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   Baphia nitida
         n 1: small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood
               yielding a red dye [syn: {camwood}, {African sandalwood},
               {Baphia nitida}]

English Dictionary: Bufonidae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bay of Fundy
n
  1. a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef fondue
n
  1. cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces
    Synonym(s): beef fondue, boeuf fondu bourguignon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bib-and-tucker
n
  1. an attractive outfit; "she wore her best bib-and-tucker"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bipinnate
adj
  1. of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bipinnate leaf
n
  1. a leaf having pinnate leaflets; as ferns
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bipinnatifid
adj
  1. pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bob Mathias
n
  1. United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930)
    Synonym(s): Mathias, Bob Mathias, Robert Bruce Mathias
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bob under
v
  1. disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boeuf fondu bourguignon
n
  1. cubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty sauces
    Synonym(s): beef fondue, boeuf fondu bourguignon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bouffant
adj
  1. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt"
    Synonym(s): bouffant, puffy
n
  1. a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bufonidae
n
  1. true toads
    Synonym(s): Bufonidae, family Bufonidae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barwood \Bar"wood`\, n.
      A red wood of a leguminous tree ({Baphia nitida}), from
      Angola and the Gaboon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and
      also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Baphomet \Baph"o*met\, n.[A corruption of Mahomet or Mohammed,
      the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat, OPg.
      Mafameda.]
      An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused
      of using in their mysterious rites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bepaint \Be*paint"\, v. t.
      To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
  
               Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipennate \Bi*pen"nate\, Bipennated \Bi*pen"na*ted\, a. [Pref.
      bi- + pennate: cf. L. bipennis. Cf. {Bipinnate}.]
      Having two wings. [bd]Bipennated insects.[b8] --Derham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipennate \Bi*pen"nate\, Bipennated \Bi*pen"na*ted\, a. [Pref.
      bi- + pennate: cf. L. bipennis. Cf. {Bipinnate}.]
      Having two wings. [bd]Bipennated insects.[b8] --Derham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipinnate \Bi*pin"nate\, Bipinnated \Bi*pin"na*ted\, a. [Pref.
      bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinn[82]. Cf. {Bipennate}.]
      Twice pinnate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipinnate \Bi*pin"nate\, Bipinnated \Bi*pin"na*ted\, a. [Pref.
      bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinn[82]. Cf. {Bipennate}.]
      Twice pinnate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipinnatifid \Bi`pin*nat"i*fid\, a. [Pref. bi- + pinnatifid.]
      (Bot.)
      Doubly pinnatifid.
  
      Note: A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its
               segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary
               divisions are pinn[91] and the secondary pinnules.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipont \Bi"pont\, Bipontine \Bi*pont"ine\, a. (Bibliog.)
      Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium
      (Zweibr[81]cken), in Bavaria.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bipont \Bi"pont\, Bipontine \Bi*pont"ine\, a. (Bibliog.)
      Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium
      (Zweibr[81]cken), in Bavaria.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biventral \Bi*ven"tral\, a. [Pref. bi- + ventral.] (Anat.)
      Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or
      digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bobbinet \Bob`bi*net"\, n. [Bobbin + net.]
      A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not
      by hand. [Sometimes written {bobbin net}.]
  
               The English machine-made net is now confined to point
               net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the
               peculiar construction of the machines by which they are
               produced.                                                --Tomlinsom.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bobbinet \Bob`bi*net"\, n. [Bobbin + net.]
      A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not
      by hand. [Sometimes written {bobbin net}.]
  
               The English machine-made net is now confined to point
               net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the
               peculiar construction of the machines by which they are
               produced.                                                --Tomlinsom.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bowbent \Bow"bent`\, a.
      Bent, like a bow. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bufonite \Bu"fon*ite\, n. [L. bufo toad: cf. F. bufonite.]
      (Paleon.)
      An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth
      and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of
      Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the
      o[94]lite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a
      notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oxbane \Ox"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
      A poisonous bulbous plant ({Buphane toxicaria}) of the Cape
      of Good Hope.
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