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

by inches
little by little 1 by small degrees adverb by a short distance; `they moved it by inches`

by machine
adverb with the use of a machine; `the shirt is sewn by machine`

by mouth
adverb (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection; `he was administered the drug orally`

by nature
adverb through inherent nature; `he was naturally lazy`

by no means
not by a long sight adverb definitely not; `the prize is by no means certain`; `and that isn`t all, not by a long sight`

by rights
adverb with reason or justice

by the piece
one by one adverb one piece at a time; `she sold the plates by the piece`

by the way
by the bye adverb introducing a different topic; `by the way, I won`t go to the party`

by word of mouth
adverb orally; `I heard it viva voce`

by-and-by
noun an indefinite time in the future; `he`ll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by`

by-bid
verb bid on behalf of someone else

by-blow
love child noun the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

by-catch
bycatch noun unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species; `thousands of dolphins and porpoises and whales are killed as part of the by-catch each year`

by-line
credit line noun a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article

by-product
byproduct noun a product made during the manufacture of something else

Bydgoszcz
Bromberg noun an industrial city and river port in northern Poland

Byelorussian
Belorussian noun a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia

bygone
bypast adjective well in the past; former; `bygone days`; `dreams of foregone times`; `sweet memories of gone summers`; `relics of a departed era`

bylaw
bye law noun a rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs

bypass
circumferential noun a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town

bypass condenser
bypass capacitor noun a capacitor that provides low impedance over certain (high) frequencies

Byrd
Richard E. Byrd noun explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)

Byrd
noun English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)

Byron
Lord George Gordon Byron noun English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)

byssus
beard noun tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

bystander
noun a nonparticipant spectator

byte
noun a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

byway
bypath noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)

Byzantine
convoluted adjective highly complex or intricate; `the Byzantine tax structure`; `convoluted legal language`; `convoluted reasoning`; `the plot was too involved`; `a knotty problem`; `got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering`; `Oh, what a tangled web we weave`- Sir Walter Scott; `tortuous legal procedures`; `tortuous negotiations lasting for months`

Byzantine architecture
noun the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics

Byzantine Empire
Byzantium 1 Eastern Roman Empire noun a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395

Byzantium
noun an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital

cab
hack noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

cab
noun small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

cab fare
taxi fare noun the fare charged for riding in a taxicab

cabal
faction 1 junto noun a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

cabala
cabbala noun an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret

Cabalist
Kabbalist noun a student of the Jewish Kabbalah

cabalistic
kabbalistic adjective having a secret or hidden meaning; `cabalistic symbols engraved in stone`; `cryptic writings`; `thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements`- John Gunther

cabana
noun a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool

cabbage
noun any of various types of cabbage

cabbage bark
cabbage-bark tree noun tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic

cabbage butterfly
noun white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage

cabbage palm
noun West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young

cabbage palmetto
cabbage palm 4 Sabal palmetto noun low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds

cabbage tree
noun elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand

cabbage-like
adjective resembling cabbage

cabbageworm
noun toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly

Cabell
James Branch Cabell noun United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958)

caber
noun a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland)

Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon noun superior Bordeaux type of red wine

Cabernet Sauvignon grape
noun superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California

cabin
noun the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

cabin boy
noun a young man acting as a servant on a ship

cabin car
caboose noun a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train

Cabin class
second class noun accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations

cabin cruiser
cruiser 1 pleasure boat noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board

cabin liner
noun a liner with cabins for passengers

cabinet
noun a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

cabinet
storage locker noun a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

cabinet minister
noun the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet

cabinet wood
noun moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork; `teak and other heavy cabinet wood`

cabinetmaker
furniture maker noun a woodworker who specializes in making furniture

cabinetmaking
joinery noun the craft of a joiner

cabinetwork
cabinetry noun the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)

cable
cablegram noun a telegram sent abroad

cable
cable system noun a television system that transmits over cables

cable car
noun a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; `they took a cable car to the top of the mountain`

cable railway
funicular noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars

cable television
noun television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

cable television
cable system noun a television system that transmits over cables

cabochon
noun a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets

Cabomba
genus Cabomba noun alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants

Cabombaceae
subfamily Cabombaceae noun in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia

caboodle
noun any collection in its entirety; `she bought the whole caboodle`

Cabot
John Cabot noun Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)

cabotage
noun navigation in coastal waters

cabriolet
noun small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

cabstand
taxistand noun a place where taxis park while awaiting customers; `in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank``

Cacajao
genus Cacajao noun uakaris

Cacalia
genus Cacalia noun genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia

cacao
cacao tree noun tropical American tree producing cacao beans

cacao bean
cocoa bean noun seed of the cacao tree; ground roasted beans are source of chocolate

cache
noun a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

cache
noun (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

cachectic
adjective relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia

cachet
seal noun an indication of approved or superior status

cachet
noun a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal

cachexia
cachexy noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

Cachi
noun a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high)

cachinnate
verb laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way

cachinnation
noun loud convulsive laughter

cachou
noun a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)

Cacicus
genus Cacicus noun a genus of tropical American orioles

cacique
cazique noun black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

cackle
noun a loud laugh suggestive of a hen`s cackle

cackly
squawky adjective like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg

cacodemon
cacodaemon noun an evil spirit

cacodemonic
cacodaemonic adjective of or relating to evil spirits

cacodyl
cacodyl radical noun the univalent group derived from arsine