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121bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… …
122bumbast — obsolete variant of bombast * * * bumbast, er, ic etc., var. of bombast, etc …
123bom|bax family — «BOM baks», a group of dicotyledonous, tropical trees having a dry or fleshy fruit containing seeds which, in various species, are enveloped by a silky down or fiber. The family includes the silk cotton tree, balsa, baobab, and sour gourd. ╂[< …
124bom|ba|zine — «BOM buh ZEEN, BOM buh zeen», noun. a twilled or corded cloth made of silk and wool or of cotton and wool, often dyed black. ╂[< Middle French bombasin < Italian bombagino made of cotton, ultimately < Medieval Greek bámbax cotton; see… …
125mag|nil|o|quence — «mag NIHL uh kwuhns», noun. 1. the use of big and unusual words and elaborate phrases; high flown, lofty style of speaking or writing: »Cibber…foisted his own bombast into the company of Shakespeare s magniloquence (Cowden Clarke). SYNONYM(S):… …
126Benign tumor — Tumor Tu mor, n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tume[ u]r. See {Tumid}.] 1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
127Bombard — Bom bard, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + ard. Cf. {Bumper}, and see {Bomb}.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. [1913 Webster]… …
128Bombard phrase — Bombard Bom bard, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + ard. Cf. {Bumper}, and see {Bomb}.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. [1913… …
