babbling
         n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: {babble},
               {babbling}, {lallation}]

English Dictionary: beef plant	by the DICT Development Group
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Babylon n the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
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Babylonia n an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king) Synonym(s): Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea
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Babylonian adj of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; "Babylonian religion" n an inhabitant of ancient Babylon the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
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Babylonian Captivity n the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC
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Babylonian weeping willow n willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental Synonym(s): weeping willow, Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica
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bafflement n confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement]
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baffling adj making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" Synonym(s): baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
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Bahia Blanca n a port city in eastern Argentina to the southwest of Buenos Aires on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean
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bee balm n perennial herb of North America [syn: bee balm, beebalm, Monarda fistulosa] perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads Synonym(s): bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea, Monarda didyma bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America Synonym(s): lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, beebalm, Melissa officinalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beebalm n perennial herb of North America [syn: bee balm, beebalm, Monarda fistulosa] perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads Synonym(s): bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea, Monarda didyma bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America Synonym(s): lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, beebalm, Melissa officinalis
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beef loin n cut of meat from a loin of beef
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beef plant n South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts Synonym(s): beefsteak plant, beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata
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beef Wellington n rare-roasted beef tenderloin coated with mushroom paste in puff pastry Synonym(s): beef Wellington, filet de boeuf en croute
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befooling n derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent Synonym(s): stultification, befooling
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befoulment n the state of being polluted [syn: befoulment, defilement, pollution]
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bibliomania n preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
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bibliomaniacal adj characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania
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biplane n old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other
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biplane flying fish n having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged [syn: biplane flying fish, four-wing flying fish]
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bivalent adj having a valence of two or having two valences [syn: bivalent, divalent] used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis Synonym(s): bivalent, double Antonym(s): multivalent, univalent
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bobolink n migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus]
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bubaline adj relating to or resembling a buffalo
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bubble and squeak n leftover cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and sometimes meat
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bubbliness n the property of giving off bubbles [syn: bubbliness, effervescence, frothiness]
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bubbling adj emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer" Synonym(s): bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy, frothy, effervescing, spumy marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" Synonym(s): bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly
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Buffalo Indian n a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America Synonym(s): Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian
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buffalo nut n oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood [syn: buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut] shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes Synonym(s): rabbitwood, buffalo nut, Pyrularia pubera
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buffalo wing n crisp spicy chicken wings
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babblement \Bab"ble*ment\, n.       Babble. --Hawthorne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babble \Bab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babbled} ([?]);p. pr. &       vb. n. {Babbling}.] [Cf.LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln,       bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep       saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.]       1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter             inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.          2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.          3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.          4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water             running over stones.                         In every babbling he finds a friend.   --Wordsworth.          Note: Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they                are too noisy after having found a good scent.          Syn: To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin       to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf.       {Throstle}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds             belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted             for the sweetness of their songs.          Note: Among the best-known European species are the song                thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel                thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and                the blackbird. The most important American species are                the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush                ({T. fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under                {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({T. Alici[91]}), and the                migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}).          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds             more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or             habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush             (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}.          {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}.          {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic             timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}.          {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul.          {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}.          {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called             from its marbled breast.          {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2.          {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing             birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored             birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size             and habits.          {Water thrush}.             (a) The European dipper.             (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Babillard \[d8]Bab"il*lard\, n. [F., a babbler.] (Zo[94]l.)       The lesser whitethroat of Europe; -- called also {babbling       warbler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babylonian \Bab`y*lo"ni*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or       to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babylonian \Bab`y*lo"ni*an\, n.       1. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a             Chaldean.          2. An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were             remarkable for the study of astrology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babylonic \Bab`y*lon"ic\, Babylonical \Bab`y*lon"ic*al\, a.       1. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic             garments, carpets, or hangings.          2. Tumultuous; disorderly. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babylonic \Bab`y*lon"ic\, Babylonical \Bab`y*lon"ic*al\, a.       1. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic             garments, carpets, or hangings.          2. Tumultuous; disorderly. [Obs.] --Sir J. Harrington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babylonish \Bab"y*lo`nish\, n.       1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.             [bd]A Babylonish garment.[b8] --Josh. vii. 21.          2. Pertaining to the Babylon of --Revelation xiv. 8.          3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [Obs.]                         The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. --Gape.          4. Confused; Babel-like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bafflement \Baf"fle*ment\, n.       The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled;       frustration; check.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[acr]f"fl[icr]ng), a.       Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling       currents, winds, tasks. -- {Baff"ling*ly}, adv. --       {Baff"ling*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[acr]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled}       (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} (-fl[icr]ng).] [Cf.       Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch       tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[be]gr uneasy, poor, or       b[be]gr, n., struggle, b[91]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.       beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[84]ppe mouth,       beffen to bark, chide.]       1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a             recreant knight. [Obs.]                         He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled                      so, that all which passed by The picture of his                      punishment might see.                        --Spenser.          2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.                         The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.                                                                               --Cowper.          3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or             defeat; to thwart. [bd]A baffled purpose.[b8] --De             Quincey.                         A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them                      all.                                                   --South.                         Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until                      within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened                      nations.                                             --Prescott.                         The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle                      us.                                                   --Locke.          {Baffling wind} (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one             point to another.          Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[acr]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled}       (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} (-fl[icr]ng).] [Cf.       Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch       tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[be]gr uneasy, poor, or       b[be]gr, n., struggle, b[91]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.       beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[84]ppe mouth,       beffen to bark, chide.]       1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a             recreant knight. [Obs.]                         He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled                      so, that all which passed by The picture of his                      punishment might see.                        --Spenser.          2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.                         The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.                                                                               --Cowper.          3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or             defeat; to thwart. [bd]A baffled purpose.[b8] --De             Quincey.                         A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them                      all.                                                   --South.                         Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until                      within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened                      nations.                                             --Prescott.                         The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle                      us.                                                   --Locke.          {Baffling wind} (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one             point to another.          Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[acr]f"fl[icr]ng), a.       Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling       currents, winds, tasks. -- {Baff"ling*ly}, adv. --       {Baff"ling*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[acr]f"fl[icr]ng), a.       Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling       currents, winds, tasks. -- {Baff"ling*ly}, adv. --       {Baff"ling*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baubling \Bau"bling\, a.       See {Bawbling}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bawbling \Baw"bling\, a.       Insignificant; contemptible. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- +       feallan to fall.]       To happen to.                   I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may                befall me.                                             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befall \Be*fall"\, v. t. [imp. {Befell}; p. p. {Befallen}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Befalling}.] [AS. befeallan; pref. be- +       feallan to fall.]       To happen to.                   I beseech your grace that I may know The worst that may                befall me.                                             --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befool \Be*fool"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befooled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Befooling}.] [OE. befolen; pref. be- + fol fool.]       1. To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to             deceive.                         This story . . . contrived to befool credulous men.                                                                               --Fuller.          2. To cause to behave like a fool; to make foolish. [bd]Some             befooling drug.[b8] --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befoul \Be*foul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befouled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Befouling}.] [Cf. AS. bef[?]lan; pref. be- + f[?]lan to       foul. See {Foul}, a.]       1. To make foul; to soil.          2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beplumed \Be*plumed"\, a.       Decked with feathers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bevel \Bev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beveled} ([?]) or       {Bevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beveling} or {Bevelling}.]       To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bevel \Bev"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beveled} ([?]) or       {Bevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beveling} or {Bevelling}.]       To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bevelment \Bev"el*ment\, n. (Min.)       The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally       inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bibliomancy \Bib"li*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] book + -mancy: cf. F.       bibliomancie.]       A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of       Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications       concerning future events.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bibliomania \Bib`li*o*ma"ni*a\, n. [Gr. [?] book + [?] madness:       cf. F. bibliomanie.]       A mania for acquiring books.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bibliomaniac \Bib`li*o*ma"ni*ac\, n.       One who has a mania for books. -- a. Relating to a       bibliomaniac.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bibliomaniacal \Bib`li*o*ma*ni"ac*al\, a.       Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a       bibliomaniac.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bipalmate \Bi*pal"mate\, a. [Pref. bi- + palmate.] (Bot.)       Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biplane \Bi"plane\, n. [Pref. bi- + plane.] (A[89]ronautics)       An a[89]roplane with two main supporting surfaces one above       the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biplane \Bi"plane\, a. (A[89]ronautics)       Having, or consisting of, two superposed planes,       a[89]rocurves, or the like; of or pertaining to a biplane;       as, a biplane rudder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bivalency \Biv"a*len*cy\, n. (Chem.)       The quality of being bivalent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bivalent \Biv"a*lent\, a. [L. bis twice + valens, p. pr. See       {Valence}.] (Chem.)       Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of       hydrogen; dyad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male       is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,       {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.                   The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.                                                                               Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bobolink \Bob"o*link`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       An American singing bird ({Dolichonyx oryzivorus}). The male       is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also,       {ricebird}, {reedbird}, and {Boblincoln}.                   The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. --W.                                                                               Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubaline \Bu"ba*line\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Resembling a buffalo.          {Bubaline antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bubale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubaline \Bu"ba*line\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Resembling a buffalo.          {Bubaline antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the bubale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubble \Bub"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bubbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bubbling}.] [Cf. D. bobbelen, Dan. boble. See {Bubble}, n.]       1. To rise in bubbles, as liquids when boiling or agitated;             to contain bubbles.                         The milk that bubbled in the pail.      --Tennyson.          2. To run with a gurgling noise, as if forming bubbles; as, a             bubbling stream. --Pope.          3. To sing with a gurgling or warbling sound.                         At mine ear Bubbled the nightingale and heeded not.                                                                               --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bubbling Jock \Bub"bling Jock`\(Zo[94]l.)       The male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion       to its notes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buffalo \Buf"fa*lo\, n.; pl. {Buffaloes}. [Sp. bufalo (cf. It.       bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of       African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr.       Gr. [?] buffalo, prob. fr. [?] ox. See {Cow} the animal, and       cf. {Buff} the color, and {Bubale}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of the genus {Bos} or {Bubalus} ({B.             bubalus}), originally from India, but now found in most of             the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is             larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of             marshy places and rivers.          2. (Zo[94]l.) A very large and savage species of the same             genus ({B. Caffer}) found in South Africa; -- called also             {Cape buffalo}.          3. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of wild ox.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The bison of North America.          5. A buffalo robe. See {Buffalo robe}, below.          6. (Zo[94]l.) The buffalo fish. See {Buffalo fish}, below.          {Buffalo berry} (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri             ({Sherherdia argentea}) with acid edible red berries.          {Buffalo bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird of the genus             {Buphaga}, of two species. These birds perch upon             buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites.          {Buffalo bug}, the carpet beetle. See under {Carpet}.          {Buffalo chips}, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for             fuel. [U.S.]          {Buffalo clover} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium             reflexum} and {T.soloniferum}) found in the ancient             grazing grounds of the American bison.          {Buffalo cod} (Zo[94]l.), a large, edible, marine fish             ({Ophiodon elongatus}) of the northern Pacific coast; --             called also {blue cod}, and {cultus cod}.          {Buffalo fish} (Zo[94]l.), one of several large fresh-water             fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}, of the Mississippi             valley. The red-mouthed or brown ({Ictiobus bubalus}), the             big-mouthed or black ({Bubalichthys urus}), and the             small-mouthed ({B. altus}), are among the more important             species used as food.          {Buffalo fly}, [or] {Buffalo gnat} (Zo[94]l.), a small             dipterous insect of the genus {Simulium}, allied to the             black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in             the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great             injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of             cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a             species with similar habits.          {Buffalo grass} (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass             ({Buchlo[89] dactyloides}), from two to four inches high,             covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons,             feed. [U.S.]          {Buffalo nut} (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an             American shrub ({Pyrularia oleifera}); also, the shrub             itself; oilnut.          {Buffalo robe}, the skin of the bison of North America,             prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in             sleighs.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Babylon, NY (village, FIPS 3408)       Location: 40.69595 N, 73.32715 W       Population (1990): 12249 (4536 housing units)       Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Buffalo Mills, PA       Zip code(s): 15534
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
babbling error          An {Ethernet} node attempting to transmit more       than 1518 data bytes - the largest allowed Ethernet {packet}.       This is why the {Maximum Transmission Unit} for {IP} traffic       on Ethernet is 1500.          [Why 1518?]          (1998-03-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BABYLON          A development environment for {expert system}s.   It includes       {frame}s, {constraint}s, a {prolog}-like logic formalism, and       a description language for diagnostic applications.   It       requires {Common Lisp}.          {(ftp://ftp.gmd.de/gmd/ai-research/Software/)}.          (1995-02-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bubble memory          A storage device built using materials such as gadolinium       gallium garnet which are can be magnetised easily in only one       direction.   A film of these materials can be created so that       it is magnetisable in an up-down direction.   The magnetic       fields tend to join together, some with the north pole facing       up, some with the south.          When a veritcal magnetic field is imposed on this, the areas       in opposite alignment to the field shrink to circles, or       'bubbles'.   A bubble can be formed by reversing the field in a       small spot, and can be destroyed by increasing the field.          Bubble memory is a kind of {non-volatile storage} but       {EEPROM}, {Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory} and       ferroelectric technologies, which are also non-volatile, are       faster.          ["Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present", V 4.0.0,       John Bayko , Appendix C]          (1995-02-03)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Babylon       the Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning "The Gate       of God." In the Assyrian tablets it means "The city of the       dispersion of the tribes." The monumental list of its kings       reaches back to B.C. 2300, and includes Khammurabi, or Amraphel       (q.v.), the contemporary of Abraham. It stood on the Euphrates,       about 200 miles above its junction with the Tigris, which flowed       through its midst and divided it into two almost equal parts.       The Elamites invaded Chaldea (i.e., Lower Mesopotamia, or       Shinar, and Upper Mesopotamia, or Accad, now combined into one)       and held it in subjection. At length Khammu-rabi delivered it       from the foreign yoke, and founded the new empire of Chaldea       (q.v.), making Babylon the capital of the united kingdom. This       city gradually grew in extent and grandeur, but in process of       time it became subject to Assyria. On the fall of Nineveh (B.C.       606) it threw off the Assyrian yoke, and became the capital of       the growing Babylonian empire. Under Nebuchadnezzar it became       one of the most splendid cities of the ancient world.                After passing through various vicissitudes the city was       occupied by Cyrus, "king of Elam," B.C. 538, who issued a decree       permitting the Jews to return to their own land (Ezra 1). It       then ceased to be the capital of an empire. It was again and       again visited by hostile armies, till its inhabitants were all       driven from their homes, and the city became a complete       desolation, its very site being forgotten from among men.                On the west bank of the Euphrates, about 50 miles south of       Bagdad, there is found a series of artificial mounds of vast       extent. These are the ruins of this once famous proud city.       These ruins are principally (1) the great mound called Babil by       the Arabs. This was probably the noted Temple of Belus, which       was a pyramid about 480 feet high. (2) The Kasr (i.e., "the       palace"). This was the great palace of Nebuchadnezzar. It is       almost a square, each side of which is about 700 feet long. The       little town of Hillah, near the site of Babylon, is built almost       wholly of bricks taken from this single mound. (3) A lofty       mound, on the summit of which stands a modern tomb called Amran       ibn-Ali. This is probably the most ancient portion of the       remains of the city, and represents the ruins of the famous       hanging-gardens, or perhaps of some royal palace. The utter       desolation of the city once called "The glory of kingdoms"       (Isa.13:19) was foretold by the prophets (Isa.13:4-22; Jer.       25:12; 50:2, 3; Dan. 2:31-38).                The Babylon mentioned in 1 Pet. 5:13 was not Rome, as some       have thought, but the literal city of Babylon, which was       inhabited by many Jews at the time Peter wrote.                In Rev. 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; and 18:2, "Babylon" is supposed to       mean Rome, not considered as pagan, but as the prolongation of       the ancient power in the papal form. Rome, pagan and papal, is       regarded as one power. "The literal Babylon was the beginner and       supporter of tyranny and idolatry...This city and its whole       empire were taken by the Persians under Cyrus; the Persians were       subdued by the Macedonians, and the Macedonians by the Romans;       so that Rome succeeded to the power of old Babylon. And it was       her method to adopt the worship of the false deities she had       conquered; so that by her own act she became the heiress and       successor of all the Babylonian idolatry, and of all that was       introduced into it by the immediate successors of Babylon, and       consequently of all the idolatry of the earth." Rome, or       "mystical Babylon," is "that great city which reigneth over the       kings of the earth" (17:18).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Babylon, kingdom of       called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was       an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the       Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward for some 300 miles. It       was famed for its fertility and its riches. Its capital was the       city of Babylon, a great commercial centre (Ezek. 17:4; Isa.       43:14). Babylonia was divided into the two districts of Accad in       the north, and Summer (probably the Shinar of the Old Testament)       in the south. Among its chief cities may be mentioned Ur (now       Mugheir or Mugayyar), on the western bank of the Euphrates;       Uruk, or Erech (Gen. 10:10) (now Warka), between Ur and Babylon;       Larsa (now Senkereh), the Ellasar of Gen. 14:1, a little to the       east of Erech; Nipur (now Niffer), south-east of Babylon;       Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:24), "the two Sipparas" (now Abu-Habba),       considerably to the north of Babylon; and Eridu, "the good city"       (now Abu-Shahrein), which lay originally on the shore of the       Persian Gulf, but is now, owing to the silting up of the sand,       about 100 miles distant from it. Another city was Kulunu, or       Calneh (Gen. 10:10).                The salt-marshes at the mouths of the Euphrates and Tigris       were called Marratu, "the bitter" or "salt", the Merathaim of       Jer. 50:21. They were the original home of the Kalda, or       Chaldeans.                The most famous of the early kings of Babylonia were Sargon of       Accad (B.C.3800) and his son, Naram-Sin, who conquered a large       part of Western Asia, establishing their power in Palestine, and       even carrying their arms to the Sinaitic peninsula. A great       Babylonian library was founded in the reign of Sargon. Babylonia       was subsequently again broken up into more than one state, and       at one time fell under the domination of Elam. This was put an       end to by Khammu-rabi (Amraphel), who drove the Elamites out of       the country, and overcame Arioch, the son of an Elamite prince.       From this time forward Babylonia was a united monarchy. About       B.C. 1750 it was conquered by the Kassi, or Kosseans, from the       mountains of Elam, and a Kassite dynasty ruled over it for 576       years and 9 months.                In the time of Khammu-rabi, Syria and Palestine were subject       to Babylonia and its Elamite suzerain; and after the overthrow       of the Elamite supremacy, the Babylonian kings continued to       exercise their influence and power in what was called "the land       of the Amorites." In the epoch of the Kassite dynasty, however,       Canaan passed into the hands of Egypt.                In B.C. 729, Babylonia was conquered by the Assyrian king       Tiglath-pileser III.; but on the death of Shalmaneser IV. it was       seized by the Kalda or "Chaldean" prince Merodach-baladan (2       Kings 20:12-19), who held it till B.C. 709, when he was driven       out by Sargon.                Under Sennacherib, Babylonia revolted from Assyria several       times, with the help of the Elamites, and after one of these       revolts Babylon was destroyed by Sennacherib, B.C. 689. It was       rebuilt by Esarhaddon, who made it his residence during part of       the year, and it was to Babylon that Manasseh was brought a       prisoner (2 Chr. 33:11). After the death of Esarhaddon,       Saul-sumyukin, the viceroy of Babylonia, revolted against his       brother the Assyrian king, and the revolt was suppressed with       difficulty.                When Nineveh was destroyed, B.C. 606, Nabopolassar, the       viceroy of Babylonia, who seems to have been of Chaldean       descent, made himself independent. His son Nebuchadrezzar       (Nabu-kudur-uzur), after defeating the Egyptians at Carchemish,       succeeded him as king, B.C. 604, and founded the Babylonian       empire. He strongly fortified Babylon, and adorned it with       palaces and other buildings. His son, Evil-merodach, who       succeeded him in B.C. 561, was murdered after a reign of two       years. The last monarch of the Babylonian empire was Nabonidus       (Nabu-nahid), B.C. 555-538, whose eldest son, Belshazzar       (Bilu-sar-uzur), is mentioned in several inscriptions. Babylon       was captured by Cyrus, B.C. 538, and though it revolted more       than once in later years, it never succeeded in maintaining its       independence.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Babylonish garment       a robe of rich colours fabricated at Babylon, and hence of great       value (Josh.7:21).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Babylon, same as Babel