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- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bonanza state — a name for the state of Montana
- boom operator — a person who operates a boom
- border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
- border states — slave states bordering on the free states before the Civil War: Mo., Ky., Va., Md., & Del.
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- bottled water — water sold in bottles
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- breathe again — to feel relief
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- bridal wreath — any of several N temperate rosaceous shrubs of the genus Spiraea, esp S. prunifolia, cultivated for their sprays of small white flowers
- broad hatchet — a hatchet with a broad cutting edge.
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- bureaucratese — wordy, jargon-filled, overcomplicated language considered typical of bureaucrats
- bureaucratism — an official of a bureaucracy.
- bureaucratist — a believer in bureaucracy
- bureaucratize — to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
- butyl acetate — a colourless liquid with a fruity odour, existing in four isomeric forms. Three of the isomers are important solvents for cellulose lacquers. Formula: CH3COOC4H9
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- c corporation — A C corporation is a type of corporation which is taxed on its income.
- calcification — the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
- calculatingly — In a calculating manner.
- calculational — relating to calculation
- canaliculated — Canaliculate.
- cancellariate — the office of chancellor
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- candidate key — (database) One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
- candidateship — candidature
- cantonization — the process of dividing into cantons
- cape hatteras — a promontory off the E coast of North Carolina, on Hatteras Island, which is situated between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic: known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping
- cape-flattery — Cape, a cape in NW Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait.
- capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
- capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- captivatingly — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbon dating — Carbon dating is a system of calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
- carbonatation — saturation or reaction with carbon dioxide.