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  • baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
  • baudot code — (communications)   (For etymology, see baud) A character set predating EBCDIC and used originally and primarily on paper tape. Use of Baudot reportedly survives in TDDs and some HAM radio applications. In Baudot, characters are expressed using five bits. Baudot uses two code sub-sets, the "letter set" (LTRS), and the "figure set" (FIGS). The FIGS character (11011) signals that the following code is to be interpreted as being in the FIGS set, until this is reset by the LTRS (11111) character. binary hex LTRS FIGS -------------------------- 00011 03 A - 11001 19 B ? 01110 0E C : 01001 09 D $ 00001 01 E 3 01101 0D F ! 11010 1A G & 10100 14 H # 00110 06 I 8 01011 0B J BELL 01111 0F K ( 10010 12 L ) 11100 1C M . 01100 0C N , 11000 18 O 9 10110 16 P 0 10111 17 Q 1 01010 0A R 4 00101 05 S ' 10000 10 T 5 00111 07 U 7 11110 1E V ; 10011 13 W 2 11101 1D X / 10101 15 Y 6 10001 11 Z " 01000 08 CR CR 00010 02 LF LF 00100 04 SP SP 11111 1F LTRS LTRS 11011 1B FIGS FIGS 00000 00 [..unused..] Where CR is carriage return, LF is linefeed, BELL is the bell, SP is space, and STOP is the stop character. Note: these bit values are often shown in inverse order, depending (presumably) which side of the paper tape you were looking at. Local implementations of Baudot may differ in the use of #, STOP, BELL, and '.
  • be about to — If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon. If something is about to happen, it will happen very soon.
  • bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
  • beancounter — Alternative spelling of bean counter.
  • beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
  • beat out of — If someone beats another person out of something, they get that thing by deceiving the other person or behaving dishonestly.
  • beauteously — In a beauteous manner.
  • beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
  • bedding out — the process of planting out young flowering plants in beds
  • bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
  • bellybutton — the navel
  • belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
  • belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • bent double — If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
  • betulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Betulaceae, a family of mostly N temperate catkin-bearing trees and shrubs such as birch and alder, some species of which reach the northern limits of tree growth
  • bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
  • billet-doux — a love letter
  • bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
  • blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
  • blood count — Your blood count is the number of red and white cells in your blood. A blood count can also refer to a medical examination which determines the number of red and white cells in your blood.
  • blood guilt — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  • boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
  • boiler suit — A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working.
  • bolt cutter — a tool for cutting bolts, wire, etc, typically with very long handles and short blades, with compound hinges
  • bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
  • bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
  • bonus stock — shares of stock, usually common, given by a corporation as a bonus with the purchase of another class of security
  • boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
  • boston bull — Boston terrier
  • bottle club — a so-called club in which patrons, nominally members, are served liquor from bottles purportedly belonging to them, without regard to liquor control laws
  • bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
  • bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
  • bouquetiere — an assortment of fresh vegetables
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
  • breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
  • breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
  • bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
  • broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
  • brook trout — a North American freshwater trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, introduced in Europe and valued as a food and game fish
  • brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
  • brown trout — a common brownish variety of the trout Salmo trutta that occurs in the rivers of N Europe and has been successfully introduced in North America
  • brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
  • brushstroke — Brushstrokes are the marks made on a surface by a painter's brush.
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