage examples:

We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells,…
noun

The cry of a sheep or lamb.

Usage examples:

Loud baas fill the air in the springtime
verb

(of a sheep or lamb) bleat.

Usage examples:

We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells,…
noun

The cry of a sheep or lamb.

Usage examples:

Loud baas fill the air in the springtime
verb

(of a sheep or lamb) bleat.

Usage examples:

We knew they had brought sheep with them, for they could be heard, baaing and jingling their bells,…
noun

The cry of a sheep or lamb.

Usage examples:

Loud baas fill the air in the springtime
proper noun

A male fertility god whose cult was widespread in ancient phoenician and canaanite lands.

noun

A supervisor or employer, especially a white man in charge of coloured or black people.

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Baas o'brien
noun

A baby or young child.

Usage examples:

Why does my mom keep asking me if the royal bab is born—i'm not the royal correspondent
noun

A small, rich sponge cake, typically soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

Usage examples:

The cooked babas are hollowed out and filled with confectioners' custard
noun

The indri, indri indri (family indriidae), which is the largest lemur found in madagascar.

noun

The indri, indri indri.

noun

A small, rich sponge cake, typically soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.

Usage examples:

The cooked babas are hollowed out and filled with confectioners' custard
noun

A brazilian palm that yields an edible oil which is sometimes used in cosmetics.

Usage examples:

The rubs harness the soothing properties of babassu oil (harvested from the amazonian babassu palm)…
noun

A brazilian palm that yields an edible oil which is sometimes used in cosmetics.

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The rubs harness the soothing properties of babassu oil (harvested from the amazonian babassu palm)…
noun

A materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.

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I think she believed it would liberate the american imagination, and teach the googly-eyed babbitts…
noun

The action or process of adding a lining of babbitt metal to a bearing or other part in order to reduce friction.

noun

A materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.

Usage examples:

I think she believed it would liberate the american imagination, and teach the googly-eyed babbitts…
adjective

Given to babbling; loquacious, prattling. also: characterized by an excess of talk; verbose, bombastic. now somewhat archaic.

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday
noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks
combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble
verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday
noun

The sound of people talking simultaneously.

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The answers were difficult to hear amid the babble of conversation
noun

An old world songbird with a long tail, short rounded wings, and a loud, discordant or musical voice.

Usage examples:

I stray from the purpose of our trip: birds, which were no less alluring than all the scenes mentio…
noun

An old world songbird with a long tail, short rounded wings, and a loud, discordant or musical voice.

Usage examples:

I stray from the purpose of our trip: birds, which were no less alluring than all the scenes mentio…
verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday
noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks
noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

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The constant babbling of the kids
adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

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The noise of babbling tourists
verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday
adverb

In a babbling manner; chatteringly, prattlingly.

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