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  • belladonna — either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade
  • bellinzona — a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)
  • bellperson — a bellhop.
  • belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
  • ben lomond — a mountain in W central Scotland, on the E side of Loch Lomond. Height: 973 m (3192 ft)
  • ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
  • bennington — a town in SW Vermont: the site of a British defeat (1777) in the War of American Independence. Pop: 15 637 (2003 est)
  • bentonitic — relating to bentonite
  • bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
  • beribboned — adorned with ribbons
  • berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
  • bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
  • bibliogony — the art of producing and publishing books.
  • bidonville — a shanty town
  • bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
  • binational — involving two nations
  • binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
  • biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
  • bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
  • birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
  • bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
  • black monk — a Benedictine monk
  • blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
  • blazonings — heraldic adornments
  • bloodstone — a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstone
  • bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue heron — any of the American varieties of heron with bluish or bluish-gray plumage, as the great blue heron.
  • bluebonnet — a broad, flat cap of blue woolen cloth, formerly worn in Scotland
  • bluetongue — an Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, having a cobalt-blue tongue
  • boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
  • bocconcini — small bite-sized pieces of mozzarella cheese
  • bogon flux — /boh'gon fluhks/ A measure of a supposed field of bogosity emitted by a speaker, measured by a bogometer; as a speaker starts to wander into increasing bogosity a listener might say "Warning, warning, bogon flux is rising". See quantum bogodynamics.
  • bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
  • bon marche — a bargain.
  • bon vivant — a person who enjoys luxuries, esp good food and drink
  • bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
  • bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
  • bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
  • bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
  • bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
  • bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
  • bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
  • bone china — Bone china is a kind of thin china that contains powdered bone.
  • bone earth — bone ash.
  • bone felon — felon2 .
  • bone up on — If you bone up on a subject, you try to find out about it or remind yourself of what you have already learned about it.
  • bone white — any of various shades of grayish or yellowish white
  • boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
  • bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
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