bamboo curtain
         n 1: an ideological barrier around communist China especially in
               the 1950s and 1960s

English Dictionary: Bombycilla garrulus	by the DICT Development Group
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bamboo shoot n edible young shoots of bamboo
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bamboozle v conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" Synonym(s): bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
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Bambusa n tall tender clumping bamboos [syn: Bambusa, {genus Bambusa}]
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Bambusa vulgaris n extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain Synonym(s): common bamboo, Bambusa vulgaris
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Bambuseae n bamboos Synonym(s): Bambuseae, tribe Bambuseae
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beanbag n a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games
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beanfeast n an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees
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benefact v help as a benefactor; "The father benefacted his daughter in more ways than she was aware of"
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benefaction n a contribution of money or assistance an act intending or showing kindness and good will Synonym(s): benevolence, benefaction
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benefactive role n the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Synonym(s): benefactive role, beneficiary
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benefactor n a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) Synonym(s): benefactor, helper
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benefactress n a woman benefactor
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benefic adj exerting a favorable or beneficent influence; "a benefic star"; "a benefic force"
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benefice n an endowed church office giving income to its holder [syn: benefice, ecclesiastical benefice] v endow with a benefice
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beneficed adj having a benefice; "a beneficed clergyman" [ant: unbeneficed]
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beneficence n doing good; feeling beneficent Antonym(s): maleficence the quality of being kind or helpful or generous Antonym(s): balefulness, maleficence, mischief
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beneficent adj doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history" Antonym(s): maleficent generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" Synonym(s): beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic
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beneficial adj promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her" Synonym(s): beneficial, good
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beneficially adv in a beneficial manner; "this medicine will act beneficially on you"
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beneficiary adj having or arising from a benefice; "a beneficiary baron" n the recipient of funds or other benefits [syn: beneficiary, donee] the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Synonym(s): benefactive role, beneficiary
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beneficiate v process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction
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beneficiation n crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques Synonym(s): mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation
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benficiate v subject to a reduction process; "benficiate ores"
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bomb calorimeter n strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion [syn: bomb calorimeter, bomb]
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bomb shelter n a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids Synonym(s): bomb shelter, air-raid shelter, bombproof
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bomb site n an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs; "they opened a parking lot on the bomb site"
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Bombacaceae n tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds Synonym(s): Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae
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bombast n pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
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bombastic adj ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" Synonym(s): bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
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bombastically adv in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories" Synonym(s): turgidly, bombastically in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically spacious" Synonym(s): bombastically, grandiosely
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Bombax n trees of chiefly South America [syn: Bombax, {genus Bombax}]
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Bombax ceiba n East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok Synonym(s): red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica
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Bombax malabarica n East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok Synonym(s): red silk-cotton tree, simal, Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica
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Bombay ceiba n massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber Synonym(s): kapok, ceiba tree, silk-cotton tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra
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bombazine n a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments"
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bombshell n an entertainer who has a sensational effect; "she was a blonde bombshell" a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell" Synonym(s): bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap an explosive bomb or artillery shell
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bombsight n a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
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Bombus n bumblebees Synonym(s): Bombus, genus Bombus
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bombycid n moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk Synonym(s): bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth
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bombycid moth n moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk Synonym(s): bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth
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Bombycidae n Chinese silkworm moth [syn: Bombycidae, {family Bombycidae}]
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Bombycilla n waxwings Synonym(s): Bombycilla, genus bombycilla
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Bombycilla cedrorun n widely distributed over temperate North America [syn: cedar waxwing, cedarbird, Bombycilla cedrorun]
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Bombycilla garrulus n large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing Synonym(s): Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
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Bombycillidae n a family of birds of the suborder Oscines [syn: Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae]
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Bombyx n type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth [syn: Bombyx, genus Bombyx]
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Bombyx mori n stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce Synonym(s): domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth, Bombyx mori
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bon voyage n an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture Synonym(s): bon voyage, send-off
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bonavist n perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos Synonym(s): hyacinth bean, bonavist, Indian bean, Egyptian bean, Lablab purpureus, Dolichos lablab
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bone of contention n the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"
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bonefish n slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons Synonym(s): bonefish, Albula vulpes
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Boniface n (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754) Synonym(s): Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany the owner or manager of an inn Synonym(s): host, innkeeper, boniface
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Boniface VIII n pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303) Synonym(s): Boniface VIII, Benedetto Caetani
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bony fish n any fish of the class Osteichthyes
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boom box n a portable stereo Synonym(s): ghetto blaster, boom box
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Buena Vista n a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico
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bumpkin n a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture Synonym(s): yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
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bumpkinly adj awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" Synonym(s): bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated
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bun-fight n (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion Synonym(s): bunfight, bun-fight
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bunfight n (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion Synonym(s): bunfight, bun-fight
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d8Brassica \[d8]Bras"si*ca\, n. [L., cabbage.] (Bot.)       A genus of plants embracing several species and varieties       differing much in appearance and qualities: such as the       common cabbage ({B. oleracea}), broccoli, cauliflowers, etc.;       the wild turnip ({B. campestris}); the common turnip ({B.       rapa}); the rape or coleseed ({B. napus}), etc.
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Bambocciade \Bam*boc`ci*ade"\, n. [It. bambocciata, fr.       Bamboccio a nickname of Peter Van Laer, a Dutch genre       painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet, fr. bambo       silly.] (Paint.)       A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic       life.
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Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} ([?]);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Bamboozling} ([?]).] [Said to be of Gipsy       origin.]       To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to       hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.                   What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.                                                                               Newman.
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Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} ([?]);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Bamboozling} ([?]).] [Said to be of Gipsy       origin.]       To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to       hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.                   What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.                                                                               Newman.
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Bamboozler \Bam*boo"zler\, n.       A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. [Colloq.]       --Arbuthnot.
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Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bamboozled} ([?]);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Bamboozling} ([?]).] [Said to be of Gipsy       origin.]       To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to       hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.                   What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.                                                                               Newman.
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Bamboo \Bam*boo"\, n. [Malay bambu, mambu.] (Bot.)       A plant of the family of grasses, and genus {Bambusa},       growing in tropical countries.          Note: The most useful species is {Bambusa arundinacea}, which                has a woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, and                grows to the height of forty feet and upward. The                flowers grow in large panicles, from the joints of the                stalk, placed three in a parcel, close to their                receptacles. Old stalks grow to five or six inches in                diameter, and are so hard and durable as to be used for                building, and for all sorts of furniture, for water                pipes, and for poles to support palanquins. The smaller                stalks are used for walking sticks, flutes, etc.
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Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D.       boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne,       Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.]       1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous             herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and             {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs.          Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still                doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and                China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black                Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common                haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole                beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower                bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean,                {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph.                maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England,                {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are                classed with vegetables.          2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more             or less resembling true beans.          {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]})             which infests the bean plant.          {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers.          {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser             segetum}).          {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval             state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus             fab[91]}.          {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West             Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida             shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments.          {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species             of {Strychnos}.          {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce;             probably so called because an important article of food in             the navy.          {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the             edible white bean; -- so called from its size.          {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}.          {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}.          {Sea bean}.             (a) Same as {Florida bean}.             (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament.          {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of             {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree.          {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}.
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Benefaction \Ben`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. benefactio, fr. benefacere       to do good to one; bene well + facere to do. See {Benefit}.]       1. The act of conferring a benefit. --Johnson.          2. A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.          Syn: Gift; present; gratuity; boon; alms.
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Benefactor \Ben`e*fac"tor\,n. [L.]       One who confers a benefit or benefits. --Bacon.
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Benefactress \Ben`e*fac"tress\, n.       A woman who confers a benefit.                   His benefactress blushes at the deed.      --Cowper.
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Benefic \Be*nef"ic\, a. [L. beneficus. See {Benefice}.]       Favorable; beneficent. --Milton.
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Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beneficed}.]       To endow with a benefice.          Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]
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Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, n. [F. b[82]n[82]fice, L. beneficium, a       kindness, in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus       beneficent; bene well + facere to do. See {Benefit}.]       1. A favor or benefit. [Obs.] --Baxter.          2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief.          Note: Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and                held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but                afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the                appellation of fief, and the term benefice became                appropriated to church livings.          3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the             Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the             maintenance of divine service. See {Advowson}.          Note: All church preferments are called benefices, except                bishoprics, which are called dignities. But,                ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics,                deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships;                benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives.
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Benefice \Ben"e*fice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beneficed}.]       To endow with a benefice.          Note: [Commonly in the past participle.]
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Beneficed \Ben"e*ficed\, a.       Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. [bd]Beneficed       clergymen.[b8] --Burke.
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Beneficeless \Ben"e*fice*less\, a.       Having no benefice. [bd]Beneficeless precisians.[b8]       --Sheldon.
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Beneficence \Be*nef"i*cence\, n. [L. beneficentia, fr.       beneficus: cf. F. b[82]n[82]ficence. See {Benefice}.]       The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or       charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness.                   And whose beneficence no charge exhausts. --Cowper.          Syn: See {Benevolence}.
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Beneficent \Be*nef`i*cent\, a.       Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and       charity; characterized by beneficence.                   The beneficent fruits of Christianity.   --Prescott.          Syn: See {Benevolent}.
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Beneficential \Be*nef`i*cen"tial\, a.       Relating to beneficence.
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Beneficently \Be*nef"i*cent*ly\       (b[esl]*n[ecr]f"[icr]*s[eit]nt*l[ycr]), adv.       In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
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Beneficial \Ben`e*fi"cial\, a. [Cf. F. b[82]n[82]ficial, LL.       beneficialis.]       1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful;             advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end;             -- followed by to.                         The war which would have been most beneficial to us.                                                                               --Swift.          2. (Law) Receiving, or entitled to have or receive,             advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an             estate. --Kent.          3. King. [Obs.] [bd]A beneficial foe.[b8] --B. Jonson.          Syn: See {Advantage}.
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Beneficially \Ben`e*fi"cial*ly\, adv.       In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably;       helpfully.
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Beneficialness \Ben`e*fi"cial*ness\, n.       The quality of being beneficial; profitableness.
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Beneficiary \Ben`e*fi"ci*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Beneficiaries}.       1. A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and             uses its proceeds. --Ayliffe.          2. One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a             benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income             from an educational fund or a trust estate.                         The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their                      Deity whose beneficiaries they are.   --Jer. Taylor.
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Beneficiary \Ben`e*fi"ci*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F. b[82]n[82]ficiaire,       LL. beneficiarius.]       1. Holding some office or valuable possession, in             subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other             superior; having a dependent and secondary possession.                         A feudatory or beneficiary king of England. --Bacon.          2. Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
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Beneficiary \Ben`e*fi"ci*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Beneficiaries}.       1. A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and             uses its proceeds. --Ayliffe.          2. One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a             benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income             from an educational fund or a trust estate.                         The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their                      Deity whose beneficiaries they are.   --Jer. Taylor.
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Beneficiate \Ben`e*fi"ci*ate\, v. t. [Sp. beneficiar to benefit,       to work mines.] (Mining)       To reduce (ores). -- {Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion} ([?]), n.
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Beneficiate \Ben`e*fi"ci*ate\, v. t. [Sp. beneficiar to benefit,       to work mines.] (Mining)       To reduce (ores). -- {Ben`e*fi`ci*a"tion} ([?]), n.
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Beneficient \Ben`e*fi"cient\, a.       Beneficent. [Obs.]
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Upas \U"pas\, n. [Malay p[?]hn-[?]pas; p[?]hn a tree + [?]pas       poison.]       1. (Bot.) A tree ({Antiaris toxicaria}) of the Breadfruit             family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring             islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been             fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is             deleterious. Called also {bohun upas}.
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Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or       buzzing noise, Gr. [?].]       1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]                         A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,                      would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber                      beneath.                                             --Bacon.          2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired             from mortars. See {Shell}.          3. A bomb ketch.          {Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with             gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by             its explosion.          {Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,             very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be             used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar             vessel}.          {Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used             in whale fishing.          {Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.             [bd]I noticed volcanic bombs.[b8] --Darwin.
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Chest \Chest\ (ch[ecr]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist,       cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. {Cist}, {Cistern}.]       1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a             trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.                         Heaps of money crowded in the chest.   --Dryden.          2. A coffin. [Obs.]                         He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer.          3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone;             the thorax.          4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc.,             are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case             contains.          5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding             gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an             engine; the wind chest of an organ.          {Bomb chest}, See under {Bomb}.          {Chest of drawers}, a case or movable frame containing             drawers.
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Ketch \Ketch\ (k[ecr]ch), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. Turk.       q[be][imac]q : cf. F. caiche. Cf. {Ca[8b]que}.] (Naut.)       An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a       mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and       fifty tons burden.          {Bomb ketch}. See under {Bomb}.
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Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or       buzzing noise, Gr. [?].]       1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]                         A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,                      would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber                      beneath.                                             --Bacon.          2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired             from mortars. See {Shell}.          3. A bomb ketch.          {Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with             gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by             its explosion.          {Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,             very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be             used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar             vessel}.          {Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used             in whale fishing.          {Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.             [bd]I noticed volcanic bombs.[b8] --Darwin.
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Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or       buzzing noise, Gr. [?].]       1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]                         A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,                      would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber                      beneath.                                             --Bacon.          2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired             from mortars. See {Shell}.          3. A bomb ketch.          {Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with             gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by             its explosion.          {Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,             very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be             used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar             vessel}.          {Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used             in whale fishing.          {Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.             [bd]I noticed volcanic bombs.[b8] --Darwin.
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Bombace \Bom"bace\, n. [OF.]       Cotton; padding. [Obs.]
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Bombazine \Bom`ba*zine"\, n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,       bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or       cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. [?]. Cf.       {Bombast}, {Bombycinous}.]       A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and       the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for       mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt {bombasin}, and       {bombasine}.] --Tomlinson.
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Bombazine \Bom`ba*zine"\, n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,       bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or       cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. [?]. Cf.       {Bombast}, {Bombycinous}.]       A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and       the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for       mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt {bombasin}, and       {bombasine}.] --Tomlinson.
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Bombasine \Bom`ba*sine"\, n.       Same as {Bombazine}.
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Bombazine \Bom`ba*zine"\, n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,       bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or       cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. [?]. Cf.       {Bombast}, {Bombycinous}.]       A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and       the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for       mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt {bombasin}, and       {bombasine}.] --Tomlinson.
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Bombasine \Bom`ba*sine"\, n.       Same as {Bombazine}.
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Bombast \Bom"bast\, a.       High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent;       bombastic.                   [He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly                stuffed with epithets of war.                  --Shak.                   Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way.         --Cowley.
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Bombast \Bom*bast"\ (b[ocr]m*b[adot]st" or b[ucr]m*b[adot]st"),       v. t.       To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. [Obs.]                   Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed.                                                                               --Drayton.
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Bombast \Bom"bast\ (b[ocr]m"b[adot]st or b[ucr]m"b[adot]st;       277), n. [OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a       doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See       {Bombazine}.]       1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. [Obs.]                         A candle with a wick of bombast.         --Lupton.          2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing             for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.]                         How now, my sweet creature of bombast! --Shak.                         Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of                      bombast at least.                              --Stubbes.          3. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language             above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.                         Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid.      --Dryden.
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Bombastic \Bom*bas"tic\ (b[ocr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k or       b[ucr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k), Bombastical \Bom*bas"tic*al\, a.       Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --       {Bom*bas"tic*al*ly}, adv.                   A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.          Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
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Bombastic \Bom*bas"tic\ (b[ocr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k or       b[ucr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k), Bombastical \Bom*bas"tic*al\, a.       Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --       {Bom*bas"tic*al*ly}, adv.                   A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.          Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
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Bombastic \Bom*bas"tic\ (b[ocr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k or       b[ucr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k), Bombastical \Bom*bas"tic*al\, a.       Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --       {Bom*bas"tic*al*ly}, adv.                   A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.          Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
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Bombastry \Bom"bast*ry\, n.       Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language;       fustian.                   Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light,                soar highest of all.                              --Swift.
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Bombazet Bombazette \Bom`ba*zet" Bom`ba*zette"\, n. [Cf.       {Bombazine}.]       A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may       be plain or twilled.
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Bombazine \Bom`ba*zine"\, n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,       bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or       cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. [?]. Cf.       {Bombast}, {Bombycinous}.]       A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and       the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for       mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt {bombasin}, and       {bombasine}.] --Tomlinson.
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Bombic \Bom"bic\, a. [L. bombyx silk, silkworm: cf. F.       bombique.]       Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic       acid.
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Bombshell \Bomb"shell`\, n.       A bomb. See {Bomb}, n.
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Bombycid \Bom*by"cid\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family       {Bombycid[91]}.
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Bombycinous \Bom*byc"i*nous\, a. [L. bombycinus. See       {Bombazine}.]       1. Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] --Coles.          2. Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a             yellow tint. --E. Darwin.
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Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to       Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an       Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L.       sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen       stuff.]       1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of             caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm             is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that             produced by the larv[91] of {Bombyx mori}.          2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named             material.          3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the             female flower of maize.          {Raw silk}, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and             before it is manufactured.          {Silk cotton}, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of             the silk-cotton tree.          {Silk-cotton tree} (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees             of the genera {Bombax} and {Eriodendron}, and belonging to             the order {Bombace[91]}. The trees grow to an immense             size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony             substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can             not be spun.          {Silk flower}. (Bot.)             (a) The silk tree.             (b) A similar tree ({Calliandra trinervia}) of Peru.          {Silk fowl} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic fowls having             silky plumage.          {Silk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a gland which secretes the material             of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium.          {Silk gown}, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been             appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel             himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers,             who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.]          {Silk grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa comata}) of the             Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The             name is also sometimes given to various species of the             genera {Aqave} and {Yucca}.          {Silk moth} (Zo[94]l.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See             {Silkworm}.          {Silk shag}, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with             a stiffer nap.          {Silk spider} (Zo[94]l.), a large spider ({Nephila             plumipes}), native of the Southern United States,             remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it             produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the             sexes.          {Silk thrower}, {Silk throwster}, one who twists or spins             silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C.          {Silk tree} (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia             Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat             pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky             stamens of its blossoms. Also called {silk flower}.          {Silk vessel}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Silk gland}, above.          {Virginia silk} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca             Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on             the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe.
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Silkworm \Silk"worm`\, n. [AS. seolcwyrm.] (Zo[94]l.)       The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths,       which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its       cocoon before changing to a pupa.          Note: The common species ({Bombyx mori}) feeds on the leaves                of the white mulberry tree. It is native of China, but                has long been introduced into other countries of Asia                and Europe, and is reared on a large scale. In America                it is reared only to small extent. The Ailanthus                silkworm ({Philosamia cynthia}) is a much larger                species, of considerable importance, which has been                introduced into Europe and America from China. The most                useful American species is the Polyphemus. See                {Polyphemus}.          {Pernyi silkworm}, the larva of the Pernyi moth. See {Pernyi             moth}.          {Silkworm gut}, a substance prepared from the contents of the             silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for             angling. See {Gut}.          {Silkworm rot}, a disease of silkworms; muscardine.
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Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found             both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also             {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}.       (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West             Indies.
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Bonefish \Bone"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Ladyfish}.
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Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish ({Albula vulpes}), found             both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also             {bonefish}, {grubber}, {French mullet}, and {macab[82]}.       (b) A labroid fish ({Harpe rufa}) of Florida and the West             Indies.
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Bonefish \Bone"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Ladyfish}.
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Boniface \Bon"i*face\, n. [From the sleek, jolly landlord in       Farquhar's comedy of [bd]The Beaux' Stratagem.[b8]]       An innkeeper.
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Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia       tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component       of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish},       {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc.
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Bony \Bon"y\, a.       1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining             to bones.          2. Having large or prominent bones.          {Bony fish} (Zo[94]l.), the menhaden.          {Bony pike} (Zo[94]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Menhaden \Men*ha"den\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An American marine fish of the Herring familt ({Brevoortia       tyrannus}), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component       of fertilizers; -- called also {mossbunker}, {bony fish},       {chebog}, {pogy}, {hardhead}, {whitefish}, etc.
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Bony \Bon"y\, a.       1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining             to bones.          2. Having large or prominent bones.          {Bony fish} (Zo[94]l.), the menhaden.          {Bony pike} (Zo[94]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}).
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Bony \Bon"y\, a.       1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining             to bones.          2. Having large or prominent bones.          {Bony fish} (Zo[94]l.), the menhaden.          {Bony pike} (Zo[94]l.), the gar pike ({Lepidosteus}).
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Bumbast \Bum"bast\       See {Bombast}. [Obs.]
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Bumpkin \Bump"kin\, n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave       defines thus: [bd]Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a       long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and       sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.[b8]       Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a       block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See {Boom} a       pole.]       An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.       [bd]Bashful country bumpkins.[b8] --W. Irving.
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