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bad temper
n 1: a persisting angry mood [syn: {bad temper}, {ill temper}]

English Dictionary: button up	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bad-tempered adj annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beaten-up adj damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford" Synonym(s): battered, beat-up, beaten-up
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beta-naphthol n an isomer of naphthol used in rubber as an antioxidant
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betweenbrain n the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon Synonym(s): diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
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bitmap n an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels Synonym(s): bitmap, electronic image
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Bodoni font n a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes Synonym(s): modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font Antonym(s): old style, old style font
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Botany Bay fig n Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood Synonym(s): Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottom feeder n an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others
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bottom fermentation n a slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of lager
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bottom fermenting yeast n brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager
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bottom fish n fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder) Synonym(s): groundfish, bottom fish
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bottom of the inning n the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat Synonym(s): bottom, bottom of the inning Antonym(s): top, top of the inning
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bottom-feeder n a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water Synonym(s): bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottom-feeding adj of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottom-up adj of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level; "bottom-up parser"; "a bottom-up model of the reading process" Antonym(s): top-down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
button fern n fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets Synonym(s): button fern, Pellaea rotundifolia Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils Synonym(s): button fern, Tectaria cicutaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
button pink n much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William Synonym(s): button pink, Dianthus latifolius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
button up v refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" Synonym(s): close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum Antonym(s): open up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mahogany \Mahog"any\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S. Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany ({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany ({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and {Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of California and the Rocky Mountains. 2. The wood of the {Swietenia Mahogoni}. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] {To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] {To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with him. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bethumb \Be*thumb"\, v. t. To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. --Poe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bethump \Be*thump"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bethump \Be*thump"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bethump \Be*thump"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bethump \Be*thump"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betumble \Be*tum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betumbled}.] To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.] From her betumbled couch she starteth. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betumble \Be*tum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betumbled}.] To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.] From her betumbled couch she starteth. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bit \Bit\, n. [OE. bite, AS. bita, fr. b[c6]tan to bite; akin to D. beet, G. bissen bit, morsel, Icel. biti. See {Bite}, v., and cf. {Bit} part of a bridle.] 1. A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite. 2. Somewhat; something, but not very great. My young companion was a bit of a poet. --T. Hook. Note: This word is used, also, like jot and whit, to express the smallest degree; as, he is not a bit wiser. 3. A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See {Bitstock}. 4. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers. --Knight. 5. The cutting iron of a plane. --Knight. 6. In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents. {Bit my bit}, piecemeal. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[be], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[82].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, [or] Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou}, {Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong}, and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson. Note: [bd]No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.[b8] --Encyc. Brit. 2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage. 3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. 4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. {Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See {Kat}. {Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. {Australian}, [or] {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody clambing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}). {Brazilian tea}. (a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. {Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}. {New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See {Redroot}. {New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}. {Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}. {Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}. {Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set. {Tea bug} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. {Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea. {Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China. {Tea clam} (Zo[94]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.] {Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served. {Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. {Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. {Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish. {Tea set}, a tea service. {Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. {Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. {Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant}, above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botany Bay \Bot"a*ny Bay"\ A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770. Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. {Botany Bay kino} (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian species of {Eucalyptus}. {Botany Bay resin} (Med.), a resin of reddish yellow color, resembling gamboge, the product of different Australian species of {Xanthorrh[91]a}, esp. the grass tree ({X. hastilis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botany Bay \Bot"a*ny Bay"\ A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770. Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. {Botany Bay kino} (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian species of {Eucalyptus}. {Botany Bay resin} (Med.), a resin of reddish yellow color, resembling gamboge, the product of different Australian species of {Xanthorrh[91]a}, esp. the grass tree ({X. hastilis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botany Bay \Bot"a*ny Bay"\ A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770. Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. {Botany Bay kino} (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian species of {Eucalyptus}. {Botany Bay resin} (Med.), a resin of reddish yellow color, resembling gamboge, the product of different Australian species of {Xanthorrh[91]a}, esp. the grass tree ({X. hastilis}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottom fermentation \Bot"tom fer`men*ta"tion\ A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4[deg] - 10[deg] C. (39[deg] - 50[deg]F.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See {Place}, and cf. {Platane}, {Plantain} the tree.] (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. Note: The Oriental plane ({Platanus orientalis}) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane ({Platanus occidentalis}), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called {sycamore}, {buttonwood}, and {buttonball}, names also applied to the California species ({Platanus racemosa}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonball \But"ton*ball`\, n. (Bot.) See {Buttonwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plane \Plane\, n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See {Place}, and cf. {Platane}, {Plantain} the tree.] (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Platanus. Note: The Oriental plane ({Platanus orientalis}) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane ({Platanus occidentalis}), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called {sycamore}, {buttonwood}, and {buttonball}, names also applied to the California species ({Platanus racemosa}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonball \But"ton*ball`\, n. (Bot.) See {Buttonwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonwood \But"ton*wood`\, n. (Bot.) The {Platanus occidentalis}, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also {buttonball tree}, and, in some parts of the United States, {sycamore}. The California buttonwood is {P. racemosa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonbush \But"ton*bush`\, n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Cephalanthus occidentalis}) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See {Capitulum}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bethany Beach, DE (town, FIPS 5690) Location: 38.53799 N, 75.06536 W Population (1990): 326 (2066 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19930
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bottom feeder n. Syn. for {slopsucker}, derived from the fishermen's and naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the primordial ooze.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
bottom-up implementation n. Hackish opposite of the techspeak term `top-down design'. It has been received wisdom in most programming cultures that it is best to design from higher levels of abstraction down to lower, specifying sequences of action in increasing detail until you get to actual code. Hackers often find (especially in exploratory designs that cannot be closely specified in advance) that it works best to _build_ things in the opposite order, by writing and testing a clean set of primitive operations and then knitting them together. Naively applied, this leads to hacked-together bottom-up implementations; a more sophisticated response is `middle-out implementation', in which scratch code within primitives at the mid-level of the system is gradually replaced with a more polished version of the lowest level at the same time the structure above the midlevel is being built.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bitmap A data file or structure which corresponds {bit} for bit with an {image} displayed on a screen, probably in the same format as it would be stored in the display's {video memory} or maybe as a {device independent bitmap}. A bitmap is characterised by the width and height of the image in {pixels} and the number of bits per pixel which determines the number of shades of grey or colours it can represent. A bitmap representing a coloured image (a "{pixmap}") will usually have pixels with between one and eight bits for each of the red, green, and blue components, though other colour encodings are also used. The green component sometimes has more bits that the other two to cater for the human eye's greater discrimination in this component. See also {vector graphics}, {image formats}. (1996-09-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bitmap display A computer output device where each {pixel} displayed on the {monitor} screen corresponds directly to one or more {bits} in the computer's {video memory}. Such a display can be updated extremely rapidly since changing a pixel involves only a single processor write to memory compared with a {terminal} or {VDU} connected via a serial line where the speed of the serial line limits the speed at which the display can be changed. Most modern {personal computers} and {workstations} have bitmap displays, allowing the efficient use of {graphical user interfaces}, interactive graphics and a choice of on-screen {fonts}. Some more expensive systems still delegate graphics operations to dedicated hardware such as {graphics accelerators}. The bitmap display might be traced back to the earliest days of computing when the Manchester University Mark I(?) computer, developed by F.C. Williams and T. Kilburn shortly after the Second World War. This used a {storage tube} as its {working memory}. Phosphor dots were used to store single bits of data which could be read by the user and interpreted as binary numbers. [Is this history correct? Was it ever used to display "graphics"? What was the resolution?] (2002-05-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bitmap font A {font} where each character is stored as an {array} of {pixel}s (a {bitmap}). Such fonts are not easily scalable, in contrast to {vectored font}s (like those used in {PostScript}). [Examples?] (1995-02-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bitmapped display {bitmap display}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bottom feeder {slopsucker}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
BottomFeeder An {RSS} {aggregator}. {BottomFeeder Home (http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/BottomFeeder)}. (2003-09-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bottom-up implementation The opposite of {top-down design}. It is now received wisdom in most programming cultures that it is best to design from higher levels of abstraction down to lower, specifying sequences of action in increasing detail until you get to actual code. Hackers often find (especially in exploratory designs that cannot be closely specified in advance) that it works best to build things in the opposite order, by writing and testing a clean set of primitive operations and then knitting them together. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bottom-up model A method for estimating the cost of a complete software project by combining estimates for each component. (1996-05-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bottom-up testing An integration testing technique that tests the low-level components first using test drivers for those components that have not yet been developed to call the low-level components for test. Compare {bottom-up implementation}. (1996-05-10)