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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

bomb rack
noun a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs

bomb shelter
air-raid shelter noun a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids

bomb site
noun an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs; `they opened a parking lot on the bomb site`

bomb up
verb load an aircraft with bombs

Bombacaceae
family Bombacaceae noun tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds

bombard
bomb verb throw bombs at or attack with bombs; `The Americans bombed Dresden`

bombardier
noun the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target

bombardier beetle
noun beetle that ejects audibly a pungent vapor when disturbed

bombardon
bombard noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

bombast
fustian noun pompous or pretentious talk or writing

bombastic
declamatory adjective ostentatiously lofty in style; `a man given to large talk`; `tumid political prose`

bombastically
grandiosely adverb in a grandiose manner; `the building was bombastically spacious`

Bombax
genus Bombax noun trees of chiefly South America

bombazine
noun a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; `black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments`

bomber
grinder noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

bomber crew
bomber aircrew noun the crew of a bomber

Bomber Harris
Sir Arthur Travers Harris noun British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)

bomber jacket
noun a jacket gathered into a band at the waist

bombie
noun an unexploded bomblet; `unexploded bomblets known in Laos as `bombies` caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields`

Bombina
genus Bombina noun fire-bellied toads

bombing
noun an attack by dropping bombs

bombing run
noun that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs

bomblet
cluster bomblet noun one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb

bombproof
shellproof adjective able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells; `bombproof shelter`

bombshell
thunderbolt noun a shocking surprise; `news of the attack came like a bombshell`

bombsight
noun a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs

Bombus
genus Bombus noun bumblebees

bombycid
bombycid moth noun moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk

Bombycidae
family Bombycidae noun Chinese silkworm moth

Bombycilla
genus bombycilla noun waxwings

Bombycillidae
family Bombycillidae noun a family of birds of the suborder Oscines

Bombyliidae
family Bombyliidae noun bee flies

Bombyx
genus Bombyx noun type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth

bon mot
mot noun a clever remark

bon voyage
send-off noun an organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture

bona fide
adjective undertaken in good faith; `a bona fide offer`

Bonaire
noun a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles

bonanza
noun an especially rich vein of precious ore

bonanza
gold rush noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); `the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line`

Bonasa
genus Bonasa noun ruffed grouse

bonbon
noun a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate

bond
enslaved adjective held in slavery; `born of enslaved parents`

Bond
noun British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

bond certificate
noun a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

bond issue
noun bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity

bond rating
noun an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default; `bonds of the highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA`

bond servant
noun someone bound to labor without wages

bond trading
bond-trading activity noun trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)

bondable
adjective capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass

bondage
noun sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners

bonded
guaranteed 1 secured 1 warranted adjective secured by written agreement

bonded labor
noun an illegal practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt

bonderize
bonderise verb coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion; `bonderize steel`

bondholder
noun a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation

bonding
soldering noun fastening firmly together

bondman
noun a male slave

bondsman
bondswoman noun someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else

bonduc
Caesalpinia bonduc noun tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

bonduc nut
nicker nut noun hard shiny grey seed of a bonduc tree; used for making e.g. jewelry

bonduc tree
Caesalpinia bonduc noun tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

bondwoman
bondswoman 1 bondmaid noun a female slave

bone
os noun rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

bone age
noun a person`s age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age

bone ash
noun ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china

bone black
bone char noun black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment

bone cell
noun a cell that is part of a bone

bone china
noun fine porcelain that contains bone ash

bone fat
noun fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps an in lubricating greases

bone marrow
noun very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

bone of contention
noun the subject of a dispute; `the real bone of contention, as you know, is money`

bone oil
noun dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

bone spavin
noun spavin caused by a bony growth

bone-ash cup
cupel noun small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead

bone-covered
adjective (of animals) armored with bone

bone-dry(a)
bone dry(p) adjective without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone; `bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard`; `a drier to get the clothes bone dry`

bone-headed dinosaur
noun bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns

bone-idle
bone-lazy adjective constitutionally lazy or idle

boned
adjective having had the bones removed; `a boneless rib roast`; `a boned (or deboned) fish`

bonefish
Albula vulpes noun slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons

boneless
adjective being without a bone or bones; `jellyfish are boneless`

bonelike
adjective resembling bone; `a bonelike tumor`

bonemeal
noun fertilizer made of ground bones

bones
castanets noun a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum noun perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine

bonesetter
noun someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones

boneshaker
noun any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable; `that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker`

Bonete
noun a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high)

bonfire
balefire noun a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration

Bonfire Night
Guy Fawkes Night noun effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night

bong
noun a dull resonant sound as of a bell

bongo
Tragelaphus eurycerus noun large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns

bonheur
noun (French) happiness and good humor

Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer noun German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945)

Boniface
Saint Boniface noun (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

Boniface VIII
Benedetto Caetani noun pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)

bonito
noun flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna

bonito
Katsuwonus pelamis noun fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna

bonito shark
blue pointed noun common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish

Bonn
noun a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989

bonnet
poke bonnet noun a hat tied under the chin