to subject to the action of bacteria.

Resembling bacteria; as, bacteroid particles.

Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia. A native of Bactria.

See Bascule.

shaped like a rod.

Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.

Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.

A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.

compar. of Bad, a.

A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.

Somewhat bad; inferior.

To mark or distinguish with a badge.

Having no badge.

To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have.

One who badgers.

The act of one who badgers.

A fresh-water sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.

An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise.

A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, finish a surface, etc.

Playful raillery; banter.

In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

The state of being bad.

One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods.

One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

The thorax of Arthropods.

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

To strike; to beat; to make a baff.

A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.

not understanding.

The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

One who, or that which, baffles.

Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks.

A short wooden club having a deeply concave face, seldom used.

Same as Bafta.

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in bags.

A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

A trifle; a thing of no importance.

a glazed leavened doughnut-shaped roll with a hard crust.

The quantity that a bag will hold; as, he ate a bagful of popcorn.

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower.

A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in the Indian Ocean.

In a loose, baggy way.

Reaping peas, beans, wheat, etc., with a chopping stroke.

Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.

The capital city of Iraq. Population (2000) = nk.

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen.

A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves.

To make to look like a bagpipe.

One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.

The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.

The annular molding or group of moldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.

A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.

One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Plat/ceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt.

A member of the sect of the Babis consisting of the adherents of Baha (Mirza Husain Ali, entitled /Baha 'u 'llah,/ or, /the Splendor of God/), the elder half brother of Mirza Yahya of Nur, who succeeded the Bab as the head of the Babists. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.

The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.

A weight used in certain parts of the East Indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

an island in the Persian Gulf.

of or pertaining to Bahrain (definition 2).

an island in the Persian Gulf; same as Bahrain.

a native or inhabitant of Bahrain.

a language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.

To soak or drench.

A box of the lowest tier in a theater.

A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.

Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.

One who bails or lades.

The outer wall of a feudal castle.

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

See Bailiwick.

The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Bailiff.

The action of bailing a person accused.

One who delivers goods or money to another in trust.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

A bath; a bagnio.

A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.

Either of two Muslim festivals, of which one (the Lesser Bairam) is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other (the Greater Bairam) seventy days after the fast.

A child.

Respects; compliments.

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

One who baits; a tormentor.

harassment, especially of a tethered animal.

A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.

A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.

The process, or result, of baking.

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.

A pie; baked food.

A house for baking; a bakery.

a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.

p. p. of Bake.

One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

Having legs that bend inward at the knees.

The trade of a baker.

The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

In a hot or baking manner.

A baker.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.

A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.

Same as Backsheesh.

The capital city of Azerbaijan. Population (2000) = 1,713,300.

A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China.

close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face.

type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.

type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills.

a family comprising the shoebills.

a family comprising the right whales.

A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.