Monday, February 8, 2010

Dictionary Highlights: Day 39

bush bean - a variety of the common edible bean, Phaseolus vulgaris humilis, characterized by its bushy growth.

butter-and-egg-man - a prosperous businessman from a small town or a farmer who spends his money ostentatiously on visits to a big city.

butterscotch -
1. a flavor produced in puddings, frostings, ice cream, etc., by combining brown sugar, vanilla extract, and butter with other ingredients.
2. a hard, brittle taffy made with butter, brown sugar, etc.
3. a golden brown color.


butts and bounds - the boundary lines of a piece of land, as used in deeds, titles, etc.

butt weld - a weld between two pieces of metal butted together with the abutted ends shortened and thickened and fused together under heat.

Buys-Baller's law - the law stating that if one stands with one's back to the wind, in the Northern Hemisphere the atmospheric pressure will be lower on one's left and in the Southern Hemisphere it will be lower on one's right: descriptive of the relationship of horizontal winds to atmospheric pressure.

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