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- antiradicalism — the opposition to radicalism
- arcado-cyprian — an ancient language group of eastern Greece.
- at loggerheads — If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other.
- austrian shade — a window shade in which the fabric falls in a series of puffy festoons created by vertical rows of shirring.
- autoradiograph — a photograph showing the distribution of a radioactive substance in a specimen. The photographic plate is exposed by radiation from the specimen
- aviation badge — wings.
- aviation cadet — one who trains to become an officer in an air force.
- aviation-badge — Also called aviation badge. Military Informal. a badge bearing the image of a spread pair of bird's wings with a distinctive center design, awarded to an aircrewman on completion of certain requirements.
- avogadro's law — the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules at the same temperature and pressure
- badger baiting — an illegal sport in which dogs are encouraged to draw a badger out of its burrow and attack it
- balm of gilead — any of several trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora, esp C. opobalsamum of Africa and W Asia, that yield a fragrant oily resin
- balm-of-gilead — any of several plants of the genus Commiphora, especially C. opobalsamum and C. meccanensis, which yield a fragrant oleoresin.
- barbados earth — a diatomaceous marl found in Barbados
- barbados pride — Also called bead tree. a tropical African and Asian tree, Adenanthera pavonina, of the legume family, having feathery foliage and bearing red seeds that are used in beadwork.
- barcode reader — A barcode reader is an electronic scanning machine that reads and sends barcode information.
- basting thread — inexpensive, loosely twisted thread that can be easily pulled out when permanent stitching is in place
- be in bad odor — to be in ill repute
- bead lightning — lightning in which the intensity appears to vary along the path and which thus resembles a string of beads.
- bill of lading — (in foreign trade) a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
- biodegradation — to decay and become absorbed by the environment: toys that will biodegrade when they're discarded.
- black bullhead — a common freshwater catfish, Ictalurus melas, of North America, considered by some to be a food delicacy.
- bladder cancer — any cancer of the bladder
- bladder ketmia — plant with pale yellow flowers
- bladder ketmie — flower-of-an-hour
- blade-shearing — the shearing of sheep using hand shears
- board of trade — (in the United Kingdom) a ministry within the Department of Trade: responsible for the supervision of commerce and the promotion of export trade
- braddock hills — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- bradford score — a measure of the amount of time during which an employee is absent from work, based on assigning a number of points according to the frequency and length of absences
- bradley effect — the distortion of opinion polls caused by the reluctance of respondents to admit to a preference that is regarded as socially unacceptable
- bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
- brown bullhead — a freshwater catfish, Ictalurus nebulosus, of eastern North America, having an olive to brown body with dark markings on the sides.
- bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
- budget heading — a heading in a budget under which an expenditure is listed
- building trade — the economic sector comprising all companies and workers involved in construction
- by the vanload — in very large quantities
- cadaverousness — of or like a corpse.
- cadmium bronze — an alloy of copper with about 1 percent cadmium.
- cadmium orange — a yellow color approaching orange.
- cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
- cadogan teapot — a lidless teapot that is made from or in imitation of an inverted Chinese wine pot and is filled through the bottom.
- canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
- canada thistle — a prickly European weed (Cirsium arvense) of the composite family, with heads of purplish flowers and wavy leaves: now common as a fast-spreading, injurious weed throughout the N U.S.
- canadian bacon — cured, smoked pork taken from the loin in a boneless strip and having a hamlike flavor
- canadian river — a river in the southern US, rising in NE New Mexico and flowing east to the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. Length: 1458 km (906 miles)
- 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.
- carriage trade — trade from the wealthy part of society
- casinghead gas — natural gas obtained from an oil well.