basic dye
         n 1: a dye that is considered to be a base because the
               chromophore is part of a positive ion [syn: {basic dye},
               {basic color}, {basic colour}]

English Dictionary: beach strawberry	by the DICT Development Group
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basic training n the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline
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bassist n a musician who play the bass viol
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beach aster n slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California Synonym(s): seaside daisy, beach aster, Erigeron glaucous
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beach strawberry n wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries Synonym(s): beach strawberry, Chilean strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis
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beau geste n a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture
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bequest n (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest, legacy]
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besieged adj surrounded by hostile forces; "the besieged town"
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big sister n an older sister
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big-chested adj marked by a large or well-developed chest; "he was big- chested, big-shouldered and heavy-armed" Synonym(s): big- chested, chesty
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bigeye scad n of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait [syn: bigeye scad, big-eyed scad, goggle-eye, Selar crumenophthalmus]
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bijugate leaf n a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets [syn: {bijugate leaf}, bijugous leaf, twice-pinnate]
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biosystematic adj of or relating to biosystematics
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biosystematics n use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework Synonym(s): biosystematics, biosystematy
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biosystematy n use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework Synonym(s): biosystematics, biosystematy
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bisect v cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"
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bisection n dividing into two equal parts
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bisectional adj of or relating to bisection
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bissextile day n the name of the day that is added during a leap year [syn: leap day, bissextile day, February 29]
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bissextile year n in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400 Synonym(s): leap year, intercalary year, 366 days, bissextile year
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bog aster n a variety of aster
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book jacket n a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed Synonym(s): book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket, dust wrapper
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Buckeye State n a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region Synonym(s): Ohio, Buckeye State, OH
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bushy aster n stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads Synonym(s): bushy aster, Aster dumosus
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.       L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,             but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:             {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)             Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White             Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.          2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.          3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.          {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus             corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --             called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor             soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to             several other species of the same genus.          {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds             and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,             styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of             benzoin. --Brande & C.          {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.          {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})             with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.          {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.             --Milton.          {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed             skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},             {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
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Steam engine \Steam" en"gine\       An engine moved by steam.          Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a                piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works                in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the                action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to                the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus                classified: 1. According to the wat the steam is used                or applied, as condencing, noncondencing, compound,                double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2.                According to the motion of the piston, as                reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion                imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4.                According to the arrangement of the engine, as                stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, beam                engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and                back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses,                as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing,                winding, and stationary engines. Locomotive and                portable engines are usually high-pressure,                noncondencing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine                engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and                generally condencing, double-acting, and compound.                Paddle engines are generally beam, side[?]lever,                oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are                generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating.                Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are                generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary                steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand                engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on                the left-hand side, or the right-hand side,                respectively, or the engine, to a person looking at                them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or                backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or                lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston                rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A                marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said                to run forward when its motion is such as would propel                the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are                further classified as double-cylinder, disk,                semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as                cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms                a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc.                See Illustration in Appendix.          {Back-acting}, [or] {Back-action}, {steam engine}, a steam             engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from             the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead             and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.          {Portable steam engine}, a steam engine combined with, and             attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to             admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving             machinery in the field, as trashing machines, draining             pumps, etc.          {Semiportable steam engine}, a steam engine combined with,             and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on             wheels.
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Steam engine \Steam" en"gine\       An engine moved by steam.          Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a                piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works                in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the                action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to                the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus                classified: 1. According to the wat the steam is used                or applied, as condencing, noncondencing, compound,                double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2.                According to the motion of the piston, as                reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion                imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4.                According to the arrangement of the engine, as                stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, beam                engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and                back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses,                as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing,                winding, and stationary engines. Locomotive and                portable engines are usually high-pressure,                noncondencing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine                engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and                generally condencing, double-acting, and compound.                Paddle engines are generally beam, side[?]lever,                oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are                generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating.                Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are                generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary                steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand                engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on                the left-hand side, or the right-hand side,                respectively, or the engine, to a person looking at                them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or                backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or                lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston                rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A                marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said                to run forward when its motion is such as would propel                the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are                further classified as double-cylinder, disk,                semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as                cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms                a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc.                See Illustration in Appendix.          {Back-acting}, [or] {Back-action}, {steam engine}, a steam             engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from             the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead             and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.          {Portable steam engine}, a steam engine combined with, and             attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to             admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving             machinery in the field, as trashing machines, draining             pumps, etc.          {Semiportable steam engine}, a steam engine combined with,             and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on             wheels.
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Backcast \Back"cast`\, n. [Back, adv.+ cast.]       Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure       in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]
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Backsight \Back"sight`\, n. [Back, adv. + sight. ] (Surv.)       The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position       when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new       position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously       occupied. Cf. {Foresight}, n., 3.
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Bakistre \Bak"is*tre\, n. [See {Baxter}.]       A baker. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Basic steel \Basic steel\       Steel produced by the basic process.
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Basicity \Ba*sic"i*ty\, n. (Chem.)       (a) The quality or state of being a base.       (b) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or             equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of             replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
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Becchi's test \Bec"chi's test\ [After E. Becchi, Italian       chemist.] (Chem.)       A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this       oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution of silver       nitrate.
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Beggestere \Beg"ge*stere\, n. [Beg + -ster.]       A beggar. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Bequest \Be*quest"\, n. [OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide;       pref. be- + AS. cwide a saying, becwe[edh]an to bequeath. The       ending -est is probably due to confusion with quest. See       {Bequeath}, {Quest}.]       1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest             of property by A. to B.          2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a             legacy; also, a gift.
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Bequest \Be*quest"\, v. t.       To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [Obs.] [bd]All I have to       bequest.[b8] --Gascoigne.
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Besiege \Be*siege"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besieged}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Besieging}.] [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to       siege. See {Siege}.]       To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of       compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to       beset.                   Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. --Shak.          Syn: To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
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Beseech \Be*seech"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besought}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Beseeching}.] [OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G.       besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See       {Seek}.]       1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.                         I beseech you, punish me not with your hard                      thoughts.                                          --Shak.                         But Eve . . . besought his peace.      --Milton.          Syn: To beg; to crave.          Usage: {To Beseech}, {Entreat}, {Solicit}, {Implore},                   {Supplicate}. These words agree in marking that sense                   of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit                   is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness                   and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior.                   To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced                   by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still                   stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry                   and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor                   of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or                   superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of                   entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep                   humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror                   to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their                   interest with another; they entreat in the use of                   reasoning and strong representations; they beseech                   with importunate earnestness; they implore from a                   sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a                   feeling of the most absolute inferiority and                   dependence.
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Besought \Be*sought"\,       p. p. of {Beseech}.
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Bicostate \Bi*cos"tate\, a. [Pref. bi- + costate.] (Bot.)       Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.
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Big \Big\, a. [Compar. {Bigger}; superl. {Biggest}.] [Perh. from       Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr.       baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr,       (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE.       biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]       1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of             great size; large. [bd]He's too big to go in there.[b8]             --Shak.          2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth             or produce; -- often figuratively.                         [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.                                                                               --Addison.          3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation,             distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a             big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied             to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.                         God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          Note: Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as,                big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big-voiced.          {To talk big}, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.                         I talked big to them at first.            --De Foe.          Syn: Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
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Biggest \Big"gest\, a.,       superl. of {Big}.
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Big-wigged \Big"-wigged`\, a.       characterized by pomposity of manner. [Eng.]
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Bijugate \Bij"u*gate\, a. [L. bis twice + jugatus, p. p. of       jugare to join.] (Bot.)       Having two pairs, as of leaflets.
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Bisaccate \Bi*sac"cate\, a. [Pref. bi- + saccate.] (Bot.)       Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches.
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Bisect \Bi*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bisected}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Bisecting}.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]       1. To cut or divide into two parts.          2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.
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Bisect \Bi*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bisected}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Bisecting}.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]       1. To cut or divide into two parts.          2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.
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Bisect \Bi*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bisected}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Bisecting}.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]       1. To cut or divide into two parts.          2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.
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Bisection \Bi*sec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. bissection.]       Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts.
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Bisector \Bi*sec"tor\, n.       One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line       which bisects an angle.
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Bisectrix \Bi*sec"trix\, n.       The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a       biaxial crystal.
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Bissextile \Bis*sex"tile\, a.       Pertaining to leap year.
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Bissextile \Bis*sex"tile\, n. [L. bissextilis annus, fr.       bissextus (bis + sextus sixth, fr. sex six) the sixth of the       calends of March, or twenty-fourth day of February, which was       reckoned twice every fourth year, by the intercalation of a       day.]       Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the       month of February on account of the excess of the tropical       year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day       added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year,       which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year.       Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the       end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it       is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
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Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [f4]er, AS. ge[a0]r; akin to       OFries. i[?]r, g[?]r, D. jaar, OHG. j[be]r, G. jahr, Icel.       [be]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [86]r, Goth. j[?]r, Gr. [?] a season of       the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, [?] a year,       Zend y[be]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. {Hour}, {Yore}.]       1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the             ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its             revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;             also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,             adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and             called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354             days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360             days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,             and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of             366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on             account of the excess above 365 days (see {Bissextile}).                         Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.          Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly                commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued                throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.          2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about             the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.          3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.          {Anomalistic year}, the time of the earth's revolution from             perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6             hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.          {A year's mind} (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased             person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A             month's mind}, under {Month}.          {Bissextile year}. See {Bissextile}.          {Canicular year}. See under {Canicular}.          {Civil year}, the year adopted by any nation for the             computation of time.          {Common lunar year}, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354             days.          {Common year}, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from             leap year.          {Embolismic year}, [or] {Intercalary lunar year}, the period             of 13 lunar months, or 384 days.          {Fiscal year} (Com.), the year by which accounts are             reckoned, or the year between one annual time of             settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.          {Great year}. See {Platonic year}, under {Platonic}.          {Gregorian year}, {Julian year}. See under {Gregorian}, and             {Julian}.          {Leap year}. See {Leap year}, in the Vocabulary.          {Lunar astronomical year}, the period of 12 lunar synodical             months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.          {Lunisolar year}. See under {Lunisolar}.          {Periodical year}. See {Anomalistic year}, above.          {Platonic year}, {Sabbatical year}. See under {Platonic}, and             {Sabbatical}.          {Sidereal year}, the time in which the sun, departing from             any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6             hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.          {Tropical year}. See under {Tropical}.          {Year and a day} (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an             act or an event, in order that an entire year might be             secured beyond all question. --Abbott.          {Year of grace}, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;             A. D. or a. d.
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Sextant \Sex"tant\, n. [L. sextans, -antis, the sixth part of an       as, fr. sextus sixth, sex six. See {Six}.]       1. (Math.) The sixth part of a circle.          2. An instrument for measuring angular distances between             objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the             latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same             optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of             metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its             arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle.             See {Quadrant}.          3. (Astron.) The constellation Sextans.          {Box sextant}, a small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case             to make it more portable.
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Buckeye \Buck"eye`\, n.       1. (Bot.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs             of the same genus ({[92]sculus}) as the horse chestnut.          {The Ohio buckeye}, [or] {Fetid buckeye}, is {[92]sculus             glabra}.          {Red buckeye} is {[92]. Pavia}.          {Small buckeye} is {[92]. paviflora}.          {Sweet buckeye}, [or] {Yellow buckeye}, is {[92]. flava}.          2. A cant name for a native in Ohio. [U.S.]          {Buckeye State}, Ohio; -- so called because buckeye trees             abound there.
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]:
Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel.       k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL.       catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk.       kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera             {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}.             The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than             the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat}             is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See             {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}.          Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from                their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the                {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}.          Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals,                from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher                cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.          2. (Naut.)             (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting                   quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal                   and timber trade.             (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the                   cathead of a ship. --Totten.          3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six             feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever             position in is placed.          4. An old game;             (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is                   played. See {Tipcat}.             (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of                   batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.          5. A cat o' nine tails. See below.          {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}.          {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}.          {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious.             [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8]             --Coleridge.          {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large             hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to             the cathead.          {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.          {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]          {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting             of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a             handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare             back.          {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string             looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The             string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of             another, at each transfer with a change of form. See             {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}.          {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly             or willfully. [Colloq.]          {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}.
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]:
Chat \Chat\, n.       1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.                         Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With                      singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the             warblers, in America. The best known species are the             yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed             chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to             several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the             {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.          {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}.
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beach City, OH (village, FIPS 4458)       Location: 40.65266 N, 81.58012 W       Population (1990): 1051 (428 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 44608    Beach City, TX (town, FIPS 6200)       Location: 29.72743 N, 94.84880 W       Population (1990): 852 (488 housing units)       Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boca West, FL (CDP, FIPS 7325)       Location: 26.38034 N, 80.16006 W       Population (1990): 2847 (3338 housing units)       Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bogue Chitto, MS (CDP, FIPS 7330)       Location: 32.83626 N, 88.91845 W       Population (1990): 689 (166 housing units)       Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 39629
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boise City, ID (city, FIPS 8830)       Location: 43.60665 N, 116.22610 W       Population (1990): 125738 (53271 housing units)       Area: 119.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)    Boise City, OK (city, FIPS 7300)       Location: 36.73009 N, 102.51000 W       Population (1990): 1509 (820 housing units)       Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 73933
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bogosity /boh-go's*-tee/ n.   1. [orig. CMU, now very common]    The degree to which something is {bogus}.   Bogosity is measured with    a {bogometer}; in a seminar, when a speaker says something bogus, a    listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer just triggered".    More extremely, "You just pinned my bogometer" means you just said    or did something so outrageously bogus that it is off the scale,    pinning the bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one    might also say "You just redlined my bogometer").   The agreed-upon    unit of bogosity is the {microLenat}.   2. The potential field    generated by a {bogon flux}; see {quantum bogodynamics}.   See also    {bogon flux}, {bogon filter}, {bogus}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BASIC AUTOCODER          Early system on IBM 7070.   Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May       1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bijection          A {function} is bijective or a bijection or a       one-to-one correspondence if it is both {injective} (no two       values map to the same value) and {surjective} (for every       element of the {codomain} there is some element of the       {domain} which maps to it).   I.e. there is exactly one element       of the domain which maps to each element of the codomain.          For a general bijection f from the set A to the set B:          f'(f(a)) = a where a is in A and f(f'(b)) = b where b is in B.          A and B could be disjoint sets.          See also {injection}, {surjection}, {isomorphism},       {permutation}.          (2001-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bogosity          /boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in       the hackish sense of "bad".   At CMU, bogosity is measured with       a {bogometer}; in a seminar, when a speaker says something       bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer       just triggered".   More extremely, "You just pinned my       bogometer" means you just said or did something so       outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the       bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might       also say "You just redlined my bogometer").   The agreed-upon       unit of bogosity is the {microLenat}.          Also, the potential field generated by a {bogon flux}; see       {quantum bogodynamics}.   See also {bogon flux}, {bogon       filter}.          (2002-04-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem Code          (BHC Code) An {error detection and       correction} technique based on {Cyclic Redundancy Code}, used       in telecommunications applications.          (1995-01-16)
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Bassas Da India       (possession of France)       Bassas Da India:Geography       Location: Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel,    about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique       Map references: Africa       Area:    total area: 0.2 km2    land area: 0.2 km2    comparative area: NA       Land boundaries: 0 km       Coastline: 35.2 km       Maritime claims:    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm    territorial sea: 12 nm       International disputes: claimed by Madagascar       Climate: tropical       Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high       Natural resources: none       Land use:    arable land: 0%    permanent crops: 0%    meadows and pastures: 0%    forest and woodland: 0%    other: 100% (all rock)       Irrigated land: 0 sq km       Environment:    current issues: NA    natural hazards: maritime hazard since it is usually under water    during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones       international agreements: NA       Bassas Da India:People       Population: uninhabited       Bassas Da India:Government       Names:    conventional long form: none    conventional short form: Bassas da India       Digraph: BS       Type: French possession administered by a Commissioner of the    Republic, resident in Reunion       Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion       Independence: none (possession of France)       Economy       Overview: no economic activity       Bassas Da India:Transportation       Ports: none; offshore anchorage only       Bassas Da India:Defense Forces       Note: defense is the responsibility of France