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

bootless
fruitless adjective unproductive of success; `a fruitless search`; `futile years after her artistic peak`; `a sleeveless errand`; `a vain attempt`

bootlicking
fawning adjective attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

bootmaker
boot maker noun a maker of boots

bootstrap
noun a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on

Boott`s goldenrod
noun a variety of goldenrod

booze
fuddle verb consume alcohol; `We were up drinking all night`

boozy
drunken 2 sottish adjective given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; `a bibulous fellow`; `a bibulous evening`; `his boozy drinking companions`; `thick boozy singing`; `a drunken binge`; `two drunken gentlemen holding each other up`; `sottish behavior`

bop
bebop noun an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

borage
noun leaves flavor sauces and punches; young leaves eaten in salads or cooked

Boraginaceae
family Boraginaceae noun a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit

Borago
genus Borago noun perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

Borassus
genus Borassus noun palmyra

borate
noun a salt or ester of boric acid

borated
adjective mixed or impregnated with borax

borax
noun an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent

Bordeaux
Bordeaux wine noun any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them

Bordeaux mixture
noun antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime

bordelaise
noun brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine

border
noun a strip forming the outer edge of something; `the rug had a wide blue border`

Border collie
noun developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle

border on
approach verb come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; `This borders on discrimination!`; `His playing approaches that of Horowitz`

border patrol
noun a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country

border patrolman
noun someone who patrols the borders of a country

Border terrier
noun small rough-coated terrier of British origin

bordered
adjective having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; `black-bordered handkerchief`

borderer
noun an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)

borderland
border district noun district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; `the Welsh marches between England and Wales`

borderline
marginal adjective of questionable or minimal quality; `borderline grades`; `madj.allarginal writing ability`

borderline intelligence
noun the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)

borderline schizophrenia
latent schizophrenia noun schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia

bore
bore-hole noun a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes

bore bit
borer noun a drill for penetrating rock

boreal
circumboreal adjective comprising or throughout far northern regions

Boreas
noun (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; `Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold`

bored
world-weary adjective tired of the world; `bored with life`; `strolled through the museum with a bored air`

boredom
ennui noun the feeling of being bored by something tedious

Borges
Jorge Borges noun Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)

Borgia
noun Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli`s prince (1475-1507)

boric
boracic adjective of or relating to or derived from or containing boron; `boric acid`

boric acid
boracic acid noun any of various acids containing boron and oxygen

boric acid
noun a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative

boring
deadening adjective so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; `a boring evening with uninteresting people`; `the deadening effect of some routine tasks`; `a dull play`; `his competent but dull performance`; `a ho-hum speaker who couldn`t capture their attention`; `what an irksome task the writing of long letters is`- Edmund Burke; `tedious days on the train`; `the tiresome chirping of a cricket`- Mark Twain; `other people`s dreams are dreadfully wearisome`

boringly
tediously adverb in a tedious manner; `boringly slow work`; `he plodded tediously forward`

boringness
dreariness noun extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest

born
adjective brought into existence; `he was a child born of adultery`

born-again
converted adjective spiritually reborn or converted; `a born-again Christian`; `a converted sinner`

born-again Christian
noun a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus

borne in upon(p)
adjective caused to be realized; `it was borne in upon us how close we had been to disaster`

Bornean
noun a native or inhabitant of Borneo

Borneo
Kalimantan noun 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago

bornite
peacock ore noun a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits

Borodin
Aleksandr Borodin noun Russian composer (1833-1887)

Borodino
noun Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army

boron
B noun a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder

boron chamber
noun an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons

boron counter tube
noun a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons

boron trifluoride
noun a pungent colorless gas

boronic
adjective of or relating to boron

borosilicate
noun a salt of boric and silicic acids

borough
noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city

borough English
noun a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers

borrelia
noun cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever

Borrelia burgdorferi
Lime disease spirochete noun cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes

borrow
verb get temporarily; `May I borrow your lawn mower?`

borrow pit
noun a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site

borrower
noun someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent

borrowing
noun obtaining funds from a lender

borrowing cost
noun the cost of borrowing something

borsch
borsh noun a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation

borscht circuit
borsht circuit noun (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests; `many comedians learned their trade playing the borscht circuit`

Borstal
noun a British reform school for youths between 16 and 22

borzoi
Russian wolfhound noun tall fast-moving dog breed

Bos
genus Bos noun wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini

bosc
noun greenish-yellow pear

Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch noun Dutch painter (1450-1516)

Bose
Satyendra N. Bose noun Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons

Bose-Einstein statistics
noun (physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle does not apply)

Boselaphus
genus Boselaphus noun Indian antelopes: nilgais

bosk
noun a small wooded area

Boskop man
noun possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species

boskopoid
adjective belonging or relating to or resembling Boskop man

bosky
brushy adjective covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; `brushy undergrowth`; ``bosky` is a literary term`; `a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza`- Jack Beatty

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina noun a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims

Bosnian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia

bosom
noun cloth that covers the chest or breasts

bosom
noun a close affectionate and protective acceptance; `his willing embrace of new ideas`; `in the bosom of the family`

bosomed
adjective having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds; `full-bosomed women`; `the green-bosomed earth`

bosomy
busty adjective (of a woman`s body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; `Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes`; `a curvy young woman in a tight dress`

boson
noun any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons

Bosporus
noun a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route

Bosporus Bridge
noun a suspension bridge across the Bosporus at Istanbul

boss
brag adjective exceptionally good; `a boss hand at carpentry`; `his brag cornfield`

boss
noun a circular rounded projection or protuberance

boss-eyed
adjective (British informal) cross-eyed

bossism
noun domination of a political organization by a party boss

Boston
Hub of the Universe noun state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Boston baked beans
noun dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork

Boston brown bread
noun dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water

Boston bull
Boston terrier noun small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings

Boston cream pie
noun layer cake filled with custard