Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.

Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five-membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro- are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfuran, thiophene, and pyrrol by replacement of the CH group by nitrogen; as, furo-monazole. Names exactly analogous to those for the azines are also used; as, oxazole, diazole, etc.

Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.

a genus of ferns, someties placed in its own family Azollaceae.

a family designation used in some classifications for the genus Azolla.

not divided into zones; -- opposite of zonal.

Confined to no zone or region; not local.

Of or pertaining to the Azores. A native of the Azores.

A switch or whip.

Nitrogenized; nitrogenous.

the accumulation of an abnormally large amount of nitrogen-containing waste products, such as urea, in the blood; uremia.

of or pertaining to azotemia.

The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them. The universal remedy of Paracelsus.

Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote; nitric; as, azotic gas; azotic acid.

A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.

To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.

An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.

Nitrous; as, azotous acid.

Excess of urea or other nitrogenous substances in the urine.

same as azidothymidine.

Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519. One of the Aztec race or people.

To color blue.

Of an azure color; sky-blue.

Of a fine blue color; azure.

The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus c/ruleus); -- so called from its color.

Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.

Azure.

Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.

Unleavened bread.

Azymous.

One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

Unleavened; unfermented.

A large long-range bomber airplane of the U. S. military aircraft fleet; B- stands for bomber. It has the capability of delivering nuclear weapons.

a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers.

that layer of soil in a well-developed soil lying immediately below the A-horizon, and which contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils.

an exceedingly short-lived meson.

before Christ; used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born, i.e. 1 a. d..

To kiss.

The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.

The bleating of a sheep.

The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

Worship of Baal; idolatry.

A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.

Lit., gate; -- a title given to the founder of Babism, and taken from that of Bab-ud-Din, assumed by him.

A kind of plum cake.

a tall feather palm of northern Brazil (Orbignya barbosiana) with hard-shelled nuts yielding a valuable oil (babassu oil) and a kind of vegetable ivory.

To line with Babbitt metal.

lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal.

Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle.

Babble.

An idle talker; an irrational prater; a teller of secrets.

Babble.

Babyhood.

The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.

Finery of a kind to please a child.

The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Muslims. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden; asceticism is discountenanced.

The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also babbling warbler.

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.

A baboon.

A large hoglike quadruped (Sus babirussa, syn. Porcus babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.

A believer in Babism.

The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. Acacia Arabica, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum arabic.

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.

Baboonish behavior.

Like a baboon.

A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English Mr. or Esquire.

To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle.

delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots.

having a face resembling that of a baby

act as a baby-sitter

A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.

a framework on small wheels or casters designed to support small children while they are learning to walk, and usually having a fabric support that permits the child to sit. Called also walker and go-cart.

The state or period of infancy.

A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.

Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

The state of being a baby.

An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.

Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings.

Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.

See Babiroussa.

The quality of being a baby; the personality of an infant.

the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home.

A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.

an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e. g. grape; tomato; cranberry.

Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.

A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits.

Having many berries.

A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.

A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing.

A priestess of Bacchus.

Bacchanalian.

Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; riotously drunken; -- used of revelrous gatherings.

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

Producing berries.

Having the form of a berry.

Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

See Base.

A man of any age who has not been married.

a knight of the lowest order; he was permitted to display only a pennon.

The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.

The state of being a bachelor.

The body of young aspirants for knighthood.

Shaped like a rod or staff.

See Diatom.

Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.

plural of bacillus; usually designating aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacteria; they often occur in chainlike formations.

Rod-shaped.

A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

a polypeptide antibacterial antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms, and usually used topically for superficial local infection.

In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.

Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building; hence, a private or indirect way.

to serve as a backup{3} for (another person or persons); as, the patrolmen backed up the detectives as they went inside to make the arrest; the center fielder backed up the shortstop on the play.

a discussion; give-and-take.