abouche, _f._ Turkish slipper.
badaud, _m._ idler, gaper, booby.
bagage, _m._ baggage, luggage (also in _pl._).
bagarre, _f._ scuffie, fray, hubbub.
bagatelle, _f._ mere trifle.
Bagdad, city of Asiatic Turkey on the Tigris.
bah, _interj._ ah!, pshaw!
bahut, _m._ chest.
bai, -e, _adj. and m._ bay, bay horse.
baigner, _v._ to bathe; se --, bathe.
baignoire, _f._ bath-tub.
bailler, _v._ to give.
bailler, _v._ to yawn.
bailli, _m._ bailiff.
bain, _m._ bath; bains de mer, sea bathing; bains froids,
cold baths, floating bath-bouses (on a river).
baionnette, _f._ bayonet.
baiser, _v._ to kiss; _m._ kiss.
baisse, _f._ rail, recline, decline.
baisser, _v._ to lower, drop; se --, stoop, bow down, be lowered.
bal, _m._ ball (dance).
balafre, _f._ gash, slash, scar.
balance, _f._ scale, scales (also in _pl._).
balancer, _v._ to balance, swing; se --, swing, rock;
balance, -e, balanced, swinging.
balancier, _m._ pendulum.
balayer, _v._ to sweep.
balbutier, _v._ to stammer (_t_ pronounced as _c_).
balcon, _m._ balcony.
baleine, _f._ whale.
ballade, _f._ ballad.
balle, _f._ ball, bullet.
ballon, _m._ balloon; le -- d'Alsace, a mountain with rounded
summit on the western border of Alsace.
ballot, _m._ bale.
ballotter, _v._ to toss about.
Baltique, _f._ Baltic.
balustrade, _f._ balustrade.
banal, -e, _adj._ hackneyed, commonplace.
banc, _m._ bench, scat.
bande, _f._ band, strip, stripe, Bock.
bander, _v._ to bandage, bind up.
bandit, _m._ bandit, ruffian.
bank-note, _f._ bank-note.
banlieue, _f._ outskirts, suburbs.
banque, _f._ bank.
banqueroute, _f._ bankruptcy; faire --, to go into bankruptcy;
faire -- a, cheat.
banquette, _f._ bench (upholstered).
banquier, _m._ banker.
bapteme, _m._ baptism, christening; nom de --, Christian name
(_p_ not pronounced).
baptiser, _v._ to baptize, christen (_p_ not pronounced).
baraque, _f._ booth, shack.
barbe, _f._ beard.
barbiche, _f._ small beard on the chin, imperial.
bardeau, _m._ shingle, thin board (over the rafters).
Bariatynski (Prince Alexander), Prussian field-marshal with
distinguished service in the Caucasus and in the Crimean war (1815-1879).
baril, _m._ barrel.
barioler, _v._ to variegate, color diversely.
baron, -ne, _m., f._ baron, baroness.
barque, _f._ bark, small boat.
barre, _f._ bar, tiller, rudder, helm; jouer aux barres, to play
at prisoners' base.
barrette, beretta, cardinal's cap, scullion's cap.
barricader, _v._ to barricade.
barriere, _f._ bar