braless : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   barelegged
         adj 1: having the legs uncovered by clothing; "barelegged
                  children on the beach"

English Dictionary: braless	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barley candy n a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar Synonym(s): barley-sugar, barley candy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barley grass n European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows Synonym(s): barley grass, wall barley, Hordeum murinum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barley-sugar n a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar Synonym(s): barley-sugar, barley candy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barleycorn n a grain of barley a grain of barley Synonym(s): barley, barleycorn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrel cactus n a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil Synonym(s): echinocactus, barrel cactus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrel knot n a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times Synonym(s): barrel knot, blood knot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrel-shaped adj having the general shape of a barrel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrelhouse n a cheap drinking and dancing establishment [syn: barrelhouse, honky-tonk]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barrels n the amount that many barrels might hold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Berlage n Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934) [syn: Berlage, Hendrik Petrus Berlage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Berlioz n French composer of romantic works (1803-1869) [syn: Berlioz, Hector Berlioz, Louis-Hector Berlioz]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
berrylike adj resembling a berry Synonym(s): baccate, berrylike
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
braless adj having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity; "topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" Synonym(s): bare- breasted, braless, topless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bryales n category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space Synonym(s): Bryales, order Bryales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial chamber n a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial garment n cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial ground n a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burial site n a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, memorial park, necropolis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burlesque adj relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater" n a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonym(s): parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on v make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn: spoof, burlesque, parody]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burrlike adj resembling a burr; especially in being prickly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[ucr]z"z[etil]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus {Buteo} and related genera. Note: The {Buteo vulgaris} is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are {B. borealis}, {B. Pennsylvanicus}, and {B. lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[91], with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is {Circus [91]ruginosus}. See {Turkey buzzard}, and {Carrion buzzard}. {Bald buzzard}, the fishhawk or osprey. See {Fishhawk}. 2. A blockhead; a dunce. It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barelegged \Bare"legged`\, a. Having the legs bare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Barley bird} (Zo[94]l.), the siskin. {Barley sugar}, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. {Barley water}, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See {Corn}.] 1. A grain or [bd]corn[b8] of barley. 2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. {John Barleycorn}, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Barology \Barol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] weight + -logy.] The science of weight or gravity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boreal \Bo"re*al\, a. (Biogeography) Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18[deg] C. (= 64.4[deg] F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and {Boreal zone}, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breloque \Bre*loque"\, n. [F.] A seal or charm for a watch chain. [bd]His chains and breloques.[b8] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brills \Brills\, n. pl. [CF. G. brille spectacles, D. bril, fr. L. berillus. See {Brilliant}.] The hair on the eyelids of a horse. --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Browless \Brow"less\, a. Without shame. --L. Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bryological \Bryolog"i*cal\, a. Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bryologist \Bryol"ogist\, n. One versed in bryology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bryology \Bryol"ogy\, n. [Gr. [?] moss + -logy.] That part of botany which relates to mosses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened. --Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52]. 2. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. [bd]To give a public burial.[b8] --Shak. Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson. {Burial case}, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body. {Burial ground}, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies. {Burial place}, any place where burials are made. {Burial service}. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service. Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened. --Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52]. 2. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. [bd]To give a public burial.[b8] --Shak. Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson. {Burial case}, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body. {Burial ground}, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies. {Burial place}, any place where burials are made. {Burial service}. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service. Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burial \Bur"i*al\, n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.] 1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened. --Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52]. 2. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. [bd]To give a public burial.[b8] --Shak. Now to glorious burial slowly borne. --Tennyson. {Burial case}, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body. {Burial ground}, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies. {Burial place}, any place where burials are made. {Burial service}. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service. Syn: Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. See {Bur}.] Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical. It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, n. 1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people. --Addison. 2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything. The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. --Dryden. 3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute? --Burke. Syn: Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burlesqued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burlesquing}.] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. --Stillingfleet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. i. To employ burlesque.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burlesqued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burlesquing}.] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. --Stillingfleet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesquer \Bur*les"quer\, n. One who burlesques.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burlesqued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burlesquing}.] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. --Stillingfleet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burrel shot \Bur"rel shot`\ [Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture.] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bear Lake, MI (village, FIPS 6460) Location: 44.41999 N, 86.14557 W Population (1990): 339 (168 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49614 Bear Lake, PA (borough, FIPS 4608) Location: 41.99305 N, 79.50096 W Population (1990): 193 (72 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16402
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bear Lake County, ID (county, FIPS 7) Location: 42.29024 N, 111.33325 W Population (1990): 6084 (2934 housing units) Area: 2516.0 sq km (land), 202.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brule County, SD (county, FIPS 15) Location: 43.71823 N, 99.06460 W Population (1990): 5485 (2275 housing units) Area: 2121.3 sq km (land), 71.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burleigh County, ND (county, FIPS 15) Location: 46.97738 N, 100.47183 W Population (1990): 60131 (23803 housing units) Area: 4229.9 sq km (land), 90.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burleson, TX (city, FIPS 11428) Location: 32.53309 N, 97.32897 W Population (1990): 16113 (5855 housing units) Area: 43.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76028
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burleson County, TX (county, FIPS 51) Location: 30.49335 N, 96.62141 W Population (1990): 13625 (7044 housing units) Area: 1723.9 sq km (land), 31.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Burlison, TN (town, FIPS 9860) Location: 35.55871 N, 89.78544 W Population (1990): 394 (171 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38015
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
barrel shifter A hardware device that can shift or rotate a data word by any number of bits in a single operation. It is implemented like a {multiplexor}, each output can be connected to any input depending on the shift distance. (1995-03-28)