English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 121 of 625

Bayinguolengname

Synonym of Bayingolin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

bayishadj

Somewhat bay in colour.

Bayizianname

A surname from Armenian.

bayldonitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.

Baylename

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].

Bayleanadj

Of or pertaining to Pierre Bayle (1647–1706), French philosopher and writer whose work influenced the development of the Enlightenment.

Bayleename

A female given name.

baylessadj

Of a coast or shore, without bays.

bayletnoun

A little bay.

bayleyitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.

Bayliesname

A surname.

baylikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).

Baylis-Hillman reactionnoun

A carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction between an activated alkene and a carbon electrophile in the presence of a nucleophilic catalyst, such as a tertiary amine or phosphine.

baylisascariasisnoun

infection with Baylisascaris nematodes

Baylissname

A surname from Old French.

Bayliss effectnoun

A special manifestation of the myogenic tone in the vasculature, whereby in the event that blood pressure is increased in the arterioles and the vessels distend, they react with a sudden vasoconstriction caused by the activation of certain ion channels in the vascular smooth muscle cells.

baylissitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and potassium.

Baylockname

A surname.

Baylor Countyname

One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Seymour.

baymannoun

One of the earliest European settlers of the eventual colony of British Honduras, modern-day Belize.

baynessnoun

The quality of being bay in colour.

Baynhamname

A surname from Welsh.

Bayonname

A surname from Spanish.

bayonetnoun

A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.

Bayonet Constitutionname

The 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

bayonetedadj

Alternative form of bayonetted.

bayoneteernoun

A soldier armed with a bayonet.

bayonetlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a bayonet.

bayonettedadj

Fitted with a bayonet.

Bayonnename

A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Bayonne hamnoun

An air-dried salted ham that takes its name from the French city of Bayonne.

bayounoun

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

Bayou of Pigsname

A military filibustering plot attempted in 1981 by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica and restore former prime minister Patrick John to power.

Bayou Statename

An unofficial nickname for Louisiana, a state of the United States.

Bayou Techename

A waterway in south-central Louisiana, in the United States.

Bayoud diseasenoun

A disease of date palms, caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum.

bayoulikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a bayou.

bayplannoun

A map of a storage bay in a ship, used to determine where various containers will be placed.

Bayraktarnoun

Ellipsis of Bayraktar UAV, any one of the combat drones from the family of the same name designed and manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar.

bayramnoun

In Turkic cultures, a nationally celebrated festival or holiday, whether secular or religious.

Bayreuthname

An independent town in Bavaria, Germany.

baysnoun

plural of bay

baysideadj

Located along a bay

Baystaternoun

A person from Massachusetts.

Bayswatername

An inner suburb of London in the City of Westminster, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2680).

baytverb

Obsolete form of bait.

Baytonaname

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

baywoodnoun

The wood of the bay tree.

baywopnoun

A rural Newfoundlander.

bayzenoun

Obsolete form of baize.

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