bassoon
— Noun
– English
~ a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
bassoonist
— Noun
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~ a musician who plays the bassoon
basswood
— Noun
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~ any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
basswood
— Noun
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~ soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
Bast
— Noun
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~ cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
bast
— Noun
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~ strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
bast
— Noun
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~ (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
bastard
— Noun
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~ the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
bastard
— Noun
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~ insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
bastard
— Noun
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~ derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"
bastardisation
— Noun
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~ an act that debases or corrupts
bastardization
— Noun
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~ an act that debases or corrupts
bastardization
— Noun
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~ declaring or rendering bastard; "the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children"
bastardy
— Noun
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~ the status of being born to parents who were not married
baste
— Noun
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~ a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
baster
— Noun
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~ a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
baster
— Noun
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~ a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
baster
— Noun
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~ a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
bastille
— Noun
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~ a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
bastille
— Noun
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~ a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution