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Showing posts with label Adjective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adjective. Show all posts

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Bawdy

Meanings of bawdy:

Adjective:
Humorously vulgar, containing humorous remarks about sex.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Bastard

Meanings of bastard:

Noun:
Illegitimate child, an unpleasant person

Adjective:
Illegitimate, not genuine

Basic

Meanings of basic:

Noun:
Foundation.
A common language for programming

Bashful

Bashful (adj.)

Shy, modest, wanting, confidence

Baseborn

Baseborn (adj.)

of low birth or station, illegitimate

Base

Base (n)(adj.)(verb)

Noun:
That on which a thing rests, foot, bottom, foundation, support, the starting point  in a race , the fixed goal in a game, basic, surface of a plane, compound body in chemistry.

Adjective:
Low, mean, inferior, illegitimate, vile, worthless, debased, counterfeit, servile, not free, humble, lowly

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Baritone

Baritone (n)

A deep toned male voice, a singer in deep voice, the second lowest brass wind instrument
(adj.) lower in range than tenor and higher than bass 

Example
- baritone oboe

Barytic

Barytic (adj.)

of or relating to or containing baryta

Barycentric

Barycentric (adj.)

Pertaining to the center or gravity

Barren

Barren (adj.)

Unfruitful, sterile, arid, unproductive, abortive, dull
  • Of land not good enough to produce crop.
  • Women unable to have young ones

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Baroque

Baroque (adj.)

Adjective 
1) Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation.
2) Of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750.

Noun
1) The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music  flourished in Europe.
2) Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century.

Barmy

Barmy (adj.)

Behaving strangely, or very silly

Bare

Bare (adj.)

Without clothing, protection, naked, uncovered

Barbarous

Barbarous (adj.)

Cruel, savage, unrefined in test

Barbaric

Barbaric (adj.)

Rough and rude

Monday, October 22, 2012

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Bankrupt

Bankrupt (n)

Insolvent person
(adj.) Insolvent
(v.t.) to make insolvent

Bald

Bald (adj.)

Having no or scanty hair on the scalp, hairless

Backward

Meanings of Backward:

Adjective:
Towards the back, slow in learning, behind in time.