amphibology | (noun) an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes | Synonyms: amphiboly |
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bolo | (noun) long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin | Synonyms: bolo knife |
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(noun) a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie | Synonyms: bola, bola tie, bolo tie |
bologna | (noun) large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork | Synonyms: Bologna sausage |
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bologram | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bolograph |
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bolograph | (noun) record or recording made by a bolometer | Synonyms: bologram |
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bolometer | (noun) an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive | - |
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boloney | (noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
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cocobolo | (noun) a valuable timber tree of tropical South America | Synonyms: Dalbergia retusa |
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garbology | (noun) the study of a society by analyzing its garbage | - |
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hyperboloid | (noun) a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis | - |
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parabolograph | (noun) An outdated instrument for drawing parabolas. | - |
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paraboloid | (noun) a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis | - |
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symbology | (noun) the study or the use of symbols and symbolism | - |
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symbololatry | (noun) the worship of symbols | Synonyms: symbol-worship, symbolatry |
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tribologist | (noun) a specialist in tribology | - |
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tribology | (noun) the branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication | - |
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