Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Bat (n.) One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire.
(2) - Bat (v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.
(3) - Bat (v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
(4) - Bat (n.) A part of a brick with one whole end.
(5) - Bat (n.) A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
(6) - Bat (n.) Shale or bituminous shale.
(7) - Bat (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

(1) - Batch (v. t.) A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business.
(2) - Batch (v. t.) The quantity of bread baked at one time.

(1) - Bate (v. t.) To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.
(2) - Bate (n.) An alkaline solution consisting of the dung of certain animals; -- employed in the preparation of hides; grainer.
(3) - Bate (n.) See 2d Bath.
(4) - Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.
(5) - Bate () imp. of Bite.
(6) - Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.
(7) - Bate (v. i.) To waste away.
(8) - Bate (v. i.) To remit or retrench a part; -- with of.
(9) - Bate (v. t.) To deprive of.
(10) - Bate (v. t.) To remove.
(11) - Bate (v. t.) To leave out; to except.
(12) - Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.
(13) - Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
(14) - Bate (n.) Strife; contention.

(1) - Bateau (n.) A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.