bottom line
         n 1: the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or
               loss
         2: the decisive point

English Dictionary: buttonlike	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottom lurkers n a fish that lurks on the bottom of a body of water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottomland n low-lying alluvial land near a river [syn: bottomland, bottom]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottomless adj extremely deep; "a bottomless pit"; "a bottomless lake" having no bottom; "bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front" Antonym(s): bottomed having no apparent limits or bounds; "a bottomless supply of money"; "bottomless pockets" unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness; "bottomless dancers"; "a bottomless bar"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottomlessness n the property of being very deep; without limit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
butanol n a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents Synonym(s): butyl alcohol, butanol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
button hole n a hole through which buttons are pushed [syn: buttonhole, button hole]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buttonhole n a hole through which buttons are pushed [syn: buttonhole, button hole] v detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors Synonym(s): lobby, buttonhole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buttonhole stitch n a reinforcing looped stitch for edges, as around a buttonhole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buttonlike adj small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes" Synonym(s): beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed,       prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid,       G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere       to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count       their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every       time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to       count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.]       1. A prayer. [Obs.]          2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and             worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting             prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the             phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads,             etc., meaning, to be at prayer.          3. Any small globular body; as,             (a) A bubble in spirits.             (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of                   midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth.             (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking                   aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to                   take aim).             (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the                   section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be                   continuous, or broken into short embossments.             (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or                   microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for                   several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron,                   manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax                   bead; the iron bead, etc.          {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are             flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges.             --Knight.          {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which             consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to             resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.]                      {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to             make beads or beading.          {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best             known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers             which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bead \Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed,       prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid,       G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. [?] to persuade, L. fidere       to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count       their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every       time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to       count. See {Bid}, in to bid beads, and {Bide}.]       1. A prayer. [Obs.]          2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and             worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting             prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the             phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads,             etc., meaning, to be at prayer.          3. Any small globular body; as,             (a) A bubble in spirits.             (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. [bd]Cold beads of                   midnight dew.[b8] --Wordsworth.             (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking                   aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to                   take aim).             (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the                   section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be                   continuous, or broken into short embossments.             (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or                   microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for                   several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron,                   manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax                   bead; the iron bead, etc.          {Bead and butt} (Carp.), framing in which the panels are             flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges.             --Knight.          {Beat mold}, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which             consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to             resemble a string of beads. [Written also {bead mould}.]                      {Bead tool}, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to             make beads or beading.          {Bead tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Melia}, the best             known species of which ({M. azedarach}), has blue flowers             which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bed-molding \Bed"-mold`ing\ Bed-moulding    \Bed"-mould`ing\(b[ecr]d"m[omac]ld`[icr]ng), n. (Arch.)       The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. --Oxf.       Gloss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bed-molding \Bed"-mold`ing\ Bed-moulding    \Bed"-mould`ing\(b[ecr]d"m[omac]ld`[icr]ng), n. (Arch.)       The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. --Oxf.       Gloss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botanologer \Bot`a*nol"o*ger\, n.       A botanist. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Botanology \Bot`a*nol"o*gy\, n. [Botany + -logy: cf. F.       botanologie.]       The science of botany. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottom \Bot"tom\, a.       Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under;       as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom       prices.          {Bottom glade}, a low glade or open place; a valley; a dale.             --Milton.          {Bottom grass}, grass growing on bottom lands.          {Bottom land}. See 1st {Bottom}, n., 7.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottomless \Bot"tom*less\, a.       Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a       bottomless abyss. [bd]Bottomless speculations.[b8] --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, n.       The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, v. t.       To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in       conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a       quarter of an hour.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonmold \But"ton*mold`\, n.       A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a       button by covering it with cloth. [Written also       {buttonmould}.]          {Fossil buttonmolds}, joints of encrinites. See {Encrinite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonmold \But"ton*mold`\, n.       A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a       button by covering it with cloth. [Written also       {buttonmould}.]          {Fossil buttonmolds}, joints of encrinites. See {Encrinite}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Buttonwillow, CA (CDP, FIPS 9332)       Location: 35.40176 N, 119.46981 W       Population (1990): 1301 (407 housing units)       Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 93206
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
bitonal image          An {image} consisting only of a foreground colour       and a background colour.          Compare {monochrome}.          (1998-03-14)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beaten oil       (Ex. 27:20; 29:40), obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not       by crushing them in a mill. It was reckoned the best. (See {OLIVE}.)