Buteo buteo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

bad debt
n 1: a debt that is unlikely to be repaid

English Dictionary: Buteo buteo	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bath powder n a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing) Synonym(s): toilet powder, bath powder, dusting powder
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beat about v search anxiously [syn: cast about, beat about, {cast around}]
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beatified adj Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration Synonym(s): beatified, blessed
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bedaubed adj ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion
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boat paddle n a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat Synonym(s): paddle, boat paddle
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body of water n the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" Synonym(s): body of water, water
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body pad n a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper
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buddy-buddy adj (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months" Synonym(s): chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)
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Buteo buteo n the common European short-winged hawk [syn: buzzard, Buteo buteo]
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buyout bid n a bid to buy all of a person's holdings
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beat \Beat\, n. 1. A stroke; a blow. He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat. --Dryden. 2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse. 3. (Mus.) (a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit. (b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament. 4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or re[89]nforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See {Beat}, v. i., 8. 5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat. 6. A place of habitual or frequent resort. 7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low] {Beat of drum} (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc. {Beat of a watch}, [or] {clock}, the stroke or sound made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal intervals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beat \Beat\, n. 1. A stroke; a blow. He, with a careless beat, Struck out the mute creation at a heat. --Dryden. 2. A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation; as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse. 3. (Mus.) (a) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit. (b) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament. 4. (Acoustics & Mus.) A sudden swelling or re[89]nforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See {Beat}, v. i., 8. 5. A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat. 6. A place of habitual or frequent resort. 7. A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat. [Low] {Beat of drum} (Mil.), a succession of strokes varied, in different ways, for particular purposes, as to regulate a march, to call soldiers to their arms or quarters, to direct an attack, or retreat, etc. {Beat of a watch}, [or] {clock}, the stroke or sound made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal intervals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beatify \Beat"ify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beatified} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beatifying}.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. b[82]atifier. See {Bounty}.] 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. --Barrow. 2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. [bd]Beatified spirits.[b8] --Dryden. 3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of [bd]the blessed[b8] and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beautified} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beautifying}.] [Beauty + -fy.] To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. The arts that beautify and polish life. --Burke. Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bedaub \Be*daub"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedaubed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedaubing}.] To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Davit \Dav"it\, n. [Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.] (Naut.) (a) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the {fish davit}. (b) pl. Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also {boat davits}. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Enceinte \[d8]En`ceinte"\, n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See {Cincture}.] 1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also {body of the place}. 2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. --S. W. Williams.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deputation \Dep`u*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]putation. See {Depute}.] 1. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency. The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. --South. 2. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce. {By deputation}, or {In deputation}, by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. [Obs.] Say to great C[91]sar this: In deputation I kiss his conquering hand. --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bit pattern A sequence of {bit}s, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an {image}. A {bit string} is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length. (1998-09-27)