bait
1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: {come-on}, {hook}, {lure}, {sweetener}] 2: something used to lure victims into danger [syn: {decoy}, {lure}] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or car...
bait and switch
1: a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
bait casting
1: the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait
baiting
1: harassment especially of a tethered animal
baiza
1: 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani [syn: {baisa}]
baize
1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
Baja California
1: a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico [syn: {Lower California}]
bake
1: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes" 2: prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake" 3: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [syn: {br...
bakeapple
1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: {cloudberry}, {dwarf mulberry}, {baked-apple berry}, {salmonberry}, {Rubus chamaemorus}]
baked
1: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" [syn: {adust...
baked Alaska
1: cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven
baked egg
1: egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin [syn: {shirred egg}, {egg en cocotte}]
baked goods
1: foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
baked potato
1: potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
baked-apple berry
1: creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries [syn: {cloudberry}, {dwarf mulberry}, {bakeapple}, {salmonberry}, {Rubus chamaemorus}]
bakehouse
1: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold [syn: {bakery}, {bakeshop}]
Bakelite
1: a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
baker
1: someone who bakes commercially 2: someone who bakes bread or cake [syn: {bread maker}]
baker's dozen
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one [syn: {thirteen}, {13}, {XIII}, {long dozen}]
baker's eczema
1: allergic eczema caused by flour or other ingredients handled by bakers
baker's yeast
1: used as a leaven in baking and brewing [syn: {brewer's yeast}, {Saccharomyces cerevisiae}]
Bakersfield
1: a city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley
bakery
1: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold [syn: {bakeshop}, {bakehouse}]
bakeshop
1: a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold [syn: {bakery}, {bakehouse}]
baking
1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: {baking hot}] n 1: making bread or cake or pastry etc. 2: cooking by dry heat in an oven
baking chocolate
1: pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy [syn: {bitter chocolate}, {cooking chocolate}]
baking hot
1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: {baking}]
baking powder
1: any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast
baking soda
1: a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid [syn: {bicarbonate of soda}, {sodium hydrogen carbonate}, {sodium bicarbonate}, {saleratus}]
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Bakke decision
1: a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
baklava
1: rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
baksheesh
1: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: {gratuity}, {tip}, {pourboire}, {bakshish}, {bakshis}, {backsheesh}]
bakshis
1: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: {gratuity}, {tip}, {pourboire}, {baksheesh}, {bakshish}, {backsheesh}]
bakshish
1: a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) [syn: {gratuity}, {tip}, {pourboire}, {baksheesh}, {bakshis}, {backsheesh}]
Baku
1: a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production [syn: {capital of Azerbaijan}]
Bakunin
1: Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876) [syn: {Mikhail Bakunin}, {Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin}]
balaclava
1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face [syn: {balaclava helmet}]
balaclava helmet
1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face [syn: {balaclava}]
Balaena
1: type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales [syn: {genus Balaena}]
Balaena mysticetus
1: large-mouthed arctic whale [syn: {bowhead}, {bowhead whale}, {Greenland whale}]
Balaeniceps
1: type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills [syn: {genus Balaeniceps}]
Balaeniceps rex
1: large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe [syn: {shoebill}, {shoebird}]
Balaenidae
1: right whales [syn: {family Balaenidae}]
Balaenoptera
1: type genus of the Balaenopteridae [syn: {genus Balaenoptera}]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
1: small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {lesser rorqual}, {piked whale}, {minke whale}]
Balaenoptera musculus
1: largest mammal ever known; bluish-gray migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere [syn: {blue whale}, {sulfur bottom}]
Balaenoptera physalus
1: large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {finback}, {finback whale}, {fin whale}, {common rorqual}]
balagan
1: a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
balalaika
1: a stringed instrument that has triangular body and three strings
balance
1: a state of equilibrium [ant: {imbalance}] 2: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity 3: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account 4: harmonious arrangement or...
balance beam
1: a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts [syn: {beam}]
balance of international payments
1: a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than go...
balance of payments
1: a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year; "a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than go...
balance of trade
1: the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports" [syn: {trade balance}...
balance sheet
1: a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets
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