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Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, bacteriological studies.

Of or pertaining to Bactria in Asia. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.

Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. Balearic crane. (Zoöl.) See Crane.

Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.

Of or pertaining to a bath. Howell.

Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity. Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.

Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows. Baptismal name, the Christian name, which is given at baptism.

Of or pertaining to Barbados. -- n.

Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations.

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild, barbaric music." Sir W. Scott.

Of or pertaining to bards, or their poetry. "The bardic lays of ancient Greece." G. P. Marsh.

Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. "Bardish impostures." Selden.

Of or pertaining to barium; as, baric oxide.

Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.

Pertaining to a baron or a barony. "Baronial tenure." Hallam.

Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope.

Of or pertaining to the center of gravity. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus.

Of or pertaining to baryta.