| bugleweed | <botany> A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; especially. L. Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bugloss | Origin: F. Buglosse, L. Buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. Oxtongue ox + tongue. <botany> A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. Officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bugwort | <botany> Bugbane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| buhlbuhl | <zoology> See Bulbul. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| buhlwork | Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc, are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. Alternative forms: boule, boulework. Origin: From A.Ch.Boule, a French carver in wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| buhrstone | <chemical> A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. Alternative forms: burrstone. Origin: OE. Bur a whetstone for scythes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| build-up | <radiobiology> The increase in absorbed dose with depth below the surface in a material irradiated by a beam of X-rays or gamma rays. Build-up may be two kinds: 1. Electron Build-up: This is due to an increasing electron fluence in the material. 2. Photon Build-up: This is due to scattering in broad beams of radiation. For high energy beams, process 1. Is the more important. (16 Dec 1997) |
| building codes | Standards or regulations for construction which are designed to ensure safety against electrical hazards, fires, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bulau | <zoology> An East Indian insectivorous mammal (Gymnura Rafflesii), somewhat like a rat in appearance, but allied to the hedgehog. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bulb | A modified underground stem which has one or more buds enclosed in fleshy modified leaves or scales which supply energy to the bud when they start to grow, onions and tulips have bulbs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bulb of corpus spongiosum | The expanded posterior part of the corpus spongiosum of the penis lying in the interval between the crura of the penis. Synonym: bulbus penis, bulb of corpus spongiosum, bulb of urethra, bulbus urethrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulb of eye | The eye proper without the appendages. Synonym: bulbus oculi, bulb of eye, globe of eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulb of hair | Hair bulb, the lower expanded extremity of the hair follicle that fits like a cap over the papilla pili. Synonym: bulbus pili, hair bulb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulb of jugular vein | <anatomy, vein> One of two dilated parts of the internal jugular vein: the superior bulb (Heister's diverticulum) is a dilation at the beginning of the internal jugular vein in the jugular fossa of the temporal bone; the inferior bulb is a dilat ed portion of the vein just before it reaches the brachiocephalic vein. Synonym: jugular bulb, bulbus venae jugularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulb of lateral ventricle | A rounded elevation in the dorsal part of the medial wall of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle, produced by the major forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |