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baggageman
n 1: an attendant who takes care of baggage

English Dictionary: Buxus sempervirens	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Basic English n a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basso continuo n a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played Synonym(s): figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass
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beach sand verbena n prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California Synonym(s): beach sand verbena, pink sand verbena, Abronia umbellata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beach waggon n a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat Synonym(s): beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beach wagon n a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat Synonym(s): beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beachcomber n a vagrant living on a beach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beseeching adj begging Synonym(s): beseeching, pleading, imploring Antonym(s): imperative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beseechingly adv in a beseeching manner; "`You must help me,' she said imploringly" Synonym(s): beseechingly, importunately, imploringly, pleadingly, entreatingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
besieging n the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack Synonym(s): siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bessie Smith n United States blues singer (1894-1937) [syn: Smith, Bessie Smith]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
book agent n a book salesman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bookishness n exaggerated studiousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bossism n domination of a political organization by a party boss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bushwhacking adj lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Buxus sempervirens n large slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree with multiple stems; extensively used for hedges or borders and topiary figures Synonym(s): common box, European box, Buxus sempervirens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eccentric \Ec*cen"tric\, n. 1. A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first. 2. One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing. 3. (Astron.) (a) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center. (b) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius. --Hutton. 4. (Mach.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw. {Back eccentric}, the eccentric that reverses or backs the valve gear and the engine. {Fore eccentric}, the eccentric that imparts a forward motion to the valve gear and the engine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baggage master \Bag"gage mas`ter\ One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beach comber \Beach comber\ [Written also {beach-comber}.] (Naut.) A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T. Bullen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beach comber \Beach" comb`er\ A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See {Comber}. [Amer.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beach \Beach\ (b[emac]ch), n.; pl. {Beaches} (-[ecr]z). [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. {Bank}.] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. {Beach flea} (Zo[94]l.), the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family {Orchestid[91]}, living on the sea beaches, and leaping like fleas. {Beach grass} (Bot.), a coarse grass ({Ammophila arundinacea}), growing on the sandy shores of lakes and seas, which, by its interlaced running rootstocks, binds the sand together, and resists the encroachment of the waves. {Beach wagon}, a light open wagon with two or more seats. {Raised beach}, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, as in many lake and river regions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beach comber \Beach comber\ [Written also {beach-comber}.] (Naut.) A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T. Bullen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseech \Be*seech"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See {Seek}.] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. --Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. --Milton. Syn: To beg; to crave. Usage: {To Beseech}, {Entreat}, {Solicit}, {Implore}, {Supplicate}. These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseeching \Beseech"ing\, a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- {Beseech"ingly}, adv. -- {Beseech"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseeching \Beseech"ing\, a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- {Beseech"ingly}, adv. -- {Beseech"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseeching \Beseech"ing\, a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- {Beseech"ingly}, adv. -- {Beseech"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseechment \Be*seech"ment\, n. The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [R.] --Goodwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besiegement \Be*siege"ment\, n. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. --Golding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besiege \Be*siege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besieged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besieging}.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See {Siege}.] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak. Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besieging \Besie"ging\, a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- {Besie"ging*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besieging \Besie"ging\, a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- {Besie"ging*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besogne \Be*sogne"\, n. [F. bisogne.] A worthless fellow; a bezonian. [Obs.]
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Bisegment \Bi*seg"ment\, n. [Pref. bi- + segment.] One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bocasine \Boc"a*sine\, n. [F. bocassin, boucassin.] A sort of fine buckram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Book \Book\ (b[oocr]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[omac]c; akin to Goth. b[omac]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[omac]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[omac]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[omac]c, b[emac]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. {Beech}.] 1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing. Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet. Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott. 2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. --Milton. 3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of [bd]Paradise Lost.[b8] 4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc. 5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook. {Book account}, an account or register of debt or credit in a book. {Book debt}, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts. {Book learning}, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. [bd]Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false.[b8] --Burnet. {Book louse} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the {Pseudoneuroptera}. {Book moth} (Zo[94]l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv[91] of which eat books. {Book oath}, an oath made on {The Book}, or Bible. {The Book of Books}, the Bible. {Book post}, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail. {Book scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), one of the false scorpions ({Chelifer cancroides}) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects. {Book stall}, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books. {Canonical books}. See {Canonical}. {In one's books}, in one's favor. [bd]I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp.[b8] --Addison. {To bring to book}. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. [bd]To bring it manifestly to book is impossible.[b8] --M. Arnold. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. {To make a book} (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses. {To speak by the book}, to speak with minute exactness. {Without book}. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookish \Book"ish\, a. 1. Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. [bd]A bookish man.[b8] --Addison. [bd]Bookish skill.[b8] --Bp. Hall. 2. Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences. -- {Book"ishly}, adv. -- {Book"ishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bossism \Boss"ism\, n. The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [Slang, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buckboard \Buck"board`\, n. A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also {buck wagon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushwhacking \Bush"whack`ing\, n. 1. Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. [U.S.] --T. Flint. 2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Box \Box\ (b[ocr]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. [?]. See {Box} a case.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box ({Buxus sempervirens}) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box ({B. suffruticosa}), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. {Box elder}, the ash-leaved maple ({Negundo aceroides}), of North America. {Box holly}, the butcher's broom ({Russus aculeatus}). {Box thorn}, a shrub ({Lycium barbarum}). {Box tree}, the tree variety of the common box.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buxine \Bux"ine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the {Buxus sempervirens}, or common box tree. It is identical with {bebeerine}; -- called also {buxina}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pie \Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. {Pi}, {Paint}, {Speight}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus {Pica}, and of several allied genera. [Written also {pye}.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See {Pi}. {By cock and pie}, an adjuration equivalent to [bd]by God and the service book.[b8] --Shak. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus {Dendrocitta}, allied to the magpie. {Wood pie}. (Zo[94]l.) See {French pie}, under {French}.
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Boise County, ID (county, FIPS 15) Location: 44.00632 N, 115.73923 W Population (1990): 3509 (2894 housing units) Area: 4927.5 sq km (land), 11.1 sq km (water)
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Bosque County, TX (county, FIPS 35) Location: 31.90179 N, 97.62910 W Population (1990): 15125 (8074 housing units) Area: 2562.2 sq km (land), 34.8 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Backus Normal Form {Backus-Naur Form}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Backus-Naur Form (BNF, originally "Backus Normal Form") A formal {metasyntax} used to express {context-free grammars}. Backus Normal Form was renamed Backus-Naur Form at the suggestion of {Donald Knuth}. BNF is one of the most commonly used metasyntactic notations for specifying the {syntax} of programming languages, command sets, and the like. It is widely used for language descriptions but seldom documented anywhere (how do you document a {metasyntax}?), so that it must usually be learned by osmosis (but see {RFC 2234}). Consider this BNF for a US postal address: ::= ::= \| "." ::= [] \| ::= [] ::= "," This translates into English as: "A postal-address consists of a name-part, followed by a street-address part, followed by a zip-code part. A personal-part consists of either a first name or an initial followed by a dot. A name-part consists of either: a personal-part followed by a last name followed by an optional "jr-part" (Jr., Sr., or dynastic number) and end-of-line, or a personal part followed by a name part (this rule illustrates the use of recursion in BNFs, covering the case of people who use multiple first and middle names and/or initials). A street address consists of an optional apartment specifier, followed by a street number, followed by a street name. A zip-part consists of a town-name, followed by a comma, followed by a state code, followed by a ZIP-code followed by an end-of-line." Note that many things (such as the format of a personal-part, apartment specifier, or ZIP-code) are left unspecified. These lexical details are presumed to be obvious from context or specified somewhere nearby. There are many variants and extensions of BNF, possibly containing some or all of the {regexp} {wild cards} such as "*" or "+". {EBNF} is a common one. In fact the example above isn't the pure form invented for the {ALGOL 60} report. "[]" was introduced a few years later in {IBM}'s {PL/I} definition but is now universally recognised. {ABNF} is another extension. (1997-11-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Basic Encoding Rules (BER) {ASN.1} encoding rules for producing self-identifying and self-delimiting {transfer syntax} for data structures described in {ASN.1} notations. BER is an self-identifying and self-delimiting encoding scheme, which means that each data value can be identified, extracted and decoded individually. Huw Rogers once described BER as "a triumph of bloated theory over clean implementation". He also criticises it as designed around bitstreams with arbitrary boundaries between data which can only be determined at a high level. Documents: {ITU-T} X.690, {ISO} 8825-1. See also {CER}, {DER}, {PER}. (1998-05-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS, ROM BIOS) The part of the {system software} of the {IBM PC} and compatibles that provides the lowest level interface to {peripheral} devices and controls the first stage of the {bootstrap} process, including installing the {operating system}. The BIOS is stored in {ROM}, or equivalent, in every PC. Its main task is to load and execute the operating system which is usually stored on the computer's {hard disk}, but may be loaded from {CD-ROM} or {floppy disk} at install time. In order to provide acceptable performance (e.g. for screen display), some software vendors access the routines in the BIOS directly, rather than using the higher level operating system calls. Thus, the BIOS in the compatible computer must be 100% compatible with the IBM BIOS. As if that wasn't bad enough, many {application programs} bypass even the BIOS and address the screen hardware directly just as the BIOS does. Consequently, {register} level compatibility is required in the compatible's display electronics, which means that it must provide the same storage locations and identification as the original IBM hardware. (1999-06-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) The first plane defined in {Unicode}/{ISO 10646}, designed to include all {scripts} in active modern use. The BMP currently includes the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Devangari, hiragana, katakana, and Cherokee scripts, among others, and a large body of mathematical, {APL}-related, and other miscellaneous {characters}. Most of the {Han} {ideographs} in current use are present in the BMP, but due to the large number of ideographs, many were placed in the {Supplementary Ideographic Plane}. {Unicode home (http://www.unicode.org)}. (2002-03-19)