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Like blubber; gelatinous and quivering; as, a blubbery mass.

vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to "boost", or raise, the pressure in the circuit.

Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. -- Botan"ic*al*ly, adv. Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. -- Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines c…

A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc.

A photometric standard used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Called also decimal candle.

Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.

Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.

of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.

tizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar organizations, which are now worldwide. In "The Boy Scouts of America" the local councils are…

Relating to the brain; cerebral. I. Taylor.

Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France. -- n.

.S.] -- Exchange broker, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. -- Insurance broker, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. -- Pawn broker. See Pawnbroker. -- Real estate broker, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mo…

A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.

Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.

Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.

f the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.