back talk
         n 1: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of
               your sass" [syn: {sass}, {sassing}, {backtalk}, {back
               talk}, {lip}, {mouth}]

English Dictionary: bucket along	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backtalk n an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" Synonym(s): sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
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bagatelle n a light piece of music for piano something of little value or significance Synonym(s): bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over Synonym(s): bagatelle, bar billiards
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baked Alaska n cake covered with ice cream and meringue browned quickly in an oven
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basidial adj relating to or characterized by basidia
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basidiolichen n a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete
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basket hilt n a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand
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basket willow n Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin Synonym(s): purple willow, red willow, red osier, basket willow, purple osier, Salix purpurea
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Bastille n a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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Bastille Day n a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789 Synonym(s): Bastille Day, 14 July
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Basutoland n a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 Synonym(s): Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland
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beach towel n very large towel to dry yourself after swimming
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beaked whale n any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
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beastliness n the quality of being deliberately mean [syn: beastliness, meanness] unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather
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beastly adv in a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law" adj very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket" Synonym(s): beastly, hellish, god-awful resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" Synonym(s): beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal
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Bechtel crab n derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms Synonym(s): Bechtel crab, flowering crab
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best-loved adj preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" Synonym(s): favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent
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bestial adj resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" Synonym(s): beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal
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bestialise v make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to Synonym(s): bestialize, bestialise
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bestiality n the stupid brutal quality of a beast sexual activity between a person and an animal Synonym(s): bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty
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bestialize v make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to Synonym(s): bestialize, bestialise
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bestially adv in an inhumane manner; "she treated her husband bestially" Synonym(s): bestially, brutishly, in a beastly manner
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bestowal n the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift [syn: bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment] a gift that is bestowed or conferred Synonym(s): bestowal, bestowment
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big deal n an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish" Synonym(s): big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho anything of great importance or consequence
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biocatalyst n a biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme
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biocatalytic adj of or relating to biocatalysts
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Biscutalla laevigata n plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers Synonym(s): buckler mustard, Biscutalla laevigata
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Biscutella n genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard Synonym(s): Biscutella, genus Biscutella
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bookdealer n a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books [syn: bookdealer, book seller]
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bookstall n a shop where books are sold [syn: bookshop, bookstore, bookstall]
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bucket along v move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Synonym(s): rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it Antonym(s): dawdle, linger
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bushytail woodrat n any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects Synonym(s): packrat, pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea
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bustle n a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt v move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" Synonym(s): bustle, bustle about, hustle
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bustle about v move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" Synonym(s): bustle, bustle about, hustle
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bustling adj full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backsettler \Back"set"tler\, n. [Back, a. + settler.]       One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.                   The English backsettlers of Leinster and Munster.                                                                               --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basket \Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words       seem to be from the English.]       1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,             splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. [bd]Rude             baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.[b8] --Dyer.          2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains;             as, a basket of peaches.          3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.             [Improperly so used.] --Gwilt.          4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a             stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith.          {Basket fish} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran of the genus             {Astrophyton}, having the arms much branched. See             {Astrophyton}.          {Basket hilt}, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork             to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence,          {Baskethilted}, a.          {Basket work}, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.          {Basket worm} (Zo[94]l.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus             {Thyridopteryx} and allied genera, esp. {T.             ephemer[91]formis}. The larva makes and carries about a             bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it             afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult             females.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basket \Bas"ket\, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words       seem to be from the English.]       1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,             splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. [bd]Rude             baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow.[b8] --Dyer.          2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains;             as, a basket of peaches.          3. (Arch.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.             [Improperly so used.] --Gwilt.          4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a             stagecoach. [Eng.] --Goldsmith.          {Basket fish} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran of the genus             {Astrophyton}, having the arms much branched. See             {Astrophyton}.          {Basket hilt}, a hilt with a covering wrought like basketwork             to protect the hand. --Hudibras. Hence,          {Baskethilted}, a.          {Basket work}, work consisting of plaited osiers or twigs.          {Basket worm} (Zo[94]l.), a lepidopterous insect of the genus             {Thyridopteryx} and allied genera, esp. {T.             ephemer[91]formis}. The larva makes and carries about a             bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it             afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult             females.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bastile Bastille \Bas*tile" Bas*tille"\, n. [F. bastille       fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. b[?]tir.]       1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the             defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.                         The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls.                                                                               --Holland.          2. [bd]The Bastille[b8], formerly a castle or fortress in             Paris, used as a prison, especially for political             offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beaked \Beaked\, a.       1. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped. [bd]Each             beaked promontory.[b8] --Milton.          2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak;             rostrate.          {Beaked whale} (Zo[94]l.), a cetacean of the genus             {Hyperoodon}; the bottlehead whale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beastlihead \Beast"li*head\, n. [Beastly + -head state.]       Beastliness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Beastlike \Beast"like"\, a.       Like a beast.
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Beastliness \Beast"li*ness\, n.       The state or quality of being beastly.
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Beastly \Beast"ly\, a.       1. Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a             beast.                         Beastly divinities and droves of gods. --Prior.          2. Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the             nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy.                         The beastly vice of drinking to excess. --Swift.          3. Abominable; as, beastly weather. [Colloq. Eng.]          Syn: Bestial; brutish; irrational; sensual; degrading.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bequeathal \Be*queath"al\, n.       The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. --Fuller.
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Bestial \Bes"tial\, a. [F. bestial, L. bestialis, fr. bestia       beast. See {Beast}.]       1. Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.                         Among the bestial herds to range.      --Milton.          2. Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity             of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly;             sensual. --Shak.          Syn: Brutish; beastly; brutal; carnal; vile; low; depraved;                sensual; filthy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestial \Bes"tial\, n.       A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds       of bestial. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestiality \Bes*tial"i*ty\, n. [F. bestialit[82].]       1. The state or quality of being bestial.          2. Unnatural connection with a beast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestialize \Bes"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestialized}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Bestializing}.]       To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.                   The process of bestializing humanity.      --Hare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestialize \Bes"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestialized}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Bestializing}.]       To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.                   The process of bestializing humanity.      --Hare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestialize \Bes"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestialized}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Bestializing}.]       To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.                   The process of bestializing humanity.      --Hare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bestially \Bes"tial*ly\, adv.       In a bestial manner.
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Bestill \Be*still"\, v. t.       To make still.
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Bestowal \Be*stow"al\, n.       The act of bestowing; disposal.
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Bicaudal \Bi*cau"dal\, a. [Pref. bi- + caudal.]       Having, or terminating in, two tails.
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Buckler \Buc"kler\, n. [OE. bocler, OF. bocler, F. bouclier, a       shield with a boss, from OF. bocle, boucle, boss. See       {Buckle}, n.]       1. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one             of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of             the body.          Note: In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in                England, the buckler was a small shield, used, not to                cover the body, but to stop or parry blows.          2. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many                   ganoid fishes.             (b) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.          3. (Naut.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a             hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to             prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.          {Blind buckler} (Naut.), a solid buckler.          {Buckler mustard} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Biscutella})             with small bright yellow flowers. The seed vessel on             bursting resembles two bucklers or shields.          {Buckler thorn}, a plant with seed vessels shaped like a             buckler. See {Christ's thorn}.          {Riding buckler} (Naut.), a buckler with a hole for the             passage of a cable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boastless \Boast"less\, a.       Without boasting or ostentation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Book \Book\ (b[oocr]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[omac]c; akin to       Goth. b[omac]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel.       b[omac]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[omac]k, D. boek, OHG.       puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[omac]c, b[emac]ce, beech;       because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes       on pieces of beechen board. Cf. {Beech}.]       1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material,             blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many             folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or             writing.          Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed,                the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a                volume of some size, from a pamphlet.          Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book                is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound                together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music                or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott.          2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.                         A good book is the precious life blood of a master                      spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a                      life beyond life.                              --Milton.          3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as,             the tenth book of [bd]Paradise Lost.[b8]          4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are             kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and             expenditures, etc.          5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in             certain other games, two or more corresponding cards,             forming a set.          Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many                compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book                lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook.          {Book account}, an account or register of debt or credit in a             book.          {Book debt}, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the             creditor in his book of accounts.          {Book learning}, learning acquired from books, as             distinguished from practical knowledge. [bd]Neither does             it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good             natural sense, to distinguish true and false.[b8]             --Burnet.          {Book louse} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of minute,             wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They             belong to the {Pseudoneuroptera}.          {Book moth} (Zo[94]l.), the name of several species of moths,             the larv[91] of which eat books.          {Book oath}, an oath made on {The Book}, or Bible.          {The Book of Books}, the Bible.          {Book post}, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts,             etc., may be transmitted by mail.          {Book scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), one of the false scorpions             ({Chelifer cancroides}) found among books and papers. It             can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects.                      {Book stall}, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for             retailing books.          {Canonical books}. See {Canonical}.          {In one's books}, in one's favor. [bd]I was so much in his             books, that at his decease he left me his lamp.[b8]             --Addison.          {To bring to book}.             (a) To compel to give an account.             (b) To compare with an admitted authority. [bd]To bring it                   manifestly to book is impossible.[b8] --M. Arnold.          {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}.          {To make a book} (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a             pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that             the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and             loses only on the winning horse or horses.          {To speak by the book}, to speak with minute exactness.          {Without book}.             (a) By memory.             (b) Without authority.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bookstall \Book"stall`\, n.       A stall or stand where books are sold.
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Box tail \Box tail\ (A[89]ronautics)       In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed,       resembling a box kite.
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Buckstall \Buck"stall`\, n.       A toil or net to take deer.
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Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[ucr]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled}       (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb.n. {Bustling} (-sl[icr]ng).] [Cf. OE.       buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the       verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]       To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to       cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a       crowd.                   And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bustle \Bus"tle\, n.       Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.                   A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bustle \Bus"tle\, n.       A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by       women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also       {bishop}, and {tournure}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[ucr]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled}       (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb.n. {Bustling} (-sl[icr]ng).] [Cf. OE.       buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the       verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]       To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to       cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a       crowd.                   And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bustler \Bus"tler\ (b[ucr]s"sl[etil]r), n.       An active, stirring person.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[ucr]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled}       (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb.n. {Bustling} (-sl[icr]ng).] [Cf. OE.       buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the       verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]       To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to       cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a       crowd.                   And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[ucr]s"sl[icr]ng), a.       Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused       activity; as, a bustling crowd. [bd]A bustling wharf.[b8]       --Hawthorne.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bay St. Louis, MS (city, FIPS 3980)       Location: 30.31015 N, 89.33002 W       Population (1990): 8063 (3561 housing units)       Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 26.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bechtelsville, PA (borough, FIPS 4896)       Location: 40.37086 N, 75.63071 W       Population (1990): 884 (318 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 19505
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Big Delta, AK (CDP, FIPS 6850)       Location: 64.13992 N, 145.76211 W       Population (1990): 400 (179 housing units)       Area: 48.1 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Boca Del Mar, FL (CDP, FIPS 7235)       Location: 26.34460 N, 80.14682 W       Population (1990): 17754 (10353 housing units)       Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Buchtel, OH (village, FIPS 9834)       Location: 39.46277 N, 82.18249 W       Population (1990): 640 (255 housing units)       Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)