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   Bacillaceae
         n 1: typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that
               produce endospores [syn: {Bacillaceae}, {family
               Bacillaceae}]

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bacillus n aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil Synonym(s): bacillus, B
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Bacillus anthracis n a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon Synonym(s): Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus
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Bacillus globigii n a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics Synonym(s): Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus
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Bacillus subtilis n a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics Synonym(s): Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus
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backlash n a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash] an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" v come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" Synonym(s): backfire, backlash, recoil
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backless adj lacking a back; "a stool is a backless and armless seat" Antonym(s): backed
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backlighting n lighting from behind
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backlog n an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) the large log at the back of a hearth fire something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose Synonym(s): reserve, backlog, stockpile v accumulate and create a backlog
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basal ganglion n any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
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baseless adj without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" Synonym(s): baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild
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basileus n a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire
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basilic vein n a vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary vein Synonym(s): basilic vein, vena basilica
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basilica n an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; "the church was raised to the rank of basilica" a Roman building used for public administration Synonym(s): basilica, Roman basilica
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basilican adj of or relating to or resembling a basilica
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Basilicata n a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot') Synonym(s): Basilicata, Lucania
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Basiliscus n a reptile genus of Iguanidae [syn: Basiliscus, {genus Basiliscus}]
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basilisk n (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance ancient brass cannon small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
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beakless adj not having a beak or bill Antonym(s): beaked
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beaklike adj resembling the beak of a bird; "a grizzled man with a beaklike nose"
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Beaujolais n dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France
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big league n the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) Synonym(s): major league, big league, majors
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big leaguer n a member of a major-league baseball team [syn: {major leaguer}, big leaguer]
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bisulcate adj (used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof" [syn: cloven, bisulcate]
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book louse n minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers Synonym(s): booklouse, book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius
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booklouse n minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers Synonym(s): booklouse, book louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius
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Boswellia carteri n tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
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Boswellia serrata n East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense Synonym(s): salai, Boswellia serrata
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boughless adj having no boughs (of trees)
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boxlike adj resembling a box in rectangularity [syn: boxlike, boxy, box-shaped]
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buccal cavity n the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks
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bucolic adj (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" Synonym(s): arcadian, bucolic, pastoral relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy" Synonym(s): bucolic, pastoral n a country person Synonym(s): peasant, provincial, bucolic a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life Synonym(s): eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl
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bugle call n a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle
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bugloss n perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers Synonym(s): bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States Synonym(s): oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides
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bugologist n a zoologist who studies insects [syn: entomologist, bugologist, bug-hunter]
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bugology n the branch of zoology that studies insects [syn: entomology, bugology]
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bush league n a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) Synonym(s): minor league, minors, bush league
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bush leaguer n a player on a minor-league baseball team [syn: {minor leaguer}, bush leaguer]
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bush-league adj not of the highest quality or sophistication [syn: {bush- league}, bush]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bacillus \Ba*cil"lus\, n.; pl. {Bacilli}. [NL., for L. bacillum. See {Bacillarle}.] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.
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Amylobacter \Am`ylobac"ter\, n. [L. amylum starch + NL. bacterium. See {Bacterium}.] (Biol.) A micro[94]rganism ({Bacillus amylobacter}) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. --Sternberg.
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Anthrax \An"thrax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] coal, carbuncle.] 1. (Med.) (a) A carbuncle. (b) A malignant pustule. 2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism ({Bacillus anthracis}), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under {Bacillus}.] 3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium ({Bacillus anthracis}), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also {splenic fever}.
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Pyocyanin \Py`ocy"anin\, n. [Gr. [?] pus + [?] dark blue.] (Physiol. (Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium ({Bacillus pyocyaneus}).
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2. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings. It puts the soul to fermentation and activity. --Jer. Taylor. A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith. --C. Kingsley. {Acetous, [or] Acetic}, {fermentation}, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment ({Mycoderma aceti}). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the first process. 1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Note: Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde. 2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Note: Aldehyde. Acetic acid. {Alcoholic fermentation}, the fermentation which saccharine bodies undergo when brought in contact with the yeast plant or Torula. The sugar is converted, either directly or indirectly, into alcohol and carbonic acid, the rate of action being dependent on the rapidity with which the Torul[91] develop. {Ammoniacal fermentation}, the conversion of the urea of the urine into ammonium carbonate, through the growth of the special urea ferment. CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3 Note: Urea. Water. Ammonium carbonate. Note: Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation. {Butyric fermentation}, the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See {Lactic fermentation}. {Fermentation by an} {unorganized ferment [or] enzyme}. Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the ferment acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice. {Fermentation theory of disease} (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See {Germ theory}. {Glycerin fermentation}, the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium ({Bacillus subtilis}) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed. {Lactic fermentation}, the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium ({Bacterium lactis} of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose. C12H22O11.H2O = 4C3H6O3 Note: Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid. Note: In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). {Putrefactive fermentation}. See {Putrefaction}.
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Tubercle \Tu"ber*cle\, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy. 2. (Med.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. {Tubercle bacillus} (Med.), a minute vegetable organism ({Bacillus tuberculosis}) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause of tubercles and tuberculosis.
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Backlash \Back"lash`\, n. [Back, adv. + lash.] (Mech.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
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Backless \Back"less\, a. Without a back.
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Backlog \Back"log`\, n. [Back, a. + log.] A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. [U.S.] There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes. --S. G. Goodrich.
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Basal \Ba"sal\, a. Relating to, or forming, the base. {Basal cleavage}. See under {Cleavage}. {Basal plane} (Crystallog.), one parallel to the lateral or horizontal axis.
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Cleavage \Cleav"age\, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See {Parting}. 3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[91], like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. {Basal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. {Cell cleavage} (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See {Segmentation}. {Cubic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. {Diagonal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. {Egg clavage}. (Biol.) See {Segmentation}. {Lateral cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Octahedral, Dodecahedral, [or] Rhombohedral, {cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. {Prismatic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.
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Baseless \Base"less\, a. Without a base; having no foundation or support. [bd]The baseless fabric of this vision.[b8] --Shak.
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Bashless \Bash"less\, a. Shameless; unblushing. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Basilic \Ba*sil"ic\, n. [F. basilique.] Basilica.
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Basilic \Basil"ic\, Basilical \Basil"ic*al\, a. [See {Basilica}.] 1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican. 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.
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Basilica \Basil"ica\, n. A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century. --P. Cyc.
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Basilica \Basil"ica\, n.; pl. {Basilicas}; sometimes {Basilic[ae]} (-s[emac]). [L. basilica, Gr. [?] ( sc. [?], or [?]) fr. [?] royal, fr. [?] king.] Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. 2. (Arch.) (a) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached. (b) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
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Basilica \Basil"ica\, n.; pl. {Basilicas}; sometimes {Basilic[ae]} (-s[emac]). [L. basilica, Gr. [?] ( sc. [?], or [?]) fr. [?] royal, fr. [?] king.] Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. 2. (Arch.) (a) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached. (b) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
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Basilic \Basil"ic\, Basilical \Basil"ic*al\, a. [See {Basilica}.] 1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican. 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.
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Basilican \Basil"ican\, a. Of, relating to, or resembling, a basilica; basilical. There can be no doubt that the first churches in Constantinople were in the basilican form. --Milman.
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Basilica \Basil"ica\, n.; pl. {Basilicas}; sometimes {Basilic[ae]} (-s[emac]). [L. basilica, Gr. [?] ( sc. [?], or [?]) fr. [?] royal, fr. [?] king.] Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose. 2. (Arch.) (a) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached. (b) A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.
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Basilicok \Basil"icok\, n. [OF. basilicoc.] The basilisk. [Obs.] --Chaucer
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Basilisk \Bas"i*lisk\, n. [L. basiliscus, Gr. [?] little king, kind of serpent, dim. of [?] king; -- so named from some prominences on the head resembling a crown.] 1. A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See {Cockatrice}. Make me not sighted like the basilisk. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A lizard of the genus {Basiliscus}, belonging to the family {Iguanid[91]}. Note: This genus is remarkable for a membranous bag rising above the occiput, which can be filled with air at pleasure; also for an elevated crest along the back, that can be raised or depressed at will. 3. (Mil.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size. [Obs.]
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Basylous \Bas"y*lous\, a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to {chlorous}. --Graham.
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Bicalcarate \Bical"carate\, a. [Pref. bi- + calcarate.] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.
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Bicallose \Bical"lose\, Bicallous \Bical"lous\, a. [Pref. bi- + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or hard spots. --Gray.
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Bicallose \Bical"lose\, Bicallous \Bical"lous\, a. [Pref. bi- + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or hard spots. --Gray.
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Bicolligate \Bicol"ligate\, a. [L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See {Colligate}, v. t. ] (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.
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Bisilicate \Bisil"icate\, n. (Min. Chem.) A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.
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Bisulcate \Bi*sul"cate\, a. [Pref. bi- + sulcate.] 1. Having two grooves or furrows. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.
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Bisulcous \Bi*sul"cous\, a. [L. bisulcus; bis twice + sulcus furrow.] Bisulcate. --Sir T. Browne.
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Bogglish \Bog"glish\, a. Doubtful; skittish. [Obs.]
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain. Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch. 4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}. {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa}) of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust. of {Anemone}. {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}. {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill. {Wood betony}. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Betony}. (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}. (b) The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}), and of the goat moths. (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}. (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga. (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura terebrans}). {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. --Knight. {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] --Coleridge. {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal. {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius sylvestris}). {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon. {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove. {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}). {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood. {Wood engraver}. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus xylographus}. {Wood engraving}. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}. {Wood fiber}. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}. {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity. {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}. {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}. {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock. {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator}) is common in Florida. {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne Laureola}). {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley. {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill bug}, under {Pill}. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]}, which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}. {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attachment. {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}. {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade. {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert. {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species, as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar. We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh. x. 34. {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See {Gurjun}. {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp}, below. {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the family {Columbid[91]}. (b) The ringdove. {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse. {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea}) growing in moist woods. {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula}, differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus} chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}. {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2. {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to {Grallina}, {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}). {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood. {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of {Shamrock}. {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}. {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle. {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker. {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}. {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}. (b) The missel thrush. {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary. {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}. {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest. {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See under {Sculptured}. {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony. {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above. {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}. (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); -- called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow wren}. {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler.
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]:
Bookless \Book"less\, a. Without books; unlearned. --Shenstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boswellian \Boswell"ian\, a. Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details. -- {Bos"wellize}, v. i. & t. -- {Bos"weelism}. n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boswellism \Bos"well*ism\, n. The style of Boswell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boswellian \Boswell"ian\, a. Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details. -- {Bos"wellize}, v. i. & t. -- {Bos"weelism}. n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fibrolite \Fi"bro*lite\ (? [or] ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also {sillimanite}, and {bucholizite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucholzite \Buch"ol*zite\, n. [So called from Bucholz, a German chemist.] (Min.) Same as {Fibrolite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, a. [L. bucolicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] cowherd, herdsman; [?] ox + (perh.) [?] race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See {Cow} the animal.] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucolic \Bu*col"ic\, n. [L. Bucolic[93]n po[89]ma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucolical \Bucol"ical\, a. Bucolic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. [?] oxtongue [?] ox + [?] tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Anchusa}, and especially the {A. officinalis}, sometimes called {alkanet}; oxtongue. {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the {Lycopsis arvensis}. {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. [?] oxtongue [?] ox + [?] tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Anchusa}, and especially the {A. officinalis}, sometimes called {alkanet}; oxtongue. {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the {Lycopsis arvensis}. {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushelage \Bush"el*age\, n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushless \Bush"less\, a. Free from bushes; bare. O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. --Tennyson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bass Lake, CA Zip code(s): 93604
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beach Lake, PA Zip code(s): 18405
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Big Lake, AK (CDP, FIPS 7070) Location: 61.52142 N, 149.95440 W Population (1990): 1477 (1933 housing units) Area: 345.0 sq km (land), 33.6 sq km (water) Big Lake, MN (city, FIPS 5752) Location: 45.33660 N, 93.74656 W Population (1990): 3113 (1264 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55309 Big Lake, MO (village, FIPS 5495) Location: 40.07414 N, 95.35147 W Population (1990): 170 (434 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Big Lake, TX (city, FIPS 8212) Location: 31.19375 N, 101.45844 W Population (1990): 3672 (1306 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Big Wells, TX (city, FIPS 8260) Location: 28.56952 N, 99.57004 W Population (1990): 756 (341 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78830
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bogalusa, LA (city, FIPS 8150) Location: 30.78272 N, 89.86409 W Population (1990): 14280 (6476 housing units) Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70427
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Buckeye Lake, OH (village, FIPS 9890) Location: 39.93697 N, 82.47920 W Population (1990): 2986 (1475 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
boxology /bok-sol'*-jee/ n. Syn. {ASCII art}. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare {macrology}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
buglix /buhg'liks/ n. [uncommon] Pejorative term referring to {DEC}'s ULTRIX operating system in its earlier _severely_ buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so much venom. Compare {AIDX}, {HP-SUX}, {Nominal Semidestructor}, {Telerat}, {sun-stools}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
backslash "\" {ASCII} code 92. Common names: escape (from C/Unix); reverse slash; slosh; backslant; backwhack. Rare: bash; {ITU-T}: reverse slant; reversed virgule; {INTERCAL}: backslat. Backslash is used to separate components in {MS-DOS} {pathnames}, and to introduce special character sequence in {C} and {Unix} strings, e.g. "\n" for newline. (2000-02-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
boxology /bok-sol'*-jee/ {ASCII art}. This term implies a more restricted domain, that of box-and-arrow drawings. "His report has a lot of boxology in it." Compare {macrology}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
buglix /buhg'liks/ Pejorative term referring to {DEC}'s {ULTRIX} {operating system} in its earlier severely buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so much venom. Compare {AIDX}, {HP-SUX}, {Nominal Semidestructor}, {Telerat}, {sun-stools}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Basilisk (in R.V., Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17), the "king serpent," as the name imports; a fabulous serpent said to be three spans long, with a spot on its head like a crown. Probably the yellow snake is intended. (See {COCKATRICE}.)