barbette
— Noun
– English
~ (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
barbican
— Noun
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~ a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
barbital
— Noun
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~ a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
barbitone
— Noun
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~ a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
barbiturate
— Noun
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~ organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
barbituric acid
— Noun
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~ a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
barbu
— Noun
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~ found along western Atlantic coast
Barbuda
— Noun
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~ an island in Antigua and Barbuda
barbwire
— Noun
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~ strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
barcarole
— Noun
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~ a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
barcarolle
— Noun
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~ a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
Barcelona
— Noun
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~ a city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs
bard
— Noun
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~ an ornamental caparison for a horse
bardeen
— Noun
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~ United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)
bardic
— Adjective
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~ being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry; "bardic poetry"
bardolatry
— Noun
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~ the idolization of William Shakespeare
bare
— Adjective
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~ lacking in magnitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
bare
— Adjective
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~ providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
bare
— Adjective
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~ lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"