badminton racquet

a light long-handled racket used by badminton players ;

badness

an attribute of mischievous children ; used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather ; that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good" ;

baeda

(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) ;

baedeker

any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker ; German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859) ;

baffin bay

a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter ;

baffin island

the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay ;

baffle

a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy ;

baffle board

a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy ;

baffled

people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled" ;

bafflement

confusion resulting from failure to understand ;

bag

an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" ; mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) ; a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" ; a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" ; a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" ; place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" ; an ugly or ill-tempered woman; "he was romancing the old bag for her money" ; the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); "his bag included two deer" ; the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn" ;

bag lady

a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags ;

bag of tricks

a supply of ways of accomplishing something; "every good mechanic has a large bag of tricks" ;

bagascosis

alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust) ;

bagasse

the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants ;

bagassosis

alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust) ;

bagatelle

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 ; something of little value or significance ; a light piece of music for piano ;

bagdad

capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world" ;

bagel

(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust ;

bagful

the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn" ;

baggage

a case used to carry belongings when traveling ; the portable equipment and supplies of an army ; a worthless or immoral woman ;

baggage car

a railway car where passengers' bags are carried ;

baggage claim

an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft ;

baggageman

an attendant who takes care of baggage ;

bagger

a machine for putting objects or substances into bags ; a workman employed to pack things into containers ;

bagging

coarse fabric used for bags or sacks ;

baghdad

capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world" ;

bagman

a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money ; a salesman who travels to call on customers ;

bagnio

a building containing public baths ; a building where prostitutes are available ;

bagpipe

a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the instrument ;

bagpiper

someone who plays the bagpipe ;

baguet

narrow French stick loaf ;

baguette

narrow French stick loaf ;

bahai

a teacher of or believer in Bahaism ;

bahaism

a religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States; "Bahaism has no public rituals or sacraments and praying is done in private" ;

bahama grass

trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India ;

bahama islands

island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort ;

bahamas

island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort ;

bahamian

a native or inhabitant of the Bahamas ;

bahamian dollar

the basic unit of money in the Bahamas ;