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back exercise
n 1: exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles

English Dictionary: beach chair	by the DICT Development Group
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basic iron n pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus
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beach chair n a folding chair for use outdoors; a wooden frame supports a length of canvas Synonym(s): deck chair, beach chair
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beach grass n tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores
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besieger n an enemy who lays siege to your position an energetic petitioner
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Bessy cerca n tropical Atlantic fish [syn: queen triggerfish, {Bessy cerca}, oldwench, oldwife, Balistes vetula]
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Big Sioux River n a river that rises in northeastern South Dakota and flows southward to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa
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biogeographic adj of or relating to or involved with biogeography [syn: biogeographic, biogeographical]
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biogeographical adj of or relating to or involved with biogeography [syn: biogeographic, biogeographical]
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biogeographical region n an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna
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biogeography n dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants
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bush shrike n an African shrike
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bushwhacker n a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: hillbilly, bushwhacker] a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baggager \Bag"ga*ger\, n. One who takes care of baggage; a camp follower. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Base-court \Base"-court`\, n. [F. basse-cour. See {Base}, a., and {Court}, n.] 1. The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle. 2. (Law) An inferior court of law, not of record.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basicerite \Basic"erite\, n. [Basi- + Gr. [?] horn, antenna.] (Zo[94]l.) The second joint of the antenn[91] of crustaceans.
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.
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Beseecher \Be*seech"er\, n. One who beseeches.
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Besieger \Be*sie"ger\, n. One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.
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Biogeography \Bi`ogeog"raphy\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + E. geography.] The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zo[94]geography and phytogeography. -- {Bi`oge`ograph"ic}, a. -- {Bi`oge`ograph"ical*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biogeography \Bi`ogeog"raphy\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + E. geography.] The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zo[94]geography and phytogeography. -- {Bi`oge`ograph"ic}, a. -- {Bi`oge`ograph"ical*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biogeography \Bi`ogeog"raphy\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + E. geography.] The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zo[94]geography and phytogeography. -- {Bi`oge`ograph"ic}, a. -- {Bi`oge`ograph"ical*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bogsucker \Bog"suck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.
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Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [Icel. b[d3]gr shoulder, bow of a ship. See {Bough}.] 1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow. 2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar. {Bow chaser} (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel. --Totten. {Bow piece}, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship. {On the bow} (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within 45[deg] on either side of the line ahead. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
White-eye \White"-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus {Zosterops}, as {Zosterops palpebrosus} of India, and {Z. c[oe]rulescens} of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also {bush creeper}, and {white-eyed tit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bushwhacker \Bush"whack`er\, n. 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [U.S.] They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. --W. Irving. 2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [U.S.] --Farrow.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beech Creek, KY Zip code(s): 42321 Beech Creek, PA (borough, FIPS 4984) Location: 41.07467 N, 77.58604 W Population (1990): 716 (298 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16822
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beech Grove, AR Zip code(s): 72412 Beech Grove, IN (city, FIPS 4204) Location: 39.71500 N, 86.08737 W Population (1990): 13383 (5757 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46107
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beechgrove, TN Zip code(s): 37018
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bogo-sort /boh`goh-sort'/ n. (var. `stupid-sort') The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to {bubble sort}, which is merely the generic _bad_ algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Esp. appropriate for algorithms with factorial or super-exponential running time in the average case and probabilistically infinite worst-case running time. Compare {bogus}, {brute force}, {lasherism}. A spectacular variant of bogo-sort has been proposed which has the interesting property that, if the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is true, it can sort an arbitrarily large array in constant time. (In the Many-Worlds model, the result of any quantum action is to split the universe-before into a sheaf of universes-after, one for each possible way the state vector can collapse; in any one of the universes-after the result appears random.) The steps are: 1. Permute the array randomly using a quantum process, 2. If the array is not sorted, destroy the universe. Implementation of step 2 is left as an exercise for the reader.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B1 security {Orange Book}
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B2 security {Orange Book}
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B3 security {Orange Book}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Basic Rate Interface (BRI, 2B+D, 2B1D) An {Integrated Services Digital Network} channel consisting of two 64 {kbps} "bearer" (B) channels and one 16 kbps "delta" (D) channel, giving a total data rate of 144 kbps. The B channels are used for voice or user data, and the D channel is used for control and signalling and/or {X.25} {packet} networking. BRI is the kind of ISDN interface most likely to be found in residential service. (2002-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bogo-sort /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful {algorithm} (as opposed to {bubble sort}, which is merely the generic bad algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the {Infinite Monkey Theorem}. Compare {brute force}, {Lasherism}. {An implementation (http://www.stdout.org/~adam/psort)}. [{Jargon File}] (2002-04-07)