bunk off
1: play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky" [syn: {play hooky}]
bunker
1: a hazard on a golf course [syn: {sand trap}, {trap}] 2: a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground [syn: {dugout}] v 1: hit a golf ball into a bunker 2: fill (a ship's bunker) with c...
Bunker Buster
1: a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground faccilities [syn: {Guided Bomb Unit-28}, {GBU-28}]
Bunker Hill
1: the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775); the British defeated the colonial forces [syn: {battle of Bunker Hill}]
bunker mentality
1: defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks; "after so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality"
bunkmate
1: someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself
bunko
1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco game}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {...
bunko game
1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco game}, {bunko}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustl...
bunkum
1: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: {bunk}, {buncombe}, {guff}, {rot}, {hogwash}]
bunny
1: a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears [syn: {bunny girl}] 2: (usually informal) especially a young rabbit [syn: {bunny rabbit}]
bunny girl
1: a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail and ears [syn: {bunny}]
bunny hug
1: a syncopated ballroom dance formerly popular in the US
bunny rabbit
1: (usually informal) especially a young rabbit [syn: {bunny}]
buns
1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: {buttocks}, {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside},...
Bunsen
1: German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899) [syn: {Robert Bunsen}, {Robert Wilhelm Bunsen}] 2: a gas bu...
bunsen burner
1: a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air [syn: {bunsen}, {etna}]
bunt
1: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat 2: disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores [syn: {stinking smu...
buntal
1: fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats
bunting
1: a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc. 2: any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
Bunuel
1: Spanish film director (1900-1983) [syn: {Luis Bunuel}]
bunya bunya
1: Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law [syn: {bunya bunya tree}, {Araucaria bidwillii}] 2: n...
bunya bunya tree
1: Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law [syn: {bunya bunya}, {Araucaria bidwillii}]
Bunyan
1: English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688) [syn: {John Bunyan}] 2: a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada; had a bl...
Bunyaviridae
1: a large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods)
bunyavirus
1: an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon
buoy
1: bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards v 1: float on the surface of water 2: keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up" [syn: {buo...
buoy up
1: make more cheerful [syn: {lighten}] 2: make more cheerful [syn: {lighten}] [ant: {weigh down}] 3: keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up" [syn: {buoy}]
buoyancy
1: cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface [syn: {perkiness}] 2: the property of something weightless and insubstantial [syn: {airiness}] 3: irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his b...
buoyant
1: tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf" [syn: {floaty}] 2: characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness; "buoyant sp...
buoyantly
1: in a cheerfully buoyant manner; "we accepted the opportunity buoyantly" [syn: {chirpily}]
Buphthalmum salicifolium
1: hairy Eurasian perennial having deep yellow daisies on lax willowy stems; found in the wild in open woodland and on rocky slopes [syn: {woodland oxeye}]
bur
1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: {burr}] 2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: {burr}] v : remove the burrs from [syn: {burr}] [also: {burring}, {burred}]
bur grass
1: a grass of the genus Cenchrus [syn: {burgrass}]
bur marigold
1: any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing [syn: {burr marigold}, {beggar-ticks}, {beggar's-ticks}, {sticktight}]
bur oak
1: 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 [syn: {burr oak}, {mossy-cup oak}, {mossy...
bur reed
1: marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit
bur-reed family
1: coextensive with the genus Sparganium [syn: {Sparganiaceae}, {family Sparganiaceae}]
Bura
1: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad [syn: {Pabir}]
Burbage
1: English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619) [syn: {Richard Burbage}]
Burbank
1: United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926) [syn: {Luther Burbank}]
Burberry
1: a lightweight belted gabardine raincoat with a distinctive tartan lining; name for the original manufacturer
burble
1: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: {ripple}, {babble}, {guggle}, {bubble}, {gurgle}]
burbling
1: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" [syn: {burbly}, {effusive}, {gushing}]
burbly
1: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones" [syn: {burbling}, {effusive}, {gushing}]
burbot
1: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: {eelpout}, {ling}, {cusk}, {Lota lota}]
Burchell's zebra
1: of the plains of central and eastern Africa [syn: {common zebra}, {Equus Burchelli}]
burden
1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: {load}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {onus}] 2: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: {load}, {loa...
burdened
1: bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work" [ant: {unburdened}] 2: bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limb...
burdenless
1: not encumbered with a physical burden or load [syn: {unburdened}]
burdensome
1: 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" [syn: {onerous}, {taxing}]
burdensomeness
1: unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: {onerousness}, {oppressiveness}]
burdock
1: any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs [syn: {clotbur}]
bureau
1: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: {agency}, {federal agency}, {gove...
bureau de change
1: (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
1: the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson [syn: {ATF}]
Bureau of Customs
1: the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs [syn: {Customs Bureau}, {Customs Service}, {USCB}]
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
1: the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas [syn: {DS}]
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Bureau of Intelligence and Research
1: 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 [syn: {I...
Bureau of Justice Assistance
1: the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse [syn: {BJA}]
Bureau of Justice Statistics
1: the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policymakers [syn: {BJS}]
Bureau of the Census
1: the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States [syn: {Census Bureau}]
bureaucracy
1: nonelective government officials [syn: {bureaucratism}]
bureaucrat
1: an official of a bureaucracy [syn: {administrative official}]
bureaucratic
1: of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy; "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues"; "a bureaucratic nightmare"
bureaucratically
1: in a bureaucratic manner; "his bureaucratically petty behavior annoyed her" 2: with respect to bureaucracy; "it's bureaucratically complicated"
bureaucratism
1: nonelective government officials [syn: {bureaucracy}]
buret
1: measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration [syn: {burette}]
burette
1: measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration [syn: {buret}]
burg
1: colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
burgeon
1: grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"
burgeon forth
1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" [syn: {shoot}, {spud}, {germinate}, {pullulate}, {bourgeon}, {sprout}]
Burgess
1: English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) [syn: {Anthony Burgess}] 2: a citizen of an English borough [syn: {burgher}]
burgh
1: a borough in Scotland
burgher
1: a citizen of an English borough [syn: {burgess}] 2: a member of the middle class [syn: {bourgeois}]
burglar
1: a thief who enters a building with intent to steal
burglar alarm
1: a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm; "they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away" 2: a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary
burglarious
1: involving or resembling burglary; "burglarious tools"
burglarise
1: commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling [syn: {burglarize}, {burgle}, {heist}]
burglarize
1: commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling [syn: {burglarise}, {burgle}, {heist}]
burglary
1: entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property
burgle
1: commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling [syn: {burglarize}, {burglarise}, {heist}]
burgomaster
1: a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
burgoo
1: porridge made of rolled oats [syn: {oatmeal}] 2: a gathering at which burgoo stew is served 3: thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States
Burgoyne
1: British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792) [syn: {John Burgoyne}, {Gentleman Johnny}]
burgrass
1: a grass of the genus Cenchrus [syn: {bur grass}]
burgrave
1: a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right 2: the military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries
Burgundy
1: a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines [syn: {Bourgogne}] 2: red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere) [syn: {Burgundy wine}] ...
Burgundy sauce
1: reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter [syn: {bourguignon}, {bourguignon sauce}]
Burgundy wine
1: red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere) [syn: {Burgundy}]
Burhinidae
1: large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews [syn: {family Burhinidae}]
Burhinus
1: type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews [syn: {genus Burhinus}]
Burhinus oedicnemus
1: large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint [syn: {stone curlew}, {thick-knee}]
burial
1: the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave [syn: {entombment}, {inhumation}, {interment}, {sepulture}] 2: concealing something under the ground [syn: {burying}]
burial chamber
1: a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: {sepulcher}, {sepulchre}, {sepulture}]
burial garment
1: cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial
burial ground
1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery}, {graveyard}, {burial site}, {burying ground}, {memorial park}, {necropolis}]
burial mound
1: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs [syn: {grave mound}, {barrow}, {tumulus}]
burial site
1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: {cemetery}, {graveyard}, {burial ground}, {burying ground}, {memorial park}, {necropolis}]
burial vault
1: a burial chamber (usually underground) [syn: {vault}]
burin
1: a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
Burk
1: United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903) [syn: {Martha Jane Burk}, {Burke}, {Martha Jane Burke}, {Calamity Jane}]
burka
1: a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa" [syn: {burqa}]
Burke
1: English statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797) [syn: {Edmund Burke}] 2: United States frontier...
burked
1: suppressed quietly or indirectly [syn: {burked(p)}]
Burkina Faso
1: a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960 [syn: {Upper Volta}]
burl
1: the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer 2: a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree 3: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfect...
burlap
1: coarse jute fabric [syn: {gunny}]
burlap bag
1: a bag made of burlap [syn: {gunnysack}, {gunny sack}]
burled
1: (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl
burlesque
1: relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater" n 1: a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) 2: a ...
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