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   babassu nut
         n 1: hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm

English Dictionary: bivouacking by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bay of Campeche
n
  1. a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan [syn: Gulf of Campeche, Golfo de Campeche, Bay of Campeche]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bivouacking
n
  1. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn: camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bobby Jones
n
  1. United States golfer (1902-1971) [syn: Jones, {Bobby Jones}, Robert Tyre Jones]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bufo canorus
n
  1. of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders [syn: Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bypass condenser
n
  1. a capacitor that provides low impedance over certain (high) frequencies
    Synonym(s): bypass condenser, bypass capacitor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Betony \Bet"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Betonies}. [OE. betony, betany, F.
      betoine, fr. L. betonica, vettonica.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Betonica} (Linn.).
  
      Note: The purple or wood betony ({B. officinalis}, Linn.) is
               common in Europe, being formerly used in medicine, and
               (according to Loudon) in dyeing wool a yellow color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baby \Ba"by\ (b[amac]"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Babies} (-b[icr]z).
      [Dim. of babe]
      An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.
  
      2. A small image of an infant; a doll.
  
      {Babies in the eyes}, the minute reflection which one sees of
            one's self in the eyes of another.
  
                     She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed
                     with his locks, looked babies in his eyes.
                                                                              --Heywood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babism \Bab"ism\, Babiism \Bab"i*ism\, n.
      The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in
      Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed
      ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of
      Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of
      Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This
      doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women
      from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the
      orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating
      liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden;
      asceticism is discountenanced. -- {Bab"ist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babish \Bab"ish\, a.
      Like a babe; a childish; babyish. [R.] [bd]Babish
      imbecility.[b8] --Drayton. -- {Bab"ish*ly}, adv. --
      {Bab"ish*ness}, n. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babism \Bab"ism\, Babiism \Bab"i*ism\, n.
      The doctrine of a modern religious pantheistical sect in
      Persia, which was founded, about 1844, by Mirza Ali Mohammed
      ibn Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of
      Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of
      Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This
      doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women
      from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the
      orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the use of intoxicating
      liquors and drugs, and slave dealing, are forbidden;
      asceticism is discountenanced. -- {Bab"ist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babism \Bab"ism\, n. [From Bab (Pers. bab a gate), the title
      assumed by the founder, Mirza Ali Mohammed.]
      The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in
      Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian,
      Jewish and Parsee elements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jumper \Jump"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, jumps.
  
      2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
  
      3. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners
            which are in one piece with the poles that form the
            thills. [U.S.] --J. F. Cooper.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of the cheese fly. See {Cheese fly},
            under {Cheese}.
  
      5. (Eccl.) A name applied in the 18th century to certain
            Calvinistic Methodists in Wales whose worship was
            characterized by violent convulsions.
  
      6. (Horology) spring to impel the star wheel, also a pawl to
            lock fast a wheel, in a repeating timepiece.
  
      {Baby jumper}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Bounty jumper}. See under {Bounty}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baby jumper \Ba"by jump`er\
      A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child
      may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the
      floor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babyish \Ba"by*ish\, a.
      Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple. -- {Ba"by*ish*ly},
      adv. -- {Ba"by*ish*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Babyism \Ba"by*ism\, n.
      1. The state of being a baby.
  
      2. A babyish manner of acting or speaking.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Befog \Be*fog"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Befogging}.]
      1. To involve in a fog; -- mostly as a participle or part.
            adj.
  
      2. Hence: To confuse; to mystify.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bivouac \Biv"ouac\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bivouacked} ([?]); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Bivouacking}.] (Mil.)
      (a) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
      (b) To encamp for the night without tents or covering.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gannet \Gan"net\, n. [OE. gant, AS. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a
      fen duck; akin to D. gent gander, OHG. ganazzo. See {Gander},
      {Goose}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of sea birds of the genus {Sula},
      allied to the pelicans.
  
      Note: The common gannet of Europe and America ({S. bassana}),
               is also called {solan goose}, {chandel goose}, and
               {gentleman}. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly
               called gannet.
  
      {Booby gannet}. See {Sula}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Babson Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 2900)
      Location: 27.83357 N, 81.52806 W
      Population (1990): 1125 (438 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 33827

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bibb County, AL (county, FIPS 7)
      Location: 32.99694 N, 87.12686 W
      Population (1990): 16576 (6404 housing units)
      Area: 1611.9 sq km (land), 8.1 sq km (water)
   Bibb County, GA (county, FIPS 21)
      Location: 32.80451 N, 83.69915 W
      Population (1990): 149967 (61462 housing units)
      Area: 647.5 sq km (land), 13.4 sq km (water)
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