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   bailiff
         n 1: an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs
               and processes and make arrests etc.

English Dictionary: blab	by the DICT Development Group
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balboa n the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) Synonym(s): Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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ball boy n a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
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ball up v make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
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ballup n something badly botched or muddled [syn: ballup, {balls- up}, cockup, mess-up]
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bay leaf n dried leaf of the bay laurel
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behalf n as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of"); "the guardian signed the contract on behalf of the minor child"; "this letter is written on behalf of my client"; for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
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belief n any cognitive content held as true [ant: disbelief, unbelief] a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" Synonym(s): impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
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believe v accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" Antonym(s): disbelieve, discredit judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" Synonym(s): think, believe, consider, conceive be confident about something; "I believe that he will come back from the war" Synonym(s): believe, trust follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
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bell buoy n a buoy with a bell on it Synonym(s): bell buoy, gong buoy
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bellboy n someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels Synonym(s): bellboy, bellman, bellhop
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bellhop n someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels Synonym(s): bellboy, bellman, bellhop
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belly whop n a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water Synonym(s): belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper
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belly-up adj financially ruined; "a bankrupt company"; "the company went belly-up" Synonym(s): bankrupt, belly-up(p)
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Beowulf n the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon
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bilby n bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit [syn: {rabbit- eared bandicoot}, rabbit bandicoot, bilby, Macrotis lagotis]
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bio lab n a laboratory for biological research [syn: biology lab, biology laboratory, bio lab]
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blab v divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful-- his secretary talks" Synonym(s): spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out Antonym(s): keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
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blabby adj unwisely talking too much [syn: bigmouthed, blabbermouthed, blabby, talkative]
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bleb n (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid Synonym(s): blister, bulla, bleb
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blebby adj covered with small blisters Synonym(s): blebby, blistery (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material Synonym(s): blebbed, blebby
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bleep n a short high tone produced as a signal or warning [syn: beep, bleep] v emit a single short high-pitched signal; "The computer bleeped away"
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blip n a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption; "the market had one bad blip today"; "you can't react to the day-to-day blips"; "renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales" a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface Synonym(s): blip, pip, radar target
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blob n an indistinct shapeless form v make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" Synonym(s): spot, fleck, blob, blot
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blow off v come off due to an explosion or other strong force
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blow up v cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" Synonym(s): explode, detonate, blow up, set off make large; "blow up an image" Synonym(s): blow up, enlarge, magnify Antonym(s): reduce, scale down get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" Synonym(s): flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic add details to Synonym(s): embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" Synonym(s): detonate, explode, blow up exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" Synonym(s): inflate, blow up, expand, amplify fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" Synonym(s): inflate, blow up Antonym(s): deflate to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" Synonym(s): puff, puff up, blow up, puff out
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blowup n a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction Synonym(s): explosion, detonation, blowup an unrestrained expression of emotion Synonym(s): effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition a photographic print that has been enlarged Synonym(s): enlargement, blowup, magnification
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blub v cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" Synonym(s): snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
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blue pea n vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers Synonym(s): blue pea, butterfly pea, Clitoria turnatea
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bluff adj very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" Synonym(s): bluff, bold, sheer bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader" n a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is; "his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted" the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards Synonym(s): bluff, four flush v deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand Synonym(s): bluff, bluff out frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
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Bolivia n a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain Synonym(s): Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded
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bulb n a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity Synonym(s): light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe" anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); "the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning" Synonym(s): medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
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bull bay n evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers Synonym(s): southern magnolia, evergreen magnolia, large-flowering magnolia, bull bay, Magnolia grandiflora
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bully off v start a game by a face-off Synonym(s): face off, bully off
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bullyboy n a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as white mustard ({B. alba}), black mustard ({B. Nigra}), wild mustard or charlock ({B. Sinapistrum}). Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium ruderale}); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale}); Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense}); tower mustard ({Arabis perfoliata}); treacle mustard ({Erysimum cheiranthoides}). 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. {Mustard oil} (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially.
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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.
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Bryony \Bry"ony\ (br[imac]"[osl]n[ycr]), n. [L. bryonia, Gr. brywni`a, fr. bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants.] (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus {Bryonia}. The root of {B. alba} (rough or {white bryony}) and of {B. dioica} is a strong, irritating cathartic. {Black bryony}, a plant ({Tamus communis}) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed.
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Bailiff \Bail"iff\, n. [OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodia[?] magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See {Bail} to deliver.] 1. Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power[?] of custody or care are intrusted. --Abbott. Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. --Addison. 2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. Note: In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate. --Burrill. 3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]
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Burghmaster \Burgh"mas`ter\, n. 1. A burgomaster. 2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also {bailiff}, and {barmaster}. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bailiff \Bail"iff\, n. [OF. baillif, F. bailli, custodia[?] magistrate, fr. L. bajulus porter. See {Bail} to deliver.] 1. Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power[?] of custody or care are intrusted. --Abbott. Lausanne is under the canton of Berne, governed by a bailiff sent every three years from the senate. --Addison. 2. (Eng. Law) A sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc. Note: In American law the term bailiff is seldom used except sometimes to signify a sheriff's officer or constable, or a party liable to account to another for the rent and profits of real estate. --Burrill. 3. An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]
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Burghmaster \Burgh"mas`ter\, n. 1. A burgomaster. 2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also {bailiff}, and {barmaster}. [Eng.]
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Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.] 1. A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.] 2. The laurel tree ({Laurus nobilis}). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. --Trumbull. 3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.] {Bay leaf}, the leaf of the bay tree ({Laurus nobilis}). It has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste.
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Bay leaf \Bay" leaf`\ See under 3d {Bay}.
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Bee \Bee\ (b[emac]), n. [AS. be[a2]; akin to D. bij and bije, Icel. b[?], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh. Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family {Apid[91]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[91]} (the solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}. Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee ({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has its own queen, its males or drones, and its very numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the {A. mellifica} there are other species and varieties of honeybees, as the {A. ligustica} of Spain and Italy; the {A. Indica} of India; the {A. fasciata} of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and {Trigona}. 2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.] The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day. --S. G. Goodrich. 3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be[a0]h ring, fr. b[?]gan to bend. See 1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also {bee blocks}. {Bee beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius}) parasitic in beehives. {Bee bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. {Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus {Ophrys} ({O. apifera}), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects. {Bee fly} (Zo[94]l.), a two winged fly of the family {Bombyliid[91]}. Some species, in the larval state, are parasitic upon bees. {Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an apiary. --Mortimer. {Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called also {propolis}. {Bee hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the honey buzzard. {Bee killer} (Zo[94]l.), a large two-winged fly of the family {Asilid[91]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon the honeybee. See {Robber fly}. {Bee louse} (Zo[94]l.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect ({Braula c[91]ca}) parasitic on hive bees. {Bee martin} (Zo[94]l.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis}) which occasionally feeds on bees. {Bee moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose larv[91] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in beehives. {Bee wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust. of {Bee beetle}. {To have a bee in the head} [or] {in the bonnet}. (a) To be choleric. [Obs.] (b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson. (c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. [bd]She's whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
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Behalf \Be*half"\, n. [OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See {Be-}, and {Half}, n.] Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. In behalf of his mistress's beauty. --Sir P. Sidney. Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. --Clarendon. {In behalf of}, in the interest of. {On behalf of}, on account of; on the part of.
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Beleave \Be*leave"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Beleft}.] To leave or to be left. [Obs.] --May.
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Belief \Be*lief"\, n. [OE. bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. gele[a0]fa. See {Believe}.] 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. --Reid. 2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. --Hooker. 3. The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. --Bacon. 4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation. --Hooker. {Ultimate belief}, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. --Sir W. Hamilton. Syn: Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion.
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Believe \Be*lieve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Believed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Believing}.] [OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS. ge-), fr. AS. gel[?]fan, gel[?]fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil[?]bian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See {Lief}, a., {Leave}, n.] To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine. Our conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty). --Milton. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? --Acts xxvi. 27. Often followed by a dependent clause. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. --Acts viii. 37. Syn: See {Expect}.
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Believe \Be*lieve"\, v. i. 1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. --Mark ix. 24. With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. --Rom. x. 10. 2. To think; to suppose. I will not believe so meanly of you. --Fielding. {To believe in}. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. [bd]She does not believe in Jupiter.[b8] --J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. [bd]Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.[b8] --John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. {To believe on}, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.
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Belive \Be*live"\, adv. [Cf. {Live}, a.] Forthwith; speedily; quickly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Buoy \Buoy\, n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou[82]e a buoy, from L. boia. [bd]Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.[b8] --Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc. {Anchor buoy}, a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor. {Bell buoy}, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. {Breeches buoy}. See under {Breeches}. {Cable buoy}, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. {Can buoy}, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped. {Life buoy}, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. {Nut} [or] {Nun buoy}, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. {To stream the buoy}, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. {Whistling buoy}, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belove \Be*love"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beloved}.] [OE. bilufien. See pref. {Be-}, and {Love}, v. t.] To love. [Obs.] --Wodroephe.
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Bilbo \Bil"bo\, n.; pl. {Bilboes}. 1. A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain. --Shak. 2. pl. A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships. Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. --Shak.
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Billyboy \Bil"ly*boy`\, n. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. [Eng.]
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Blab \Blab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion. --Udall. And yonder a vile physician blabbing The case of his patient. --Tennyson.
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Blab \Blab\, v. i. To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. --Dryden.
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Blab \Blab\, n. [OE. blabbe.] One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. [bd]Avoided as a blab.[b8] --Milton. For who will open himself to a blab or a babbler. --Bacon.
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Bleb \Bleb\, n. [Prov. E. bleb, bleib, blob, bubble, blister. This word belongs to the root of blub, blubber, blabber, and perh. blow to puff.] A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc. Arsenic abounds with air blebs. --Kirwan.
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Blebby \Bleb"by\, a. Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blive \Blive\ (bl[imac]v), adv. [A contraction of {Belive}.] Quickly; forthwith. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blob \Blob\ (bl[ocr]b), n. [See {Bleb}.] 1. Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister. --Wright. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small fresh-water fish ({Uranidea Richardsoni}); the miller's thumb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow-off \Blow"-off`\, n. 1. A blowing off steam, water, etc.; -- Also, adj. as, a blow-off cock or pipe. 2. An outburst of temper or excitement. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blub \Blub\, v. t. & i. [Cf. {Bleb}, {Blob}.] To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluff \Bluff\, a. [Cf. OD. blaf flat, broad, blaffaert one with a broad face, also, a boaster; or G. verbl[81]ffen to confuse, LG. bluffen to frighten; to unknown origin.] 1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. [bd]Bluff visages.[b8] --Irving. 2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. [bd]A bluff or bold shore.[b8] --Falconer. Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect. --Judd. 3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough. 4. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. [bd]Bluff King Hal.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise. --I. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluff \Bluff\, v. i. To act as in the game of bluff.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluff \Bluff\, n. 1. A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face. Beach, bluff, and wave, adieu. --Whittier. 2. An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff. 3. A game at cards; poker. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluff \Bluff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bluffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bluffing}.] 1. (Poker) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value. [U. S.] 2. To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bluffy \Bluff"y\, a. 1. Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks. 2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulb \Bulb\ (b[ucr]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. 2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. {Bulb of the eye}, the eyeball. {Bulb of a hair}, the [bd]root,[b8] or part whence the hair originates. {Bulb of the spinal cord}, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb. {Bulb of a tooth}, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth. 3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulb \Bulb\, v. i. To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beale AFB, CA (CDP, FIPS 4580) Location: 39.11371 N, 121.36134 W Population (1990): 6912 (1856 housing units) Area: 28.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Belle View, VA Zip code(s): 22307
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Belleview, FL (city, FIPS 5375) Location: 29.05984 N, 82.05483 W Population (1990): 2666 (1396 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Belleview, MO Zip code(s): 63623
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Bellevue, IA (city, FIPS 5635) Location: 42.25877 N, 90.42859 W Population (1990): 2239 (918 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52031 Bellevue, ID (city, FIPS 6220) Location: 43.46591 N, 114.25736 W Population (1990): 1275 (525 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83313 Bellevue, IL (village, FIPS 4871) Location: 40.68630 N, 89.67387 W Population (1990): 1491 (633 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Bellevue, KY (city, FIPS 5446) Location: 39.10120 N, 84.47750 W Population (1990): 6997 (2939 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41073 Bellevue, MI (village, FIPS 7060) Location: 42.44415 N, 85.01865 W Population (1990): 1401 (527 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49021 Bellevue, NE (city, FIPS 3950) Location: 41.15645 N, 95.92264 W Population (1990): 30982 (11960 housing units) Area: 20.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68005 Bellevue, OH (city, FIPS 5228) Location: 41.27575 N, 82.84219 W Population (1990): 8146 (3326 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44811 Bellevue, PA (borough, FIPS 5312) Location: 40.49390 N, 80.05593 W Population (1990): 9126 (4779 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15202 Bellevue, TN Zip code(s): 37221 Bellevue, TX (city, FIPS 7396) Location: 33.63421 N, 98.01593 W Population (1990): 333 (149 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76228 Bellevue, VA Zip code(s): 23227 Bellevue, WA (city, FIPS 5210) Location: 47.60339 N, 122.15502 W Population (1990): 86874 (37428 housing units) Area: 68.4 sq km (land), 8.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98005, 98006, 98007, 98008
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Bellview, FL (CDP, FIPS 5462) Location: 30.46246 N, 87.31456 W Population (1990): 19386 (7474 housing units) Area: 30.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
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Bellvue, CO Zip code(s): 80512
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Belva, WV Zip code(s): 26656
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Belview, MN (city, FIPS 5050) Location: 44.60589 N, 95.32876 W Population (1990): 383 (151 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56214
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Belvue, KS (city, FIPS 5925) Location: 39.21669 N, 96.17820 W Population (1990): 207 (81 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66407
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Bolivia, IL Zip code(s): 62545 Bolivia, NC (town, FIPS 6820) Location: 34.07069 N, 78.14683 W Population (1990): 228 (100 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28422
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
BLOB 1. n. [acronym: Binary Large OBject] Used by database people to refer to any random large block of bits that needs to be stored in a database, such as a picture or sound file. The essential point about a BLOB is that it's an object that cannot be interpreted within the database itself. 2. v. To {mailbomb} someone by sending a BLOB to him/her; esp. used as a mild threat. "If that program crashes again, I'm going to BLOB the core dump to you."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
blow up vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable. Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go {nonlinear}. 2. Syn. {blow out}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BLOB 1. {binary large object}. 2. {blitter object}. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
blow up 1. Of a scientific computation: to become unstable. It suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go {nonlinear}. 2. {blow out}. [{Jargon File}]
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Bolivia Bolivia:Geography Location: Central South America, southwest of Brazil Map references: South America Area: total area: 1,098,580 sq km land area: 1,084,390 sq km comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of Montana Land boundaries: total 6,743 km, Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none; landlocked International disputes: has wanted a sovereign corridor to the South Pacific Ocean since the Atacama area was lost to Chile in 1884; dispute with Chile over Rio Lauca water rights Climate: varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber Land use: arable land: 3% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 25% forest and woodland: 52% other: 20% Irrigated land: 1,650 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: the clearing of land for agricultural purposes and the international demand for tropical timber are contributing to deforestation; soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods (including slash-and-burn agriculture); desertification; loss of biodiversity; industrial pollution of water supplies used for drinking and irrigation natural hazards: cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to efficient fuel combustion, as well as to physical activity by those unaccustomed to it from birth; flooding in the northeast (March to April) international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection Note: landlocked; shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake (elevation 3,805 m), with Peru Bolivia:People Population: 7,896,254 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 39% (female 1,542,931; male 1,565,624) 15-64 years: 57% (female 2,276,308; male 2,188,100) 65 years and over: 4% (female 174,419; male 148,872) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.25% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 31.61 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 8.12 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 70.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.85 years male: 61.39 years female: 66.43 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.1 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Bolivian(s) adjective: Bolivian Ethnic divisions: Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed European and Indian ancestry) 25%-30%, European 5%-15% Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1992) total population: 80% male: 88% female: 72% Labor force: 3.54 million by occupation: agriculture NA, services and utilities 20%, manufacturing, mining and construction 7% (1993) Bolivia:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia conventional short form: Bolivia local long form: Republica de Bolivia local short form: Bolivia Digraph: BL Type: republic Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary) Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain) National holiday: Independence Day, 6 August (1825) Constitution: 2 February 1967 Legal system: based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single) Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA Bustamente (since 6 August 1993); Vice President Victor Hugo CARDENAS Conde (since 6 August 1993); election last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held May 1997); results - Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA (MNR) 34%, Hugo BANZER Suarez (ADN/MIR alliance) 20%, Carlos PALENQUE Aviles (CONDEPA) 14%, Max FERNANDEZ Rojas (UCS) 13%, Antonio ARANIBAR Quiroga (MBL) 5%; no candidate received a majority of the popular vote; Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA won a congressional runoff election on 4 August 1993 after forming a coalition with Max FERNANDEZ and Antonio ARANIBAR; FERNANDEZ left the coalition in 1994 cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president from panel proposed by the Senate Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados): elections last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held May 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (130 total) MNR 52, UCS 20, ADN 17, MIR 17, CONDEPA 13, MBL 7, ARBOL 1, ASD 1, EJE 1, PCD 1 Chamber of Senators (Camara de Senadores): elections last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held May 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (27 total) MNR 17, ADN 4, MIR 4, CONDEPA 1, UCS 1 Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Political parties and leaders: Left parties: Free Bolivia Movement (MBL), Antonio ARANIBAR; April 9 Revolutionary Vanguard (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE; Alternative of Democratic Socialism (ASD), Jerjes JUSTIANO; Revolutionary Front of the Left (FRI), Oscar ZAMORA; Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB); Socialist Unzaguista Movement (MAS); Socialist Party One (PS-1); Bolivian Communist Party (PCB) Center-Left parties: Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR), Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA; Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), Jaime PAZ Zamora, Oscar EID; Christian Democrat (PCD), Jorge AGREDA Center-Right party: Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN), Jorge LANDIVAR, Hugo BANZER populist parties: Civic Solidarity Union (UCS), Max FERNANDEZ Rojas; Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA), Carlos PALENQUE Aviles; Popular Patriotic Movement (MPP), Julio MANTILLA; Unity and Progress Movement (MUP), Ivo KULJIS Evangelical: Bolivian Renovating Alliance (ARBOL), Hugo VILLEGAS indigenous: Tupac Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTK-L), Victor Hugo CARDENAS Conde; Patriotic Axis of Convergence (EJE-P), Ramiro BARRANCHEA; National Katarista Movement (MKN), Fernando UNTOJA Member of: AG, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Andres PETRICEVIC Raznatovic chancery: 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 483-4410 through 4412 FAX: [1] (202) 328-3712 consulate(s) general: Miami, New York, and San Francisco US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Curt Warren KAMMAN embassy: Avenida Arce 2780, San Jorge, La Paz mailing address: P. O. Box 425, La Paz; APO AA 34032 telephone: [591] (2) 430251 FAX: [591] (2) 4339000 Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band Economy Overview: With its long history of semifeudal social controls, dependence on volatile prices for its mineral exports, and bouts of hyperinflation, Bolivia has remained one of the poorest and least developed Latin American countries. However, Bolivia has experienced generally improving economic conditions since the PAZ Estenssoro administration (1985-89) introduced market-oriented policies which reduced inflation from 11,700% in 1985 to about 20% in 1988. PAZ Estenssoro was followed as President by Jaime PAZ Zamora (1989-93) who continued the free-market policies of his predecessor, despite opposition from his own party and from Bolivia's once powerful labor movement. By maintaining fiscal discipline, PAZ Zamora helped reduce inflation to 9.3% in 1993, while GDP grew by an annual average of 3.25% during his tenure. Inaugurated in August 1993, President SANCHEZ DE LOZADA has vowed to advance the market-oriented economic reforms he helped launch as PAZ Estenssoro's planning minister. His successes so far have included an inflation rate that continues to decrease - the 1994 rate of 8.5% was the lowest in ten years - the signing of a free trade agreement with Mexico, and progress on his unique privatization plan. The main privatization bill was passed by the Bolivian legislature in late March 1994. Related laws - one that establishes SIRESE, the regulatory agency that will oversee the privatizations, and another that outlines the rules for privatization in the electricity sector - were approved later in the year. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $18.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 4.2% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $2,370 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.5% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 6.2% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $3.75 billion expenditures: $3.75 billion, including capital expenditures of $556.2 million (1995 est.) Exports: $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: metals 39%, natural gas 9%, soybeans 11%, jewelry 11%, wood 8% partners: US 26%, Argentina 15% (1993 est.) Imports: $1.21 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: capital goods 48%, chemicals 11%, petroleum 5%, food 5% (1993 est.) partners: US 24%, Argentina 13%, Brazil 11%, Japan 11% (1993 est.) External debt: $4.2 billion (January 1995) Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1994 est.) Electricity: capacity: 756,200 kW production: 2.116 billion kWh consumption per capita: 367 kWh (1994) Industries: mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverage, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing; illicit drug industry reportedly produces 15% of its revenues Agriculture: accounts for about 21% of GDP (including forestry and fisheries); principal commodities - coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, timber; self-sufficient in food Illicit drugs: world's second-largest producer of coca (after Peru) with an estimated 48,100 hectares under cultivation in 1994; voluntary and forced eradication programs unable to prevent production from rising to 89,800 metric tons in 1994 from 84,400 tons in 1993; government considers all but 12,000 hectares illicit; intermediate coca products and cocaine exported to or through Colombia and Brazil to the US and other international drug markets; alternative crop program aims to reduce illicit coca cultivation Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $990 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2.025 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $340 million Currency: 1 boliviano ($B) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: bolivianos ($B) per US$1 - 4.72 (January 1995), 4.6205 (1994), 4.2651 (1993), 3.9005 (1992), 3.5806 (1991), 3.1727 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Bolivia:Transportation Railroads: total: 3,684 km (single track) narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 32 km 0.760-m gauge Highways: total: 42,815 km paved: 1,865 km unpaved: gravel 12,000 km; improved/unimproved earth 28,950 km Inland waterways: 10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways Pipelines: crude oil 1,800 km; petroleum products 580 km; natural gas 1,495 km Ports: none; however, Bolivia has free port privileges in the maritime ports of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay Merchant marine: total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,214 GRT/6,390 DWT Airports: total: 1,382 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 3 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways under 914 m: 1,016 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 77 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 275 Bolivia:Communications Telephone system: about 150,000 telephones; about 2.0 telephones/100 persons; new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones in La Paz and other cities; microwave radio relay system being expanded; improved international services local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay system international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 129, FM 0, shortwave 68 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 43 televisions: NA Bolivia:Defense Forces Branches: Army (Ejercito Boliviano), Navy (Fuerza Naval Boliviana, includes Marines), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana), National Police Force (Policia Nacional de Bolivia) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,885,485; males fit for military service 1,226,218; males reach military age (19) annually 81,065 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $134 million; 1.9% of GDP (1994)