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OP beloid: shaped like an arrow The only interesting word in this group. Greek "belos" = dart
bema: raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar
benet: exorcist
bergamask: country dance
besom: curler's broom
bezel: oblique side or face of a cut gem
bibelot: trinket; miniature book of elegant design
bibliolatry: worship of the Bible or other books
bibliophily: love or fondness for books or reading
bibulous: addicted to alcohol
bidenticulate: having two teeth
bigential: consisting of two races, genera, or subspecies
bilious: ill-tempered; very unpleasant
binate: doubled; coupled
biocenosis: state of association of creatures in a certain region
biolith: rock formed by living creatures
biotope: region of uniform environment and types of organisms
birostrate: double-beaked
bistoury: narrow surgical knife
biverbal: relating to two words; having a double sense
blandiloquence: complimentary speech; flattery
blauwbok: extinct bluish-coloured antelope of southern Africa
blennophobia: fear of slime
blissom: subject to or having strong sexual desires
blype: piece of skin that peels off after a sunburn
bodach: old man; churl; goblin or spectre
boethetic: helpful, curative
bolide: large meteor that bursts; a fireball
boman: well dressed criminal
bombous: convex; rounded
bonify: to improve or ameliorate
boopic: ox-eyed
bordure: border surrounding a heraldic shield
boschveldt: bush country; wilderness
bot: larva of a botfly that infests horses
bouillotte: card game resembling poker
bourdon: drone bass of a bagpipe or organ
bowery: seedy or run-down district of a city I have never heard this used. The Bowery,
a part of New York City, became notorious for petty crime. There was even a song about it.
The name is derived from Dutch word meaning farm.
bow[er[y 7b/4!r c, b/4rc8
n.,
pl. 3er[ies 5Du bouwerij, farm < bouer, boer, farmer: see BOOR6 a farm or plantation of an early Dutch settler of New York
the Bowery a street in New York City, or the surrounding district, center of cheap hotels, bars, etc.
braccate: having feathered legs or feet
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted some more wwh 02/18/03 09:25 PM objection wofahulicodoc 02/18/03 11:41 PM Re: objection Faldage 02/19/03 01:27 AM Re: objection Bingley 02/19/03 05:16 AM Re: objection tsuwm 02/19/03 01:31 AM belated reply wofahulicodoc 02/21/03 02:36 AM Re: some more wofahulicodoc 02/18/03 11:53 PM Re: The Bowery wwh 02/19/03 12:04 AM Re: The Bowery of troy 02/19/03 05:50 PM Re: The Bowery dxb 02/20/03 07:39 AM Re: The Bowery of troy 02/21/03 04:00 PM bowery Boys wofahulicodoc 02/19/03 12:07 AM Re: besom: curler's broom Wordwind 02/19/03 10:27 AM Re: besom: curler's broom Buffalo Shrdlu 02/19/03 10:31 AM Re: biocenosis Wordwind 02/19/03 10:31 AM Re: biocenosis wwh 02/19/03 02:30 PM Re: birostrate wwh 02/19/03 02:37 PM Re: birostrate Faldage 02/19/03 02:54 PM Re: birostrate wwh 02/19/03 03:10 PM Re: biolith Wordwind 02/19/03 10:33 AM Re: some more Wordwind 02/19/03 10:34 AM
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