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  • bastardisation — Alternative form of bastardization.
  • bastardization — the act of bastardizing
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • beta reduction — [lambda-calculus] The application of a lambda abstraction to an argument expression. A copy of the body of the lambda abstraction is made and occurrences of the bound variable being replaced by the argument. E.g. (\ x . x+1) 4 --> 4+1 Beta reduction is the only kind of reduction in the pure lambda-calculus. The opposite of beta reduction is beta abstraction. These are the two kinds of beta conversion. See also name capture.
  • beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
  • biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
  • bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
  • blood relation — A blood relation or blood relative is someone who is related to you by birth rather than by marriage.
  • boarding party — group of officers or sailors who board a ship
  • boatswain bird — tropic bird.
  • body of christ — the Christian Church
  • border dispute — a disagreement between countries about where the border between them should be drawn
  • border terrier — a small rough-coated breed of terrier that originated in the Borders
  • bosworth field — the site, two miles south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, of the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (August 1485). Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned king as Henry VII
  • botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
  • bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
  • bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • british dollar — any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.
  • broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
  • bronchodilator — any drug or other agent that causes dilation of the bronchial tubes by relaxing bronchial muscle: used, esp in the form of aerosol sprays, for the relief of asthma
  • brood parasite — a young bird hatched and reared by birds of a different species as a result of brood parasitism.
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
  • capacity crowd — a situation when the maximum number of people possible are watching an event such as a sports game or pop concert
  • carbon trading — Carbon trading is the practice of buying and selling the right to produce carbon dioxide emissions, so that people, countries or companies who use a lot of fuel and electricity can buy rights from those that do not use so much.
  • cardboard city — an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes
  • cardiac output — blood volume in liters pumped by the left ventricle of the heart per minute.
  • cardinal point — The cardinal points are the four main points of the compass, north, south, east, and west.
  • cardiocentesis — surgical puncture of the heart
  • cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
  • cardiothoracic — of or relating to the heart and the chest
  • cardiotoxicity — The state or condition of being cardiotoxic.
  • carotid artery — A carotid artery is one of the two arteries in the neck that supply the head with blood.
  • catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
  • cercopithecoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys)
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • chlorothiazide — a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2
  • chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
  • chondrichthian — any member of the class Chondrichthyes, comprising the cartilaginous fishes.
  • chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
  • clifford trust — a type of living trust set up for at least a 10-year period, during which the income goes to a beneficiary and after which the principal reverts to the grantor.
  • clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
  • closed circuit — a circuit without interruption, providing a continuous path through which a current can flow.
  • closed-circuit — A closed-circuit television or video system is one that operates within a limited area such as a building.
  • coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • collateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralise.
  • collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
  • colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
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