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bill of lading.noun,.plural.bills of lading
a document issued by a carrier to a shipper, listing and acknowledging receipt of goods for transport and specifying terms of delivery; a receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of goods taken by him to ship and specifying the terms of delivery; a waybill

bumpy, bumpier, bumpiest.adjectives
covered with or full of bumps (a bumpy country road); uneven; movement involving sudden jolts and jerks. marked by bumps and jolts; rough (a bumpy flight)
bumpily.adverb
bumpiness.(words ending in 'ess' are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es' making '...esses' is clumsy)
bump, bumped, bumping, bumps.verbs
transitive verb use.to collide with; to cause to knock against an obstacle (not watching where she was going, she bumped into a fire hydrant); to deprive a passenger of a reserved seat because of overbooking (got bumped from the flight); to raise; boost (bump up the price of gasoline)
intransitive verb use.to hit or knock against something; to proceed with jerks and jolts (bumped along slowly over the rocky terrain)
bump.noun,.plural.bumps
a collision or jolt; a raised or rounded spot; a bulge; a slight.swelling or lump; something, such as unevenness or a hole in a road that causes a bump; a rise in prices or fees (prices increase due to the misnomer.inflation)
bump into.phrasal verb
to meet by chance

billow.noun,.plural.billows
a large wave or swell of water; a great swell, surge or undulating.mass, as of smoke or sound
billow, billowed, billowing, billows.verbs
intransitive verb use.to surge or roll in billows; to swell out or bulge (sheets hung outside to dry were billowing in the breeze) transitive verb use.to cause to billow (wind billowed the sails on the boat); from Old Norse 'bylgja' meaning 'a wave'
billowy.adjective
billowiness.noun.(normally used without being pluralized)

bone.noun,.plural.bones
one's arms legs, etc. that provide structure to the body; there are more than 200 different bones in the human body, called the skeleton
bone, boned, boning, bones.verbs
transitive verb use.to remove the bones from
intransitive verb use.to plan to remove the bones from
bone of contention.idiom
the subject of a dispute
bone to pick.idiom
grounds for a complaint or dispute

boar.noun,.plural.boars
an uncastrated male pig; the adult male of any of several mammals, such as the beaver, raccoon or guinea pig; the wild boar

bat.noun,.plural.bats
a proper baseball bat is a rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball; a stout wooden stick; a cudgel; a bat is also a club used in cricket, having a broad, flat surface at its end for hitting end and, narrow handle; a bat is also the racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets
bat, batted, batting, bats.verbs
transitive verb use.to hit with or as if with a bat
at bat.idiom
taking one's turn to bat, as in baseball or cricket
go to bat for.idiom
to give assistance to; defend
off the bat.idiom
without hesitation; immediately (they responded right off the bat)

bat.noun,.plural.bats
any of various nocturnal flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having membranous wings that extend from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail and anatomical adaptations for echolocation, by which they navigate and hunt prey

bat, batted, batting, bats.transitive verbs
to wink or flutter (bat one's eyelashes)

bloodline.noun,.plural.bloodlines
direct line of descent; pedigree (Christ's bloodline)

bagpipe.noun,.plural.bagpipes
Music: a musical instrument with reed pipes that are sounded by the pressure of wind emitted from a bag squeezed by the player's arm
bagpiper.noun,.plural.bagpipers
bagpipe.verb
to play a bagpipe

booth.noun,.plural.booths
a seating area in a restaurant that has a table and seats whose high backs serve as partitions; a small area called a stall or stand for the display of goods, which are often offered for sale, such as seen at farmer's markets (a ticket booth)

boric.also spelt.boracic.adjective
of, relating.to.derived from or containing boron
boric acid.noun,.plural.boric acids
a water-soluble white or colorless crystalline compound, H3BO3, used as an antiseptic and preservative and in fireproofing compounds, cosmetics, cements, and enamels

borax.noun,.plural.boraxes
a hydrated sodium borate, chemical formulation Na2B4O7·10H2O; an ore of boron that is a crystalline compound, used in restoring health such as in use of the product 20 Mule Team Borax and as a mouthwash, a water softener and as an antiseptic used in helping prevent infection in wounds; also used as a cleaning compound, softens water making washed clothes fresher and last longer; anhydrous sodium borate is used in the manufacture of glass and various ceramics; about 50% of the world's supply comes from southern California deserts, such as Death Valley

borate.noun,.plural.borates
a salt or an ester of boric acid

boron.noun,.plural.borons
a soft, brown, amorphous or crystalline nonmetallic element, extracted chiefly from kernite and borax and its borate compounds, which have a valency of 3, are essential to plant growth and have many uses in mild antiseptics, eye ointments and soaps, such as 20 Mule Team Borax; also used in flares, propellant mixtures, nuclear reactor control elements, abrasives and hard metallic.alloys; atomic number 5; atomic weight 10.811; melting point 2,300°C; sublimation point 2,550°C; specific gravity (of a crystal of this substance) 2.34; valence 3

bejeweled.adjective
decorated with or as if with jewels

got your back.idiom
support (she was the type of woman who always backed her family, standing up for them if they were right and showing them how to get back on the right track if she thought that they weren't; God always has one's back when they look to Him for help:.2Kings 19:35)

blossom.noun,.plural.blossoms
a flower, like this or a cluster of flowers; the condition or time of flowering (look at the peach and orange trees all in blossom); to bloom (the tree buds are blooming); a period or condition of maximum development
blossom, blossomed, blossoming, blossoms.intransitive verbs
to come into flower; bloom; to develop; flourish (the child blossomed into a beauty)
blossomy.adjective

bloom.noun,.plural.blooms
the flower of a plant; something resembling the flower of a plant: the condition of being in flower (a rose in full bloom); a condition or time of vigor, freshness and beauty; prime (the blooming of a new age of prosperity is upon us); a fresh, rosy complexion (a radiant face); glare that is caused by a shiny object reflecting too much light into a camera (the reflection of light off of freshly cleaned ice as in a hockey arena; the reflection of her complexion was simply beautiful); a visible, colored area on the surface of bodies of water caused by normal yet excessive planktonic growth at certain times of the year
bloom, bloomed, blooming, blooms.verbs
intransitive verb use.to bear a flower or flowers; to support plant life in abundance (rains that made the yard bloom); to shine; to glow; to grow or flourish with youth and vigor
transitive verb use.to cause to flourish; to cause to flower
bloomy.adjective

bud.noun,.plural.buds
a small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf or flower; the stage of growth or condition of having buds (branches in full bud); a taste bud in your mouth resembles a plant bud
bud, budded, budding, buds.verbs
intransitive verb use.to put forth or produce buds (a plant that buds in early spring)
transitive verb use.to cause to put forth buds; to graft a bud onto a plant)
budder.noun,.plural.budders

bud.noun,.plural.buds
a friend; short for buddy

Bruce Lee.(Lee Yuen Kam)
an expert in kung fu and starring in martial arts films from 1941-1973; some of his quotes:."I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can from a wise answer." "The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering."
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