English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Dictionary

Bacchantes (pl. )

of Bacchant

Bacchantes (pl. )

of Bacchante

Bacchantic (a.)

Bacchanalian.

Bacchants (pl. )

of Bacchant

Bacchic (a.)

Alt. of Bacchical

Bacchical (a.)

Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.

Bacchii (pl. )

of Bacchius

Bacchius (n.)

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

Bacchus (n.)

The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

Bacciferous (a.)

Producing berries.

Bacciform (a.)

Having the form of a berry.

Baccivorous (a.)

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

Bace (n., a., & v.)

See Base.

Bacharach (n.)

Alt. of Backarack

Bachelor (n.)

A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

Bachelor (n.)

A person who has taken the first or lowest degree in the liberal arts, or in some branch of science, at a college or university; as, a bachelor of arts.

Bachelor (n.)

An unmarried woman.

Bachelor (n.)

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member.

Bachelor (n.)

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

Bachelor (n.)

A man of any age who has not been married.