"""bridesman " :: Bridesman (n.) A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the best man..

Alectorides :: Alectorides (n. pl.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.

Anhydride :: Anhydride (n.) An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water..

Arride :: Arride (v. t.) To please; to gratify.

Ascarides :: Ascarides (pl. ) of Ascari.

Asteridea :: Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.

Astride :: Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle..

Aurochloride :: Aurochloride (n.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate..

Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over.

Bestride :: Bestride (v. t.) To step over; to stride over or across; as, to bestride a threshold..

Bichloride :: Bichloride (n.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

Boride :: Boride (n.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

Borofluoride :: Borofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate..

Boroglyceride :: Boroglyceride (n.) A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic..

Bride :: Bride (n.) A woman newly married, or about to be married..

Bride :: Bride (n.) Fig.: An object ardently loved.

Bride :: Bride (v. t.) To make a bride of.

Bride-ale :: Bride-ale (n.) A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.

Bridebed :: Bridebed (n.) The marriage bed.

Bridecake :: Bridecake (n.) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding..

Bridechamber :: Bridechamber (n.) The nuptial apartment.

Bridegroom :: Bridegroom (n.) A man newly married, or just about to be married..

Brideknot :: Brideknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.

Bridemaid :: Bridemaid (n.) Alt. of Bridema.

Brideman :: Brideman (n.) See Bridesmaid, Bridesman..

Bridesmaid :: Bridesmaid (n.) A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.

Bridesmen :: Bridesmen (pl. ) of Bridesma.

Bridestake :: Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round..

Bridewell :: Bridewell (n.) A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse..

Cantharides :: Cantharides (n. pl.) See Cantharis.

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