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- BUTTONHOLEROne who detains somebody in conversation against their will.
- BUTTONLESSWithout buttons.
- BUTTONYHaving a large number of buttons.
- BUTTRESSA brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- BUTTYA sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg.
- BUTYLAny of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- BUTYLATIONA reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
- BUTYLENEAny of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.
- BUTYRACEOUSOf, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
- BUTYRATEAny salt or ester of butyric acid.
- BUTYRICOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
- BUTYROUSOf, pertaining to, resembling or containing butter, buttery
- BUXOMHaving a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.
- BUXOMLYIn a buxom way.
- BUYERA person who makes one or more purchases.
- BUYINGpresent participle and gerund of buy
- BUYOUTThe acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
- BUZKASHIA team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.
- BWANABig boss, important person.
- BYCATCHAny fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
- BYCOKETA type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
- BYGONEHaving been or happened in the distant past.
- BYGONESThings that happened in the past.
- BYKEA bisexual woman.
- BYKEDA bisexual woman.
- BYLAWA local custom or law of a settlement or district.
- BYLINEA line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.
- BYLINERA journalist who writes bylines.
- BYNAMEAny secondary name, particularly
- BYPATHAn unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
- BYPRODUCTAlternative form of by-product.
- BYREA barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
- BYREMANA man employed to look after cows in a byre.
- BYREWOMANA woman employed to look after cows in a byre.
- BYRLAKINAn exclamation of surprise or vehemence.
- BYRNIEA short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs.
- BYROADA road less frequented than a highway; a byway.
- BYSSALOf or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves.
- BYSTANDERA person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.
- BYTALKSincidental conversation, chit-chat; small talk
- BYTEA short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- BYWAYA road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path.
- BYWORDA proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- CABALA putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- CABALISMThe study of the Jewish Kabbalah.
- CABALISTA member of a cabal.
- CABALLEROA horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
- CABARETLive entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.
- CABASA flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
- CABBYAlternative form of cabbie (“taxi driver”).
- CABERA long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
- CABERNETCabernet Sauvignon, a wine.
- CABILDOA local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
- CABINA small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in i
- CABINETA storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
- CABINETMAKERA skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden cabinets and furniture.
- CABINETRYSynonym of cabinetmaking (“fine woodworking to produce cabinets”).
- CABINETWORKCabinets and furniture made by a cabinetmaker.
- CABINETWORKSCabinets and furniture made by a cabinetmaker.
- CABLEA long object used to make a physical connection. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- CABLERSomeone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
- CABLETA slender or small cable.
- CABLEVISIONcable television
- CABOCHONA precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
- CABOODLEAny large collection of things or people.
- CABOOSEA small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
- CABOTAGEThe transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
- CABOVERA style of truck, bus, or van that has a vertical front or "flat face", with the cab of the truck sitting above (or forward of) the front axle.
- CABRIOLEA type of furniture leg used in certain ornate styles of furniture such as Queen Anne, having a double curve resembling the leg of an animal.
- CABRIOLETAn automobile with a retractable top.
- CABSTANDA place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.
- CACAExcrement; feces.
- CACAOA tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- CACOONA beanlike seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedei), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.
- CACOPHONYA mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- CACOTOPIAA dystopia; the worst possible world.
- CACTUSAny member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
- CADASTREA public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
- CADAVERA dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
- CADAVERINEA foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2.
- CADAVEROUSCorpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
- CADAVEROUSLYIn a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
- CADDISThe larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
- CADDYA small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
- CADEabandoned by its mother and reared by hand
- CADENCEThe act or state of declining or sinking.
- CADENCYAlternative form of cadence.
- CADENTFalling.
- CADENZAA part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
- CADETA student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- CADETSHIPThe position, rank, or commission of cadet.
- CADGETo tie, fasten.
- CADGERA hawker or peddler.
- CADMICPertaining to, derived from, or containing cadmium.
- CADMIUMA chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
- CADRANSAn instrument by which a gem is adjusted while being cut.
- CADREA frame or framework.
- CADUCEUSThe official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snake
- CADUCITYDotage or senility.
- CAECITISinflammation of the caecum