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   bagascosis
         n 1: alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust)
               [syn: {bagassosis}, {bagascosis}]

English Dictionary: Besuchsreisen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bagassosis
n
  1. alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust)
    Synonym(s): bagassosis, bagascosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baggage car
n
  1. a railway car where passengers' bags are carried [syn: baggage car, luggage van]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baggage claim
n
  1. an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basic assumption
n
  1. an assumption that is basic to an argument [syn: {basic assumption}, constatation, self-evident truth]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basic cognitive process
n
  1. cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bijugous leaf
n
  1. a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets [syn: {bijugate leaf}, bijugous leaf, twice-pinnate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bishkek
n
  1. the capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991) [syn: Bishkek, Biskek, Frunze, capital of Kyrgyzstan]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bush jacket
n
  1. a loose fitting jacket; resembles a shirt with four patch pockets and a belt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lancewood \Lance"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs,
      archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree
      which produces this wood, {Duguetia Quitarensis} (a native of
      Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family
      ({Anonase[91]}).
  
      {Australian lancewood}, a myrtaceous tree ({Backhousia
            Australis}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bijugous \Bij"u*gous\, a. [L. bijugus yoked two together; bis
      twice + jugum yoke, pair.] (Bot.)
      Bijugate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bisexous \Bi*sex"ous\, a. [L. bis twice + sexus sex: cf. F.
      bissexe.]
      Bisexual. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bisexuous \Bi*sex"u*ous\, a.
      Bisexual.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Byssaceous \Bys*sa"ceous\, a. [From {Byssus}.] (Bot.)
      Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some
      very delicate filamentous alg[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Byssus \[d8]Bys"sus\, n.; pl. E. {Byssuses}; L. {Byssi}.[L.
      byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr. by`ssos .]
      1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients.
            It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
            [Written also {byss} and {byssin}.]
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are
            formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the
            valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the {Pinna} and
            {Mytilus}, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
  
      3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of
            slender threads.
  
      4. Asbestus.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Basic Assembly Language
  
      (BAL) What most people called {IBM 360} {assembly language}.
  
      See {ALC}.
  
      (1995-04-13)
  
  
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