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

bowling shoe
noun a special shoe worn when bowling

Bowman`s capsule
glomerular capsule noun thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of a nephron

bowse
bouse verb haul with a tackle

bowsprit
noun a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel

bowstring
noun the string of an archer`s bow

bowstring hemp
noun hemp obtained from the sansevieria

box
noun a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); `I gave him a good box on the ear`

box
verb put into a box; `box the gift, please`

box beam
box girder noun a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section

box calf
noun black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts

box camera
box Kodak noun a simple camera shaped like a rectangular box

box coat
noun a short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders

box elder
ash-leaved maple noun common shade tree of eastern and central United States

box huckleberry
Gaylussacia brachycera noun creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries

box in
box up verb enclose or confine as if in a box

box kite
noun a kite shaped like a box open at both ends

box office
ticket office noun the office where tickets of admission are sold

box pleat
noun a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it

box seat
noun a special seat in a theater or grandstand box

box spring
noun a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth

box turtle
box tortoise noun chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly

box wrench
box end wrench noun a wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt head

boxcar
noun a freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides

boxcars
noun (usually plural) when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots the result is called `boxcars`

boxed
boxed-in(a) adjective enclosed in or as if in a box; `boxed cigars`; `a confining boxed-in space`; `felt boxed in by the traffic`

boxer
noun a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany

boxfish
trunkfish noun any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates

boxing
pugilism noun fighting with the fists

Boxing Day
noun first weekday after Christmas

boxing equipment
noun equipment use in boxing

boxing glove
noun boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing

boxing match
noun a match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring

boxing ring
prize ring noun the ring where boxers fight

boxlike
boxy adjective resembling a box in rectangularity

boxwood
noun very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks

Boy Scout
noun a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts

Boy Scouts
noun an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys

Boy Scouts of America
noun a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training

boy wonder
noun an extremely talented young male person

boycott
noun a group`s refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies

boyfriend
fellow 1 beau noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; `if I`d known he was her boyfriend I wouldn`t have asked`

boyhood
noun the childhood of a boy

boyish
boylike adjective befitting or characteristic of a young boy; `a boyish grin`; `schoolboyish pranks`

boyishly
boylike adverb like a boy; `he smiled boyishly at his fiancee`

boyishness
noun being characteristic of a boy

Boykinia
genus Boykinia noun genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan

Boyle
Robert Boyle noun Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)

Boyle
noun United States writer (1902-1992)

Boyle`s law
Mariotte`s law noun the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume

Boyne
battle of Boyne noun a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts

boysenberry
noun large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries

Bozeman
noun a town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park

Brabancon griffon
noun a variety of Brussels griffon having a short smooth coat

brace
bracing noun a structural member used to stiffen a framework

brace
gallus noun elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

brace and bit
noun a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it

brace wrench
noun a wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket head

braced
buttressed adjective held up by braces or buttresses

bracelet
noun jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration

bracelet wood
Jacquinia armillaris noun small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets

bracer
pick-me-up noun a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)

bracer
noun a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports

bracero
noun a Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II

braces
noun an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

brachial
adjective of or relating to an arm; `brachial artery`

brachial artery
arteria brachialis noun the main artery of the upper arm; a continuation of the axillary artery; bifurcates into the radial and ulnar arteries at the elbow

brachial plexus
plexus brachialis noun a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder

brachial vein
vena brachialis noun two veins in either arm that accompany the brachial artery and empty into the axillary vein

brachiate
adjective having arms or armlike appendages

brachiation
noun swinging by the arms from branch to branch

Brachinus
genus Brachinus noun bombardier beetles

brachiocephalic vein
innominate vein noun veins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

brachiopod
brachiopodous adjective of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda

Brachiopoda
phylum Brachiopoda noun marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks

brachium
noun (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal

brachycephalic
brachycranial adjective having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80

brachycephaly
brachycephalism noun the quality of being brachycephalic

Brachychiton
genus Brachychiton noun Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)

Brachycome
genus Brachycome noun mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads

brachydactylic
brachydactylous adjective having abnormally short finger or toes

brachydactyly
brachydactylia noun abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

brachypterous
short-winged adjective (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings

Brachystegia
genus Brachystegia noun small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:

Brachyura
suborder Brachyura noun an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface

brachyuran
noun typical crabs

brachyurous
adjective of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura

bracing
brisk adjective imparting vitality and energy; `the bracing mountain air`

bracken
brake 1 Pteridium aquilinum noun large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

bracket
square bracket noun either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material

bracket
noun either of two punctuation marks (`<` or `>`) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material

bracket creep
noun a movement into a higher tax bracket as taxable income increases

bracket fungus
shelf fungus noun a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures

brackish
briny adjective slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); `a brackish lagoon`; `the briny deep`

brackishness
noun the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water

bract
noun a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence

bracteal
adjective pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract

bracteate
bracted adjective having bracts

bracteolate
adjective having bracteoles

bracteole
bractlet noun a small bract

brad
noun a small nail