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

bungled
botched adjective spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; `a bungled job`

bungler
blunderer noun someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

bungling
clumsy adjective showing lack of skill or aptitude; `a bungling workman`; `did a clumsy job`; `his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf`

bunion
noun a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe

bunji-bunji
Flindersia schottiana noun Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison

bunk
bunkum noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

bunk
noun a long trough for feeding cattle

bunk bed
noun beds built one above the other

bunk off
play hooky verb play truant from work or school; `The boy often plays hooky`

bunker
sand trap noun a hazard on a golf course

bunker
noun a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

Bunker Buster
Guided Bomb Unit-28 noun a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground facilities

Bunker Hill
battle of Bunker Hill noun the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed`s Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces

bunker mentality
noun defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks; `after so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality`

bunkmate
noun someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself

bunny
bunny rabbit noun (usually informal) especially a young rabbit

bunny hug
noun a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US

Bunsen
Robert Bunsen noun German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899)

bunsen burner
bunsen noun a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air

bunt
noun (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

bunt
noun fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

buntal
noun fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats

bunter
noun a batter who bunts

bunting
noun any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

Bunuel
Luis Bunuel noun Spanish film director (1900-1983)

bunya bunya
noun nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines

Bunyan
Paul Bunyan noun a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; `Paul Bunyan had a blue ox named Babe`; `the lakes of Minnesota began when Paul Bunyan and Babe`s footprints filled with water`

Bunyan
noun English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim`s Progress (1628-1688)

Bunyaviridae
noun a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods)

bunyavirus
noun an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon

buoy
noun bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards

buoyancy
perkiness noun cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

buoyant
chirpy adjective characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; `buoyant spirits`; `his quick wit and chirpy humor`; `looking bright and well and chirpy`; `a perky little widow in her 70s`

buoyantly
chirpily adverb in a cheerfully buoyant manner; `we accepted the opportunity buoyantly`

Buphthalmum
genus Buphthalmum noun oxeye

bur
noun small bit used in dentistry or surgery

bur marigold
burr marigold noun any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing

bur oak
burr oak noun medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

bur reed
noun marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit

Bura
Pabir noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

Burbage
Richard Burbage noun English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare`s tragedies (1567-1619)

Burbank
Luther Burbank noun United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)

Burberry
noun a lightweight belted raincoat typically made of tan gabardine with a distinctive tartan lining; named for the original manufacturer

burbling
burbly adjective uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; `a novel told in burbly panting tones`

burbot
eelpout 2 ling 3 cusk 2 Lota lota noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

burden
noun the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

burden
encumbrance noun an onerous or difficult concern; `the burden of responsibility`; `that`s a load off my mind`

burden of proof
noun the duty of proving a disputed charge

burdened
heavy-laden adjective bearing a physically heavy weight or load; `tree limbs burdened with ice`; `a heavy-laden cart`; `loaded down with packages`

burdenless
unburdened adjective not encumbered with a physical burden or load

burdensome
onerous adjective not easily borne; wearing; `the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return`; `my duties weren`t onerous; I only had to greet the guests`; `a taxing schedule`

burdensomeness
heaviness 2 onerousness noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty

burdock
clotbur noun any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

bureau de change
noun (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money

Bureau of Customs
Customs Bureau noun the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs

Bureau of Diplomatic Security
DS noun the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
noun the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency

Bureau of Intelligence and Research
INR noun an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community

Bureau of Justice Assistance
BJA noun the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse

Bureau of Justice Statistics
BJS noun the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers

Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau noun the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States

bureaucracy
bureaucratism noun nonelective government officials

bureaucrat
administrative official noun an official of a bureaucracy

bureaucratic
adjective of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy; `his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues`; `a bureaucratic nightmare`

bureaucratic procedure
red tape noun needlessly time-consuming procedure

bureaucratically
adverb with respect to bureaucracy; `it`s bureaucratically complicated`

burette
buret noun measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration

burg
noun colloquial American term for a town; `I`ve lived in this burg all my life`

Burger
Warren Burger noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)

burgess
noun a citizen of an English borough

Burgess
noun English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)

burgh
noun a borough in Scotland

burglar
noun a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

burglar alarm
noun a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary

burglarious
adjective involving or resembling burglary; `burglarious tools`

burglarize
burglarise verb commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

burglarproof
adjective secure against burglary

burglary
noun entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

burgomaster
noun a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria

Burgoyne
John Burgoyne noun British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)

burgrass
bur grass noun a grass of the genus Cenchrus

burgrave
noun the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries

Burgundy
Burgundy wine noun red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)

Burhinidae
family Burhinidae noun large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews

Burhinus
genus Burhinus noun type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews

burial
entombment noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

burial chamber
sepulcher noun a chamber that is used as a grave

burial garment
noun cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial

burial mound
grave mound noun (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

burial vault
noun a burial chamber (usually underground)

buried
inhumed adjective placed in a grave; `the hastily buried corpses`

burin
noun a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving

Burk
Martha Jane Burk noun United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)

Burke
Edmund Burke noun English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)

burked(p)
adjective suppressed quietly or indirectly

Burkina Faso
Upper Volta noun a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960

Burkina Faso franc
noun the basic unit of money in Burkina Faso

burl
noun a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree

burlap
gunny noun coarse jute fabric

burled
adjective (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl