Bahamas
         n 1: island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and
               Cuba; a popular winter resort [syn: {Bahamas},
               {Commonwealth of the Bahamas}, {Bahama Islands}]

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Baiomys n pygmy mice Synonym(s): Baiomys, genus Baiomys
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Bamako n the capital of Mali; located in the south on the Niger
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bang adv directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" Synonym(s): bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt n a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" Synonym(s): knock, bash, bang, smash, belt a sudden very loud noise Synonym(s): bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead Synonym(s): bang, fringe the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" Synonym(s): bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" Synonym(s): hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang v strike violently; "slam the ball" Synonym(s): slam, bang to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed" close violently; "He slammed the door shut" Synonym(s): slam, bang move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house" have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" Synonym(s): spang, bang
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Bangui n the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic Synonym(s): Bangui, capital of Central Africa
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banish v expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] ban from a place of residence, as for punishment Synonym(s): banish, ban expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" Synonym(s): banish, relegate, bar drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
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banjo n a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
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bank n sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home" Synonym(s): depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth" an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches" a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force Synonym(s): bank, cant, camber a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty" Synonym(s): savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" Synonym(s): bank, bank building a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank" v tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" enclose with a bank; "bank roads" do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?" act as the banker in a game or in gambling be in the banking business put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month" Synonym(s): deposit, bank Antonym(s): draw, draw off, take out, withdraw cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire" have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" Synonym(s): trust, swear, rely, bank Antonym(s): distrust, mistrust, suspect
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Bankia n giant shipworms Synonym(s): Bankia, genus Bankia
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Banks n English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) Synonym(s): Banks, Sir Joseph Banks
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banksia n any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
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bannock n a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland
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banns n a public announcement of a proposed marriage
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banshee n (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death Synonym(s): banshee, banshie
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banshie n (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death Synonym(s): banshee, banshie
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banzai n a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph
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be amiss v interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" Synonym(s): misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
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beamish adj smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus" Synonym(s): beamish, smiling(a), twinkly
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being n the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" Synonym(s): being, beingness, existence Antonym(s): nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently Synonym(s): organism, being
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Bemisia n sweet-potato whitefly Synonym(s): Bemisia, genus Bemisia
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bemock v treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" Synonym(s): mock, bemock
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bemuse v cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw]
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bench n a long seat for more than one person a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) Synonym(s): terrace, bench persons who administer justice Synonym(s): judiciary, bench a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic Synonym(s): workbench, work bench, bench the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench" (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom v take out of a game; of players exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"
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bhang n a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
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binge n any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" Synonym(s): orgy, binge, splurge an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" Synonym(s): bust, tear, binge, bout v overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" Synonym(s): gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
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bingo n a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards Synonym(s): lotto, bingo, beano, keno
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biomass n plant materials and animal waste used as fuel the total mass of living matter in a given unit area
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bionic adj of or relating to bionics having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components
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bionics n application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems)
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BMus n a bachelor's degree in music [syn: Bachelor of Music, BMus]
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BNS n a bachelor's degree in naval science [syn: {Bachelor of Naval Science}, BNS]
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Bonasa n ruffed grouse Synonym(s): Bonasa, genus Bonasa
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bonce n informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome]
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bone age n a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age
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bone ash n ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china
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bones n a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance Synonym(s): bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
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bong n a dull resonant sound as of a bell v ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"
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bongo n a small drum; played with the hands [syn: bongo, {bongo drum}] large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish- brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns Synonym(s): bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Boocercus eurycerus
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bonk v have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk hit hard Synonym(s): sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
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bonsai n a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot
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bonus n anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" Synonym(s): bonus, fillip an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output Synonym(s): bonus, incentive
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bonxie n gull-like jaeger of northern seas Synonym(s): skua, bonxie
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booyong n large tree of Australasia [syn: red beech, brown oak, booyong, crow's foot, stave wood, silky elm, Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata]
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bounce n the quality of a substance that is able to rebound [syn: bounce, bounciness] a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards Synonym(s): leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) Synonym(s): bounce, bouncing v spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Synonym(s): bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball" move up and down repeatedly Synonym(s): bounce, jounce come back after being refused; "the check bounced" Antonym(s): clear leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet" refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check" eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
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bouncy adj elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" Synonym(s): bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" Synonym(s): bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy
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bowing adj showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed, bowing] n bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting Synonym(s): bow, bowing, obeisance managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"
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bunce n a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" Synonym(s): boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
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bunch n a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" Synonym(s): bunch, clump, cluster, clustering an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" Synonym(s): crowd, crew, gang, bunch any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" Synonym(s): bunch, lot, caboodle v form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom" Synonym(s): bunch together, bunch, bunch up gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" Synonym(s): bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump
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Bunche n United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) Synonym(s): Bunche, Ralph Bunche, Ralph Johnson Bunche
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bunchy adj occurring close together in bunches or clusters
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bunco n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Synonym(s): bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam v deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
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bung n a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn: bung, spile] v give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" Synonym(s): tip, fee, bung close with a cork or stopper
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bungee n an elasticized rope Synonym(s): bungee, bungee cord
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bunk n a long trough for feeding cattle Synonym(s): bunk, feed bunk a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers Synonym(s): berth, bunk, built in bed a rough bed (as at a campsite) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) Synonym(s): bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash a message that seems to convey no meaning Synonym(s): nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum beds built one above the other Synonym(s): bunk bed, bunk v avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" Synonym(s): beat, bunk provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs" flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
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bunko n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Synonym(s): bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
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bunny hug n a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US
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buns n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
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buoyancy n cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface [syn: buoyancy, perkiness] the property of something weightless and insubstantial Synonym(s): airiness, buoyancy the tendency to float in water or other liquid irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor" Synonym(s): irrepressibility, buoyancy
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buying n the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge" Synonym(s): buying, purchasing
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Baaing \Baa"ing\, n.       The bleating of a sheep. --Marryat.
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Banc \Banc\, d8Bancus \[d8]Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc,       LL. bancus. See {Bank}, n.]       A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a       tribunal or court.          {In banc}, {In banco} (the ablative of bancus), {In bank}, in             full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings             in banc (distinguished from sittings at {nisi prius}).
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Bang \Bang\, v. i.       To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of       blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was       banging on the piano.
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Bang \Bang\, n.       1. A blow as with a club; a heavy blow.                         Many a stiff thwack, many a bang.      --Hudibras.          2. The sound produced by a sudden concussion.
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Bang \Bang\, v. t.       To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the       forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair).                   His hair banged even with his eyebrows.   --The Century                                                                               Mag.
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Bang \Bang\, n.       The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp.       when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly       worn.                   His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. --W. D.                                                                               Howells.
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Bang \Bang\, Bangue \Bangue\, n.       See {Bhang}.
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Bang \Bang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Banging}.] [Icel. banga to hammer; akin to Dan. banke to       beat, Sw. b[86]ngas to be impetuous, G. bengel club, clapper       of a bell.]       1. To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence;             to handle roughly.                         The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.                                                                               --Shak.          2. To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or             strike against another object, in such a way as to make a             loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door             (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.
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Bang \Bang\, Bangue \Bangue\, n.       See {Bhang}.
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Banish \Ban"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banished}([?]); p. pr. &       vb. n. {Banishing}.] [OF. banir, F. bannir, LL. bannire, fr.       OHG. bannan to summon, fr. ban ban. See {Ban} an edict, and       {Finish}, v. t.]       1. To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by             authority of the ruling power. [bd]We banish you our             territories.[b8] --Shak.          2. To drive out, as from a home or familiar place; -- used             with from and out of.                         How the ancient Celtic tongue came to be banished                      from the Low Countries in Scotland.   --Blair.          3. To drive away; to compel to depart; to dispel. [bd]Banish             all offense.[b8] --Shak.          Syn: To {Banish}, {Exile}, {Expel}.          Usage: The idea of a coercive removal from a place is common                   to these terms. A man is banished when he is forced by                   the government of a country (be he a foreigner or a                   native) to leave its borders. A man is exiled when he                   is driven into banishment from his native country and                   home. Thus to exile is to banish, but to banish is not                   always to exile. To expel is to eject or banish,                   summarily or authoritatively, and usually under                   circumstances of disgrace; as, to expel from a                   college; expelled from decent society.
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Bank \Bank\, n.       A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a       bank of electric lamps, etc.
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Bank \Bank\, n. (A[89]ronautics)       The lateral inclination of an a[89]roplane as it rounds a       curve; as, a bank of 45[deg] is easy; a bank of 90[deg] is       dangerous.
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Bank \Bank\, v. i. (A[89]ronautics)       To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying       machine, an a[89]rocurve, or the like.
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Banc \Banc\, d8Bancus \[d8]Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc,       LL. bancus. See {Bank}, n.]       A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a       tribunal or court.          {In banc}, {In banco} (the ablative of bancus), {In bank}, in             full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings             in banc (distinguished from sittings at {nisi prius}).
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Bank \Bank\, n. [Prob. fr. F. banc. Of German origin, and akin       to E. bench. See {Bench}.]       1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.                         Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep                      Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.                                                                               --Waller.          2. (Law)             (a) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.             (b) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court                   sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as                   distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court                   held for jury trials. See {Banc}. --Burrill.          3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers.          4. (Music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard,             as in an organ. --Knight.
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Bank \Bank\ (b[acr][nsm]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and       prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.]       1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the             surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or             ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.                         They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx.                                                                               15.          2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of             a ravine.          3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a             lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or             other hollow.                         Tiber trembled underneath her banks.   --Shak.          4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,             shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.          5. (Mining)             (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working.             (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above                   water level.             (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought                   to bank.          {Bank beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the otter. [Local, U.S.]          {Bank swallow}, a small American and European swallow             ({Clivicola riparia}) that nests in a hole which it             excavates in a bank.
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Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banked}(b[acr][nsm]kt); p. pr.       & vb. n. {Banking}.]       1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or             fortify with a bank; to embank. [bd]Banked well with             earth.[b8] --Holland.          2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.          3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.          {To bank a fire}, {To bank up a fire}, to cover the coals or             embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low             but alive.
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Bank \Bank\, v. i.       1. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
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Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table,       counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank       bench, OHG. banch. See {Bench}, and cf. {Banco}, {Beach}.]       1. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or             issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of             funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution             incorporated for performing one or more of such functions,             or the stockholders (or their representatives, the             directors), acting in their corporate capacity.          2. The building or office used for banking purposes.          3. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in             transacting business; a joint stock or capital. [Obs.]                         Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be                      master of his own money.                     --Bacon.          4. (Gaming) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer             or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and             pay his losses.          5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which             the players are allowed to draw.          {Bank credit}, a credit by which a person who has given the             required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a             certain extent agreed upon.          {Bank of deposit}, a bank which receives money for safe             keeping.          {Bank of issue}, a bank which issues its own notes payable to             bearer.
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Bank \Bank\, v. t.       To deposit in a bank.
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Bannock \Ban"nock\, n. [Gael. bonnach.]       A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly       made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or       griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of       England. --Jamieson.          {Bannock fluke}, the turbot. [Scot.]
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Banns \Banns\, n. pl. [See {Ban}.]       Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or       other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may       object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not       take place.
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Banshee \Ban"shee\, Banshie \Ban"shie\, n. [Gael. bean-shith       fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.]       A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch       peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its       members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the       windows of the house.
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Bansshee \Bans"shee\, Banshie \Ban"shie\, n. [Gael. bean-shith       fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.] (Celtic       Folklore)       A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the       approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or       singing in a mournful voice.
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Banshee \Ban"shee\, Banshie \Ban"shie\, n. [Gael. bean-shith       fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.]       A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch       peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its       members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the       windows of the house.
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Bansshee \Bans"shee\, Banshie \Ban"shie\, n. [Gael. bean-shith       fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.] (Celtic       Folklore)       A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the       approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or       singing in a mournful voice.
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Bay \Bay\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bayed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Baying}.] [ OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to       bark; of uncertain origin.]       To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.                   The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. --Dryden.
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Be \Be\, v. i. [imp. {Was}; p. p. {Been}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Being}.] [OE. been, beon, AS. be[a2]n to be, be[a2]m I am;       akin to OHG. bim, pim, G. bin, I am, Gael. & Ir. bu was, W.       bod to be, Lith. bu-ti, O. Slav. by-ti, to be, L. fu-i I have       been, fu-turus about to be, fo-re to be about to be, and perh       to fieri to become, Gr. [?] to be born, to be, Skr. bh[?] to       be. This verb is defective, and the parts lacking are       supplied by verbs from other roots, is, was, which have no       radical connection with be. The various forms, am, are, is,       was, were, etc., are considered grammatically as parts of the       verb [bd]to be[b8], which, with its conjugational forms, is       often called the substantive verb. [?]97. Cf. {Future},       {Physic}.]       1. To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have             ex[?]stence.                         To be contents his natural desire.      --Pope.                         To be, or not to be: that is the question. --Shak.          2. To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a             reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the             subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a             certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or             as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words             for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be             here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a             hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five;             annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the             man.          3. To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.          4. To signify; to represent or symbolize; to answer to.                         The field is the world.                     --Matt. xiii.                                                                               38.                         The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the                      seven churches.                                 --Rev. i. 20.          Note: The verb to be (including the forms is, was, etc.) is                used in forming the passive voice of other verbs; as,                John has been struck by James. It is also used with the                past participle of many intransitive verbs to express a                state of the subject. But have is now more commonly                used as the auxiliary, though expressing a different                sense; as, [bd]Ye have come too late -- but ye are                come. [b8] [bd]The minstrel boy to the war is gone.[b8]                The present and imperfect tenses form, with the                infinitive, a particular future tense, which expresses                necessity, duty, or purpose; as, government is to be                supported; we are to pay our just debts; the deed is to                be signed to-morrow.          Note: Have or had been, followed by to, implies movement.                [bd]I have been to Paris.[b8] --Sydney Smith. [bd]Have                you been to Franchard ?[b8] --R. L. Stevenson.          Note: Been, or ben, was anciently the plural of the                indicative present. [bd]Ye ben light of the world.[b8]                --Wyclif, Matt. v. 14. Afterwards be was used, as in                our Bible: [bd]They that be with us are more than they                that be with them.[b8] --2 Kings vi. 16. Ben was also                the old infinitive: [bd]To ben of such power.[b8] --R.                of Gloucester. Be is used as a form of the present                subjunctive: [bd]But if it be a question of words and                names.[b8] --Acts xviii. 15. But the indicative forms,                is and are, with if, are more commonly used.          {Be it so}, a phrase of supposition, equivalent to suppose it             to be so; or of permission, signifying let it be so.             --Shak.          {If so be}, in case.          {To be from}, to have come from; as, from what place are you             ? I am from Chicago.          {To let be}, to omit, or leave untouched; to let alone.             [bd]Let be, therefore, my vengeance to dissuade.[b8]             --Spenser.          Syn: {To be}, {Exist}.          Usage: The verb to be, except in a few rare case, like that                   of Shakespeare's [bd]To be, or not to be[b8], is used                   simply as a copula, to connect a subject with its                   predicate; as, man is mortal; the soul is immortal.                   The verb to exist is never properly used as a mere                   copula, but points to things that stand forth, or have                   a substantive being; as, when the soul is freed from                   all corporeal alliance, then it truly exists. It is                   not, therefore, properly synonymous with to be when                   used as a copula, though occasionally made so by some                   writers for the sake of variety; as in the phrase                   [bd]there exists [is] no reason for laying new                   taxes.[b8] We may, indeed, say, [bd]a friendship has                   long existed between them,[b8] instead of saying,                   [bd]there has long been a friendship between them;[b8]                   but in this case, exist is not a mere copula. It is                   used in its appropriate sense to mark the friendship                   as having been long in existence.
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Being \Be"ing\, adv.       Since; inasmuch as. [Obs. or Colloq.]                   And being you have Declined his means, you have                increased his malice.                              --Beau. & Fl.
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Being \Be"ing\, n.       1. Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of             existence.                         In Him we live, and move, and have our being. --Acts                                                                               xvii. 28.          2. That which exists in any form, whether it be material or             spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as             distinguished from a thing without life; as, a human             being; spiritual beings.                         What a sweet being is an honest mind ! --Beau. & Fl.                         A Being of infinite benevolence and power.                                                                               --Wordsworth.          3. Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.]                         Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his                      being.                                                --Webster                                                                               (1654).          4. An abode; a cottage. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.                         It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's                      servants] into little beings within my manor.                                                                               --Steele.
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Being \Be"ing\, p. pr. from {Be}.       Existing.          Note: Being was formerly used where we now use having.                [bd]Being to go to a ball in a few days.[b8] --Miss                Edgeworth.          Note: In modern usage, is, are, was or were being, with a                past participle following (as built, made, etc.)                indicates the process toward the completed result                expressed by the participle. The form is or was                building, in this passive signification, is idiomatic,                and, if free from ambiguity, is commonly preferable to                the modern is or was being built. The last form of                speech is, however, sufficiently authorized by approved                writers. The older expression was is, or was,                a-building or in building.                            A man who is being strangled.         --Lamb.                            While the article on Burns was being written.                                                                               --Froude.                            Fresh experience is always being gained. --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. )
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Bemask \Be*mask"\, v. t.       To mask; to conceal.
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Bemaze \Be*maze\, v. t. [OE. bimasen; pref. be- + masen to       maze.]       To bewilder.                   Intellects bemazed in endless doubt.      --Cowper.
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Bemock \Be*mock"\, v. t.       To mock; to ridicule.                   Bemock the modest moon.                           --Shak.
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Bemuse \Be*muse"\, v. t.       To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.                   A parson much bemused in beer.               --Pope.
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Bench \Bench\, v. i.       To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak.
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Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;       akin to Sw. b[84]nk, Dan b[91]nk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G.       bank. Cf. {Bank}, {Beach}.]       1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.                         Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a             carpenter's bench.          3. The seat where judges sit in court.                         To pluck down justice from your awful bench. --Shak.          4. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion             of the full bench. See {King's Bench}.          5. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; --             so named because the animals are usually placed on benches             or raised platforms.          6. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat             ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or             river.          {Bench mark} (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a             line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show             where leveling staffs were placed.          {Bench of bishops}, the whole body of English prelates             assembled in council.          {Bench plane}, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for             working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes.          {Bench show}, an exhibition of dogs.          {Bench table} (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a             building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.
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Bench \Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Benching}.]       1. To furnish with benches.                         'T was benched with turf.                  --Dryden.                         Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson.          2. To place on a bench or seat of honor.                         Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship.                                                                               --Shak.
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Benshee \Ben"shee\, n.       See {Banshee}.
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Bhang \Bhang\, n. [Per. bang; cf. Skr. bhang[be] hemp.]       An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves       and seed capsules of wild hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), and       chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See       {Hasheesh}.
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Bing \Bing\, n. [Cf. Icel. bingr, Sw. binge, G. beige, beuge.       Cf. Prov. E. bink bench, and bench coal the uppermost stratum       of coal.]       A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. [bd]Potato bings.[b8]       --Burns. [bd]A bing of corn.[b8] --Surrey. [Obs. or Dial.       Eng. & Scot.]
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Bink \Bink\, n.       A bench. [North of Eng. & Scot.]
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Binous \Bi"nous\, a.       Same as {Binate}.
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Bonce \Bonce\, n. [Etymol. unknown.]       A boy's game played with large marbles.
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Ash \Ash\, n.,       sing. of {Ashes}.          Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection                with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash,                coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying                or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash                pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash.          {Bone ash}, burnt powered; bone earth.          {Volcanic ash}. See under {Ashes}.
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Bone \Bone\, n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[be]n; akin to Icel. bein,       Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn       straight.]       1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of             vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic             carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and             bone.          Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute                cavities containing living matter and connected by                minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals                through which blood vessels ramify.          2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a             rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any             fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of             the body.          3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.          4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers             and struck together to make a kind of music.          5. pl. Dice.          6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a             corset.          7. Fig.: The framework of anything.          {A bone of contention}, a subject of contention or dispute.                      {A bone to pick}, something to investigate, or to busy one's             self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).          {Bone ash}, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for             making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.          {Bone black} (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into             which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels;             -- called also {animal charcoal}. It is used as a             decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc.,             and as a black pigment. See {Ivory black}, under {Black}.                      {Bone cave}, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or             recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones             of man. --Am. Cyc.          {Bone dust}, ground or pulverized bones, used as a             fertilizer.
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Boneache \Bone"ache`\, n.       Pain in the bones. --Shak.
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Boneshaw \Bone"shaw\, n. (Med.)       Sciatica. [Obs.]
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Bongo \Bon"go\ (b[ocr][nsm]"g[omac]), n.       Either of two large antelopes ({Bo[94]cercus eurycercus} of       West Africa, and {B. isaaci} of East Africa) of a reddish or       chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body.       Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.
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Bonnaz \Bon"naz\, n.       A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine,       said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the       name of Bonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by       following a perforated design.
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Bonus \Bo"nus\, n.; pl. {Bonuses}. [L. bonus good. Cf. {Bonny}.]       1. (Law) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or             other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a             bonus for its charter. --Bouvier.          2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock             company, out of accumulated profits.          3. Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
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Bonze \Bon"ze\ (b[ocr]n"z[esl]; 277), n. [Pg. bonzo, fr. Japan.       b[d3]zu a Buddhist priest: cf. F. bonze.]       A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.          Note: The name was given by the Portuguese to the priests of                Japan, and has since been applied to the priests of                China, Cochin China, and the neighboring countries.
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Boohoe \Boo`hoe"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boohooed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Boohooing}.] [An imitative word.]       To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] --Bartlett.
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Bounce \Bounce\, adv.       With a sudden leap; suddenly.                   This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.                                                                               --Bickerstaff.
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Bounce \Bounce\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bounced}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bouncing}.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,       bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative       origin.]       1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden             noise; a knock loudly.                         Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.                         Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;             as, she bounced into the room.                         Out bounced the mastiff.                     --Swift.                         Bounced off his arm+chair.                  --Thackeray.          3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
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Bounce \Bounce\, v. t.       1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump;             to thump. --Swift.          2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.          3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge             unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]          4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] --J. Fletcher.
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Bounce \Bounce\, n.       1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.          2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.                         The bounce burst open the door.         --Dryden.          3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]          4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious             exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. --Johnson. De             Quincey.[?]          5. (Zo[94]l.) A dogfish of Europe ({Scyllium catulus}).
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Bow \Bow\ (bou), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bowing}.] [OE. bowen, bogen, bugen, AS. b[d4]gan (generally       v. i.); akin to D. buigen, OHG. biogan, G. biegen, beugen,       Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b[94]ja, Dan. b[94]ie,       bugne, Coth. biugan; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. [?], and       Skr. bhuj to bend. [root]88. Cf. {Fugitive}.]       1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to             inflect; to make crooked or curved.                         We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to                      their natural straightness.               --Milton.                         The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind                      of tyranny.                                       --Prescott.          2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to             bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.                         Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion.                                                                               --Bacon.                         Not to bow and bias their opinions.   --Fuller.          3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of             respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.                         They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the                      ground before him.                              --2 Kings ii.                                                                               15.          4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;[?] to             crush; to subdue.                         Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave.                                                                               --Shak.          5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks.
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Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bowing}.]       To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
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Bowing \Bow"ing\, n. (Mus.)       1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed             instruments.                         Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of                      the violinist, the violist, etc.         --J. W. Moore.          2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and             distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare             it for felting.
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Bunch \Bunch\, n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki       heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster.       Cf. {Bunk}.]       1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.                         They will carry . . . their treasures upon the                      bunches of camels.                              --Isa. xxx. 6.          2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the             same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of             grapes; a bunch of keys.          3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished             from a continuous vein. --Page.
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Bunch \Bunch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bunched}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bunching}.]       To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant       or round.                   Bunching out into a large round knob at one end.                                                                               --Woodward.
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Bunch \Bunch\, v. t.       To form into a bunch or bunches.
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Bunchy \Bunch"y\, a.       1. Swelling out in bunches.                         An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled.                                                                               --Phaer.          2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts;             as, the bird's bunchy tail.          3. (Mining) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes             poor; as, a bunchy mine. --Page.
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Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at       cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).]       A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a       sham lottery. [Written also {bunco}.]          {Bunko steerer}, a person employed as a decoy in bunko.             [Slang, U.S.]
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Bung \Bung\, n. [Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap,       spout, OGael. buine.]       1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.          2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is             filled; bunghole.          3. A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. & Low]                         You filthy bung, away.                        --Shak.
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Bung \Bung\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunged}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bunging}.]       To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung;       to close; -- with up.          {To bung up}, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to             exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low]                         He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have                      spoken these three years.                  --Shelton                                                                               (Trans. Don                                                                               Quixote).
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Bungo \Bun"go\, n. (Naut.)       A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a       kind of boat used in the Southern United States. --Bartlett.
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Bunk \Bunk\, n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring.       Cf. {Bunch}.]       1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the             daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]          2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.          3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain             the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]
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Bunk \Bunk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bunked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bunking}.]       To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.]       --Bartlett.
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Bunko \Bun"ko\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunkoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bunkoing}.]       To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize       in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad       check, etc.
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Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at       cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).]       A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a       sham lottery. [Written also {bunco}.]          {Bunko steerer}, a person employed as a decoy in bunko.             [Slang, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turkey-trot \Tur"key-trot`\, n.       An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart       and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot,       followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owning       to the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively       suggestive. Similar dances are the          {bunny hug} and          {grizzly bear}, so called in allusion to the movements and             the positions assumed by the partners in dancing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buoyance \Buoy"ance\, n.       Buoyancy. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buoyancy \Buoy"an*cy\, n.; pl. {Buoyancies}.       1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in             a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which             is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal             volume of water.          2. (Physics) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body             by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body;             hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by             the volume of fluid displaced.                         Such are buoyancies or displacements of the                      different classes of her majesty's ships. --Eng.                                                                               Cyc.          3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the             opposite of {heaviness}; as, buoyancy of spirits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buoy \Buoy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Buoying}.]       1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to             keep afloat; -- with up.          2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin             or despondency.                         Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous                      mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. --Burke.          3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to             buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.                         Not one rock near the surface was discovered which                      was not buoyed by this floating weed. --Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buy \Buy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Buying}.] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS.       buggean, Goth. bugjan.]       1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an             accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing             to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value;             to purchase; -- opposed to sell.                         Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou                      wilt sell thy necessaries.                  --B. Franklin.          2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in             exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or             sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.                         Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and                      instruction, and understanding.         --Prov. xxiii.                                                                               23.          {To buy again}. See {Againbuy}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {To buy off}.             (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield                   by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.             (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one                   from a party.          {To buy out}             (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak.             (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund,                   or partnership, by which the seller is separated from                   the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A                   buys out B.             (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good                   will of a business.          {To buy in}, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.          {To buy on credit}, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in             law, to make payment at a future day.          {To buy the refusal} (of anything), to give a consideration             for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future             time.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bains, LA       Zip code(s): 70775
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bangs, TX (city, FIPS 5552)       Location: 31.71452 N, 99.13048 W       Population (1990): 1555 (703 housing units)       Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 76823
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Banks, AL (town, FIPS 3940)       Location: 31.81428 N, 85.83834 W       Population (1990): 195 (95 housing units)       Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36005    Banks, AR (town, FIPS 3430)       Location: 33.57593 N, 92.26824 W       Population (1990): 88 (45 housing units)       Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 71631    Banks, ID       Zip code(s): 83602    Banks, OR (city, FIPS 3850)       Location: 45.61543 N, 123.11001 W       Population (1990): 563 (190 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 97106
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bemis, SD       Zip code(s): 57238
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bemiss, GA       Zip code(s): 31602
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Benge, WA       Zip code(s): 99105
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Benicia, CA (city, FIPS 5290)       Location: 38.07185 N, 122.15409 W       Population (1990): 24437 (9587 housing units)       Area: 33.1 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 94510
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bon Aqua, TN       Zip code(s): 37025
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bunch, OK       Zip code(s): 74931
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bunkie, LA (city, FIPS 10950)       Location: 30.95356 N, 92.18670 W       Population (1990): 5044 (1945 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Byng, OK (town, FIPS 10600)       Location: 34.86942 N, 96.66358 W       Population (1990): 755 (280 housing units)       Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bang   1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001),    especially when used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish.    In {elder days} this was considered a CMUish usage, with MIT and    Stanford hackers preferring {excl} or {shriek}; but the spread of    Unix has carried `bang' with it (esp. via the term {bang path}) and    it is now certainly the most common spoken name for `!'.   Note that    it is used exclusively for non-emphatic written `!'; one would not    say "Congratulations bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes),    but if one wanted to specify the exact characters `foo!' one would    speak "Eff oh oh bang".   See {shriek}, {{ASCII}}.   2. interj. An    exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved enlightenment!", or    "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!"   Often used to acknowledge    that one has perpetrated a {thinko} immediately after one has been    called on it.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
beanie key n.   [Mac users] See {command key}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
boink /boynk/   [Usenet: variously ascribed to the TV series    "Cheers" "Moonlighting", and "Soap"] 1. v. To have sex with; compare    {bounce}, sense 3. (This is mainstream slang.) In Commonwealth    hackish the variant `bonk' is more common.   2. n. After the original    Peter Korn `Boinkon' {Usenet} parties, used for almost any net    social gathering, e.g., Miniboink, a small boink held by Nancy    Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989;    Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay    Area.   Compare {@-party}.   3. Var of `bonk'; see {bonk/oif}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bounce v.   1. [common; perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check]    An electronic mail message that is undeliverable and returns an    error notification to the sender is said to `bounce'.   See also    {bounce message}.   2. [Stanford] To play volleyball.   The    now-demolished {D. C. Power Lab} building used by the Stanford AI    Lab in the 1970s had a volleyball court on the front lawn.   From 5    P.M. to 7 P.M. was the scheduled maintenance time for the computer,    so every afternoon at 5 would come over the intercom the cry: "Now    hear this: bounce, bounce!", followed by Brian McCune loudly    bouncing a volleyball on the floor outside the offices of known    volleyballers.   3. To engage in sexual intercourse; prob.   from the    expression `bouncing the mattress', but influenced by Roo's    psychosexually loaded "Try bouncing me, Tigger!" from the    "Winnie-the-Pooh" books.   Compare {boink}.   4. To casually reboot a    system in order to clear up a transient problem.   Reported primarily    among {VMS} and {Unix} users.   5.   [VM/CMS programmers] _Automatic_    warm-start of a machine after an error.   "I logged on this morning    and found it had bounced 7 times during the night" 6. [IBM] To    {power cycle} a peripheral in order to reset it.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bang          1. A common spoken name for "!" (ASCII 33), especially when       used in pronouncing a {bang path} in spoken hackish.   In       {elder days} this was considered a {CMU}ish usage, with {MIT}       and {Stanford} hackers preferring {excl} or {shriek}; but the       spread of {Unix} has carried "bang" with it (especially via       the term {bang path}) and it is now certainly the most common       spoken name for "!".   Note that it is used exclusively for       non-emphatic written "!"; one would not say "Congratulations       bang" (except possibly for humorous purposes), but if one       wanted to specify the exact characters "foo!" one would speak       "Eff oh oh bang".          See {pling}, {shriek}, {ASCII}.          2. An exclamation signifying roughly "I have achieved       enlightenment!", or "The dynamite has cleared out my brain!"       Often used to acknowledge that one has perpetrated a {thinko}       immediately after one has been called on it.          [{Jargon File}]          (1995-01-31)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Be Inc          The company that produced the {BeBox}, founded by       Jean-Louis Gassee, former product chief at {Apple}.          (1996-10-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
beanie key          {feature key}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BinHex          A {Macintosh} format for representing a {binary       file} using only {printable character}s.   The file is       converted to lines of letters, numbers and punctuation.       Because BinHex files are simply text they can be sent through       most {electronic mail} systems and stored on most computers.       However the conversion to text makes the file larger, so it       takes longer to transmit a file in BinHex format than if the       file was represented some other way.          {Filename extension}: .hqx.          See also {BinHex 4.0}, {uuencode}.          [Encoding algorithm?]          (1994-11-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Binhex 4.0          A seven bit wide representation of a {Macintosh}       file with {CRC} error checking.   Binhex 4.0 files are designed       for communication of Mac files over long distance, possibly       noisy, seven bit wide paths.          [Difference from other binhex formats?]          (1996-09-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BNC          A connector for {coaxial cable} such as that used       for some video connections and {RG58} "{cheapernet}"       connections.   A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with       two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral       slots in the male connector when it is twisted on.          Different sources expand BNC as Bayonet Navy Connector,       British Naval Connector, Bayonet Neill Concelman, or Bayonet       Nut Connection.          (1995-09-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BOEING          Early system on IBM 1103 or 1103A.   Listed in CACM 2(5):16       (May 1959).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
boink          /boynk/ [{Usenet}: variously ascribed to the TV series       "Cheers" "Moonlighting", and "Soap"] 1. To have sex with;       compare {bounce}. (This is mainstream slang.) In Commonwealth       hackish the variant "bonk" is more common.          2. After the original Peter Korn "Boinkon" {Usenet} parties,       used for almost any net social gathering, e.g. Miniboink, a       small boink held by Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a       Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989; Humpdayboinks, Wednesday       get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area.          Compare {@-party}.          3. Variant of "bonk"; see {bonk/oif}.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bounce          1. (Perhaps by analogy to a bouncing check) An {electronic       mail} message that is undeliverable and returns an error       notification (a "{bounce message}") to the sender is said to       "bounce".          2. To play volleyball.   The now-demolished {D. C. Power Lab}       building used by the {Stanford AI Lab} in the 1970s had a       volleyball court on the front lawn.   From 5 PM to 7 PM was the       scheduled maintenance time for the computer, so every       afternoon at 5 would come over the intercom the cry: "Now hear       this: bounce, bounce!", followed by Brian McCune loudly       bouncing a volleyball on the floor outside the offices of       known volleyballers.          3. To engage in sexual intercourse; probably from the       expression "bouncing the mattress", but influenced by Roo's       psychosexually loaded "Try bouncing me, Tigger!" from the       "Winnie-the-Pooh" books.          Compare {boink}.          4. To casually reboot a system in order to clear up a       transient problem.   Reported primarily among {VMS} users.          5. (VM/CMS programmers) Automatic warm-start of a computer       after an error.   "I logged on this morning and found it had       bounced 7 times during the night"          6. (IBM) To {power cycle} a peripheral in order to reset it.          [{Jargon File}]          (1994-11-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bpmake          {Aspirin}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beans       mentioned in 2 Sam. 17:28 as having been brought to David when       flying from Absalom. They formed a constituent in the bread       Ezekiel (4:9) was commanded to make, as they were in general       much used as an article of diet. They are extensively cultivated       in Egypt and Arabia and Syria.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bench       deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid       with box-wood.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bowing       a mode of showing respect. Abraham "bowed himself to the people       of the land" (Gen. 23:7); so Jacob to Esau (Gen. 33:3); and the       brethren of Joseph before him as the governor of the land (Gen.       43:28). Bowing is also frequently mentioned as an act of       adoration to idols (Josh. 23:7; 2 Kings 5:18; Judg. 2:19; Isa.       44:15), and to God (Josh. 5:14; Ps. 22:29; 72:9; Micah 6:6; Ps.       95:6; Eph. 3:14).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bunch       (1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of       raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isa. 30:6).