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   back tooth
         n 1: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: {back
               tooth}, {posterior}]

English Dictionary: besotted	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backdate v make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backstitch n an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one v do backstitches
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bagdad n capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world" Synonym(s): Baghdad, Bagdad, capital of Iraq
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Baghdad n capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world" Synonym(s): Baghdad, Bagdad, capital of Iraq
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bay State n a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Synonym(s): Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bay Stater n a native or resident of Massachusetts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
besotted adj very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
big-toothed aspen n aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America [syn: Canadian aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, big-toothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen, Populus grandidentata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bigheaded adj (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety" Synonym(s): bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bigoted adj blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; "a bigoted person"; "an outrageously bigoted point of view"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bigtooth aspen n aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America [syn: Canadian aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, big-toothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen, Populus grandidentata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bigtoothed aspen n aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America [syn: Canadian aspen, bigtooth aspen, bigtoothed aspen, big-toothed aspen, large-toothed aspen, large tooth aspen, Populus grandidentata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biostatistics n a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis Synonym(s): biometrics, biometry, biostatistics
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buck-toothed adj having protruding upper front teeth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bucktooth n a large projecting front tooth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bus station n a terminal that serves bus passengers [syn: bus terminal, bus depot, bus station, coach station]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bush tit n active grey titmice of western North America [syn: bushtit, bush tit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bushtit n active grey titmice of western North America [syn: bushtit, bush tit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
busted adj out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" Synonym(s): broken, busted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baccated \Bac"ca*ted\, a. 1. Having many berries. 2. Set or adorned with pearls. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backstitch \Back"stitch`\, n. [Back, adv. + stitch.] A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backstitch \Back"stitch`\, v. i. To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basset \Bas"set\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Basseted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Basseting}.] (Geol.) To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baste \Baste\ (b[amac]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Basted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Basting}.] [Cf. Icel. beysta to strike, powder; Sw. basa to beat with a rod: perh. akin to E. beat.] 1. To beat with a stick; to cudgel. One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters. --Pepys. 2. (Cookery) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting. 3. To mark with tar, as sheep. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bay State \Bay State\ Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bayou State \Bay"ou State`\ Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beasthood \Beast"hood\, n. State or nature of a beast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Begod \Be*god"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begodded}.] To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify. [Obs.] [bd]Begodded saints.[b8] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bequeath \Bequeath"\ (b[esl]kw[emac][th]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bequeathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bequeathing}.] [OE. biquethen, AS. becwe[edh]an to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be- + cwe[edh]an to say, speak. See {Quoth}.] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. --Shak. 2. To hand down; to transmit. To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. --Glanvill. 3. To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.] To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. --Shak. Syn: To {Bequeath}, {Devise}. Usage: Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besot \Besot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besotting}.] To make sottish; to make dull or stupid; to stupefy; to infatuate. Fools besotted* with their crimes. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besotted \Besot"ted\, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. [bd]Besotted* devotion.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. -- {Besot"tedly}, adv. -- {Besot"tedness}, n. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besotted \Besot"ted\, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. [bd]Besotted* devotion.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. -- {Besot"tedly}, adv. -- {Besot"tedness}, n. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Besotted \Besot"ted\, a. Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied. [bd]Besotted* devotion.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. -- {Besot"tedly}, adv. -- {Besot"tedness}, n. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestad \Be*stad"\, imp. & p. p. of {Bestead}. Beset; put in peril. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestead} or {Bested}, also (Obs.) {Bestad}. In sense 3 imp. also {Besteaded}.] [Pref. be- + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. --Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow. 2. To put in peril; to beset. Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer. 3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestead} or {Bested}, also (Obs.) {Bestad}. In sense 3 imp. also {Besteaded}.] [Pref. be- + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. --Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow. 2. To put in peril; to beset. Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer. 3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestead} or {Bested}, also (Obs.) {Bestad}. In sense 3 imp. also {Besteaded}.] [Pref. be- + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. --Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow. 2. To put in peril; to beset. Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer. 3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestead \Be*stead"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestead} or {Bested}, also (Obs.) {Bestad}. In sense 3 imp. also {Besteaded}.] [Pref. be- + stead a place.] 1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. --Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. --Barrow. 2. To put in peril; to beset. Note: [Only in p. p.] --Chaucer. 3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestow \Be*stow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestowing}.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be- + stow a place. See {Stow}.] 1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. [bd]He bestowed it in a pouch.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. See that the women are bestowed in safety. --Byron. 2. To use; to apply; to devote, as time or strength in some occupation. 3. To expend, as money. [Obs.] 4. To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon. Empire is on us bestowed. --Cowper. Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor. --1 Cor. xiii. 3. 5. To give in marriage. I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman. --Tatler. 6. To demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by a reflexive pronoun. [Obs.] How might we see Falstaff bestow himself to-night in his true colors, and not ourselves be seen ? --Shak. Syn: To give; grant; present; confer; accord.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestud \Be*stud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestudded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestudding}.] To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestud \Be*stud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestudded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestudding}.] To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestud \Be*stud"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestudded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestudding}.] To set or adorn, as with studs or bosses; to set thickly; to stud; as, to bestud with stars. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bicaudate \Bi*cau"date\, a. [Pref. bi- + caudate.] Two-tailed; bicaudal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bigoted \Big"ot*ed\, a. Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. [bd]Bigoted to strife.[b8] --Byron. Syn: Prejudiced; intolerant; narrow-minded.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bigotedly \Big"otedly\, adv. In the manner of a bigot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biostatics \Bi`o*stat"ics\, n. [Gr. [?] life + [?]. See {Statics}.] (Biol.) The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biostatistics \Bi`ostatis"tics\, n. [Gr. [?] life + E. statistics.] (Biol.) Vital statistics.
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Biscutate \Bi*scu"tate\, a. [Pref. bi- + scutate.] (Bot.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p[94]sa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.] 1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. --Eph. ii. 8, 9. 2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. In God we boast all the day long. --Ps. xliv. 8 Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boost \Boost\ (b[oomac]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boosting}.] [Cf. {Boast}, v. i.] To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boycott \Boy"cott`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boycotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boycotting}.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.] To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucket \Buck"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bucketing}.] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water. 2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench. 3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. 4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bucktooth \Buck"tooth`\, n. Any tooth that juts out. When he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bush \Bush\, n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[umac]skr, b[umac]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. {Ambush}, {Boscage}, {Bouquet}, {Box} a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush. 2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. --Gascoigne. 3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines. 4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak. 5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. {To beat about the bush}, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. {Bush bean} (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support ({Phaseolus vulgaris}, variety {nanus}). See {Bean}, 1. {Bush buck}, [or] {Bush goat} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful South African antelope ({Tragelaphus sylvaticus}); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. {Bush cat} (Zo[94]l.), the serval. See {Serval}. {Bush chat} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Pratincola}, of the Thrush family. {Bush dog}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Potto}. {Bush hammer}. See {Bushhammer} in the Vocabulary. {Bush harrow} (Agric.) See under {Harrow}. {Bush hog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African wild hog ({Potamoch[d2]rus Africanus}); -- called also {bush pig}, and {water hog}. {Bush master} (Zo[94]l.), a venomous snake ({Lachesis mutus}) of Guinea; -- called also {surucucu}. {Bush pea} (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. {Bush shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the genus {Thamnophilus}, and allied genera; -- called also {batarg}. Many species inhabit tropical America. {Bush tit} (Zo[94]l.), a small bird of the genus {Psaltriparus}, allied to the titmouse. {P. minimus} inhabits California.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bagdad, AZ (CDP, FIPS 5140) Location: 34.57792 N, 113.17373 W Population (1990): 1858 (660 housing units) Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86321 Bagdad, FL (CDP, FIPS 2925) Location: 30.58846 N, 87.03421 W Population (1990): 1457 (656 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Bagdad, KY Zip code(s): 40003
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
book titles There is a tradition in hackerdom of informally tagging important textbooks and standards documents with the dominant color of their covers or with some other conspicuous feature of the cover. Many of these are described in this lexicon under their own entries. See {Aluminum Book}, {Blue Book}, {Camel Book}, {Cinderella Book}, {Devil Book}, {Dragon Book}, {Green Book}, {Orange Book}, {Purple Book}, {Red Book}, {Silver Book}, {White Book}, {Wizard Book}, {Yellow Book}, and {bible}; see also {rainbow series}. Since about 1983 this tradition has gotten a boost from the popular O'Reilly and Associates line of technical books, which usually feature some kind of exotic animal on the cover.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
book titles There is a tradition in hackerdom of informally tagging important textbooks and standards documents with the dominant colour of their covers or with some other conspicuous feature of the cover. Many of these are described in {this dictionary} under their own entries. See {Aluminum Book}, {Blue Book}, {Cinderella Book}, {Devil Book}, {Dragon Book}, {Green Book}, {Orange Book}, {Pink-Shirt Book}, {Purple Book}, {Red Book}, {Silver Book}, {White Book}, {Wizard Book}, {Yellow Book}, {bible}, {rainbow series}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-12-03)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bestead the rendering in Isa. 8:21, where alone it occurs, of a Hebrew word meaning to oppress, or be in circumstances of hardship.