Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
Capital of Puglia region, S Italy, and industrial port on the Adriatic Sea; It is the site of Italy's first nuclear power station; the part of the town known as Tecnopolis is the Italian equivalent of Silicon Valley.

Barium.

ETYM New Lat., from Greek barys heavy.
White metallic element. barium meal, drink containing a compound of barium which is opaque to X-rays, taken before or during X-ray examination of digestive tract.
Soft, silver-white, metallic element, symbol Ba, atomic number 56, atomic weight 137.33. It is one of the alkaline-earth metals, found in nature as barium carbonate and barium sulfate. As the sulfate it is used in medicine: taken as a suspension (a “barium meal”), its movement along the gut is followed using X-rays. The barium sulfate, which is opaque to X-rays, shows the shape of the gut, revealing any abnormalities of the alimentary canal. Barium is also used in alloys, pigments, and safety matches and, with strontium, forms the emissive surface in cathode-ray tubes. It was first discovered in barytes or heavy spar.
A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite; SYN. Ba, atomic number 56.

ETYM Old Eng. barre, French barre, from Late Lat. barra, W. bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. and Irish barra bar.
1. A rigid piece of metal.
2. A rod of metal used to obstruct openings.
3. (Usually in the plural) Jail.
4. A counter where one can purchase food or drink.
5. A submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore.
6. (Law) A railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried.
7. A unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter.
A unit of pressure equal to 0.99 atmospheres or 14.233 psi.

ETYM Old Eng. barrere, barere, French barrière, from barre bar. Related to Bar.
1. A structure or object that impedes free movement.
2. Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; SYN. roadblock.
3. Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access.

An intangible barrier within the hierarchy of a company that prevents women or minorities from obtaining upper-level positions.

Barium.

ETYM New Lat., from Greek barys heavy.
White metallic element. barium meal, drink containing a compound of barium which is opaque to X-rays, taken before or during X-ray examination of digestive tract.
Soft, silver-white, metallic element, symbol Ba, atomic number 56, atomic weight 137.33. It is one of the alkaline-earth metals, found in nature as barium carbonate and barium sulfate. As the sulfate it is used in medicine: taken as a suspension (a “barium meal”), its movement along the gut is followed using X-rays. The barium sulfate, which is opaque to X-rays, shows the shape of the gut, revealing any abnormalities of the alimentary canal. Barium is also used in alloys, pigments, and safety matches and, with strontium, forms the emissive surface in cathode-ray tubes. It was first discovered in barytes or heavy spar.
A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite; SYN. Ba, atomic number 56.

A crystalline insoluble compound BaSO4 that is used especially as a pigment and extender, as a filler (as in fluids used in gas and oil drilling), and as a substance opaque to X rays in medical photography of the alimentary canal.

(abattis) Barricade of fallen trees, rampart of felled trees and branches
A defensive obstacle formed by felled trees with sharpened branches facing the enemy

ETYM French barricade, from Spanish barricada, orig. a barring up with casks; from barrica cask, perh. from Late Lat. barra bar. Related to Bar, Barrel.
A barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy).

The act of blocking someone's path with one's body (as in football); SYN. block, interference.

ETYM Dutch boom tree, pole, beam, bar. Related to Beam.
1. A deep prolonged loud noise; SYN. roar, roaring, thunder.
2. A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set; SYN. microphone boom.
3. A state of economic prosperity.
4. A sudden happening that brings very good fortune; SYN. bonanza, goldmine, manna from heaven.
5. Any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring.
In economics, a period in the trade cycle when the economy is expanding and aggregate demand (total demand for goods and services) is rising quickly. It is characterized by falling or low unemployment but rising inflation.

ETYM Spanish barrilla.
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate; SYN. Halogeton souda.