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   baddeleyite
         n 1: a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide

English Dictionary: battledore by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batholite
n
  1. large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
    Synonym(s): batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batholith
n
  1. large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth
    Synonym(s): batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batholithic
adj
  1. of or relating to a batholith [syn: batholithic, batholitic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
batholitic
adj
  1. of or relating to a batholith [syn: batholithic, batholitic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bathyal district
n
  1. the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
    Synonym(s): continental slope, bathyal zone, bathyal district
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battle damage
n
  1. loss of military equipment in battle [syn: battle damage, combat casualty]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battle dress
n
  1. a military uniform designed for field service
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battledore
n
  1. a light long-handled racket used by badminton players [syn: badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore]
  2. an ancient racket game
    Synonym(s): battledore, battledore and shuttlecock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battledore and shuttlecock
n
  1. an ancient racket game [syn: battledore, {battledore and shuttlecock}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beetleweed
n
  1. tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
    Synonym(s): galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boatload
n
  1. the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload"
    Synonym(s): boatload, shipload, carload
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
body lotion
n
  1. lotion applied to the body after bathing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottle tree
n
  1. an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton [syn: {bottle- tree}, bottle tree]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottle-tree
n
  1. an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton [syn: {bottle- tree}, bottle tree]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottled gas
n
  1. hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
    Synonym(s): liquefied petroleum gas, bottled gas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottled water
n
  1. drinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for sale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butt weld
n
  1. a butt joint that is welded
    Synonym(s): butt weld, butt-weld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butt welding
n
  1. creating a butt joint by welding [syn: butt welding, butt-welding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butt-weld
n
  1. a butt joint that is welded
    Synonym(s): butt weld, butt-weld
v
  1. join by a butt weld
    Synonym(s): butt-weld, buttweld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butt-welding
n
  1. creating a butt joint by welding [syn: butt welding, butt-welding]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buttweld
v
  1. join by a butt weld
    Synonym(s): butt-weld, buttweld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butylate
v
  1. introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Batailled \Bat"ailled\, a.
      Embattled. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Batlet \Bat"let\, n. [Bat stick + -let.]
      A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called
      also {batler}, {batling staff}, {batting staff}. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[acr]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Battled}
      (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr.
      bataille. See {Battle}, n.]
      To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over
      theories.
  
               To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Battled \Bat"tled\, p. p.
      Embattled. [Poetic] --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Battledoor \Bat"tle*door`\, n. [OE. batyldour. A corrupted form
      of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he
      who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador,
      warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet,
      fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See {Battle}, n.]
      1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with
            parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a
            shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and
            shuttlecock.
  
      2. [OE. battleder.] A child's hornbook. [Obs.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beetle \Bee"tle\ (b[emac]"t'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beetled}
      (-t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beetling}.]
      1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  
      2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle
            or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beetlehead \Bee"tle*head`\, n. [Beetle a mallet + head.]
      1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead
            ({Squatarola helvetica}). See {Plover}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
                  {Uranidea}, esp. {U. gobio} of Europe, and {U.
                  Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also
                  {miller's thumb}.
            (b) In America, several species of {Amiurus}; -- called
                  also {catfish}, {horned pout}, and {bullpout}.
            (c) A marine fish of the genus {Cottus}; the sculpin.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica}); --
                  called also {beetlehead}.
            (b) The golden plover.
  
      3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
  
      {Bullhead whiting} (Zo[94]l.), the kingfish of Florida
            ({Menticirrus alburnus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beetlehead \Bee"tle*head`\, n. [Beetle a mallet + head.]
      1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead
            ({Squatarola helvetica}). See {Plover}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bullhead \Bull"head`\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus
                  {Uranidea}, esp. {U. gobio} of Europe, and {U.
                  Richardsoni} of the United States; -- called also
                  {miller's thumb}.
            (b) In America, several species of {Amiurus}; -- called
                  also {catfish}, {horned pout}, and {bullpout}.
            (c) A marine fish of the genus {Cottus}; the sculpin.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied plover ({Squatarola helvetica}); --
                  called also {beetlehead}.
            (b) The golden plover.
  
      3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [Colloq.] --Jonson.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A small black water insect. --E. Phillips.
  
      {Bullhead whiting} (Zo[94]l.), the kingfish of Florida
            ({Menticirrus alburnus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beetle-headed \Bee"tle-head`ed\, a.
      Dull; stupid. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
      F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
      flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]
      1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
            formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
            holding liquids.
  
      2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
            as, to drink a bottle of wine.
  
      3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
            the bottle.
  
      Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
               of a compound.
  
      {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
            interior of bottles.
  
      {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel
            ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike
            gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three
            times its won size.
  
      {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.
  
      {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the
            manufacture of bottles. --Ure.
  
      {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
            ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,
            dippers, etc.
  
      {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria
            glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and
            {green foxtail}.
  
      {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;
            -- so called from the shape of its nest.
  
      {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia
            rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
            trunk.
  
      {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber
            nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
            feeding infants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,
      F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,
      flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]
      1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but
            formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for
            holding liquids.
  
      2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;
            as, to drink a bottle of wine.
  
      3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in
            the bottle.
  
      Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part
               of a compound.
  
      {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the
            interior of bottles.
  
      {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel
            ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike
            gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three
            times its won size.
  
      {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.
  
      {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the
            manufacture of bottles. --Ure.
  
      {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash
            ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,
            dippers, etc.
  
      {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria
            glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and
            {green foxtail}.
  
      {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;
            -- so called from the shape of its nest.
  
      {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia
            rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,
            trunk.
  
      {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber
            nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in
            feeding infants.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bottle \Bot"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bottled}p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Bottling}.]
      To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or
      bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle
      wine or porter; to bottle up one's wrath.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bottled \Bot"tled\, a.
      1. Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles; pent up in, or as
            in, a bottle.
  
      2. Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bottlehead \Bot"tle*head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also
      {bottle-nosed whale}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Budlet \Bud"let\, n. [Bud + -let.]
      A little bud springing from a parent bud.
  
               We have a criterion to distinguish one bud from
               another, or the parent bud from the numerous budlets
               which are its offspring.                        --E. Darwin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weld \Weld\, n.
      The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.
  
      {Butt weld}. See under {Butt}.
  
      {Scarf weld}, a joint made by overlapping, and welding
            together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll),
      or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push,
      butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan,
      akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.]
      1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
  
                     Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea
                     mark of my utmost sail.                     --Shak.
  
      Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with
               mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary;
               the abuttal.
  
      2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}.
  
      3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott.
  
                     The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And
                     bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden.
  
      4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed;
            as, the butt of the company.
  
                     I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I
                     thought very smart.                           --Addison.
  
      5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an
            animal; as, the butt of a ram.
  
      6. A thrust in fencing.
  
                     To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the
                     chalk on Robert's coat.                     --Prior.
  
      7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  
                     The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in
                     cornfields.                                       --Burrill.
  
      8. (Mech.)
            (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely
                  together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also
                  called {butt joint}.
            (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to
                  which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and
                  gib.
            (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of
                  a hose.
  
      9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake
            meet.
  
      10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; --
            so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which
            butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like
            the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}.
  
      11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned
            oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
  
      12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the
            targets in rifle practice.
  
      {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of
            a tug.
  
      {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under
            2d {But}.
  
                     Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the
                     butt end of a mother's blessing.         --Shak.
  
      {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of
            shooting to the butt, or mark.
  
      {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries.
            In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the
            lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the
            sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed.
            --Burrill.
  
      {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}.
  
      {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as
            planks.
  
      {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together
            the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or
            of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See
            {Weld}.
  
      {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The
            corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8]
            --Marryat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Butt weld \Butt" weld`\
      See Butt weld, under {Butt}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Buttweld \Butt"weld`\, v. t.
      To unite by a butt weld.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Battletown, KY
      Zip code(s): 40104

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bethalto, IL (village, FIPS 5599)
      Location: 38.90080 N, 90.04690 W
      Population (1990): 9507 (3773 housing units)
      Area: 15.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62010

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bethelite
      a designation of Hiel (q.v.), who rebuilt Jericho and
      experienced the curse pronounced long before (1 Kings 16:34).
     
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