bean aphid
         n 1: blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
               [syn: {blackfly}, {bean aphid}, {Aphis fabae}]

English Dictionary: bona fide	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bean beetle n introduced into the United States from Mexico; feeds on the foliage of the bean plant Synonym(s): Mexican bean beetle, bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benefit n financial assistance in time of need something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all" Synonym(s): benefit, welfare a performance to raise money for a charitable cause v derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" Synonym(s): profit, gain, benefit be beneficial for; "This will do you good" Synonym(s): benefit, do good
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benefit album n concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause Synonym(s): tribute album, benefit album
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benefit concert n a concert given for the benefit of some charitable cause
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benefit of clergy n sanction by a religious rite; "they are living together without benefit of clergy"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bomb out v make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bona fide adj undertaken in good faith; "a bona fide offer" not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" Synonym(s): authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bone fat n fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bum about v be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" Synonym(s): bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bumboat n a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bumptious adj offensively self-assertive [syn: bumptious, {self- assertive}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bumptiously adv in a bumptious manner; "he behaved rather bumptiously and offended the hostess"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bumptiousness n offensive boldness and assertiveness [syn: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness, forwardness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
B91nopod \B[91]"no*pod\, n. [Gr. [?] to walk + -pod.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ban \[d8]Ban\ (b[acr]n), n. [AS. bann command, edict; akin to       D. ban, Icel. bann, Dan. band, OHG. ban, G. bann, a public       proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr.       fa`nai to say, L. fari to speak, Skr. bhan to speak; cf. F.       ban, LL. bannum, of G. origin. [root]86. Cf. {Abandon},       {Fame}.]       1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,             mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public             proclamation.          2. (Feudal & Mil.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the             French king's) vassals for military service; also, the             body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present             usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of             the population liable to military duty and not in the             standing army.          3. pl. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church.             See {Banns} (the common spelling in this sense).          4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. [bd]Under             ban to touch.[b8] --Milton.          5. A curse or anathema. [bd]Hecate's ban.[b8] --Shak.          6. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for             offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by             one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.          {Ban of the empire} (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by             which political rights and privileges, as those of a             prince, city, or district, were taken away.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light;       akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum,       poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a       growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke       of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a       wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf.       {Boom} a spar.]       1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to             its thickness, and prepared for use.          2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or             ship.                         The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber                      stretching across from side to side to support the                      decks.                                                --Totten.          3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more             beam than another.          4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales             are suspended.                         The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.                                                                               --Pope.          5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which             bears the antlers, or branches.          6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden.          7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which             weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder             on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being             called the fore beam, the other the back beam.          8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.          9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter             are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen             or horses that draw it.          10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating             motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected             with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and             the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called             also {working beam} or {walking beam}.          11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun             or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.                         How far that little candle throws his beams !                                                                               --Shak.          12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.                         Mercy with her genial beam.               --Keble.          13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called             also {beam feather}.          {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a             line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the             direction of her beams, and that point of the compass             toward which her stern is directed.          {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the             working beam of an engine vibrates.          {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam,             having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points;             -- used for drawing or describing large circles.          {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to             transmit power, in distinction from one which has its             piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel             shaft.          {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included             between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and             that point of the compass toward which the ship steers.          {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled             with the keel.          {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the             wind.          {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on             one side that her beams approach a vertical position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neaped \Neaped\, a. (Naut.)       Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will       not float till the next spring tide; -- called also       {beneaped}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beneaped \Be*neaped"\, a. (Naut.)       See {Neaped}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Neaped \Neaped\, a. (Naut.)       Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will       not float till the next spring tide; -- called also       {beneaped}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beneaped \Be*neaped"\, a. (Naut.)       See {Neaped}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benefited}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Benefitting}.]       To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance       in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.                   I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would                benefit them.                                          --Jer. xviii.                                                                               10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. i.       To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he       will benefit by the change.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, n. [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F.       bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) +       factum, p. p. of facere to do. See {Bounty}, and {Fact}.]       1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred.                         Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his                      benefits.                                          --Ps. ciii. 2.          2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or             adds value to property; advantage; profit.                         Men have no right to what is not for their benefit.                                                                               --Burke.          3. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the             proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater             or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to             some charitable use.          4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] --Webster (1623).          5. pl. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. [R.]             [bd]The benefits of your own country.[b8] --Shak.          {Benefit of clergy}. (Law) See under {Clergy}.          Syn: Profit; service; use; avail. See {Advantage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, n. [OE. benefet, benfeet, bienfet, F.       bienfait, fr. L. benefactum; bene well (adv. of bonus good) +       factum, p. p. of facere to do. See {Bounty}, and {Fact}.]       1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred.                         Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his                      benefits.                                          --Ps. ciii. 2.          2. Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or             adds value to property; advantage; profit.                         Men have no right to what is not for their benefit.                                                                               --Burke.          3. A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the             proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater             or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to             some charitable use.          4. Beneficence; liberality. [Obs.] --Webster (1623).          5. pl. Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments. [R.]             [bd]The benefits of your own country.[b8] --Shak.          {Benefit of clergy}. (Law) See under {Clergy}.          Syn: Profit; service; use; avail. See {Advantage}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clergy \Cler"gy\, n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie,       F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused       with OF. clergi[82], F. clerg[82], fr. LL. clericatus office       of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL.       scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in       sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See {Clerk}.]       1. The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the             service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction             from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the             ministers of the Established Church. --Hooker.          2. Learning; also, a learned profession. [Obs.]                         Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy. --Guy                                                                               of Warwick.                         Put their second sons to learn some clergy. --State                                                                               Papers (1515).          3. The privilege or benefit of clergy.                         If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled                      equally to his clergy after as before conviction.                                                                               --Blackstone.          {Benefit of clergy} (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons             of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge             -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read,             such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or             clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by             various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of             George IV. (1827).          {Regular clergy}, {Secular clergy} See {Regular}, n., and             {Secular}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit society \Benefit society\       A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as       among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in       sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually       called {friendly society} in Great Britain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benefited}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Benefitting}.]       To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance       in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.                   I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would                benefit them.                                          --Jer. xviii.                                                                               10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefiter \Ben"e*fit`er\, n.       One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a       benefit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Benefit \Ben"e*fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benefited}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Benefitting}.]       To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance       in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.                   I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would                benefit them.                                          --Jer. xviii.                                                                               10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]       1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family             {Anatid[91]}.          Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided                into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former                are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood                duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of                China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,                originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among                the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.          2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the             person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.                         Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be                      trod.                                                --Milton.          {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.          {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.          {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica             which builds large nests in trees.          {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}.          {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.             (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.          {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,             having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck             ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass             Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird             or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},             {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.                      {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,             so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of             the water, raising a succession of jets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Bummalo \[d8]Bum"ma*lo\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small marine Asiatic fish ({Saurus ophidon}) used in India       as a relish; -- called also {Bombay duck}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bumboat \Bum"boat`\, n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of       its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a       boat.] (Naut.)       A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc.,       for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bump \Bump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Bumping}.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang,       and E. bum, v. i., boom to roar.]       To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to       thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bumptious \Bump"tious\, a.       Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bumptiousness \Bump"tious*ness\, n.       Conceitedness. [Colloq.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Benavides, TX (city, FIPS 7528)       Location: 27.59773 N, 98.40916 W       Population (1990): 1788 (765 housing units)       Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BBN Butterfly          A {supercomputer} developed at {BBN Technolgoies},       named after the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network       around which it was built.   It could have up to 512 {CPU}s       connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's       memory, albeit with about 15 times the latency than for its       own.   The earlier GP-1000 models used up to 256 {Motorola       68020}s.   The later TC-2000 models used up to 512 {Motorola       88100}s.          Language developed for, or ported to, the BBN Butterfly were       {Butterfly Common LISP}, {Butterfly Scheme}, {Delirium}, and       {MultiScheme}.          {(http://www.paralogos.com/DeadSuper/Misc/BBN.html)}.          (2003-11-10)