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bacteriemia
The presence of bacteria in the blood; same as .
bacterise
to subject to the action of bacteria.
Badger
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ( ), called also , inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species ( ) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See .
Baffle
To practice deceit.
balneotherapy
The treatment of disease by baths.
Banderilla
A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight.
Bandy
Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; .
Barbecue
To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
Barkantine
Same as .
Barometrograph
A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.
Barrel
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads; . Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a .
Baseness
The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
Bashfully
In a bashful manner.
Batavian
Of or pertaining to the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe.
Bay
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
Beamless
Not having a beam.
Beat
A stroke; a blow.
Bedding
A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
Beery
Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.
Berkeleian
Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; .
Bermudan
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bermuda; .
Besaint
To make a saint of.
Besetting
Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; .
Beware
To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for.
Bibliopole
One who sells books.
Bifarious
Twofold; arranged in two rows.
Bilalo
A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.
Binocular
Having two eyes.
Bismuth
One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507 Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.
Bitten
of .
Bivector
A term made up of the two parts +1-1, where and1 are vectors.
blackout
a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting.
Blamelessly
In a blameless manner.
Blanchard lathe
A kind of wood-turning lathe for making noncircular and irregular forms, as felloes, gun stocks, lasts, spokes, etc., after a given pattern. The pattern and work rotate on parallel spindles in the same direction with the same speed, and the work is shaped by a rapidly rotating cutter whose position is varied by the pattern acting as a cam upon a follower wheel traversing slowly along the pattern.
Blastocyst
The germinal vesicle.
Blissus
a genus comprising the chinch bugs. See , 2.
bloodsucking
drawing blood from the body of another; .
Blossom
The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; .
Bolo
A kind of large knife resembling a machete.
Bolstered
Supported; upheld.
Bolter
One who sifts flour or meal.
Bombard
See .
Bombproof
Secure against the explosive force of bombs.
Bon
Good; valid as security for something.
Bone
To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.
Boom
To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
Boot
A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
Boroughmaster
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
Boshbok
A kind of antelope. See .
Boughten
Purchased; not obtained or produced at home.
Bournonite
A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper.
Bow
To play (music) with a bow.
Bowse
A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
Brachiata
A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See .
Brassets
See .
Bridge
A card game resembling whist.
Brogan
A stout, coarse shoe; a brogue.
Bromogelatin
Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.
Broncho
A native or a Mexican horse of small size.
Brotherliness
The state or quality of being brotherly.
Bucket
To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; .
Bullfrog
A very large species of frog (), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring.
By-product
A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.