babu
1: used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' [syn: {baboo}]
babushka
1: a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine; worn by Russian peasant women
baby
1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?" [syn: {babe}, {infant}] 2: sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young...
baby bed
1: a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling [syn: {baby's bed}]
baby bird
1: young bird not yet fledged [syn: {nestling}]
baby blue-eyes
1: delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots [syn: {Nemophila menziesii}]
baby boom
1: the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II [syn: {baby-boom generation}]
baby boomer
1: a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers" [syn: {boomer}]
baby buggy
1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: {baby carriage}, {carriage}, {perambulator}, {pram}, {stroller}, {go-cart}, {pushchair}, {pusher}]
baby buster
1: a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically [syn: {buster}]
baby carriage
1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: {baby buggy}, {carriage}, {perambulator}, {pram}, {stroller}, {go-cart}, {pushchair}, {pusher}]
Baby Doc
1: son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951) [syn: {Duvalier}, {Jean-Claude Duvalier}]
baby doctor
1: a specialist in the care of babies [syn: {pediatrician}, {pediatrist}, {paediatrician}]
baby farmer
1: someone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a fee
baby grand
1: a small grand piano [syn: {baby grand piano}, {parlor grand}, {parlor grand piano}, {parlour grand}, {parlour grand piano}]
baby grand piano
1: a small grand piano [syn: {baby grand}, {parlor grand}, {parlor grand piano}, {parlour grand}, {parlour grand piano}]
baby minder
1: a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working [syn: {babyminder}, {minder}]
baby powder
1: powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing
baby rose
1: vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock [syn: {multiflora}, {multiflora rose}, {Japanese rose}, {Rosa multiflora}]
baby shoe
1: a shoe designed to be worn by infants
baby sitting
1: the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home [syn: {babysitting}]
baby talk
1: an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child [syn: {babytalk}, {motherese}] 2: the developing speech of a young child [syn: {babytalk}]
baby tears
1: prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves [syn: {baby's tears}, {Helxine soleirolia}, {Soleirolia soleirolii}]
baby tooth
1: one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children) [syn: {primary tooth}, {deciduous tooth}, {milk tooth}]
baby's bed
1: a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling [syn: {baby bed}]
baby's breath
1: tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers [syn: {babies'-breath}, {Gypsophila paniculata}]
baby's dummy
1: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: {comforter}, {pacifier}, {teething ring}]
baby's room
1: a child's room for a baby [syn: {nursery}]
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baby's tears
1: prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves [syn: {baby tears}, {Helxine soleirolia}, {Soleirolia soleirolii}]
baby-boom generation
1: the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II [syn: {baby boom}]
baby-like
1: like a baby; "he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms" [syn: {baby-wise}]
baby-sit
1: work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" [syn: {sit}] [also: {baby-sitting}, {baby-sat}]
baby-sitter
1: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: {babysitter}, {sitter}]
baby-walker
1: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk [syn: {walker}, {go-cart}]
baby-wise
1: like a baby; "he cradled it, baby-wise, in his arms" [syn: {baby-like}]
babyhood
1: the early stage of growth or development [syn: {infancy}, {early childhood}] 2: the earliest state of immaturity [syn: {infancy}]
babyish
1: characteristic of a baby; "babyish tears and petulance"
Babylon
1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
Babylonia
1: an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the king) [syn: {Chaldaea}, {Chal...
Babylonian
1: of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; "Babylonian religion" n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Babylon 2: the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babyl...
Babylonian weeping willow
1: willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental [syn: {weeping willow}, {Salix babylonica}]
babyminder
1: a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working [syn: {baby minder}, {minder}]
Babyrousa
1: a genus of Suidae [syn: {genus Babyrousa}]
Babyrousa Babyrussa
1: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: {babirusa}, {babiroussa}, {babirussa}]
babysitter
1: a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home [syn: {baby-sitter}, {sitter}]
babysitting
1: the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home [syn: {baby sitting}]
babytalk
1: an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child [syn: {baby talk}, {motherese}] 2: the developing speech of a young child [syn: {baby talk}]
bacca
1: an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry [syn: {simple fruit}]
baccalaureate
1: a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies 2: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: {bachelor's degree}]
baccarat
1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cars that total closest to nine [syn: {chemin de fer}]
baccate
1: resembling a berry [syn: {berrylike}] 2: producing or bearing berries [syn: {berried}, {bacciferous}]
bacchanal
1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}] n 1...
Bacchanalia
1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: {Dionysia}] 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {debauchery}, {s...
bacchanalian
1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanal}, {bacchic}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]
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