buckthorn
1: a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments 2: any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia 3: an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves wi...
buckthorn berry
1: fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments [syn: {yellow berry}]
buckthorn family
1: trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value [syn: {Rhamnaceae}, {family Rhamnaceae}]
bucktooth
1: a large projecting front tooth [also: {buckteeth} (pl)]
buckwheat
1: or member of genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour [syn: {Polygonum fagopyrum}...
buckwheat family
1: a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats [syn: {Polygonaceae}, {family Polygonaceae}]
buckwheat tree
1: tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers [syn: {titi}, {Cliftonia monophylla}]
buckyball
1: a spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene [syn: {buckminsterfullerene}]
bucolic
1: used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" [syn: {arcadian}, {pastoral}, {rustic}...
Bucuresti
1: national capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania [syn: {Bucharest}, {Bucharesti}, {capital of Romania}]
bud
1: a partially opened flower 2: a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals v 1: develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!" 2: start to grow or develop; "a budding fri...
bud brush
1: half-shrubby perennial valuable as sheep forage in the United States [syn: {bud sagebrush}, {Artemis spinescens}]
bud sagebrush
1: half-shrubby perennial valuable as sheep forage in the United States [syn: {bud brush}, {Artemis spinescens}]
Budapest
1: capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary [syn: {Hungarian capital}, {capital of Hungary}]
Buddha
1: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC) [syn: {the Buddha}, {Siddhartha}, {Gautama}, {Gautama Siddhartha}, {Gautama Buddha}] 2: one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
Buddhism
1: a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha 2: the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suf...
Buddhist
1: of or relating to or supporting Buddhism; "Buddhist sculpture" [syn: {Buddhistic}] n : one who follows the teachings of Buddha
Buddhistic
1: of or relating to or supporting Buddhism; "Buddhist sculpture" [syn: {Buddhist}]
buddleia
1: tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers [syn: {butterfly bush}]
buddy
1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: {brother}, {chum}, {crony}, {pal}, {sidekick}]
Buddy Holly
1: United States rock star (1936-1959) [syn: {Holly}, {Charles Hardin Holley}]
buddy system
1: a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming)
buddy-buddy
1: (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months" [syn: {chummy}, {thick(p)}]
Budge
1: United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) [syn: {Don Budge}, {John Donal...
budgereegah
1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: {budgerigar}, {budgerygah}, {budgie}, {grass parakeet}, {lovebird}, {shell par...
budgerigar
1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: {budgereegah}, {budgerygah}, {budgie}, {grass parakeet}, {lovebird}, {shell pa...
budgerygah
1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: {budgerigar}, {budgereegah}, {budgie}, {grass parakeet}, {lovebird}, {shell pa...
budget
1: a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose; "the laboratory runs on a budget of a million a year" 2: a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them; "the presid...
budget cut
1: the act of reducing budgeted expenditures
budget for
1: calculate enough money for; provide for in the budget; "I have not budgeted for these expensive meals"
budget items
1: the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes [syn: {operating expense}, {...
budgetary
1: of or relating to a budget; "budgetary considerations"
budgie
1: small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: {budgerigar}, {budgereegah}, {budgerygah}, {grass parakeet}, {lovebird}, {shel...
Budorcas
1: gnu goats [syn: {genus Budorcas}]
Budorcas taxicolor
1: large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area [syn: {takin}, {gnu goat}]
Buena Vista
1: in 1847 United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican forces under Santa Anna in the Mexican War
Buenos Aires
1: capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center [syn: {capital of Argentina}]
buff
1: of the color of buff leather n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: {fan}, {devotee}, {lover}] 2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen 3: bare skin; "swimming in th...
buffalo
1: large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains [syn: {American bison}, {American buffalo}, {Bison bison}] 2: a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls) 3: meat from an A...
Buffalo Bill
1: United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917) [syn: {Cody}, {William F. Cody}, {William Frederick Cody}, {Buffalo Bill Cody}]
Buffalo Bill Cody
1: United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917) [syn: {Cody}, {William F. Cody}, {William Frederick Cody}, {Buffalo Bill}]
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
1: a spectacular show organized in 1883 by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale; toured the United States and Europe [syn: {Wild West Show}]
buffalo bur
1: North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers [syn: {Solanum rostratum}]
buffalo chip
1: a piece of dried bovine dung [syn: {chip}, {cow chip}, {cow dung}]
buffalo clover
1: low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States [syn: {bluebonnet}, {Te...
buffalo fish
1: any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley [syn: {buffalofish}]
buffalo gnat
1: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals [syn: {blackfly}, {black fly}]
buffalo gourd
1: perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit [syn: {prairie gourd}, {prairie gourd vine}, {Missouri gourd}, {wild ...
buffalo grass
1: low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass [syn: {St. Augustine grass}, {Stenotaphrum secundatum}] 2: short grass growing on dry plains of central U...
Buffalo Indian
1: a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America [syn: {Plains Indian}]
buffalo nut
1: oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood [syn: {elk nut}, {oil nut}] 2: shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes [syn:...
buffalofish
1: large carp-like North American fish 2: any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley [syn: {buffalo fish}]
buffel grass
1: erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used in especially in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage [syn: {Cenchrus ciliaris}, {Pennisetum cenchroides}]
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buffer
1: an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH 2: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track [syn: {fender}, {cowcatcher}, {pilot}] 3: (computer science) a part of RA...
buffer country
1: a small neutral state between two rival powers [syn: {buffer state}]
buffer state
1: a small neutral state between two rival powers [syn: {buffer country}]
buffer storage
1: (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a co...
buffer store
1: (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a co...
buffered aspirin
1: aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin) [syn: {Bufferin}]
Bufferin
1: aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin) [syn: {buffered aspirin}]
buffet
1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: {counter}, {sideboard}] 2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 3: usually inexpen...
buffet car
1: a passenger car where food is served in transit [syn: {dining car}, {diner}, {dining compartment}]
buffeted
1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn: {storm-tossed}, {tempest-tossed}, {tempest-tost}, {tempest-swept}]
buffeting
1: repeated heavy blows [syn: {pounding}]
bufflehead
1: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: {butterball}, {dipper}, {Bucephela albeola}]
buffoon
1: a rude or vulgar fool [syn: {clown}] 2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn: {clown}, {merry andrew}]
buffoonery
1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: {clowning}, {frivolity}, {harlequinade}, {prank}]
buffoonish
1: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor" [syn: {clownish}, {clowlike}, {zany}]
bufo
1: any toad of the genus Bufo
Bufo boreas
1: of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies [syn: {western toad}]
Bufo bufo
1: common toad of Europe [syn: {European toad}]
Bufo calamita
1: common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops [syn: {natterjack}]
Bufo canorus
1: of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders [syn: {Yosemite toad}]
Bufo debilis
1: small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes [syn: {American green toad}]
Bufo marinus
1: largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests [syn: {agua}, {agua toad}]
Bufo microscaphus
1: a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States [syn: {southwestern toad}]
Bufo speciosus
1: nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest [syn: {Texas toad}]
Bufo viridis
1: Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring [syn: {Eurasian green toad}]
Bufonidae
1: true toads [syn: {family Bufonidae}]
bug
1: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate 2: a fault or defect in a system or machine [syn: {glitch}] 3: a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly 4: insects ...
bug out
1: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {protrude}, {pop}, {pop out}, {bulge}, {bulge out}, {come out}]
bug-hunter
1: a zoologist who studies insects [syn: {entomologist}, {bugologist}]
bugaboo
1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: {bogeyman}, {bugbear}, {boogeyman}, {booger}] 2: a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them"
Buganda
1: a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
bugbane
1: North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally [syn: {white hellebore}, {American hellebore}, {Indian poke}, {Vera...
bugbear
1: an imaginary monster used to frighten children [syn: {bogeyman}, {bugaboo}, {boogeyman}, {booger}] 2: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consi...
bugger
1: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) [syn: {sodomite}, {sodomist}, {sod}] v : practice anal sex upon [syn: {sodomize}, {sodomi...
bugger all
1: little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery" [syn: {fuck all}, {Fanny Adams}, {sweet Fanny Adams}]
bugger off
1: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" [syn: {scram}, {buzz off}, {fuck off}, {get}]
buggery
1: anal intercourse committed by a man with a man or woman [syn: {sodomy}, {anal sex}, {anal intercourse}]
buggy
1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy}, {bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {cracked}, {crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, ...
buggy whip
1: a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy; "since buggies have been replaced by cars the buggy whip has become a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded"
bugle
1: a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares 2: any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover [syn: {bugleweed}]...
bugle call
1: a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle
bugler
1: someone who plays a bugle
bugleweed
1: a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States [syn: {Lycopus virginicus}] 2: any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs nati...
bugloss
1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: {alkanet}, {Anchusa officinalis}] 2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; n...
bugologist
1: a zoologist who studies insects [syn: {entomologist}, {bug-hunter}]
bugology
1: the branch of zoology that studies insects [syn: {entomology}]
buhl
1: an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork [syn: {boulle}, {boule}]
build
1: constitution of the human body [syn: {physique}, {body-build}, {habitus}] 2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spi...
build in
1: make something an integral part of something else; "we can build in a special clause to make the contract better for you"
build on
1: be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" [syn: {repose on}, {rest on}, {build upon}]
build up
1: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings" 2: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the I...
build upon
1: be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What's this new evidence based on?" [syn: {repose on}, {rest on}, {build on}]
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