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   banana quit
         n 1: any of several honeycreepers

English Dictionary: Bienenstockkäfer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banana skin
n
  1. the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded); "he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell"
    Synonym(s): banana peel, banana skin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banana split
n
  1. a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banning
n
  1. an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
banning-order
n
  1. an order that bans something
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beaming
adj
  1. cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"
    Synonym(s): beaming, glad
  2. pleased and proud; "beaming parents"
  3. radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"
    Synonym(s): beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Behmenism
n
  1. the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers
    Synonym(s): Boehmenism, Behmenism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Beninese
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people; "Benin bronzes"
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Benin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bennington
n
  1. a town in southwestern Vermont
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bionomic
adj
  1. of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
    Synonym(s): ecological, ecologic, bionomical, bionomic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bionomical
adj
  1. of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
    Synonym(s): ecological, ecologic, bionomical, bionomic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bionomics
n
  1. the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
    Synonym(s): ecology, bionomics, environmental science
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boehmenism
n
  1. the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers
    Synonym(s): Boehmenism, Behmenism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bohemian waxwing
n
  1. large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing
    Synonym(s): Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bohemianism
n
  1. conduct characteristic of a bohemian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bonanza
n
  1. an especially rich vein of precious ore
  2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
    Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boniness
n
  1. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
    Synonym(s): bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bonyness
n
  1. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
    Synonym(s): bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booming
adj
  1. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
    Synonym(s): booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
  2. used of the voice
    Synonym(s): booming, stentorian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bowman's capsule
n
  1. thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron
    Synonym(s): Bowman's capsule, glomerular capsule, capsula glomeruli
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
      (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
            gunner. [Archaic]
      (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
  
      {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus
            crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
            an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
            its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
            species, as the {B. displosor}, which can produce ten or
            twelve explosions successively. The common American
            species is {B. fumans}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Banana \Ba*na"na\, n. [Sp. banana, name of the fruit.] (Bot.)
      A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size ({Musa
      sapientum}); also, its edible fruit. See {Musa}.
  
      Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of
               great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches,
               covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the
               fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in
               diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste,
               and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a
               native of tropical countries, and furnishes an
               important article of food.
  
      {Banana bird} (Zo[94]l.), a small American bird ({Icterus
            leucopteryx}), which feeds on the banana.
  
      {Banana quit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of tropical America,
            of the genus {Certhiola}, allied to the creepers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Banana solution \Ba*na"na so*lu"tion\
      A solution used as a vehicle in applying bronze pigments. In
      addition to acetote, benzine, and a little pyroxylin, it
      contains amyl acetate, which gives it the odor of bananas.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ban \Ban\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banned} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Banning}.] [OE. bannen, bannien, to summon, curse, AS.
      bannan to summon; akin to Dan. bande, forbande, to curse, Sw.
      banna to revile, bannas to curse. See {Ban} an edict, and cf.
      {Banish}.]
      1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      2. To forbid; to interdict. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light;
      akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum,
      poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a
      growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke
      of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a
      wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf.
      {Boom} a spar.]
      1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to
            its thickness, and prepared for use.
  
      2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or
            ship.
  
                     The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber
                     stretching across from side to side to support the
                     decks.                                                --Totten.
  
      3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more
            beam than another.
  
      4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales
            are suspended.
  
                     The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which
            bears the antlers, or branches.
  
      6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden.
  
      7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which
            weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder
            on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being
            called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
  
      8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
  
      9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter
            are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen
            or horses that draw it.
  
      10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating
            motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected
            with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and
            the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called
            also {working beam} or {walking beam}.
  
      11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun
            or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
  
                     How far that little candle throws his beams !
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
  
                     Mercy with her genial beam.               --Keble.
  
      13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called
            also {beam feather}.
  
      {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a
            line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the
            direction of her beams, and that point of the compass
            toward which her stern is directed.
  
      {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the
            working beam of an engine vibrates.
  
      {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam,
            having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points;
            -- used for drawing or describing large circles.
  
      {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to
            transmit power, in distinction from one which has its
            piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel
            shaft.
  
      {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included
            between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and
            that point of the compass toward which the ship steers.
  
      {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled
            with the keel.
  
      {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the
            wind.
  
      {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on
            one side that her beams approach a vertical position.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beaminess \Beam"i*ness\, n.
      The state of being beamy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beam \Beam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beamed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Beaming}.]
      To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as,
      to beam forth light.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beaming \Beam"ing\, a.
      Emitting beams; radiant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beamingly \Beam"ing*ly\, adv.
      In a beaming manner; radiantly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bemangle \Be*man"gle\, v. t.
      To mangle; to tear asunder. [R.] --Beaumont.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bemingle \Be*min"gle\, v. t.
      To mingle; to mix.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bemonster \Be*mon"ster\, v. t.
      To make monstrous or like a monster. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bimanous \Bim"a*nous\, a. [L. bis twice + manus hand.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Having two hands; two-handed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bimensal \Bi*men"sal\, a. [Pref. bi- + mensal.]
      See {Bimonthly}, a. [Obs. or R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Binning}.]
      To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
            ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See {Bohemian},
            n., 2.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or [bd]Bohemian[b8]
            (see {Bohemian}, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free
            and easy. [Modern]
  
                     Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five
                     and thirty.                                       --Blackw. Mag.
  
                     Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and
                     customs nowadays.                              --W. Black.
  
      {Bohemian chatterer}, [or] {Bohemian waxwing} (Zo[94]l.), a
            small bird of Europe and America ({Ampelis garrulus}); the
            waxwing.
  
      {Bohemian glass}, a variety of hard glass of fine quality,
            made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing
            usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no
            lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
            ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See {Bohemian},
            n., 2.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or [bd]Bohemian[b8]
            (see {Bohemian}, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free
            and easy. [Modern]
  
                     Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five
                     and thirty.                                       --Blackw. Mag.
  
                     Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and
                     customs nowadays.                              --W. Black.
  
      {Bohemian chatterer}, [or] {Bohemian waxwing} (Zo[94]l.), a
            small bird of Europe and America ({Ampelis garrulus}); the
            waxwing.
  
      {Bohemian glass}, a variety of hard glass of fine quality,
            made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing
            usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no
            lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G.,
      Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS.
      gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.]
      1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent
            substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture,
            and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime,
            potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes
            and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for
            lenses, and various articles of ornament.
  
      Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides;
               thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous),
               red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium,
               yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown;
               gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium,
               emerald green; antimony, yellow.
  
      2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance,
            and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
  
      3. Anything made of glass. Especially:
            (a) A looking-glass; a mirror.
            (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time;
                  an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a
                  vessel is exhausted of its sand.
  
                           She would not live The running of one glass.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
                  contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous
                  liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
            (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the
                  plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears
                  glasses.
            (e) A weatherglass; a barometer.
  
      Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as,
               glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or
               glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc.
  
      {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian},
            {Cut}, etc.
  
      {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest
            plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of
            silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of
            lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of
            crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it
            in the process of blowing.
  
      {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in
            the Vocabulary.
  
      {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in
            the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally,
            opened out, and flattened.
  
      {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with
            sulphide.
  
      {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion
            glass.
  
      {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by
            heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube.
  
      {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers.
  
      {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for
            the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so
            called because originally private carriages alone had
            glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart.
  
                     Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from
                     which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this
                     term, which is never used in America, hired
                     carriages that do not go on stands.   --J. F.
                                                                              Cooper.
  
      {Glass cutter}.
            (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window
                  panes, ets.
            (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and
                  polishing.
            (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for
                  cutting glass.
  
      {Glass cutting}.
            (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of
                  glass into panes with a diamond.
            (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by
                  appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand,
                  emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied;
                  especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth
                  ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental
                  scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved.
  
      {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass.
  
      {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative
            effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and
            combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of
            lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting
            and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used
            indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows,
            and the like.
  
      {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used
            for abrasive purposes.
  
      {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion,
            on rapidly rotating heated cylinders.
  
      {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass
            into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a
            deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam.
  
      {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of
            manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take
            away color from the materials for glass.
  
      {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in
            its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in
            a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass.
            Cf. Glass painting.
  
      {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}.
  
      {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made.
  
      {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially
            of a borosilicate of potash.
  
      {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}.
  
      {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates,
            and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and
            the best windows.
  
      {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure
            when hot.
  
      {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium,
            found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder,
            or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for
            rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial
            stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}.
  
      {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid.
  
      {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or
            annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by
            plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine,
            etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the
            process, {Bastie glass}.
  
      {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above.
  
      {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bohemian \Bo*he"mi*an\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its
            ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See {Bohemian},
            n., 2.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or [bd]Bohemian[b8]
            (see {Bohemian}, n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free
            and easy. [Modern]
  
                     Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five
                     and thirty.                                       --Blackw. Mag.
  
                     Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and
                     customs nowadays.                              --W. Black.
  
      {Bohemian chatterer}, [or] {Bohemian waxwing} (Zo[94]l.), a
            small bird of Europe and America ({Ampelis garrulus}); the
            waxwing.
  
      {Bohemian glass}, a variety of hard glass of fine quality,
            made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing
            usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no
            lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bohemianism \Bo*he"mi*an*ism\, n.
      The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chatterer \Chat"ter*er\, n.
      1. A prater; an idle talker.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the family {Ampelid[91]} -- so called
            from its monotonous note. The {Bohemion chatterer}
            ({Ampelis garrulus}) inhabits the arctic regions of both
            continents. In America the {cedar bird} is a more common
            species. See {Bohemian chatterer}, and {Cedar bird}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bonanza \Bo*nan"za\, n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather,
      prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.]
      In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence,
      anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
      [Colloq. U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boniness \Bon"i*ness\, n.
      The condition or quality of being bony.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bone \Bone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Boning}.]
      1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. [bd]To
            bone a turkey.[b8] --Soyer.
  
      2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. --Ash.
  
      3. To fertilize with bone.
  
      4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boning \Bon"ing\, n. [Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st {Bone}, sense 3 fr.
      3d {Bone}.]
      1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat.
  
      2. The manuring of land with bones.
  
      3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along
            the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of
            properly spaced poles. See 3d {Bone}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bonniness \Bon"ni*ness\, n.
      The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boom \Boom\ (b[oomac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to
      hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W.
      bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow
      sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. {Bum}, {Bump}, v. i., {Bomb},
      v. i.]
      1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the
            bittern, and some insects.
  
                     At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
  
                     Alarm guns booming through the night air. --W.
                                                                              Irving.
  
      3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press
            of sail, before a free wind.
  
                     She comes booming down before it.      --Totten.
  
      4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular
            favor; to go on rushingly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Booming \Boom"ing\, a.
      1. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound;
            making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
  
                     O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar.
                                                                              --Falcone.
  
      2. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming
            prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Booming \Boom"ing\, n.
      The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent
      rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep,
      hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. --Howitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
      the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu,
      name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
      Cf. {Hindoo}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
            or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
            America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
  
      3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
            meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).
  
      {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
  
      {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.
  
      {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.
  
      {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
            gymnastic exercise.
  
      {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
            husk.
  
      {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays});
            the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}.
           
  
      {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.
  
      {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M.
            Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The
            white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
  
      {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
            {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red
            berries.
  
      {Indian dye}, the puccoon.
  
      {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
            (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
            (b) The prickly pear.
  
      {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
            following one after another, the usual way among Indians
            of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
  
      {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
            and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
  
      {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
            nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
            States; wood grass. --Gray.
  
      {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}),
                  having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,
                  whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is
                  both emetic and cathartic in properties.
            (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
                  which hasheesh is obtained.
  
      {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
            Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}.
  
      {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
            vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
            corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
            is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.
  
      {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu.
  
      {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.
  
      {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.
  
      {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
            {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common
            in the United States, the roots of which are used in
            medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American
            ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.
  
      {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
            (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
                  in the West Indies.
            (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.
  
      {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
            uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
            scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
            plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
  
      {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
            the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
            flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
            --Gray.
  
      {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
            hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).
  
      {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
            are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
  
      {Indian purple}.
            (a) A dull purple color.
            (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
                  black.
  
      {Indian red}.
            (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
                  of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
                  Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
            (b) See {Almagra}.
  
      {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.
  
      {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C.
            Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
            See {Canna}.
  
      {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
            pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
            {Summer}.
  
      {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
            {Lobelia}.
  
      {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
            {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous
            root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid
            juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}.
  
      {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.
  
      {Indian yellow}.
            (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
                  less pure than cadmium.
            (b) See {Euxanthin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bowman \Bow"man\, n.; pl. {Bowmen}.
      A man who uses a bow; an archer.
  
               The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen
               and bowmen.                                             --Jer. iv. 29.
  
      {Bowman's root}. (Bot.) See {Indian physic}, under {Indian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
      the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu,
      name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
      Cf. {Hindoo}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
            or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
            America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
  
      3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
            meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}).
  
      {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
  
      {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}.
  
      {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}.
  
      {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
            gymnastic exercise.
  
      {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
            husk.
  
      {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays});
            the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}.
           
  
      {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2.
  
      {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M.
            Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The
            white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
  
      {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus
            {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red
            berries.
  
      {Indian dye}, the puccoon.
  
      {Indian fig}. (Bot.)
            (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}.
            (b) The prickly pear.
  
      {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
            following one after another, the usual way among Indians
            of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
  
      {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
            and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
  
      {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
            nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
            States; wood grass. --Gray.
  
      {Indian hemp}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}),
                  having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark,
                  whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is
                  both emetic and cathartic in properties.
            (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from
                  which hasheesh is obtained.
  
      {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
            Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}.
  
      {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
  
      {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
            vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
            corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
            is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}.
  
      {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu.
  
      {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}.
  
      {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}.
  
      {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
            {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common
            in the United States, the roots of which are used in
            medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American
            ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray.
  
      {Indian pink}. (Bot.)
            (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called
                  in the West Indies.
            (b) See {China pink}, under {China}.
  
      {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
            uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
            scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
            plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
  
      {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of
            the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white
            flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
            --Gray.
  
      {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
            hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}).
  
      {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
            are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
  
      {Indian purple}.
            (a) A dull purple color.
            (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
                  black.
  
      {Indian red}.
            (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
                  of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
                  Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}.
            (b) See {Almagra}.
  
      {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}.
  
      {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C.
            Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
            See {Canna}.
  
      {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and
            pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
            {Summer}.
  
      {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See
            {Lobelia}.
  
      {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
            {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous
            root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid
            juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}.
  
      {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn.
  
      {Indian yellow}.
            (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
                  less pure than cadmium.
            (b) See {Euxanthin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bowman \Bow"man\, n.; pl. {Bowmen}.
      A man who uses a bow; an archer.
  
               The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen
               and bowmen.                                             --Jer. iv. 29.
  
      {Bowman's root}. (Bot.) See {Indian physic}, under {Indian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bum \Bum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bummed}; p. pr. & vb.n.
      {Bumming} ([?]).] [See {Boom}, v. i., to roar.]
      To make murmuring or humming sound. --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Main \Main\, a. [From {Main} strength, possibly influenced by
      OF. maine, magne, great, L. magnus. Cf. {Magnate}.]
      1. Very or extremely strong. [Obs.]
  
                     That current with main fury ran.         --Daniel.
  
      2. Vast; huge. [Obs.] [bd]The main abyss.[b8] --Milton.
  
      3. Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer. [Obs.] [bd]It's a
            man untruth.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      4. Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
  
                     Our main interest is to be happy as we can.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
      5. Important; necessary. [Obs.]
  
                     That which thou aright Believest so main to our
                     success, I bring.                              --Milton.
  
      {By main force}, by mere force or sheer force; by violent
            effort; as, to subdue insurrection by main force.
  
                     That Maine which by main force Warwick did win.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {By main strength}, by sheer strength; as, to lift a heavy
            weight by main strength.
  
      {Main beam} (Steam Engine), working beam.
  
      {Main boom} (Naut.), the boom which extends the foot of the
            mainsail in a fore and aft vessel.
  
      {Main brace}.
            (a) (Mech.) The brace which resists the chief strain. Cf.
                  {Counter brace}.
            (b) (Naut.) The brace attached to the main yard.
  
      {Main center} (Steam Engine), a shaft upon which a working
            beam or side lever swings.
  
      {Main chance}. See under {Chance}.
  
      {Main couple} (Arch.), the principal truss in a roof.
  
      {Main deck} (Naut.), the deck next below the spar deck; the
            principal deck.
  
      {Main keel} (Naut.), the principal or true keel of a vessel,
            as distinguished from the false keel.
  
      Syn: Principal; chief; leading; cardinal; capital.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Banning, CA (city, FIPS 3820)
      Location: 33.93729 N, 116.89206 W
      Population (1990): 20570 (8278 housing units)
      Area: 47.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 92220

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bayamo]n zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 6593)
      Location: 18.38127 N, 66.16387 W
      Population (1990): 202103 (64837 housing units)
      Area: 69.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bennington, IN
      Zip code(s): 47011
   Bennington, KS (city, FIPS 6075)
      Location: 39.03197 N, 97.59395 W
      Population (1990): 568 (258 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67422
   Bennington, NE (village, FIPS 4405)
      Location: 41.36760 N, 96.15693 W
      Population (1990): 866 (320 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68007
   Bennington, NH
      Zip code(s): 03442
   Bennington, OK (town, FIPS 5400)
      Location: 34.00394 N, 96.03733 W
      Population (1990): 251 (122 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74723
   Bennington, VT (CDP, FIPS 4750)
      Location: 42.87284 N, 73.18506 W
      Population (1990): 9532 (3975 housing units)
      Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 05201

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bennington County, VT (county, FIPS 3)
      Location: 43.02934 N, 73.10841 W
      Population (1990): 35845 (18501 housing units)
      Area: 1751.7 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bon Homme County, SD (county, FIPS 9)
      Location: 42.99299 N, 97.88343 W
      Population (1990): 7089 (3087 housing units)
      Area: 1459.3 sq km (land), 46.4 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bonanza, AR (town, FIPS 7540)
      Location: 35.23413 N, 94.42745 W
      Population (1990): 520 (207 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bonanza, GA (CDP, FIPS 9272)
      Location: 33.45585 N, 84.33658 W
      Population (1990): 2010 (633 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Bonanza, OR (town, FIPS 7300)
      Location: 42.19955 N, 121.40595 W
      Population (1990): 323 (128 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97623
   Bonanza, TX
      Zip code(s): 76692

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bonanza City, CO (town, FIPS 7575)
      Location: 38.29415 N, 106.14153 W
      Population (1990): 16 (61 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bowman County, ND (county, FIPS 11)
      Location: 46.11339 N, 103.51939 W
      Population (1990): 3596 (1691 housing units)
      Area: 3009.8 sq km (land), 12.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bowmanstown, PA (borough, FIPS 7880)
      Location: 40.80147 N, 75.66147 W
      Population (1990): 888 (371 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bowmansville, NY
      Zip code(s): 14026
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