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Bullbriernouna very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berriesverified
Bullet FingerprintingnounMWEidentification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from itverified
Bulletin BoardnounMWEa computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interestverified
Bulletin Board SystemnounMWEa computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interestverified
Bullock's HeartnounMWEsmall tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruitverified
Bullock's Heart TreenounMWEsmall tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruitverified
Bullpennouna large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarilyverified
Bullrushnountall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North Americaverified
Bullterriernouna powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriersverified
Bully PulpitnounMWEa public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matterverified
Bulrushnountall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North Americaverified
Bumboatnouna small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchorverified
Bumfnounreading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boringverified
Bumpernouna mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damageverified
Bumper CarnounMWEa small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodgedverified
Bumper GuardnounMWEvertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicleverified
Bumphnounreading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boringverified
Buncenouna sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)verified
Bunchberrynouncreeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shootsverified
Bunchgrassnounany of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or matverified
Bunco GamenounMWEa swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertyverified
Bundle of HisnounMWEa bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contractverified
Bundlingnouna onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressingverified
Bunkonouna swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertyverified
Bunko GamenounMWEa swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertyverified
Bunnynounan informal term for a rabbit, especially a young one -- can be used with or without the clarifier "rabbit" followingverified
Bunny GirlnounMWEa young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbitverified
Bunya Bunya TreenounMWEAustralian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnutsverified
Bur MarigoldnounMWEany of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingverified
Bur OaknounMWEmedium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cupsverified
Burbotnounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthverified
Burdocknounany of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing bursverified