barium, Ba, atomic number
(noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ba (plural Bas)
(music, Japan) Abbreviation of bass guitar (of a rock band)
• -ab, A&B, A.B., A/B, AB, Ab, a.b., ab, ab-, ab.
ba (plural bas)
(Egyptian mythology) A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
The sound is very commonly made by infants, and is interpreted by parents as a reference to themselves.
ba (plural bas) (not generally used in the plural)
(colloquial and in direct address) Father, baba.
ba (uncountable)
(historical) A medieval football game played in parts of Scotland around Christmas and New Year.
• -ab, A&B, A.B., A/B, AB, Ab, a.b., ab, ab-, ab.
BA (plural BAs)
Initialism of Bachelor of Arts.
Initialism of Business Analyst.
(Internet, security) Initialism of Basic Authentication.
BA
Initialism of British Airways.
Initialism of Buenos Aires.
(overprint on British stamps) Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name).
Abbreviation of Bali, a province of Indonesia.
Abbreviation of Bahia, a state of Brazil.
BA (comparative more BA, superlative most BA)
(euphemistic) Initialism of bad-ass.
• -ab, A&B, A.B., A/B, AB, Ab, a.b., ab, ab-, ab.
Source: Wiktionary
28 March 2023
(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
