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3,097 words match “BAC”

BAC n. 2 definitions
A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
BACCALAUREATE n. 3 definitions
The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.
BACCARA; BACCARAT n.
A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
BACCARE; BACKARE interj.
Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. Baccare! you are marvelous forward. Shak.
BACCATE a.
Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.
BACCATED a. 2 definitions
Having many berries.
BACCHANAL a. 6 definitions
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
BACCHANALIA n. 2 definitions
A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
BACCHANALIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. Even bacchanalian madness has its charms. Cowper.
BACCHANALIANISM n.
The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.
BACCHANT n. 3 definitions
A priest of Bacchus.
BACCHANTE n. 2 definitions
A priestess of Bacchus.
BACCHANTIC a.
Bacchanalian.
BACCHIC; BACCHICAL a.
Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication.
BACCHIUS n.
A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
BACCHUS n.
The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.
BACCIFEROUS a.
Producing berries. " Bacciferous trees." Ray.
BACCIFORM a.
Having the form of a berry.
BACCIVOROUS a.
Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.
BACE n.
See Base. [Obs.] Spenser.
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