Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 91
Build (v. t.) To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means.
Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. -- Shak.
Build (v. t.) To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.
I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. -- Acts xx. 32.
Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.
Build (v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.
Build (v. i.) To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.
Build (n.) Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the build of a ship ; a great build on a man.
Build (n.) Constitution of the human body [syn: physique, build, body-build, habitus].
Build (n.) Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh].
Build (v.) Make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed make].
Build (v.) Form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up, build, progress].
Build (v.) Build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation" [syn: build, establish].
Build (v.) Improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents."
Build (v.) Order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state."
Build (v.) Give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business."
Build (v.) Be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles."
Build (v.) Found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation."
Build (v.) Bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" [syn: build up, work up, build, ramp up].
Build (v.) Develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera."
Build, () <programming, systems> To process all of a project's source code and other digital assets or resources in order to produce a deployable product. In the simplest case this might mean compiling one file of C source to produce an executable file. More complex builds would typically involve compiling multiple source files, building library modules, packaging intermediate build products (e.g. Java class files in a jar file), adding or updating version information and other data about the product (e.g. intended deployment platform), running tests and interacting with a source code control system.
The build process is normally automated using tools such as Unix make, Apache ant or as part of an integrated development environment. This is taken one step further by continuous integration set-ups which periodically build the system while you are working on it. (2011-12-16)
Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. -- Eng. Cyc.
Builder (n.) A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action [syn: builder, detergent builder].
Builder (n.) A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country; "empire builder."
Builder (n.) Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) [syn: builder, constructor].
Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. -- Bp. Hall.
Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.
The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. -- Hosking.
Building (n.) That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.
Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. -- Shak. buildup
Building (n.) A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice].
Building (n.) The act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building].
Building (n.) The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building].
Building (n.) The occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise."
Building, () Among the Jews was suited to the climate and conditions of the country. They probably adopted the kind of architecture for their dwellings which they found already existing when they entered Canaan (Deut. 6:10; Num. 13:19). Phoenician artists (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:6, 18) assisted at the erection of the royal palace and the temple at Jerusalem. Foreigners also assisted at the restoration of the temple after the Exile (Ezra 3:7).
In Gen. 11:3, 9, we have the first recorded instance of the erection of buildings. The cities of the plain of Shinar were founded by the descendants of Shem (10:11, 12, 22).
The Israelites were by occupation shepherds and dwellers in tents (Gen. 47:3); but from the time of their entering Canaan they became dwellers in towns, and in houses built of the native limestone of Palestine. Much building was carried on in Solomon's time. Besides the buildings he completed at Jerusalem, he also built Baalath and Tadmor (1 Kings 9:15, 24). Many of the kings of Israel and Judah were engaged in erecting various buildings.
Herod and his sons and successors restored the temple, and built fortifications and other structures of great magnificence in Jerusalem (Luke 21:5).
The instruments used in building are mentioned as the plumb-line (Amos 7:7), the measuring-reed (Ezek. 40:3), and the saw (1 Kings 7:9).
Believers are "God's building" (1 Cor. 3:9); and heaven is called "a building of God" (2 Cor. 5:1). Christ is the only foundation of his church (1 Cor. 3:10-12), of which he also is the builder (Matt. 16:18).
Building, () estates. An edifice erected by art, and fixed upon or over the soil, composed of stone, brick, marble, wood, or other proper substance, 'Connected together, and designed for use in the position in which it is so fixed. Every building is an accessory to the soil, and is, therefore, real estate: it belongs to the owner of the soil. Cruise, tit. 1, S. 46. Vide 1 Chit. Pr. 148, 171; Salk. 459; Hob. 131; 1 Mete. 258; Broom's Max. 172.
Built (n.) Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a ship. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Built (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc.
Like the generality of Genoese countrywomen, strongly built. -- Landor.
Built (a.) (Used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents" [syn: built, reinforced].
Buke muslin () See Book muslin.
Bukshish (n.) See Backsheesh.
Bulau (n.) (Zool.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal ({Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog.
Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Bulb (n.) (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
Bulb (n.) (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc.
Bulbaceous (a.) Bulbous. -- Jonson.
Bulbaceous (a.) Producing or growing from bulbs.
Bulbar (a.) Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.
Bulbar (a.) Involving the medulla oblongata; "bulbar paralysis."
Bulbed (a.) Having a bulb; round-headed.
Bulbel (n.) A separable bulb formed on some flowering plants.
Bulbiferous (n.) Producing bulbs.
Bulblet (n.) (Bot.) A small bulb, either produced on a larger bulb, or on some aerial part of a plant, as in the axils of leaves in the tiger lily, or replacing the flowers in some kinds of onion.
Bulblet (n.) Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers [syn: {bulbil}, {bulblet}].
Bulbose (a.) Bulbous.
Bulbo-tuber (n.) (Bot.) A corm.
Bulbourethral gland (n.) 尿道球腺 Bulbourethral gland, also c alled 考伯氏腺 Cowper’s Gland, either of two pea-shaped glands in the male, located beneath the prostate gland at the beginning of the internal portion of the penis; they add fluids to semen during the process of ejaculation (q.v.). The glands, which measure only about 1 cm (0.4 inch) in diameter, have ducts that empty into the urethra, the tube through which both urine and semen pass. They are composed of a network of small tubes, or tubules, and saclike structures; between the tubules are fibres of muscle and elastic tissue that give the glands structural support. Cells within the tubules and sacs contain droplets of mucus, a thick protein compound. The fluid excreted by these glands is clear and thick and acts as a lubricant; it is also thought to function as a flushing agent that washes out the urethra before the semen is ejaculated; it may also help to make the semen less watery and to provide a suitable living environment for the sperm. See also prostate gland; seminal vesicle.
Bulbous (a.) （有）球根的；球根狀的；由球根生長的 Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.
Bulbous (a.) Shaped like a bulb [syn: {bulblike}, {bulbous}, {bulb- shaped}].
Bulbous (a.) Curving outward [syn: {bellied}, {bellying}, {bulbous}, {bulging}, {bulgy}, {protuberant}].
Bulbous (a.) Fat, round, or bulging.
‘A bulbous nose.’
Bulbous (a.) (Of a plant) Growing from a bulb.
‘The bulbous buttercup.’
Bulbul (n.) (Zool.) 鵯科鳴鳥；歌手；詩人 The Persian nightingale ({Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera. [Written also buhlbuhl.]
Bulbul (n.) Nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry.
Bulbul (n.) A songbird often mentioned in Persian poetry, regarded as being a nightingale.
Bulbul (n.) Any of several oscine birds of the family Pycnonotidae, of the Old World tropics.
Compare: Oscine
Oscine (a.) (Zool.) 鳴禽類的 Relating to the Oscines.
Oscine (a.) Of or relating to the songbirds.
Oscine (n.) 鳴禽類動物 Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus [syn: oscine, oscine bird].
Compare: Passerine
Passerine (a.) (Zool.) 燕雀類的 Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. -- Sydney Smith.
Passerine (n.) (Zool.) 燕雀類之鳥 One of the Passeres.
Passerine (a.) Relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds [ant: nonpasserine].
Passerine (n.) Perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless [syn: passerine, passeriform bird].
Bulbule (n.) (pl. Bulbules) A small bulb; a bulblet.
Bulchin (n.) A little bull.
Bulgaria (n.) 保加利亞 A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe [syn: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria].
Bulgaria (n.) 保加利亞 Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
Organised prehistoric cultures began developing on current Bulgarian lands during the Neolithic period. Its ancient history saw the presence of the Thracians, Greeks, Persians, Celts, Romans, Goths, Alans and Huns. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian state dates back to the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681 AD, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavs during the Middle Ages. With the downfall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1396, its territories came under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 led to the formation of the Third Bulgarian State. The following years saw several conflicts with its neighbours, which prompted Bulgaria to align with Germany in both world wars. In 1946 it became a one-party socialist state as part of the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc. In December 1989 the ruling Communist Party allowed multi-party elections, which subsequently led to Bulgaria's transition into a democracy and a market-based economy.
Bulgaria's population of 7.2 million people is predominantly urbanised and mainly concentrated in the administrative centres of its 28 provinces. Most commercial and cultural activities are centred on the capital and largest city, Sofia. The strongest sectors of the economy are heavy industry, power engineering, and agriculture, all of which rely on local natural resources.
The country's current political structure dates to the adoption of a democratic constitution in 1991. Bulgaria is a unitary parliamentary republic with a high degree of political, administrative, and economic centralisation. It is a member of the European Union, NATO, and the Council of Europe; a founding state of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); and has taken a seat at the UN Security Council three times.
Bulge (n.) [C] 腫脹，凸塊；船腹；（突然或暫時的）增長，增多；上漲 The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall.
Bulge (n.) (Natu.) The bilge of a vessel. See {Bilge}, 2.
{Bulge ways}. (Naut.) See {Bilge ways}.
Bulged (imp. & p. p.) of Bulge.
Bulging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulge.
Bulge (v. i.) 膨脹，凸起 [（+with）]；裝滿 [（+with）] To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.
Bulge (v. i.) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
And scattered navies bulge on distant shores. -- Broome.
Bulge (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {swelling}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}].
Bulge (v.) Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" [syn: {bulge}, {pouch}, {protrude}].
Bulge (v.) Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge [syn: {bulge}, {bag}].
Bulge (v.) Bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {start}, {protrude}, {pop}, {pop out}, {bulge}, {bulge out}, {bug out}, {come out}].
Bulge (v.) Cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: {bulge}, {bulk}].
Bulgy (a.) Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.
Bulimia (n.) Alt. of Bulimy.
Bulimy (n.) (Med.) （病理學）不正常的飢餓或食慾過旺；（心理醫學、精神病學）影響體重正常女子的一種飲食規律的紊亂 A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.
Bulimy (n.) A disordered eating habit characterized by occasional episodes of excessive eating, followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives, to avoid gaining weight; it is often accompanied by feelings of guilt; -- called also bulimia nervosa and binge-purge syndrome. It is observed mainly in young women of normal weight.
Bulimia (n.) A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation [syn: bulimia, binge-eating syndrome].
Bulimia (n.) Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions).
Compare: Pathological
Pathologic, Pathological (a.) 病理學的；病理上的；病態的 Of or pertaining to pathology.
Pathologic, Pathological (a.) (Med.) caused by or due to disease; abnormal; morbid; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition. -- {Path`o*log"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Compare: Pathologically
Pathologically (adv.) 病理（學）上；病態地 With respect to pathology; "pathologically interesting results."
Bulimus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.
Bulk (n.) Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. -- Bacon.
Bulk (n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." -- J. Morley.
Bulk (n.) (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
Bulk (n.) The body. [Obs.] -- Shak.
My liver leaped within my bulk. -- Turbervile.
{Barrel bulk}. See under {Barrel}.
{To break bulk} (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo.
{In bulk}, In a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.
{Laden in bulk}, {Stowed in bulk}, Having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.
{Sale by bulk}, A sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.
Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.
Bulked (imp. & p. p.) of Bulk.
Bulking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulk.
Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. -- Leslie Stephen.
Bulk (n.) A projecting part of a building. [Obs.]
Here, stand behind this bulk. -- Shak.
Bulk (n.) The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" [syn: {majority}, {bulk}] [ant: {minority}].
Bulk (n.) The property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: {bulk}, {mass}, {volume}].
Bulk (n.) The property possessed by a large mass.
Bulk (v.) Stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack."
Bulk (v.) Cause to bulge or swell outwards [syn: {bulge}, {bulk}].
Bulk, () contracts. Said to be merchandise which is neither counted) weighed, nor measured.
Bulk, () A sale by bulk, is a sale of a quantity of goods,, such as they are, without measuring, counting, or weighing. Civ. Code of Louis. a. 3522, n. 6.
Bull, () eccles. law. A letter from the pope of Rome, written on parchment, to which is attached a leaden seal, impressed with the images of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Bull, () There are three kinds of apostolical rescripts, the brief, the signature, and the bull, which last is most commonly used in legal matters. Bulls may be compared to the edicts and letters-patent of secular princes: when the bull grants a favor, the seal is attached by means of silken strings; and when to direct execution to be performed, with flax cords. Bulls are written in Latin, in a round and Gothic hand. Ayl. Par. 132; Ayl. Pand. 21; Mer. Rep. h. t.
Bulker (n.) (Naut.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
Bulkhead (n.) (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck.
Bulkhead (n.) A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front.
{Bulked line}, A line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line.
Bulkhead (n.) A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments.
Bulkiness (n.) Greatness in bulk; size.
Bulkiness (n.) An unwieldy largeness [syn: {bulkiness}, {massiveness}].
Bulky (a.) Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes.
A bulky digest of the revenue laws. -- Hawthorne.
Bulky (a.) Of large size for its weight.
Bull, () Bull Information Systems
Bull (n.) (Zool.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope.
Bull (n.) One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. -- Ps. xxii. 12.
Bull (n.) (Astron.) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Bull (n.) (Astron.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. -- Thomson.
Bull (n.) (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5.
Bull (n.) A ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an expletive. [vulgar]
Syn: bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit,
shit, crap, crapola, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, nonsense, rot, tommyrot,
balderdash, hogwash, dogshit.
{Bull baiting}, The practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them
furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.
{John Bull}, A humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." -- W. D.Howells.
{To take the bull by the horns}, To grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.
Bull (a.) Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce.
{Bull bat} (Zool.), The night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening.
{Bull calf}. (a) A stupid fellow.
{Bull mackerel} (Zool.), The chub mackerel.
{Bull pump} (Mining), A direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump.
{Bull snake} (Zool.), The pine snake of the United States.
{Bull stag}, A castrated bull. See {Stag}.
{Bull wheel}, A wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.
Bull (v. i.) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [Colloq.]
Bull (v. t.) (Stock Exchange) To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4.
Bull (n.) A seal. See Bulla.
Bull (n.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated "a die Incarnationis," i. e., "from the day of the Incarnation." See Apostolical brief, under Brief.
A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses. -- Atterbury.
Bull (n.) A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility.
And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic. -- Milton.
{The Golden Bull}, An edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from its golden seal.
Syn: See {Blunder}.
Bull (n.) Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
Bull (n.) A large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" [syn: {bull}, {bruiser}, {strapper}, {Samson}].
Bull (n.) Obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" [syn: {bullshit}, {bull}, {Irish bull}, {horseshit}, {shit}, {crap}, {dogshit}].
Bull (n.) A serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment."
Bull (n.) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: {bull}, {cop}, {copper}, {fuzz}, {pig}].
Bull (n.) An investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later [ant: {bear}].
Bull (n.) (Astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Taurus [syn: {Taurus}, {Bull}].
Bull (n.) The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20 [syn: {Taurus}, {Taurus the Bull}, {Bull}].
Bull (n.) The center of a target [syn: {bull's eye}, {bull}].
Bull (n.) A formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) [syn: {bull}, {papal bull}].
Bull (n.) Mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Bull (v.) push or force; "He bulled through his demands" [syn: {bull}, {bull through}].
Bull (v.) Try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying.
Bull (v.) Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: {talk through one's hat}, {bullshit}, {bull}, {fake}].
Bull (v.) Advance in price; "stocks were bulling."
Bullae (n. pl. ) of Bulla.
Bulla (n.) (Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
Bulla (n.) (Anat.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
Bulla (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
Bulla (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
Bullace (n.) A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). See Plum.
Bullace (n.) The bully tree.
Bullace (n.) Small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters [syn: {bullace}, {Prunus insititia}].
Bullantic (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. -- Fry.
{Bullantic letters}, Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
Bullary (n.) A collection of papal bulls.
Bullaries (n. pl. ) of Bullary.
Bullary (n.) A place for boiling or preparing salt; a boilery. -- Crabb.
And certain salt fats or bullaries. -- Bills in Chancery.
Bullate (a.) (Biol.) Appearing as if blistered; inflated; puckered.
{Bullate leaf} (Bot.), A leaf, the membranous part of which rises between the veins puckered elevations convex on one side and concave on the other.
Bullate (a.) Of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered.
Bullbeggar (n.) Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear.
And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the forward children in the parish. -- Mountfort (1691).
Bull brier () A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also bamboo brier and China brier.
Bullcomber (n.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhaeus vulgaris of Europe.
Bulldog (n.) (Zool.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
Bulldog (n.) (Metal.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
Bulldog (a.) Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.
{Bulldog bat} (Zo'94l.), A bat of the genus {Nyctinomus}; -- so called from the shape of its face.
Bulldog (n.) A sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting [syn: {bulldog}, {English bulldog}].
Bulldog (v.) Attack viciously and ferociously.
Bulldog (v.) Throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo.
Bulldozed (imp. & p. p.) of Bulldoze.
Bulldozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bulldoze.
Bulldoze (v. t.) To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [Slang, U.S.]
Bulldoze (v.) Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer.
Bulldozer (n.) One who bulldozes. [Slang]
Bulldozer (n.) Large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground [syn: {bulldozer}, {dozer}].
Bulled (a.) Swollen. [Obs.]
Bullen-bullen (n.) (Zool.) The lyre bird.
Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered.
Bullet (n.) A small ball.
Bullet (n.) A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm.
Bullet (n.) A cannon ball. [Obs.]
A ship before Greenwich . . . shot off her ordnance, one piece being charged with a bullet of stone. -- Stow.
Bullet (n.) The fetlock of a horse.
Note: [See Illust. under Horse.]
Bullet tree. See Bully tree.
Bullet wood, The wood of the bullet tree.
Bullet (n.) A projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet, slug].
Bullet (n.) A high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet].
Bullet (n.) (Baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet].
Bullet-proof, () Used of an algorithm or implementation that is considered extremely robust and capable of correctly recovering from any imaginable exception - a rare and valued quality. Synonym armor-plated. [Jargon File] (2019-05-25)
Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet; resistant to penetration by a bullet; armored; as, a bulletproof vest; a bulletproof window.
Bullet-proof (a.) Designed so as to be resistant to abuse or misuse and incapable of malfunction under normal use; as, a bulletproof computer program.
Bullet-proof (a.) So well thought out as to be resistant to criticism or certain to succeed; as, a bulletproof plan.
Bulletin (n.) A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.
Bulletin (n.) Any public notice or announcement, especially of news recently received.
Bulletin (n.) A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society.
Bulletin board, A board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc. bullet-proof
Bulletin (n.) A brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast).
Bulletin (v.) Make public by bulletin.
Bullfaced (a.) Having a large face.
Bullfeast (n.) See Bullfight. [Obs.] Bullfight