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bottleful |
Noun
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the quantity contained in a bottle |
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billyo |
Noun
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an unimaginably large amount |
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bowlful |
Noun
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the quantity contained in a bowl |
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billyoh |
Noun
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an unimaginably large amount |
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boxful |
Noun
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the quantity contained in a box |
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billy-ho |
Noun
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an unimaginably large amount |
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bucketful |
Noun
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the quantity contained in a bucket |
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busload |
Noun
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the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry |
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boatload |
Noun
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the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car |
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bugger all |
Noun
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little or nothing at all |
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binary digit |
Noun
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either 0 or 1 in binary notation |
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breathing room |
Noun
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sufficient room for easy breathing or movement |
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breathing space |
Noun
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sufficient room for easy breathing or movement |
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breathing space |
Noun
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a short respite |
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breadth index |
Noun
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ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull |
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borderline intelligence |
Noun
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the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance) |
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betting odds |
Noun
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the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another |
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business relation |
Noun
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a relation between different business enterprises |
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blood kinship |
Noun
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(anthropology) related by blood |
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bilateral descent |
Noun
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line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family |
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batting average |
Noun
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(baseball) a measure of a batter's performance calculated on the basis of hits per at bat |
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batting average |
Noun
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(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds |
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bulge |
Noun
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something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
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bulge |
Verb
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to cause to bulge or swell outwards |
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bulge |
Verb
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to swell or protrude outwards |
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bulge |
Verb
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to swell outward |
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bulge |
Verb
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to swell out |
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bank-depositor relation |
Noun
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the responsibility of a bank to act in the best interests of the depositors |
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bell shape |
Noun
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the shape of a bell |
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bedlam |
Noun
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a state of extreme confusion and disorder |
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balagan |
Noun
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a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) |
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blob |
Noun
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an indistinct shapeless form |
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blob |
Verb
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to make a spot or mark onto |
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brachium |
Noun
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(biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal |
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brownout |
Noun
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darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft) |
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blessedness |
Noun
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a state of supreme happiness |
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bachelorhood |
Noun
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the state of being an unmarried man |
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bachelorhood |
Noun
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the time of a man's life prior to marriage |
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back burner |
Noun
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reduced priority |
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bastardy |
Noun
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the status of being born to parents who were not married |
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beingness |
Noun
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the state or fact of existing |
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business relationship |
Noun
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a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services |
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blood brotherhood |
Noun
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the friendship characteristic of blood brothers |
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bonded labor |
Noun
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a practice in which employers give high-interest loans to workers whose entire families then labor at low wages to pay off the debt |
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balance of power |
Noun
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an equilibrium of power between nations |
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busyness |
Noun
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the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity |
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beatitude |
Noun
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a state of supreme happiness |
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bliss |
Noun
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a state of extreme happiness |
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blissfulness |
Noun
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a state of extreme happiness |
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bulimia |
Noun
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pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions) |