English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bulbo-tuber (n.)

A corm.

Bulbose (a.)

Bulbous.

Bulbous (n.)

Having or containing bulbs, or a bulb; growing from bulbs; bulblike in shape or structure.

Bulbul (n.)

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.

Bulbule (n.)

A small bulb; a bulblet.

Bulchin (n.)

A little bull.

Bulge (n.)

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.)

The bilge of a vessel. See Bilge, 2.

Bulge (v. i.)

To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

Bulge (v. i.)

To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges.

Bulged (imp. & p. p.)

of Bulge

Bulging (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bulge

Bulgy (a.)

Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward.

Bulimia (n.)

Alt. of Bulimy

Bulimus (n.)

A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America.

Bulimy (n.)

A disease in which there is a perpetual and insatiable appetite for food; a diseased and voracious appetite.

Bulk (n.)

The body.

Bulk (v. i.)

To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.

Bulk (v.)

A projecting part of a building.