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Buttock
– definition :
- (noun)
- either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump (context:body)
Butyl nitrite
– definition :
- (noun)
- a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers (context:artifact)
Buying
– definition :
- (noun)
- the act of buying (context:act)
– Sample : “buying”
- buying and selling fill their days
- shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge
By inches
– definition :
- (adverb)
- by a short distance (context:all)
– Sample : “by inches”
Bylaw
– definition :
- (noun)
- a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members (context:communication)
Butterfly orchis
– definition :
- (noun)
- Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip (context:plant)
- Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip (context:plant)
Button up
– definition :
- (verb)
- refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent (context:communication)
– Sample : “button up”
- The children shut up when their father approached
Buxomness
– definition :
- (noun)
- the bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed (context:attribute)
Buzzword
– definition :
- (noun)
- stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition (context:communication)
By the piece
– definition :
- (adverb)
- one piece at a time (context:all)
– Sample : “by the piece”
- she sold the plates by the piece