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An elevated river bed or sea bed.

To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently.

Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]

A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance. [Obs.]

See Bisulphide.

A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.

A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

A boride. [Obs.]

An abbreviature; an abbreviation. [Obs.] Johnson.

Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

See Bromide. [Obs.]

The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.

Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.

An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.

Same as Borrel.

An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.