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   babiroussa
         n 1: Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn:
               {babirusa}, {babiroussa}, {babirussa}, {Babyrousa
               Babyrussa}]

English Dictionary: biparous by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babirusa
n
  1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: babirusa, babiroussa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babirussa
n
  1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: babirusa, babiroussa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baby rose
n
  1. vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock
    Synonym(s): multiflora, multiflora rose, Japanese rose, baby rose, Rosa multiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Babyrousa
n
  1. a genus of Suidae
    Synonym(s): Babyrousa, genus Babyrousa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Babyrousa Babyrussa
n
  1. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth [syn: babirusa, babiroussa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bayberry wax
n
  1. a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
    Synonym(s): bayberry wax, bayberry tallow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Beaver State
n
  1. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn: Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef Bourguignonne
n
  1. beef and mushrooms and onions stewed in red wine and seasonings
    Synonym(s): beef Bourguignonne, boeuf Bourguignonne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef roast
n
  1. cut of beef suitable for roasting [syn: beef roast, roast beef]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beefburger
n
  1. a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
    Synonym(s): hamburger, beefburger, burger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
before Christ
adv
  1. before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC"
    Synonym(s): BC, B.C., before Christ
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behaviorism
n
  1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
    Synonym(s): behaviorism, behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behaviorist
adj
  1. of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology"
    Synonym(s): behavioristic, behaviorist, behaviouristic, behaviourist
n
  1. a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism [syn: behaviorist, behaviourist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behavioristic
adj
  1. of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology"
    Synonym(s): behavioristic, behaviorist, behaviouristic, behaviourist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behavioristic psychology
n
  1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
    Synonym(s): behaviorism, behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behaviourism
n
  1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
    Synonym(s): behaviorism, behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behaviourist
adj
  1. of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology"
    Synonym(s): behavioristic, behaviorist, behaviouristic, behaviourist
n
  1. a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism [syn: behaviorist, behaviourist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behaviouristic
adj
  1. of or relating to behaviorism; "behavioristic psychology"
    Synonym(s): behavioristic, behaviorist, behaviouristic, behaviourist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
behaviouristic psychology
n
  1. an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
    Synonym(s): behaviorism, behaviourism, behavioristic psychology, behaviouristic psychology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beverage
n
  1. any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
    Synonym(s): beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bifurcate
adj
  1. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
    Synonym(s): bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy
v
  1. split or divide into two
  2. divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bifurcated
adj
  1. divided into or made up of two parts; "socially bifurcated populations"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bifurcation
n
  1. a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
  2. the place where something divides into two branches
  3. the act of splitting into two branches
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biopiracy
n
  1. biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biparous
adj
  1. producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous, twinning]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
biprism
n
  1. an optical device for obtaining interference fringes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boeuf Bourguignonne
n
  1. beef and mushrooms and onions stewed in red wine and seasonings
    Synonym(s): beef Bourguignonne, boeuf Bourguignonne
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bofors gun
n
  1. an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bouviers des Flandres
n
  1. rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle
    Synonym(s): Bouvier des Flandres, Bouviers des Flandres
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffer country
n
  1. a small neutral state between two rival powers [syn: buffer state, buffer country]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffer solution
n
  1. a solution containing a buffer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffer state
n
  1. a small neutral state between two rival powers [syn: buffer state, buffer country]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffer storage
n
  1. (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
    Synonym(s): buffer, buffer storage, buffer store
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffer store
n
  1. (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
    Synonym(s): buffer, buffer storage, buffer store
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffer zone
n
  1. a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
    Synonym(s): buffer zone, buffer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Birch \Birch\ (b[etil]rch), n.; pl. {Birches} (-[ecr]z). [OE.
      birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj[94]rk, Sw.
      bj[94]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche,
      birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr.
      bh[umac]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st {Birk}.]
      1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus
            {Betula}; as, the white or common birch ({B. alba}) (also
            called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch ({B.
            glandulosa}); the paper or canoe birch ({B. papyracea});
            the yellow birch ({B. lutea}); the black or cherry birch
            ({B. lenta}).
  
      2. The wood or timber of the birch.
  
      3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
  
      Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being
               tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in
               schools. They were also made into brooms.
  
                        The threatening twigs of birch.      --Shak.
  
      4. A birch-bark canoe.
  
      {Birch of Jamaica}, a species ({Bursera gummifera}) of
            turpentine tree.
  
      {Birch partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ruffed grouse}.
  
      {Birch wine}, wine made of the spring sap of the birch.
  
      {Oil of birch}.
            (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European
                  birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of
                  genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia
                  leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor.
            (b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({B. lenta}),
                  said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for
                  which it is largely sold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[d3]ster, f[d3]stor, nourishment. See
      {Foster}, v. t.]
      Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing
      nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child,
      brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands
      in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards
      sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.
  
      {Foster} {babe, [or] child}, an infant of child nursed by a
            woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father.
  
      {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been,
            nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse
            as another, but is not of the same parentage.
  
      {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse.
            --Dryden.
  
      {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though
            not its native soil. --J. Philips.
  
      { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in
            caring for a child. --Bacon.
  
      {Foster land}.
      (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.]
      (b) One's adopted country.
  
      {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[91]n a loan See {Loan}.],
            remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child;
            also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton.
  
      {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the
            nurture and care of a child; a nurse.
  
      {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father.
  
      {Foster son}, a male foster child.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gentian \Gen"tian\, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana,
      fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its
      properties.] (Bot.)
      Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with
      opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
      usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
      Illust. of {Capsule}.
  
      Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
               Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
               their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna},
               {Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed
               gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are
               used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
               {Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the
               pharmacop[oe]ias.
  
      {Horse gentian}, fever root.
  
      {Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana
            lutea}). See {Bitterwort}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beaver \Bea"ver\, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D.
      bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b[84]fver, Dan. b[91]ver,
      Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr', Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L.
      fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj.,
      brown, the animal being probably named from its color.
      [?]253. See {Brown}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An amphibious rodent, of the genus {Castor}.
  
      Note: It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It
               is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its
               valued for its fur, and for the material called castor,
               obtained from two small bags in the groin of the
               animal. The European species is {Castor fiber}, and the
               American is generally considered a variety of this,
               although sometimes called {Castor Canadensis}.
  
      2. The fur of the beaver.
  
      3. A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now
            usually of silk.
  
                     A brown beaver slouched over his eyes. --Prescott.
  
      4. Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly
            for making overcoats.
  
      {Beaver rat} (Zo[94]l.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of
            Tasmania ({Hydromys chrysogaster}).
  
      {Beaver skin}, the furry skin of the beaver.
  
      {Bank beaver}. See under 1st {Bank}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beaver State \Bea"ver State\
      Oregon; -- a nickname.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bepraise \Be*praise"\, v. t.
      To praise greatly or extravagantly. --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beprose \Be*prose"\, v. t.
      To reduce to prose. [R.] [bd]To beprose all rhyme.[b8]
      --Mallet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gear \Gear\, n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment,
      armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw[c6],
      garw[c6] ornament, dress. See {Yare}, and cf. {Garb} dress.]
      1. Clothing; garments; ornaments.
  
                     Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. --Spenser.
  
      2. Goods; property; household stuff. --Chaucer.
  
                     Homely gear and common ware.               --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      3. Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff
            or material.
  
                     Clad in a vesture of unknown gear.      --Spenser.
  
      4. The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
  
      5. Warlike accouterments. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
  
      6. Manner; custom; behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      7. Business matters; affairs; concern. [Obs.]
  
                     Thus go they both together to their gear. --Spenser.
  
      8. (Mech.)
            (a) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a
                  bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.
            (b) An apparatus for performing a special function;
                  gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.
            (c) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out
                  of gear.
  
      9. pl. (Naut.) See 1st {Jeer}
            (b) .
  
      10. Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. [Obs. or
            Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
  
                     That servant of his that confessed and uttered this
                     gear was an honest man.                     --Latimer.
  
      {Bever gear}. See {Bevel gear}.
  
      {Core gear}, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See {Mortise
            wheel}, under {Mortise}.
  
      {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for
            cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as
            to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the
            cut-off. See under {Expansion}.
  
      {Feed gear}. See {Feed motion}, under {Feed}, n.
  
      {Gear cutter}, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of
            gear wheels by cutting.
  
      {Gear wheel}, any cogwheel.
  
      {Running gear}. See under {Running}.
  
      {To throw} {in, [or] out of}, {gear} (Mach.), to connect or
            disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or
            out of, working relation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beverage \Bev"er*age\, n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre
      to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. {Bib}, v. t., {Poison},
      {Potable}.]
      1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink
            artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an
            intoxicating beverage.
  
                     He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
                                                                              --Thomson.
  
      2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
  
      3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bibracteate \Bi*brac"te*ate\, a. [Pref. bi- + bracteate.] (Bot.)
      Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifarious \Bi*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. bifarius; bis twice + fari to
      speak. Cf. Gr. [?] twofold; [?] twice + [?] to say.]
      1. Twofold; arranged in two rows.
  
      2. (Bot.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on
            opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifariously \Bi*fa"ri*ous*ly\, adv.
      In a bifarious manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biferous \Bif"er*ous\, a. [L. bifer; bis twice + ferre to bear.]
      Bearing fruit twice a year.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biforked \Bi"forked\, a.
      Bifurcate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biforous \Bif"o*rous\, a. [L. biforis having two doors; bis
      twice, two + foris door.]
      See {Biforate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref.
      bi- + furcate.]
      Two-pronged; forked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, v. i.
      To divide into two branches.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifurcate \Bi*fur"cate\, Bifurcated \Bi*fur"ca*ted\, a. [Pref.
      bi- + furcate.]
      Two-pronged; forked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifurcation \Bi`fur*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. bifurcation.]
      A forking, or division into two branches.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bifurcous \Bi*fur"cous\, a. [L. bifurcus; bis twice + furca
      fork.]
      See {Bifurcate}, a. [R.] --Coles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biparous \Bip"a*rous\, a. [L. bis twice + parere to bring
      forth.]
      Bringing forth two at a birth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Biprism \Bi"prism\, n. [Pref. bi- + prism.]
      1. A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees.
  
      2. A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms
            cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a
            cube; -- called also {optical cube}. It is used in one
            form of photometer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Buprestidan \Bu*pres"ti*dan\, n. [L. buprestis, Gr. [?], a
      poisonous beetle, which, being eaten by cattle in the grass,
      caused them to swell up and and die; [?] ox, cow + [?] to
      blow up, swell out.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus {Buprestis} and
      allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The
      larv[91] are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and
      are often very destructive to trees.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beaver City, NE (city, FIPS 3495)
      Location: 40.13773 N, 99.82735 W
      Population (1990): 707 (373 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68926

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beaver County, OK (county, FIPS 7)
      Location: 36.75296 N, 100.48078 W
      Population (1990): 6023 (2923 housing units)
      Area: 4699.5 sq km (land), 8.3 sq km (water)
   Beaver County, PA (county, FIPS 7)
      Location: 40.68577 N, 80.35231 W
      Population (1990): 186093 (76336 housing units)
      Area: 1127.3 sq km (land), 22.5 sq km (water)
   Beaver County, UT (county, FIPS 1)
      Location: 38.34078 N, 113.22875 W
      Population (1990): 4765 (2200 housing units)
      Area: 6708.4 sq km (land), 6.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beaver Creek, MN (city, FIPS 4492)
      Location: 43.61260 N, 96.36177 W
      Population (1990): 249 (103 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56116

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beaver Crossing, NE (village, FIPS 3530)
      Location: 40.77777 N, 97.28187 W
      Population (1990): 448 (193 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68313

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beaver Grove, MI
      Zip code(s): 49855

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beaver Springs, PA
      Zip code(s): 17812, 17843

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Beavercreek, OH (city, FIPS 4720)
      Location: 39.72930 N, 84.06238 W
      Population (1990): 33626 (12148 housing units)
      Area: 66.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45430, 45431, 45432, 45434
   Beavercreek, OR
      Zip code(s): 97004

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   buffer chuck n.   Shorter and ruder syn. for {buffer overflow}.
  
  
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