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1: someone who engages in drinking bouts [syn: {drunken reveler}, {drunken reveller}, {bacchanal}] 2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus [syn: {bacchanal}] 3: (classical mythology) a priest or v...

1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

{bacchant}

1: of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler

1: shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control [syn: {genus Baccharis}]

1: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts [syn: {groundsel tree}, {groundsel bush}, {consumption weed}...

1: widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle [syn: {coyote brush}, {coyote bush}, {chaparral broom}, {kidney wort}]

1: California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer [syn: {mule fat}]

1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"; "orgiastic festivity" [syn: {bacchanalian}, {bacchanal}, {carousing}, {orgiastic}]

{bacchius}

1: (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

1: producing or bearing berries [syn: {berried}, {baccate}]

1: formed like a bacillus [syn: {bacillary}, {bacilliform}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

1: feeding on berries

1: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion [syn: {tobacco}]

1: German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of Western music (1685-1750) [syn: {Johann Sebastian Bach}] 2: the music of Bach; "he played ...

1: a man who has never been married [syn: {unmarried man}] 2: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon [syn: {knight bachelor}, {bachelor-at-arms}] v : lead a bachelor's existence [sy...

1: an unmarried girl who lives alone

1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: {BA}, {Artium Baccalaurens}, {AB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in library science [syn: {ABLS}]

1: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: {BAN}]

1: a bachelor's degree in religion [syn: {BD}]

1: a three-year law degree [syn: {LLB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in literature [syn: {BLitt}]

1: (a British degree) a bachelor's degree in medicine [syn: {MB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in music [syn: {BMus}]

1: a bachelor's degree in naval science [syn: {BNS}]

1: a bachelor's degree in science [syn: {BS}, {SB}]

1: a bachelor's degree in architecture [syn: {BSArch}]

1: a bachelor's degree in engineering

1: a bachelor's degree in theology [syn: {ThB}]

1: stag party held for a bachelor (usually on the night before he is married)

1: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers [syn: {cornflower}, {bluebottle}, {Centaurea cyanus}] 2: tropical American herb ha...

1: an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies [syn: {baccalaureate}]

1: a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon [syn: {knight bachelor}, {bachelor}]

1: the time of a man's life prior to marriage 2: the state of being an unmarried man

1: typically rod-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores [syn: {family Bacillaceae}]

1: relating to or produced by or containing bacilli [syn: {bacillary}]

1: marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms [syn: {class Bacillariophyceae}, {Diatomophyceae}, {class Diatomophyceae}]

1: relating to or produced by or containing bacilli [syn: {bacillar}] 2: formed like a bacillus [syn: {baccilar}, {bacilliform}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

1: an acute infection of the intestine by Shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains [syn: {shigellosis}]

1: a serious bacterial disease of young chickens [syn: {pullorum disease}, {bacillary white diarrhoea}]

1: a serious bacterial disease of young chickens [syn: {pullorum disease}, {bacillary white diarrhea}]

{bacillus}

1: formed like a bacillus [syn: {baccilar}, {bacillary}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil [syn: {Bacilli}, {B}]

1: a species of Bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon [syn: {anthrax}]

1: a species of Bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics [syn: {Bacillus subtilis}, {grass bacillus}, {hay bacillus}]

1: a species of Bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics [syn: {Bacillus globigii}, {grass bacillus}, {hay bacillus}]

1: a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally

1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [syn: {back(a)}] [ant: {front(a)}] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a ...

1: moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York" [syn: {backward and forward}, {to and fro}]

1: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its h...

1: a brace worn to support the back

1: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {dot}, {Elvis}, {loony toons}, {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane}, {superman}, {window pane}, {Zen}]

1: reduced priority; "dozens of cases were put on the back burner" [ant: {front burner}]

1: an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government); "they negotiated via a back channel"

1: a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head

1: a remote and undeveloped area [syn: {backwoods}, {boondocks}, {hinterland}]

1: a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door" 2: an entrance at the rear of a building [syn: {back entrance}]