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Butcher BoardnounMWEa thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwoodverified
Butcher PapernounMWEa strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluidsverified
Butcherbirdnounlarge carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thornsverified
Butlernouna manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the tableverified
Butter BeannounMWEbush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seedsverified
Butter ChurnnounMWEa vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilkverified
Butter-Bean PlantnounMWEbush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seedsverified
Butter-Printnountall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiberverified
Buttercup SquashnounMWEplant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with greyish markingsverified
Butterfly EffectnounMWEthe phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicagoverified
Butterfly FishnounMWEsmall usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad finsverified
Butterfly FlowernounMWEany plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowersverified
Butterfly NutnounMWEa threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turningverified
Butterfly OrchidnounMWEany orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowersverified
Butterfly OrchisnounMWEMediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lipverified
Butterfly PeanounMWElarge-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowersverified
Butterfly PlantnounMWEany orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowersverified
Butterfly StrokenounMWEa swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and downverified
Butterfly ValvenounMWEa valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttleverified
Butterfly WeednounMWEerect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowersverified
Butternut SquashnounMWEplant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rindverified
Buttocknouneither of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rumpverified
Button FernnounMWEfern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leafletsverified
Button MangrovenounMWEevergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact woodverified
Button QuailnounMWEsmall quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toeverified
Button SnakerootnounMWEany of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower headsverified
Button TreenounMWEevergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact woodverified
Buttonwoodnounvery large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexicoverified
Butyl NitritenounMWEa colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusersverified
Buxomnessnounthe bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomedverified
Buy-And-Bust OperationnounMWEan undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealersverified
buyernounA buyer is any person or organization who contracts to acquire an asset or service in return for some form of consideration.Organization
Buzzardnouna New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United Statesverified
By-Catchnoununwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another speciesverified