back-to-back
         adj 1: one after the other; "back-to-back home runs" [syn:
                  {back-to-back}, {consecutive}]

English Dictionary: bushed(p)	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backstop n (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher Synonym(s): catcher, backstop (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong" v act as a backstop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baked potato n potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
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baked-apple berry n creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries Synonym(s): cloudberry, dwarf mulberry, bakeapple, baked-apple berry, salmonberry, Rubus chamaemorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basket fern n tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil Synonym(s): basket fern, toothed sword fern, Nephrolepis pectinata giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia Synonym(s): basket fern, Drynaria rigidula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basket fish n any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc Synonym(s): basket star, basket fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basket flower n annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets Synonym(s): basket flower, Centaurea americana
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basket weave n a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket
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basketball n a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop Synonym(s): basketball, basketball game, hoops an inflated ball used in playing basketball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basketball backboard n a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" Synonym(s): backboard, basketball backboard
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basketball clinic n a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction
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basketball coach n a coach of basketball players
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basketball court n the court on which basketball is played
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basketball equipment n sports equipment used in playing basketball
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basketball game n a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop Synonym(s): basketball, basketball game, hoops
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basketball hoop n horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball Synonym(s): basket, basketball hoop, hoop
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basketball league n a league of basketball teams
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basketball play n a play executed by a basketball team
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basketball player n an athlete who plays basketball [syn: basketball player, basketeer, cager]
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basketball score n the score in a basketball game
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basketball season n the season when basketball is played
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basketball shot n throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out"
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basketball team n a team that plays basketball [syn: basketball team, five]
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basketful n the quantity contained in a basket [syn: basket, basketful]
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basketweaver n someone skilled in weaving baskets [syn: basketweaver, basketmaker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
basset oboe n an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe [syn: heckelphone, basset oboe]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bast fiber n strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants Synonym(s): bast, bast fiber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
be active v be in a state of action; "she is always moving" [syn: {be active}, move] Antonym(s): rest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beaked parsley n aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads Synonym(s): chervil, beaked parsley, Anthriscus cereifolium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beast of burden n an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work Synonym(s): beast of burden, jument
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
becket bend n a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) Synonym(s): sheet bend, becket bend, weaver's knot, weaver's hitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
best evidence rule n a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required
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best friend n the one friend who is closest to you
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best of all adv especially fortunate; "best of all, we don't have any homework!"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bestubbled adj having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" [syn: bestubbled, stubbled, stubbly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Big Dipper n a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Synonym(s): Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) Synonym(s): roller coaster, big dipper, chute-the-chute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
big top n a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour" Synonym(s): circus tent, big top, round top, top
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bight of Benin n a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boastful adj exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self- aggrandising]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boastfully adv in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully, vauntingly, big, large]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boastfulness n outspoken conceit Synonym(s): boastfulness, vainglory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
boost up v push upward; "She pushed up her children when the policeman came by"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bucked up adj inspired with confidence; "felt bucked up by his success" Synonym(s): bucked up(p), encouraged
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bucketful n the quantity contained in a bucket [syn: bucket, bucketful]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buckwheat family n a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats Synonym(s): Polygonaceae, family Polygonaceae, buckwheat family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bus depot n a terminal that serves bus passengers [syn: bus terminal, bus depot, bus station, coach station]
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bus stop n a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers
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bus topology n the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar Synonym(s): bus topology, bus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bust up v smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car" Synonym(s): bust up, wreck, wrack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bust-up n a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bust-up takeover n a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Step \Step\, n. [AS. st[91]pe. See {Step}, v. i.]       1. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a             pace.          2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in             ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a             ladder.                         The breadth of every single step or stair should be                      never less than one foot.                  --Sir H.                                                                               Wotton.          3. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in             walking or running; as, one step is generally about three             feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of             any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by             steps.                         To derive two or three general principles of motion                      from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the                      properties and actions of all corporeal things                      follow from those manifest principles, would be a                      very great step in philosophy.            --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          4. A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.          5. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.          6. Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is             often known by his step.          7. Proceeding; measure; action; an act.                         The reputation of a man depends on the first steps                      he makes in the world.                        --Pope.                         Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live                      till to-morrow, will have passed away. --Cowper.                         I have lately taken steps . . . to relieve the old                      gentleman's distresses.                     --G. W. Cable.          8. pl. Walk; passage.                         Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree. --Dryden.          9. pl. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in             reaching to a high position.          10. (Naut.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is             intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of             wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting             the heel of the mast.          11. (Mach.)             (a) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the                   steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a                   cone pulley on which the belt runs.             (b) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle                   or a vertical shaft revolves.          12. (Mus.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the             csale.          Note: The word tone is often used as the name of this                interval; but there is evident incongruity in using                tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the                word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder,                the intervals may well be called steps.          13. (Kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of             translation. --W. K. Clifford.          {Back step}, {Half step}, etc. See under {Back}, {Half}, etc.                      {Step grate}, a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the             bars rise above one another in the manner of steps.          {To take steps}, to take action; to move in a matter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Back \Back\, a.       1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the             back door; back settlements.          2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.          3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action.          {Back charges}, charges brought forward after an account has             been made up.          {Back filling} (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling             up the space between two walls, or between the inner and             outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or             vault.          {Back pressure}. (Steam Engine) See under {Pressure}.          {Back rest}, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe,             and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in             turning.          {Back slang}, a kind of slang in which every word is written             or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.          {Back stairs}, stairs in the back part of a house; private             stairs. Also used adjectively. See {Back stairs},             {Backstairs}, and {Backstair}, in the Vocabulary.          {Back step} (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body             of men, without changing front.          {Back stream}, a current running against the main current of             a stream; an eddy.          {To take the back track}, to retrace one's steps; to retreat.             [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backstaff \Back"staff`\, n.       An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the       heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and       sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to       the body observed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backstop \Back"stop`\, n.       1. In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the             home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also,             the catcher himself.          2. In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the             striking base.          3. In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket keeper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basket ball \Bas"ket ball`\       A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of       players contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball       into opposite goals resembling baskets.
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]:
Basketful \Bas"ket*ful\, n.; pl. {Basketfuls}.       As much as a basket will contain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Basketful \Bas"ket*ful\, n.; pl. {Basketfuls}.       As much as a basket will contain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bayeux tapestry \Ba`yeux" tap"es*try\       A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long,       covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William       the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town       museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th       century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the       Conqueror's wife.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burden \Bur"den\ (b[ucir]"d'n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE.       burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr[edh]en; akin to       Icel. byr[edh]i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b[94]rda, G. b[81]rde, OHG.       burdi, Goth. ba[a3]r[thorn]ei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS.       beran, Goth. bairan. [fb]92. See 1st {Bear}.]       1. That which is borne or carried; a load.                         Plants with goodly burden bowing.      --Shak.          2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which             is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.                         Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends                      a burden grown.                                 --Swift.          3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she             will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.          4. (Mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over             the stream of tin.          5. (Metal.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the             charge of a blast furnace. --Raymond.          6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of             gad steel, 120 pounds.          7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.          {Beast of burden}, an animal employed in carrying burdens.          {Burden of proof} [L. onus probandi] (Law), the duty of             proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure             in the performance of which duty calls for judgment             against the party on whom the duty is imposed.          Syn: {Burden}, {Load}.          Usage: A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be                   borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried.                   Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a                   difference between the two words. Our burdens may be                   of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them                   cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from                   the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of                   Providence; they may be the consequences of our                   errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry                   with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men                   often find the charge of their own families to be a                   burden; but if to this be added a load of care for                   others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prey \Prey\, n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for       praeheda. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Depredate},       {Predatory}.]       Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything       taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.                   And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the                spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest. --Num. xxxi.                                                                               12.          2. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be             devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.                         The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. --Job iv.                                                                               ii.                         Already sees herself the monster's prey. --Dryden.          3. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.                         Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, . . . lion in prey.                                                                               --Shak.          {Beast of prey}, a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the             flesh of other animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bequeathable \Be*queath"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being bequeathed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bower \Bo"wer\, n. [From {Bow}, v. & n.]       1. One who bows or bends.          2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.          3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]                         His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were                      wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew.                                                                               --Spenser.          {Best bower}, {Small bower}. See {the Note under Anchor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bower \Bow"er\ (bou"[etil]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called       from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See       {Boor}.]       One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the       game of euchre.          {Right bower}, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card             (except the [bd]Joker[b8]) in the game.          {Left bower}, the knave of the other suit of the same color             as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value.                      {Best bower} or {Joker}, in some forms of euchre and some             other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack,             which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bicched \Bic"ched\, a. [Of unknown origin.]       Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          {Bicched bones}, pecked, or notched, bones; dice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disdiapason \Dis*di`a*pa"son\, n. [Pref. dis- (Gr. [?]) +       diapason.] (Anc. Mus.)       An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also       {bisdiapason}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bistipuled \Bi*stip"uled\, a. [Pref. bi- + stipule.] (Bot.)       Having two stipules.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.       Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;       vainglorious; self-praising. -- {Boast"ful*ly}, adv. --       {Boast"ful*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.       Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;       vainglorious; self-praising. -- {Boast"ful*ly}, adv. --       {Boast"ful*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.       Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;       vainglorious; self-praising. -- {Boast"ful*ly}, adv. --       {Boast"ful*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boastive \Boast"ive\, a.       Presumptuous. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Debt \Debt\, n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus       owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- +       habere to have. See {Habit}, and cf. {Debit}, {Due}.]       1. That which is due from one person to another, whether             money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound             to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing             owed; obligation; liability.                         Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt.                                                                               --Shak.                         When you run in debt, you give to another power over                      your liberty.                                    --Franklin.          2. A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.             [bd]Forgive us our debts.[b8] --Matt. vi. 12.          3. (Law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum             of money alleged to be due. --Burrill.          {Bond debt}, {Book debt}, etc. See under {Bond}, {Book}, etc.                      {Debt of nature}, death.
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Beechwood Village, KY (city, FIPS 5068)       Location: 38.25670 N, 85.62981 W       Population (1990): 1263 (543 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bogotify /boh-go't*-fi:/ vt.   To make or become bogus.   A    program that has been changed so many times as to become completely    disorganized has become bogotified.   If you tighten a nut too hard    and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become bogotified    and you had better not use it any more.   This coinage led to the    notional `autobogotiphobia' defined as `the fear of becoming    bogotified'; but is not clear that the latter has ever been `live'    jargon rather than a self-conscious joke in jargon about jargon.    See also {bogosity}, {bogus}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
best effort          A classification of low priority network traffic,       used especially the {Internet}.          Different kinds of traffic have different priorities.       {Videoconferencing} and other types of {real-time}       communication, for example, require a certain minimum       guaranteed {bandwidth} and {latency} and so must be given a       high priority.   {Electronic mail}, on the other hand, can       tolerate an arbitrarily long delay and is classified as a       "best-effort" service.          [Scientific American, Nov. 1994, pp. 83-84].          (1995-04-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
best first search          A {graph} search {algorithm} which optimises       {breadth first search} by ordering all current paths according       to some {heuristic}.   The heuristic attempts to predict how       close the end of a path is to a solution.   Paths which are       judged to be closer to a solution are extended first.          See also {beam search}, {hill climbing}.          (1995-12-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Best Fit          A {resource} allocation scheme (usually for       {memory}).   Best Fit tries to determine the best place to put       the new data.   The definition of 'best' may differ between       implementations, but one example might be to try and minimise       the wasted space at the end of the block being allocated -       i.e. use the smallest space which is big enough.          By minimising wasted space, more data can be allocated       overall, at the expense of a more time-consuming allocation       {routine}.          Compare {First Fit}.          (1997-06-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bogotify          /boh-go't*-fi:/ To make or become bad.   A program       that has been changed so many times as to become completely       disorganised has become bogotified.   If you tighten a nut too       hard and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become       bogotified.          See also {bogosity}.          (2003-01-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Boycott Apple          Some time before 1989, {Apple Computer, Inc.} started a       lawsuit against {Hewlett-Packard} and {Microsoft}, claiming       they had breeched Apple's {copyright} on the {look and feel}       of the {Macintosh user interface}.   In December 1989, {Xerox}       failed to sue {Apple Computer}, claiming that the software for       Apple's {Lisa} computer and {Macintosh} {Finder}, both       copyrighted in 1987, were derived from two {Xerox} programs:       {Smalltalk}, developed in the mid-1970s and {Star},       copyrighted in 1981.          Apple wanted to stop people from writing any program that       worked even vaguely like a {Macintosh}.   If such {look and       feel} lawsuits succeed they could put an end to {free       software} that could substitute for commercial software.          In the weeks after the suit was filed, {Usenet} reverberated       with condemnation for Apple.   {GNU} supporters {Richard       Stallman}, John Gilmore, and Paul Rubin decided to take action       against Apple.   Apple's reputation as a force for progress       came from having made better computers; but The {League for       Programming Freedom} believed that Apple wanted to make all       non-Apple computers worse.   They therefore campaigned to       discourage people from using Apple products or working for       Apple or any other company threatening similar obstructionist       tactics (e.g. {Lotus} and {Xerox}).          Because of this boycott the {Free Software Foundation} for a       long time didn't support {Macintosh} {Unix} in their software.       In 1995, the LPF and the FSF decided to end the boycott.          [Dates?   Other events?   Why did Xerox's case against Apple       fail?]          (1995-04-18)