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ARMY WORM n.
of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.
ARROGANT a.
importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. Shak.
ATTENDANT a.
dow attendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys (Mus.), the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant, its fifth below (fourth above), or subdominant, and its relative minor or major.
B n.
of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 196,220.) It is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. se…
BASIC a.
he base atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
BASS n.
An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.
BAYBERRY n.
A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle (Pimenta acris).
BEAM TREE n.
A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
BEAR v.
To relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question
BELEMNITE n.
nto a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. -- Bel*em*nit"ic, a.
BELONG v.
To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8.
BENCH n.
show where leveling staffs were placed. -- Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council. -- Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes. -- Bench show, an exhibition of dogs. -- Bench table (Arch.), a projecting course at…
BENZYL n.
A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.
BERNICLE n.
fore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.
BILLFISH n.
tlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
BIRD'S-FOOT n.
the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European.
BLINDFISH n.
yopsis spelæus) destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name.
BLOODSUCKER n.
Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
BLUEBIRD n.
ne of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. Pairy bluebird (Zoöl.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus Irena, of several species.
BLUETHROAT n.
A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
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