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Basins
- noun - a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"
- a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
- a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
- Sheltered area for mooring
- the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri basin"
- the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"
Basses
- noun - an adult male singer with the lowest voice
- any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
- nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
- the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
- the lowest adult male singing voice
- the lowest part in polyphonic music
- the lowest part of the musical range
- the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
Bastes
- noun - a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
- cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
- sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
- strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
Bathes
- noun - clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"
- cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"
- suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"
- the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"
Bathos
- noun - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
- insincere pathos
- triteness or triviality of style
Batiks
- noun - a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
- dye with wax; "Indonesian fabrics are often batiked"
Batons
- noun - a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
- a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
- a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
- a short stout club used primarily by policemen
- a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
Baulks
- noun - one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- refuse to comply
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
Bayats
- noun - an oath of allegiance to an emir
Bayous
- noun - a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)