English dictionary: words starting with barba

noun

(in mexican cooking) beef, lamb, or other meat that has been slowly cooked with seasonings, typically shredded as a filling in tacos, burritos, etc.

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A fried tortilla filled with your choice of marinated chicken, barbacoa, or carnitas

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of barbados or its inhabitants.

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A senior barbadian player

noun

A native or inhabitant of barbados.

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Written literature by barbadians received its first real debut in the 1940s and 1950s

proper noun

An island country in the caribbean, the most easterly of the caribbean islands; population 284,000 (estimated 2015); official language, english; capital, bridgetown. barbados became a british colony in the 1630s and remained british until 1966, when it gained independence as a commonwealth state.

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

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The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

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Barbarian invasions

noun

(in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great civilizations (greek, roman, christian).

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The city was besieged by the barbarians

adjective

Relating to ancient barbarians.

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Barbarian invasions

adjective

Savagely cruel.

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He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

adverb

In a way that is extremely cruel and unpleasant

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Soldiers were accused of behaving as barbarically as the terrorists., people who object to anyone w…

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

noun

Absence of culture and civilization.

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The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism

noun

Absence of culture and civilization.

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The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism

noun

Extreme cruelty or brutality.

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The barbarity of the act outraged millions

noun

Extreme cruelty or brutality.

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The barbarity of the act outraged millions

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

verb

Cause to become savage or uncultured.

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These poor inhabitants had been deliberately barbarized

adjective

Extremely brutal.

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Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards

proper noun

A former name for the saracen countries of north and north-western africa, together with moorish spain. the area was noted between the 16th and 18th centuries as a haunt of pirates.

noun

An old world bat with broad ears that meet over the head.

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Also, records of barbastelles have never been reported from the eastern part of the crimean peninsu…