Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.
(2) - Basilisk (n.) A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidae.
(3) - Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice.

(1) - Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.
(2) - Basin (n.) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake.
(3) - Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.
(4) - Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.
(5) - Basin (n.) A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.
(6) - Basin (n.) The quantity contained in a basin.
(7) - Basin (n.) A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.