bad luck
         n 1: an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
               [syn: {misfortune}, {bad luck}, {tough luck}, {ill luck}]
               [ant: {good fortune}, {good luck}, {luckiness}]
         2: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate; "if I didn't
            have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all" [syn: {bad
            luck}, {mischance}, {mishap}]
         3: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an
            unfortunate event [syn: {misfortune}, {bad luck}]

English Dictionary: bootlegger	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bathyal zone n the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone Synonym(s): continental slope, bathyal zone, bathyal district
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battle cruiser n a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower
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battle cry n a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle Synonym(s): war cry, war whoop, rallying cry, battle cry a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" Synonym(s): war cry, rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battle group n an army unit usually consisting of five companies
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battle sight n an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges Synonym(s): battle sight, battlesight
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battle-ax n a broadax used as a weapon Synonym(s): battle-ax, battle-axe a sharp-tongued domineering wife Synonym(s): battle-ax, battle- axe
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battle-axe n a sharp-tongued domineering wife [syn: battle-ax, battle-axe] a broadax used as a weapon Synonym(s): battle-ax, battle-axe
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battle-scarred adj scarred by battle
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battleground n a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" Synonym(s): battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field
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battleship n large and heavily armoured warship [syn: battleship, battlewagon]
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battlesight n an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges Synonym(s): battle sight, battlesight
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battlewagon n large and heavily armoured warship [syn: battleship, battlewagon]
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beadlike adj small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes" Synonym(s): beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike
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Beatles n a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
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bedless adj without a bed; "the cell was bedless" Antonym(s): bedded
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Bedloe's Island n an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands; "Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in 1956" Synonym(s): Liberty Island, Bedloe's Island
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beta-lactamase n enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic Synonym(s): penicillinase, beta-lactamase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Betelgeuse n the second brightest star in Orion [syn: Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis]
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Betula cordifolia n small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes Synonym(s): American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Betula glandulosa n small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland Synonym(s): Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa
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Betulaceae n monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) Synonym(s): Betulaceae, family Betulaceae, birch family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
betulaceous adj of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bodiless adj not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts" [syn: discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied] having no trunk or main part; "a bodiless head" Synonym(s): bodiless, bodyless
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bodily cavity n (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body [syn: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bodily structure n a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" Synonym(s): structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
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body louse n a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings Synonym(s): body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis
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bodyless adj having no trunk or main part; "a bodiless head" [syn: bodiless, bodyless]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bootlace n a long lace for fastening boots
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bootleg adj distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes" Synonym(s): bootleg, black, black-market, contraband, smuggled n whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash [syn: moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor] the part of a boot above the instep v sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey" produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bootlegger n someone who makes or sells illegal liquor [syn: bootlegger, moonshiner]
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bootlegging n the act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally; "the Prohibition amendment made bootlegging profitable" the act of selling illegally or without permission; "the bootlegging of videotapes is common in Asia"
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bootless adj unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" Synonym(s): bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
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bootlick v try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" Synonym(s): fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
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bootlicker n someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect Synonym(s): apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler
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bootlicking adj attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery Synonym(s): bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish attempting to win favor by flattery Synonym(s): bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottle collection n a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" the activity of collecting bottles; "bottle collection is a hobby of hers" collecting bottles for reuse
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bottle cork n the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) Synonym(s): cork, bottle cork
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bottle gentian n gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all Synonym(s): closed gentian, blind gentian, bottle gentian, Gentiana andrewsii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottle gourd n Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits Synonym(s): bottle gourd, calabash, Lagenaria siceraria
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bottle grass n European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed Synonym(s): green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass, bottle-grass, bottle grass, Setaria viridis
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bottle green n dark to moderate or greyish green
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bottle screw n a bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: corkscrew, {bottle screw}]
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bottle-grass n European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed Synonym(s): green bristlegrass, green foxtail, rough bristlegrass, bottle-grass, bottle grass, Setaria viridis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bottle-green adj of a dark to moderate greyish green color
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bottle-shaped adj shaped like a bottle
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bottlecap n a cap that seals a bottle
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botulism n food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
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botulismotoxin n potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon Synonym(s): botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bouteloua gracilis n a pasture grass of western North America [syn: {blue grama}, Bouteloua gracilis]
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Buteo lagopus n large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers Synonym(s): rough- legged hawk, roughleg, Buteo lagopus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bateless \Bate"less\, a.       Not to be abated. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battailous \Bat"tail*ous\, a. [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See       {Battle}, n.]       Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.]       [bd]In battailous aspect.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battle ship \Battle ship\ (Nav.)       An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed,       generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tons       displacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest       ships in line of battle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battle-ax \Bat"tle-ax`\ Battle-axe \Bat"tle-axe`\(-[acr]ks`), n.       (Mil.)       A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battle-ax \Bat"tle-ax`\ Battle-axe \Bat"tle-axe`\(-[acr]ks`), n.       (Mil.)       A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battologist \Bat*tol"o*gist\, n.       One who battologizes.
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Battologize \Bat*tol"o*gize\, v. t.       To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate. --Sir T. Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Battology \Bat*tol"o*gy\, n. [F. battologie, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] a       stammerer + [?] speech.]       A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.       --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadleship \Bea"dle*ship\, n.       The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. --A.       Wood.
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Beautiless \Beau"ti*less\, a.       Destitute of beauty. --Hammond.
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Beetlestock \Bee"tle*stock`\, n.       The handle of a beetle.
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Betelguese \Bet"el*guese\ (b[ecr]t"[ecr]l*j[emac]z), n. [F.       B[82]telgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.)       A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of       Orion. [Written also {Betelgeux} and {Betelgeuse}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betelguese \Bet"el*guese\ (b[ecr]t"[ecr]l*j[emac]z), n. [F.       B[82]telgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.)       A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of       Orion. [Written also {Betelgeux} and {Betelgeuse}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betelguese \Bet"el*guese\ (b[ecr]t"[ecr]l*j[emac]z), n. [F.       B[82]telgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.)       A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of       Orion. [Written also {Betelgeux} and {Betelgeuse}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitless \Bit"less\, a.       Not having a bit or bridle.
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Bodiless \Bod"i*less\, a.       1. Having no body.          2. Without material form; incorporeal.                         Phantoms bodiless and vain.               --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to       OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.]       1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether             living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital             principle; the physical person.                         Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3                         For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is                      form, and doth the body make.            --Spenser.          2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as             distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central,             or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.                         Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport                      together?                                          --Shak.                         The van of the king's army was led by the general; .                      . . in the body was the king and the prince.                                                                               --Clarendon.                         Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.                                                                               --Addison.          3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as             opposed to the shadow.                         Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body                      is of Christ.                                    --Col. ii. 17.          4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as,             anybody, nobody.                         A dry, shrewd kind of a body.            --W. Irving.          5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as             united by some common tie, or as organized for some             purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation;             as, a legislative body; a clerical body.                         A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.                                                                               --Prescott.          6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a             general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of             laws or of divinity.          7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from             others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform             body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley.                         By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to                      fire.                                                --Milton.          8. Amount; quantity; extent.          9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished             from the parts covering the limbs.          10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is             placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.          11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank             (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on             an agate body.          12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness;             any solid figure.          13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this             color has body; wine of a good body.          Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being                ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with                oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same                color.          {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.                      {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the             body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in             mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and             abdominal cavities.          {Body of a church}, the nave.          {Body cloth}; pl.          {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.          {Body clothes}. (pl.)          1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.          2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison.          {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat.          {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency,             thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.          {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part.          {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus             vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and             clothes. See {Grayback}.          {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the             conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her             length.          {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as             politically organized, or as exercising political             functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton.                         As to the persons who compose the body politic or                      associate themselves, they take collectively the                      name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8].                                                                               --Bouvier.          {Body servant}, a valet.          {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the             planets. [Obs.]                         Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars                      yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe,                      Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or             authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a             resurrectionist.          {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead             body from the grave; usually for the purpose of             dissection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bootless \Boot"less\, a. [From {Boot} profit.]       Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or       success. --Chaucer.                   I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. --Shak.       -- {Boot"less*ly}, adv. -- {Boot"less*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bootless \Boot"less\, a. [From {Boot} profit.]       Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or       success. --Chaucer.                   I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. --Shak.       -- {Boot"less*ly}, adv. -- {Boot"less*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bootless \Boot"less\, a. [From {Boot} profit.]       Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or       success. --Chaucer.                   I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. --Shak.       -- {Boot"less*ly}, adv. -- {Boot"less*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bootlick \Boot"lick`\, n.       A toady. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boteless \Bote"less\, a.       Unavailing; in vain. See {Bootless}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,       F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,       flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]       1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but             formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for             holding liquids.          2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;             as, to drink a bottle of wine.          3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in             the bottle.          Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part                of a compound.          {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the             interior of bottles.          {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel             ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike             gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three             times its won size.          {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.          {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the             manufacture of bottles. --Ure.          {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash             ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,             dippers, etc.          {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria             glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and             {green foxtail}.          {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;             -- so called from the shape of its nest.          {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia             rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,             trunk.          {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber             nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in             feeding infants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,       F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,       flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]       1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but             formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for             holding liquids.          2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;             as, to drink a bottle of wine.          3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in             the bottle.          Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part                of a compound.          {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the             interior of bottles.          {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel             ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike             gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three             times its won size.          {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.          {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the             manufacture of bottles. --Ure.          {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash             ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,             dippers, etc.          {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria             glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and             {green foxtail}.          {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;             -- so called from the shape of its nest.          {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia             rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,             trunk.          {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber             nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in             feeding infants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,       F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,       flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]       1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but             formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for             holding liquids.          2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;             as, to drink a bottle of wine.          3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in             the bottle.          Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part                of a compound.          {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the             interior of bottles.          {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel             ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike             gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three             times its won size.          {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.          {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the             manufacture of bottles. --Ure.          {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash             ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,             dippers, etc.          {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria             glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and             {green foxtail}.          {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;             -- so called from the shape of its nest.          {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia             rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,             trunk.          {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber             nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in             feeding infants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottle green \Bot"tle green`\       A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. --       {Bot"tle-green`}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottle green \Bot"tle green`\       A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. --       {Bot"tle-green`}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottlescrew \Bot"tle*screw`\n.       A corkscrew. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bude light \Bude" light`\ [From Bude, in Cornwall, the residence       of Sir G.Gurney, the inventor.]       A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by       introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the       center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small       kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n.,       {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}]       1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those             plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.          2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food             of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants             themselves; -- used collectively.                         Storehouses crammed with grain.         --Shak.          3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.;             hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of             gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.                         I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.                                                                               --Milton.          4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called             because considered equal to the average of grains taken             from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains             constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the             pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.}          5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes;             hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson,             scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent             to {Tyrian purple}.                         All in a robe of darkest grain.         --Milton.                         Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped                      their silks in colors of less value, then give' them                      the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by                                                                               Coleridge,                                                                               preface to                                                                               Aids to                                                                               Reflection.          6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement             of the particles of any body which determines its             comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble,             sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.                         Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden.          7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in             wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.                         Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the                      sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant                      from his course of growth.                  --Shak.          8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any             fibrous material.          9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on             that side. --Knight.          10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or             distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.}          11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in             the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4.          12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.]                         Brothers . . . not united in grain.   --Hayward.          13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.]                         He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the             fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes;             unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty.             --Swift.--Saintsbury.          {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a             small allowance.          {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the             grain into sheaves.          {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect.                      {Grain leather}.             (a) Dressed horse hides.             (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side                   for women's shoes, etc.          {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the             family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis             cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses.                      {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which             the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.}          {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum.          {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with             charcoal.          {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus             granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain,             by eating out the interior.          {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See             {grain moth}, above.          {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate;             genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert.          {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the             coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye             firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material.             See under {Dye.}                         The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce                      crimson dyed in grain.                        --Spenser.          {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to;             to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Battle Creek, IA (city, FIPS 4870)       Location: 42.31685 N, 95.59930 W       Population (1990): 818 (343 housing units)       Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 51006    Battle Creek, MI (city, FIPS 5920)       Location: 42.29885 N, 85.22902 W       Population (1990): 53540 (23252 housing units)       Area: 110.9 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49015, 49017    Battle Creek, NE (city, FIPS 3250)       Location: 41.99904 N, 97.59867 W       Population (1990): 997 (389 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68715
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Battle Ground, IN (town, FIPS 3718)       Location: 40.50999 N, 86.83848 W       Population (1990): 806 (301 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 47920    Battle Ground, WA (city, FIPS 4475)       Location: 45.78203 N, 122.54106 W       Population (1990): 3758 (1376 housing units)       Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 98604
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Baywood-Los Osos, CA (CDP, FIPS 4541)       Location: 35.31460 N, 120.83937 W       Population (1990): 14377 (6097 housing units)       Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Beadle County, SD (county, FIPS 5)       Location: 44.41206 N, 98.27802 W       Population (1990): 18253 (8093 housing units)       Area: 3261.9 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water)
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Bethel Acres, OK (town, FIPS 5800)       Location: 35.31133 N, 97.04487 W       Population (1990): 2505 (948 housing units)       Area: 78.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Bethel Census, AK (Area, FIPS 50)       Location: 60.93916 N, 160.14732 W       Population (1990): 13656 (4362 housing units)       Area: 106416.4 sq km (land), 12606.0 sq km (water)
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Bettles, AK (city, FIPS 6630)       Location: 66.88658 N, 151.59442 W       Population (1990): 36 (27 housing units)       Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Budd Lake, NJ (CDP, FIPS 8620)       Location: 40.87326 N, 74.73705 W       Population (1990): 7272 (2694 housing units)       Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 07828
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
B-Toolkit          A set of software tools designed       to support a rigorous or formal development of software       systems using the {B-Method}.          The Toolkit also provides a development environment automating       the management of all associated files, ensuring that the       entire development, including code and documentation, is       always in a consistent state.          The Toolkit includes: a specification, design and code       configuration management system, including integrity and       dependency management and source file editing facilities; a       set of software specification and design analysis tools, which       includes {syntax} checkers, type checkers and a specification       animator; a set of verification tools, which includes a       proof-obligation generator and automatic and interactive       provers; a set of coding tools, which includes a translator,       linker, rapid prototyping facilities and a reusable       specification/code module library; a documentation tool for       automatically producing fully cross-referenced and indexed       type-set documents from source files; a re-making tool for       automatically re-checking and re-generating specifications,       designs, code and documentation after modifications to source       files.          A normal licence costs 25,000 pounds, academic 6,250 pounds.          (1995-03-13)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Battle-axe       a mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20)       to Cyrus, God's instrument in destroying Babylon.