Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 1
B, () Is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w, and m, letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from the Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.
Note: In (Music), B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the model major scale (the scale of C major), or of the second tone in it's relative minor scale (that of A minor). B[flat] stands for B flat, the tone a half step, or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands for our B[flat], while our B natural is called H (pronounced h[aum]).
B (n.) Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil [syn: bacillus, B].
B (n.) Originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins [syn: B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B].
B (n.) A trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn: boron, B, atomic number 5].
B (n.) A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels [syn: Bel, B].
B (n.) (Physics) A unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter [syn: barn, b].
B (n.) The 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: B, b].
B (n.) The blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn: B, type B, group B].
B, () Byte.
B, () A systems language written by Ken Thompson in 1970 mostly for his own use under Unix on the PDP-11. B was later improved by Kerninghan(?) and Ritchie to produce C. B was used as the systems language on Honeywell's GCOS-3.
B, () Was, according to Ken, greatly influenced by BCPL, but the name B had nothing to do with BCPL. B was in fact a revision of an earlier language, bon, named after Ken Thompson's wife, Bonnie.
["The Programming Language B", S.C. Johnson & B.W. Kernighan, CS TR 8, Bell Labs (Jan 1973)].
[Features? Differences from C?]
(1997-02-02)
B, () A simple interactive programming language designed by Lambert Meertens and Steven Pemberton. B was the predecessor of ABC. B was the first published (and implemented) language to use indentation for block structure.
["Draft Proposal for the B Language", Lambert Meertens, CWI, Amsterdam, 1981].
B, () A specification language by Jean-Raymond Abrial of B Core UK, Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA. B is related to Z and supports development of C code from specifications. B has been used in major safety-critical system specifications in Europe, and is currently attracting increasing interest in industry. It has robust, commercially available tool support for specification, design, proof and code generation. (1995-04-24)
B, () Bit or maybe byte (B). (1996-11-03)
Ba (v. i.) To kiss. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ba (n.) A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite [syn: barium, Ba, atomic number 56].
Ba (n.) A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB].
Ba () The country code for Bosnia and Herzegowina. (1999-01-27)
Bay () Is an enclosure to keep in the water for the supply of a mill or other contrivance, so that the water may be able to, drive the wheels of such mill. Stat. 27 Eliz. c. 19.
Bay () A large open water or harbor where ships may ride, is also called a bay; as, the Chesapeake Bay, the, Bay of New York.
Baa (v. i.) To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.
He treble baas for help, but none can get. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Baa (n.) The cry made by sheep.
Baa (v.) Cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat, blate, blat, baa].
Baas (n. pl. ) of Baa
Baa (n.) The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.
Baas (n.) South African term for `boss'.
Baaing (n.) The bleating of a sheep. -- Marryat.
Baalim (n. pl. ) of Baal.
Baal (n.) (Myth.) （古代腓尼基人信奉的）主神，太陽神；豐饒之神；（亦作b-）邪神；偶像 The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.
Note: The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly).
Compare: Canaanite
Canaanite (n.) (In the Bible) 迦南人；迦南語A native or inhabitant of the area of ancient Palestine west of the River Jordan.
‘The king of the Canaanites.’
Canaanite (a.) Relating to or characteristic of the biblical area of ancient Palestine west of the River Jordan.
‘The ancient Canaanite fertility god.’
Baal (n.) (pl.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. -- Judges x. 6.
Baalim (pl. of Baal); Images of the god Baal (Judg. 2:11; 1 Sam. 7:4).
Baalim (), Idols; masters; false gods.
Bel (n.) The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as Baal. See Baal. -- Baruch vi. 41.
Bel (n.) A thorny rutaceous tree ({[AE]gle marmelos) of India, and its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also Bengal quince, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.
Bel (n.) A unit of sound intensity equal to ten decibels.
Bel (n.) A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels [syn: Bel, B]
Bel (n.) Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil.
Bell; beep; BEL; control-G; g-bell, () ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the character code which prodces a standard audibile warning from the computer or terminal. In the teletype days it really was a bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likely to be a sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a loudspeaker.
Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.
The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer hobbyists.
Compare feep, visible bell. (1997-04-08)
Bel () The Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 50:2; 51:44). It signifies "lord." (See BAAL.)
Bel-Ridge, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000): 3082
Housing Units (2000): 1288
Land area (2000): 0.811259 sq. miles (2.101151 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.811259 sq. miles (2.101151 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04366
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.714868 N, 90.328081 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Bel-Nor, MO -- U.S. village in Missouri
Population (2000): 1598
Housing Units (2000): 689
Land area (2000): 0.625315 sq. miles (1.619558 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.625315 sq. miles (1.619558 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04348
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.704001 N, 90.317353 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Babylonian \Bab`y*lo"ni*an\, (a.)
Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or
to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
Babylonian (prop. n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
Babylonian (prop. n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. Babylonic
Babylonian (a.) Of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; "Babylonian religion".
Babylonian (n.) An inhabitant of ancient Babylon.
Babylonian (n.) The ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written.
Babylonian (n.) 巴比倫人（語） An inhabitant of Babylon or Babylonia.
Babylonian (n.) [Mass noun] The dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Babylon.
Babylonian (a.) 巴比倫的；巴比倫尼亞帝國的；奢侈的；頹廢的 Relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
Baal (n.) Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god.
Baalism (n.) Worship of Baal; idolatry.
Baalist (n.) Alt. of Baalite
Baalite (n.) A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.
Baba (n.) A kind of plum cake.
Babbitt (v. t.) To line with Babbitt metal.
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction.
Babbled (imp. & p. p.) of Babble.
Babbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Babble.
Babble (v. i.) （嬰兒）牙牙學語；模糊不清地說話；說蠢話；嘮叨；洩漏祕密 To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
Babble (v. i.) To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
Babble (v. i.) To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
Babble (v. i.) To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
In every babbling brook he finds a friend. -- Wordsworth.
Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
Babble (v. t.) 模糊不清地說；愚蠢地說出；隨口洩漏 [（+out）] To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
These [words] he used to babble in all companies. -- Arbuthnot.
Babble (v. t.) To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
Babble (n.) Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. "This is mere moral babble." -- Milton.
Babble (n.) Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
The babble of our young children. -- Darwin.
The babble of the stream. -- Tennyson.
Babble (n.) Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: {babble}, {babbling}, {lallation}].
Compare: Gibberish
Gibberish (n.) [Mass noun] 胡言亂語；無意義的聲音 Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.
‘He talks gibberish.’
Compare: Lallation
Lallation (n.) [Mass noun] 分不清是r或l的發音 Imperfect speech, especially the repetition of meaningless sounds by babies.
Lallation (n.) [Mass noun] The pronunciation of r as l.
Compare: Lullaby
Lullaby (n.) 催眠曲，搖籃曲 [C] A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep.
Lullaby (v.) [With object] [Rare] 唱搖籃曲使入睡；（以溫和的聲音）使安靜 Sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep.
‘She lullabied us, she fed us.’
Babble (v.) Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention."
Babble (v.) To talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: {babble}, {blather}, {smatter}, {blether}, {blither}].
Babble (v.) Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle}, {burble}, {bubble}, {gurgle}].
Babble (v.) Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {spill the beans}, {let the cat out of the bag}, {talk}, {tattle}, {blab}, {peach}, {babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep one's mouth shut}, {keep quiet}, {shut one's mouth}].
Babblement (n.) Babble.
Babbler (n.) [C] 說話模糊不清的人；牙牙學語的嬰兒；嘮叨的人；胡言亂語的人；洩漏祕密的人 An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.
Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
Babbler (n.) A name given to any one of family (Timalinae) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.
Babblery (n.) Babble.
Babe (n.) An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
Babe (n.) A doll for children.
Babehood (n.) Babyhood.
Babel (n.) The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
Babel (n.) Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.
Babelicious (a.) (Slang) （尤指女性）性感的；吸引人的 C onspicuously good-looking and sexually attractive.
// Like other swanky L.A. dance dwellings, MyHouse is brimming with bottle-service tables and babelicious waitresses …— Lina Lecaro, LA Weekly, 29 Jan. 2009
Compare: Conspicuously
Conspicuously (adv.) 顯著地；超群地 In a clearly visible way.
‘The signs were conspicuously displayed inside the restaurant.’
Conspicuously (adv.) In a way that attracts notice or attention.
‘His arguments conspicuously lack rigour.’
[As submodifier] ‘One important voice has been conspicuously absent.’
Compare: Submodifier
Submodifier (n.) (Grammer) 次修飾語 An adverb used in front of an adjective or another adverb to modify its meaning, for example very in very cold or unusually in an unusually large house.
Compare: Rigour
Rigour (n.) (US Rrigor) [Mass noun] 嚴厲；困苦；苛刻；精確 The quality of being extremely thorough and careful.
‘His analysis is lacking in rigour.’
Rigour (n.) (US Rrigor) [Mass noun] Severity or strictness.
‘The full rigour of the law.’
Rigour (n.) (US Rrigor) [Mass noun] (Rigours) Harsh and demanding conditions.
‘The rigours of a harsh winter.’
Babery (n.) Finery of a kind to please a child.
Babian (n.) Alt. of Babion.
Babion (n.) A baboon.
Babillard (n.) The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.
Babingtonite (n.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
Babiroussa (n.) Alt. of Babirussa
Babirussa (n.) A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.
Babish (a.) Like a babe; a childish; babyish.
Babism (n.) The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.
Babist (n.) A believer in Babism.
Bablah (n.) The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
Baboo (n.) Alt. of Babu.
Babu (n.) A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.
Baboon (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.
Baboonery (n.) Baboonish behavior.
Baboonish (a.) Like a baboon.
Babies (n. pl. ) of Baby.
Babushka (n.) 頭巾 A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women.
Baby (n.) An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
Baby (n.) A small image of an infant; a doll.
Baby (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans.
Babied (imp. & p. p.) of Baby.
Babying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Baby.
Baby (v. i.) To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.
Baby farm () A place where the nourishment and care of babies are offered for hire.
Baby farmer () One who keeps a baby farm.
Baby farming () The business of keeping a baby farm.
Babyhood (n.) The state or period of infancy.
Babyhood (n.) [ U ] The period of time when you are a baby.
Babyhouse (a.) A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
Babyish (a.) Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
Babyism (n.) The state of being a baby.
Babyism (n.) A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
Baby jumper () A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.
Babylonian (a.) Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
Babylonian (n.) An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
Babylonian (n.) An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
Babylonic (a.) Alt. of Babylonical.
Babylonical (a.) Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings.
Babylonical (a.) Tumultuous; disorderly.
Babylonish (n.) Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.
Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
Babylonish (n.) Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
Babylonish (n.) Confused; Babel-like.
Babyroussa (n.) Alt. of Babyrussa.
Babyrussa (n.) See Babyroussa.
Babyship (n.) The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.
Bac (n.) A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
Bac (n.) A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
Baccalaureate (n.) The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
Baccalaureate (n.) A baccalaureate sermon.
Baccalaureate (a.) Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.
Baccara (n.) Alt. of Baccarat.
Baccarat (n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
Baccare (interj.) Alt. of Backare
Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.
Baccate (a.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.
Baccated (a.) 【植物學】漿果似的；漿果狀的 Having many berries.