Bandy, v. a. 1. Toss, toss about, toss to and fro.
2. Exchange, interchange, give and take.
Bane, n. 1. Poison, venom.
2. Pest, scourge, curse, ruin.
Baneful, a. 1. Poisonous, venomous.
2. Destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil.
Banewort, n. Belladonna, dwale, deadly-nightshade (Atropa Belladonna).
Banging, a. [Low.] Huge, large, great.
Banian, n. (Bot.) Indian fig-tree (Ficus Indicus).
Banish, v. a. 1. Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country.
2. Exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind.
Banishment, n. Exile, expatriation, ostracism, expulsion, proscription.
Bang, v. a. Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, wallop, deal roughly with.
Bankrupt, a. Insolvent.
Bankrupt, n. Insolvent debtor.
Bankruptcy, n. Insolvency.
Banner, n. Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors.
Banquet, n. Feast, entertainment, treat.
Banquet, v. n. Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking.
Banquet, v. a. Treat with a banquet or feast.
Banter, v. a. Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of.
Banter, n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, badinage, asteism, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk.
Bantling, n. Infant, babe, baby, chit, brat, nursling, suckling, bairn, little child, little one, young one.
Baptize, v. a. 1. Administer baptism to.
2. Christen.
Bar, n. 1. Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, barricade, stop, impediment.
2. Rail, railing.
3. Tribunal, judgment-seat.
4. Body of lawyers.
Bar, v. a. 1. Fasten with a bar.
2. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent.
3. Exclude, shut out.
Barb, n. 1. Beard (or excrescences like a beard), wattles.
2. Horse (of the Barbary breed).
Barbadoes tar, Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil.
Barbarian, n. 1. Savage.
2. Brute, ruffian, brutal monster.
Barbarian, a. 1. Uncivilized, rude, savage, barbarous, barbaric.
2. Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish.
Barbaric, a. 1. Foreign, outlandish, exotic, not native.
2. Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage.
Barbarism, n. 1. Incivility, rudeness, savageness, Vandalism, Gothicism, barbarous state, uncivilized condition.