busyness
1: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation" [syn: {hum}]
busywork
1: active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork" [syn: {make-work}]
but
1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: {merely}, {simply}, {just}, {only}]
but then
1: (contrastive) from another point of view; "on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good"; "then again, she might not go" [syn: {on the other hand}, {then again}] [ant: {on the one hand}...
butacaine
1: a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic [syn: {butacaine sulfate}]
butacaine sulfate
1: a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic [syn: {butacaine}]
butadiene
1: a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers
butane
1: occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
butanoic acid
1: an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter [syn: {butyric acid}]
butanol
1: a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents [syn: {butyl alcohol}]
butanone
1: colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid [syn: {methyl ethyl ketone}...
butat
1: 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi [syn: {butut}]
Butazolidin
1: anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin) [syn: {phenylbutazone}]
butch
1: used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner [syn: {macho}] 2: pejorative synonym for lesbian n : offensive terms for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine [syn: {dike}, {dyke}]
butcher
1: a retailer of meat [syn: {meatman}] 2: a brutal indiscriminate murderer 3: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market [syn: {slaughterer}] 4: someone who makes mistakes because of incompete...
butcher block
1: a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood [syn: {butcher board}]
butcher board
1: a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood [syn: {butcher block}]
Butcher Cumberland
1: English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) [syn: {Cumberland}, {William Augustus}, {Duke of Cumberland}]
butcher knife
1: a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
butcher paper
1: a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids
butcher shop
1: a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold [syn: {meat market}]
butcher's broom
1: shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms [syn: {Ruscus aculeatus}]
butcherbird
1: shrikes that impale their prey on thorns 2: large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
butchering
1: the business of a butcher [syn: {butchery}]
butcherly
1: poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: {botchy}, {unskillful}] 2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: {gory}, {sanguinary}, {sangui...
butchery
1: a building where animals are butchered [syn: {abattoir}, {shambles}, {slaughterhouse}] 2: the business of a butcher [syn: {butchering}] 3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: {sla...
Butea
1: genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak [syn: {genus Butea}]
Butea frondosa
1: East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye [syn: {dhak}, {dak}, {palas}, {Butea monosperma}]
butea gum
1: dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent [syn: {gum butea}, {butea kino}, {Bengal kino}]
butea kino
1: dried juice of the dhak tree; used as an astringent [syn: {gum butea}, {butea gum}, {Bengal kino}]
Butea monosperma
1: East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye [syn: {dhak}, {dak}, {palas}, {Butea frondosa}]
butene
1: any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers [syn: {butylene}]
Buteo
1: broad-winged soaring hawks [syn: {genus Buteo}]
Buteo buteo
1: the common European short-winged hawk [syn: {buzzard}]
Buteo jamaicensis
1: dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail [syn: {redtail}, {red-tailed hawk}]
Buteo lagopus
1: large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers [syn: {rough-legged hawk}, {roughleg}]
Buteo lineatus
1: North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders [syn: {red-shouldered hawk}]
buteonine
1: relating to or resembling a haw of the genus Buteo n : any hawk of the genus Buteo
butler
1: a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table [syn: {pantryman}]
butt
1: thick end of the handle [syn: {butt end}] 2: a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {goat}, {laughingstock}, {stooge}] 3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick i...
butt against
1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: {border}, {adjoin}, {edge}, {abut}, {march}, {butt}, {butt on}] 2: collide violently wi...
butt end
1: thick end of the handle [syn: {butt}]
butt hinge
1: a hinge mortised flush into the edge of the door and jamb
butt in
1: break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" [syn: {chime in}, {cut in}, {put in}, {chisel in}, {barge in}, {break in}]
butt joint
1: a joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping [syn: {butt}]
butt on
1: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: {border}, {adjoin}, {edge}, {abut}, {march}, {butt}, {butt against}]
butt pack
1: a waist pack worn with the pouch in back [syn: {fanny pack}]
butt shaft
1: an blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice
butt weld
1: a butt joint that is welded [syn: {butt-weld}]
butt welding
1: creating a butt joint by welding [syn: {butt-welding}]
butt-weld
1: a butt joint that is welded [syn: {butt weld}] v : join by a buttweld [syn: {buttweld}]
butt-welding
1: creating a butt joint by welding [syn: {butt welding}]
butte
1: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides 2: a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
butter
1: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use 2: a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head v : spread butter on; "butter bread"
butter bean
1: bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds [syn: {sieva bean}, {butter-bean plant}, {lima bean}, {Phaseolus lunatus}] 2: small flat green bean si...
butter churn
1: a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk [syn: {churn}]
butter daisy
1: coarse grayish green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico [syn: {cowpen daisy}, {golden crownbeard}, {golden crown beard}, {Verbesina encelioides}, {Ximenesia encelioid...
butter dish
1: a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table
butter knife
1: a small knife with a dull blade; for cutting or spreading butter
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butter up
1: flatter with the intention of getting something [syn: {brown-nose}]
butter-and-eggs
1: common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America [syn: {toadflax}, {wild snapdragon}, {devil's flax}, {Linaria vulgaris}]
butter-bean plant
1: bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds [syn: {sieva bean}, {butter bean}, {lima bean}, {Phaseolus lunatus}]
butter-flower
1: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: {buttercup}, {butterflower}, {crowfoot}, {goldcup}, {kingcup}]
butter-print
1: tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States [syn: {velvetleaf}, {velvet-...
butterball
1: a rotund individual [syn: {fatso}, {fatty}, {fat person}, {roly-poly}] [ant: {thin person}] 2: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage [syn: {bufflehead}, {dipper}, {Bucephe...
butterbean
1: small flat green bean similar to lima beans [syn: {sieva bean}, {butter bean}, {civet bean}]
butterbur
1: small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas [syn: {bog rhubarb}, {Petasites hybridus}, {Petasites vulgaris}]
buttercrunch
1: lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves
buttercup
1: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: {butterflower}, {butter-flower}, {crowfoot}, {goldcup}, {kingcup}]
buttercup family
1: a family of Ranunculaceae [syn: {Ranunculaceae}, {family Ranunculaceae}, {crowfoot family}]
buttercup squash
1: plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with grayish markings 2: drum-shaped squash with dark green rind marked in silver or gray
butterfat
1: the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made
Butterfield
1: English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900) [syn: {William Butterfield}]
butterfingered
1: not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so ha...
butterfingers
1: someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)
butterfish
1: any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin 2: small marine fish with a short smooth-scaled compressed body and feeble spines [syn: {stromateid fish}, {stromateid}] 3: slippery...
butterflower
1: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn: {buttercup}, {butter-flower}, {crowfoot}, {goldcup}, {kingcup}]
butterfly
1: diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings 2: a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick...
butterfly bush
1: tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers [syn: {buddleia}]
butterfly collector
1: an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths [syn: {lepidopterist}]
butterfly effect
1: the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
butterfly fish
1: small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
butterfly flower
1: any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers [syn: {poor man's orchid}, {schizanthus}] 2: shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink...
butterfly nut
1: a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning [syn: {wing nut}, {wing-nut}, {wing screw}, {thumbnut}]
butterfly orchid
1: any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids 2: any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often g...
butterfly orchis
1: Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip [syn: {butterfly orchid}, {Epidendrum venosum}, {Encyclia venosa}] 2: Mediterranean orchid having usu...
butterfly pea
1: vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue yellow-centered flowers [syn: {blue pea}, {Clitoria turnatea}] 2: large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United Sta...
butterfly plant
1: orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red [syn: {Phalaenopsis amabilis}] 2: any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slende...
butterfly stroke
1: a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down [syn: {butterfly}]
butterfly valve
1: a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle
butterfly weed
1: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers [syn: {orange milkweed}, {chigger flower}, {chiggerflower}, {pleurisy root}, {tuber root}, {Indian paintbrush}, {As...
butterflyfish
1: tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins [syn: {flying gurnard}, {flying robin}]
butterhead lettuce
1: lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head; easily broken or bruised
buttermilk
1: residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
buttermilk biscuit
1: very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda [syn: {soda biscuit}]
butternut
1: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: {butternut tree}, {white walnut}, {Juglans cinerea}] 2: oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree...
butternut squash
1: plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and smooth thin rind [syn: {Cucurbita maxima}] 2: buff-colored squash with a long usually strai...
butternut tree
1: North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye [syn: {butternut}, {white walnut}, {Juglans cinerea}]
butterscotch
1: a hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar
butterweed
1: American ragwort with yellow flowers [syn: {ragwort}, {Senecio glabellus}] 2: any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packer; often placed in genus Senecio
butterwort
1: any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
buttery
1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-...
buttock
1: either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump [syn: {cheek}]
buttocks
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: {nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {bun...
button
1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes 2: an electrical switch operated by pressing a button; "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed...
button fern
1: fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets [syn: {Pellaea rotundifolia}] 2: Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils [syn: {Tectaria cicutaria...
button hole
1: a hole through which buttons are pushed [syn: {buttonhole}]
button mangrove
1: evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood [syn: {button tree}, {Conocarpus erectus}]
button pink
1: much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William [syn: {Dianthus latifolius}]
button quail
1: small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains [syn: {button-quail}, {bustard quail}, {hemi...
button snakeroot
1: coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite [syn: {rattlesnake master}, {rattlesnake's master}, {Eryngium yuccifolium}] 2: coarse prickly perennial eryngo with...
button tree
1: evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood [syn: {button mangrove}, {Conocarpus erectus}]
button up
1: refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" [syn: {close up}, {clam up}, {dummy up}, {shut up}, {belt up}, {be quiet}, {keep mum}] [ant: {open u...
button-down
1: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek [syn: {buttoned-down}, {conservative}] 2: of a shirt; having the ends of the collar ...
button-quail
1: small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains [syn: {button quail}, {bustard quail}, {hemi...
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