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   baby tears
         n 1: prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small
               round short-stemmed leaves [syn: {baby's tears}, {baby
               tears}, {Helxine soleirolia}, {Soleirolia soleirolii}]

English Dictionary: booby trap by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
be after
v
  1. have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion"
    Synonym(s): plan, be after
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beefeater
n
  1. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
    Synonym(s): yeoman, yeoman of the guard, beefeater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bevatron
n
  1. a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bob Woodward
n
  1. United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
    Synonym(s): Woodward, Bob Woodward, Robert Woodward, Robert Burns Woodward
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booby trap
n
  1. an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
    Synonym(s): land mine, ground-emplaced mine, booby trap
  2. an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
    Synonym(s): pitfall, booby trap
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beefeater \Beef"eat`er\, n. [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats
      another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hl[be]f[?]ta servant,
      properly a loaf eater.]
      1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
  
      2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) An African bird of the genus {Buphaga}, which
            feeds on the larv[91] of botflies hatched under the skin
            of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bepowder \Be*pow"der\, v. t.
      To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bibitory \Bib"i*to*ry\, a.
      Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Booby hatch} (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch,
            readily removable.
  
      {Booby hut}, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local,
            U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Booby hutch}, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the
            eastern part of England. --Forby.
  
      {Booby trap}, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath
            when a door is opened.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Buffeter \Buf"fet*er\, n.
      One who buffets; a boxer. --Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   By-bidder \By"-bid`der\, n.
      One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or
      owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.
      [U.S.]
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