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Boob TubenounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Boodlenouna gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)verified
Boojum TreenounMWEcandlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowersverified
Book FairnounMWEbazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy causeverified
Book LungnounMWEorgan in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a bookverified
Book of InstructionsnounMWEa manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate itverified
Book TokennounMWEa gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucherverified
Bookendnouna support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)verified
Bookingnounemployment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of timeverified
Booking ClerknounMWEsomeone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)verified
Bookmarkernouna marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's placeverified
Bookwormnouna person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they meritverified
BoostingnounA machine learning technique that iteratively combines a set of simple and not very accurate classifiers (referred to as "weak" classifiers) into a classifier with high accuracy (a "strong" classifier) by upweighting the examples that the model is currently misclassifyingCapability
Boot Record InfectornounMWEA boot record infector is a piece of malware that inserts malicious code into the boot sector of a disk.Threat
Bootboysnouna youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippiesverified
Booted ArmillarianounMWEfungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalkverified
Boragenounhairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinachverified
Borage FamilynounMWEa widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruitverified
Border DistrictnounMWEdistrict consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an areaverified