baptismal font

bowl for baptismal water ;

baptismal name

the first name given to Christians at birth or christening ;

baptist

follower of Baptistic doctrines ;

baptist church

any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers ;

baptist denomination

group of Baptist congregations ;

baptistery

bowl for baptismal water ;

baptistic doctrine

any of various doctrines closely related to Anabaptism ;

baptistry

bowl for baptismal water ;

baptists

any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers ;

bar

the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" ; a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" ; an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" ; a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" ; (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar" ; a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars" ; a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises ; a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" ; a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War ; a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" ; musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" ; the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" ; a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" ; (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter" ;

bar-room plant

evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant ;

bar absolute

the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter ;

bar billiards

a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over ;

bar bit

a bit for horses that is a solid bar of metal ;

bar chart

a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities ;

bar code

code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information ;

bar exam

an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction; "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school"; "he passed the bar exam on his third try" ;

bar examination

an examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction; "applicants may qualify to take the New York bar examination by graduating from an approved law school"; "he passed the bar exam on his third try" ;

bar fly

a drinker who frequents bars ;

bar girl

a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers ;

bar graph

a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities ;

bar line

a vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical bars ;

bar magnet

a magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end ;

bar mask

a catcher's mask with bars ;

bar mitzvah

(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; "a bar mitzvah is an important social event" ;

bar printer

an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs ;

bar sinister

a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left ; the status of being born to parents who were not married ;

bar soap

soap in the form of a bar ;

baraka

United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934) ;

baranduki

terrestrial Siberian squirrel ;

barany

Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936) ;

barb

one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather ; a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove ; the pointed part of barbed wire ; an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" ;

barbacan

a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) ;

barbadian

a native or inhabitant of Barbados ;

barbados

easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles north of Venezuela ; a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area ;

barbados-gooseberry vine

West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits ;

barbados cherry

acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C ; tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries ;

barbados dollar

the basic unit of money in Barbados ;

barbados gooseberry

small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies ; West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits ;

barbados maidenhair

named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered ;