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  • bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
  • biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
  • black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • bookmaking firm — an organization that accepts bets from gamblers and pays out winnings
  • boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
  • bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
  • brompheniramine — a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • brown-tail moth — a white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.
  • brownian motion — the irregular motion of small particles suspended in a liquid or a gas, caused by the bombardment of the particles by molecules of the medium: first observed by Robert Brown in 1827.
  • bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
  • bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
  • cacodaemoniacal — Demonic; evil.
  • cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
  • cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
  • calamine lotion — a soothing lotion containing calamine
  • california mink — cacomistle.
  • call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
  • campaign button — a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.
  • campaign ribbon — a distinctively colored ribbon, either on a small, narrow bar or in the form of a strip, representing a military campaign participated in by the wearer.
  • campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
  • capitulationism — advocacy or approval of capitulation.
  • carbon monoxide — Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that is produced especially by the engines of vehicles.
  • carcinosarcomas — Plural form of carcinosarcoma.
  • cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
  • cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
  • casement-window — a window sash opening on hinges that are generally attached to the upright side of its frame.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • castrametations — Plural form of castrametation.
  • cat-o'-mountain — catamountain
  • ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chemotaxonomist — a specialist in the field of chemotaxonomy
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • choriocarcinoma — a cancer that occurs during pregnancy in the uterus
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
  • circumforaneous — moving around or abroad; roaming from place to place
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