bacilliform
         adj 1: formed like a bacillus [syn: {bacillar}, {bacillary},
                  {bacilliform}, {baculiform}, {rod-shaped}]

English Dictionary: basil balm	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backslap v display excessive cordiality (towards); "he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backslapper n someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
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baculiform adj formed like a bacillus [syn: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baklava n rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey
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basal body temperature n body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything Synonym(s): basal body temperature, basal temperature
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basal body temperature method n natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation Synonym(s): basal body temperature method of family planning, basal body temperature method
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basal body temperature method of family planning n natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation Synonym(s): basal body temperature method of family planning, basal body temperature method
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basal placentation n where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basal vein n a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein Synonym(s): basal vein, vena basalis
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basil balm n perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls Synonym(s): basil balm, Monarda clinopodia fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and- white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America Synonym(s): basil thyme, basil balm, mother of thyme, Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Basil of Caesarea n (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379) Synonym(s): Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bass clef n a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff Synonym(s): bass clef, F clef
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bay scallop n muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America Synonym(s): bay scallop, Pecten irradians
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Besseya alpina n small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico Synonym(s): Alpine besseya, Besseya alpina
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big shellbark n hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut Synonym(s): big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
big shellbark hickory n hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut Synonym(s): big shellbark, big shellbark hickory, big shagbark, king nut, king nut hickory, Carya laciniosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
big-leaf maple n maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn Synonym(s): Oregon maple, big-leaf maple, Acer macrophyllum
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book lover n someone who loves (and usually collects) books [syn: bibliophile, booklover, book lover]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bookclub n a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booklover n someone who loves (and usually collects) books [syn: bibliophile, booklover, book lover]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bookshelf n a shelf on which to keep books
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Boselaphus n Indian antelopes: nilgais [syn: Boselaphus, {genus Boselaphus}]
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Boselaphus tragocamelus n large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns Synonym(s): nilgai, nylghai, nylghau, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
box calf n black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bushel basket n a basket large enough to hold a bushel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bacilliform \Ba*cil"li*form\, a. [L. bacillum little staff +       -form.]       Rod-shaped.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bascule \Bas"cule\, n. [F., a seesaw.]       In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in       which one end rises as the other falls.          {Bascule bridge}, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge,             which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus             lifting the footway into the air.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bridge \Bridge\, n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge, AS. brycg,       bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG. brucca, G.       br[81]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga, Dan.       brygge, and prob. Icel. br[umac] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro       bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]       1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron,             erected over a river or other water course, or over a             chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank             to the other.          2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some             other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in             engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or             staging over which something passes or is conveyed.          3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the             strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them             and transmit their vibrations to the body of the             instrument.          4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or             other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.          5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a             furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a             {bridge wall}.          {Aqueduct bridge}. See {Aqueduct}.          {Asses' bridge}, {Bascule bridge}, {Bateau bridge}. See under             {Ass}, {Bascule}, {Bateau}.          {Bridge of a steamer} (Naut.), a narrow platform across the             deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer             in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects             the paddle boxes.          {Bridge of the nose}, the upper, bony part of the nose.          {Cantalever bridge}. See under {Cantalever}.          {Draw bridge}. See {Drawbridge}.          {Flying bridge}, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as             for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure             connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and             made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the             current or other means.          {Girder bridge} or {Truss bridge}, a bridge formed by             girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.          {Lattice bridge}, a bridge formed by lattice girders.          {Pontoon bridge}, {Ponton bridge}. See under {Pontoon}.          {Skew bridge}, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as             sometimes required in railway engineering.          {Suspension bridge}. See under {Suspension}.          {Trestle bridge}, a bridge formed of a series of short,             simple girders resting on trestles.          {Tubular bridge}, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or             rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates             riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai             Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.          {Wheatstone's bridge} (Elec.), a device for the measurement             of resistances, so called because the balance between the             resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of             a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection             between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir             Charles Wheatstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bass \Bass\, a.       Deep or grave in tone.          {Bass clef} (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of             the staff containing the bass part of a musical             composition. [See Illust. under {Clef}.]          {Bass voice}, a deep-sounding voice; a voice fitted for             singing bass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clef \Clef\ (kl[ecr]f; 277), n. [F. clef key, a key in music,       fr. L. clavis key. See {Clavicle}.] (Mus.)       A character used in musical notation to determine the       position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.          Note: The clefs are three in number, called the C, F, and G                clefs, and are probably corruptions or modifications of                these letters. They indicate that the letters of                absolute pitch belonging to the lines upon which they                are placed, are respectively C, F, and G. The F or bass                clef, and the G or treble clef, are fixed in their                positions upon the staff. The C clef may have three                positions. It may be placed upon the first or lower                line of the staff, in which case it is called soprano                clef, upon the third line, in which case it called alto                clef, or upon the fourth line, in which case tenor                clef. It rarely or never is placed upon the second                line, except in ancient music. See other forms of C                clef under C, 2.          {Alto clef}, {Bass clef}. See under {Alto}, {Bass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beclap \Be*clap\, v. t. [OE. biclappen.]       To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beclip \Be*clip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beclipped} ([?]).] [AS.       beclyppan; pref. be + clyppan to embrace.]       To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beclip \Be*clip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beclipped} ([?]).] [AS.       beclyppan; pref. be + clyppan to embrace.]       To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslabber \Be*slab"ber\, v. t.       To beslobber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslave \Be*slave"\, v. t.       To enslave. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslaver \Be*slav"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beslavered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Beslavering}.]       To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslaver \Be*slav"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beslavered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Beslavering}.]       To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslaver \Be*slav"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beslavered}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Beslavering}.]       To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslobber \Be*slob"ber\, v. t.       To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth.       Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beslubber \Be*slub"ber\, v. t.       To beslobber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damiana \Da`mi*a"na\, n. [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.)       A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.          Note: There are several varieties derived from different                plants, esp. from a species of {Turnera} and from                {Bigelovia veneta}. --Wood & Bache.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bisulphate \Bi*sul"phate\, n. [Pref. bi- + sulphate.] (Chem.)       A sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is       replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the       proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice       what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bisulphide \Bi*sul"phide\, n. [Pref. bi- + sulphide.] (Chem.)       A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a       disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently       called bisulphuret.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bisulphite \Bi*sul"phite\, n. (Chem.)       A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half       the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bisulphuret \Bi*sul"phu*ret\, n. [Pref. bi- + sulphuret.]       (Chem.)       See {Bisulphide}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookshelf \Book"shelf`\, n.; pl. {Bookshelves}.       A shelf to hold books.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookshelf \Book"shelf`\, n.; pl. {Bookshelves}.       A shelf to hold books.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nylghau \Nyl"ghau\, Nylgau \Nyl"gau\, n. [Hind. & Per.       n[c6]lg[be]w, prop., a blue cow; Per. n[c6]l blue + g[be]w       cow. See {Lilac}, and {Cow} the animal.] (Zo[94]l.)       A large Asiatic antelope ({Boselaphus, [or] Portax,       tragocamelus}), found in Northern India. It has short horns,       a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The       general color is grayish brown. [Written also {neelghau},       {nilgau}, and {nylghaie}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Level \Lev"el\ (l[ecr]v"[ecr]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF.       livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb       level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance,       water poise, level. Cf. {Librate}, {Libella}.]       1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or             plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is             everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this             is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all             points are equally distant from the center of the earth,             or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.          2. A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a             plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point             and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this             is the apparent level at the given point.          3. An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain             degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the             earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the             level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the             valley or of the sea.                         After draining of the level in Northamptonshire.                                                                               --Sir M. Hale.                         Shot from the deadly level of a gun.   --Shak.          4. Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard,             degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one             of several planes of different elevation.                         Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level.                                                                               --Addison.                         Somebody there of his own level.         --Swift.                         Be the fair level of thy actions laid As temperance                      wills and prudence may persuade.         --Prior.          5. A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a             condition conformable to natural law or which will secure             a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.                         When merit shall find its level.         --F. W.                                                                               Robertson.          6. (Mech. & Surv.)             (a) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or                   adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.             (b) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two                   points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.          7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.          {Air level}, {a spirit level}. See {Spirit level} (below).          {Box level}, a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is             used instead of a tube.          {Carpenter's level}, {Mason's level}, either the plumb level             or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small             spirit level.          {Level of the sea}, the imaginary level from which heights             and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance             between high and low water.          {Line of levels}, a connected series of measurements, by             means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to             ascertain the profile of the ground.          {Plumb level}, one in which a horizontal bar is placed in             true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at             right angles.          {Spirit level}, one in which the adjustment to the horizon is             shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether             contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular             box with a glass cover.          {Surveyor's level}, a telescope, with a spirit level             attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate             adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in             leveling; -- called also {leveling instrument}.          {Water level}, an instrument to show the level by means of             the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes             connected by a pipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boy \Boy\, n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube,       Icel. bofi rouge.]       A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence,       a son.                   My only boy fell by the side of great Dundee. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          Note: Boy is often used as a term of comradeship, as in                college, or in the army or navy. In the plural used                colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity,                or party.          {Boy bishop}, a boy (usually a chorister) elected bishop, in             old Christian sports, and invested with robes and other             insignia. He practiced a kind of mimicry of the ceremonies             in which the bishop usually officiated.          {The Old Boy}, the Devil. [Slang]          {Yellow boys}, guineas. [Slang, Eng.]          {Boy's love}, a popular English name of Southernwood             ({Artemisia abrotonum}); -- called also {lad's love}.          {Boy's play}, childish amusements; anything trifling.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bacliff, TX (CDP, FIPS 5180)       Location: 29.50816 N, 94.99190 W       Population (1990): 5549 (2508 housing units)       Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 77518
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Big Clifty, KY       Zip code(s): 42712
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
busy-loop          {tight loop}