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  • bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
  • blue helmets — armed troops under the sponsorship of the United Nations, used for peacekeeping
  • blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
  • boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
  • bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
  • bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
  • booch method — (programming)   A widely used object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design method.
  • book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
  • boomer state — Oklahoma
  • booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
  • bottom break — a branch coming from the bottom of a plant stem, usually formed by pinching and disbudding.
  • bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
  • bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
  • bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
  • bottomfeeder — (networking)   An RSS aggregator.
  • bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
  • bromomethane — methyl bromide.
  • buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
  • buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
  • by my certie — assuredly
  • cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
  • cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
  • calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
  • caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
  • cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
  • camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
  • camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
  • camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
  • camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • cape matapan — a cape in S Greece, at the S central tip of the Peloponnese: the southern point of the mainland of Greece
  • carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
  • cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
  • caste system — the division of Hindu society into four major hereditary classes
  • catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • cathetometer — an instrument measuring minute height differences
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
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