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   balalaika
         n 1: a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three
               strings

English Dictionary: bellyless by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bela Lugosi
n
  1. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)
    Synonym(s): Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
belly laugh
n
  1. a burst of deep loud hearty laughter [syn: guffaw, {belly laugh}]
  2. a joke that seems extremely funny
    Synonym(s): belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellylaugh
v
  1. laugh a deep, hearty laugh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bellyless
adj
  1. lacking a prominent belly [syn: bellyless, {flat- bellied}]
    Antonym(s): bellied
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,
      blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;
      but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]
      1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
            whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
            as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
            of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
            of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
            was blue with oaths.
  
      3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
  
      4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
            thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
  
      5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
            religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
            inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
            as, blue laws.
  
      6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
            bluestocking. [Colloq.]
  
                     The ladies were very blue and well informed.
                                                                              --Thackeray.
  
      {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.
  
      {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
            black.
  
      {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.
  
      {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope
            ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger
            species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.
  
      {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.
  
      {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the
            Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes
            hastatus}).
  
      {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
            dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
            {bastard pennyroyal}.
  
      {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
            suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low
            spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue
            devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]
            --Thackeray.
  
      {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.
  
      {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
            globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
            tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
            a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
            beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
            useful. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
           
  
      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
            uniform.
  
      {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.
  
      {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
            describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
            reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
            puritanical laws. [U. S.]
  
      {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
            flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
            sea, and in military operations.
  
      {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
            English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
            his official robes.
  
      {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
            the blue pill. --McElrath.
  
      {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
            glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
  
      {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or
            itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
           
  
      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.
  
      {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
            square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
            recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
            one of the British signal flags.
  
      {Blue pill}. (Med.)
            (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
            (b) Blue mass.
  
      {Blue ribbon}.
            (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
                  -- hence, a member of that order.
            (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
                  ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These
                  [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the
                  college.[b8] --Farrar.
            (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
                  abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
                  Army.
  
      {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
  
      {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.
  
      {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush
            ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).
  
      {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.
  
      {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
            crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
            printing, etc.
  
      {Blue water}, the open ocean.
  
      {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.
  
      {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
            not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
            Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
            Covenanters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bengal \Ben*gal"\, n.
      1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs,
            animals, etc.
  
      2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought
            from Bengal.
  
      3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal
            stripes.
  
      {Bengal light}, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and
            antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored
            light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; --
            called also {blue light}.
  
      {Bengal stripes}, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored
            stripes. See {Bengal}, 3.
  
      {Bengal tiger}. (Zo[94]l.). See {Tiger}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,
      blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;
      but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]
      1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
            whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
            as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
            of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
            of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
            was blue with oaths.
  
      3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
  
      4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
            thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
  
      5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
            religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
            inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
            as, blue laws.
  
      6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
            bluestocking. [Colloq.]
  
                     The ladies were very blue and well informed.
                                                                              --Thackeray.
  
      {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.
  
      {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
            black.
  
      {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.
  
      {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope
            ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger
            species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.
  
      {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.
  
      {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the
            Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes
            hastatus}).
  
      {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
            dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
            {bastard pennyroyal}.
  
      {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
            suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low
            spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue
            devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]
            --Thackeray.
  
      {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.
  
      {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
            globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
            tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
            a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
            beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
            useful. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
           
  
      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
            uniform.
  
      {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.
  
      {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
            describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
            reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
            puritanical laws. [U. S.]
  
      {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
            flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
            sea, and in military operations.
  
      {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
            English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
            his official robes.
  
      {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
            the blue pill. --McElrath.
  
      {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
            glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
  
      {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or
            itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
           
  
      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.
  
      {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
            square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
            recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
            one of the British signal flags.
  
      {Blue pill}. (Med.)
            (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
            (b) Blue mass.
  
      {Blue ribbon}.
            (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
                  -- hence, a member of that order.
            (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
                  ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These
                  [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the
                  college.[b8] --Farrar.
            (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
                  abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
                  Army.
  
      {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
  
      {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.
  
      {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush
            ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).
  
      {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.
  
      {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
            crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
            printing, etc.
  
      {Blue water}, the open ocean.
  
      {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.
  
      {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
            not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
            Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
            Covenanters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bengal \Ben*gal"\, n.
      1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs,
            animals, etc.
  
      2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought
            from Bengal.
  
      3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal
            stripes.
  
      {Bengal light}, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and
            antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored
            light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; --
            called also {blue light}.
  
      {Bengal stripes}, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored
            stripes. See {Bengal}, 3.
  
      {Bengal tiger}. (Zo[94]l.). See {Tiger}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla,
      blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau;
      but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.]
      1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
            whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
            as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
            of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
            of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
            was blue with oaths.
  
      3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
  
      4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
            thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
  
      5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
            religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
            inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
            as, blue laws.
  
      6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
            bluestocking. [Colloq.]
  
                     The ladies were very blue and well informed.
                                                                              --Thackeray.
  
      {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}.
  
      {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
            black.
  
      {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}.
  
      {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope
            ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger
            species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok.
  
      {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod.
  
      {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the
            Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes
            hastatus}).
  
      {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
            dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
            {bastard pennyroyal}.
  
      {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
            suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low
            spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue
            devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8]
            --Thackeray.
  
      {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum.
  
      {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
            globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
            tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
            a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
            beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
            useful. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
           
  
      {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
            uniform.
  
      {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}.
  
      {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
            describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
            reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
            puritanical laws. [U. S.]
  
      {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
            flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
            sea, and in military operations.
  
      {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
            English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
            his official robes.
  
      {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
            the blue pill. --McElrath.
  
      {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
            glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
  
      {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or
            itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
           
  
      {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment.
  
      {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
            square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
            recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
            one of the British signal flags.
  
      {Blue pill}. (Med.)
            (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
            (b) Blue mass.
  
      {Blue ribbon}.
            (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
                  -- hence, a member of that order.
            (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
                  ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These
                  [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the
                  college.[b8] --Farrar.
            (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
                  abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
                  Army.
  
      {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
  
      {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}.
  
      {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush
            ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}).
  
      {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}.
  
      {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
            crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
            printing, etc.
  
      {Blue water}, the open ocean.
  
      {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected.
  
      {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
            not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
            Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
            Covenanters.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bailey Lakes, OH (village, FIPS 3562)
      Location: 40.94743 N, 82.35548 W
      Population (1990): 367 (149 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Blue Hills, CT (CDP, FIPS 6050)
      Location: 41.81290 N, 72.69816 W
      Population (1990): 3206 (1046 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Blue Lake, CA (city, FIPS 7162)
      Location: 40.88024 N, 123.99159 W
      Population (1990): 1235 (540 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 95525
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