All English words - page 680

Meanings of Bottoming:

verb

(of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving.

Usage examples:

Encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out

noun

The lowest point or part of something.

Usage examples:

The bottom of the page

adjective

In the lowest position.

Usage examples:

The books on the bottom shelf

Meanings of Bottomland:

noun

Low-lying land, typically by a river.

Usage examples:

On a fine bottomland

Meanings of Bottomless:

adjective

Without a bottom.

Usage examples:

Plant mint in a bottomless bucket sunk into the ground

Meanings of Bottomless-pit:

noun

Something that seems to have no limits, especially in how much money needs to be spent on it

Usage examples:

We'll be pouring money into a bottomless pit if we try to keep that factory open., i seemed to have…

Meanings of Bottomlessly:

adverb

Unfathomably; endlessly, inexhaustibly.

Meanings of Bottomlessness:

noun

The state or quality of being bottomless.

Meanings of Bottommost:

adjective

Lowest in place or rank.

Usage examples:

He examined the bottom-most layers of the sediment

Meanings of Bottomry:

noun

A system of merchant insurance in which a ship is used as security against a loan to finance a voyage, the lender losing their money if the ship sinks.

Usage examples:

Some of the more technical errors, like confusing ‘bottomry’ loans (on ships) with ‘respondentia’ l…

Meanings of Bottoms:

noun

The lowest point or part of something.

Usage examples:

The bottom of the page

verb

(of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving.

Usage examples:

Encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out

adjective

In the lowest position.

Usage examples:

The books on the bottom shelf

Meanings of Bottoms-up:

idiom

Sometimes said by people in a friendly way just before drinking an alcoholic drink together

Meanings of Botuliform:

adjective

Having a cylindrical form with rounded ends; shaped like a sausage.

Meanings of Botulin:

noun

The bacterial toxin involved in botulism.

Usage examples:

They also suggest that the drug could be mass-produced and stockpiled as a deterrent to the use of …

Meanings of Botulinal:

adjective

Designating the bacteria or toxins that cause botulism; of or relating to these bacteria or toxins.

Meanings of Botulism:

noun

Food poisoning caused by a bacterium growing on improperly sterilized tinned meats and other preserved foods.

Usage examples:

Dr edmiston explained how anthrax, smallpox variola virus, botulism, and pneumonic plague fit the c…

Meanings of Boubou:

noun

An african bush shrike (songbird) with the upper parts mainly blackish in colour. it is noted for the duet of bell-like calls produced by the male and female together.

Usage examples:

The heavy air vibrates with cooing of doves and the creaking-gate single note of the tropical boubou.

Meanings of Boubous:

noun

An african bush shrike (songbird) with the upper parts mainly blackish in colour. it is noted for the duet of bell-like calls produced by the male and female together.

Usage examples:

The heavy air vibrates with cooing of doves and the creaking-gate single note of the tropical boubou.

Meanings of Bouche:

noun

A small dish served before a meal or between the courses (= parts served separately) of a meal

Usage examples:

My dinner began with an amuse-bouche of fresh pea soup, followed by a starter of roasted langoustin…

Meanings of Bouchee:

noun

A small pastry with a sweet or savoury filling.

Usage examples:

A very small vol-au-vent is a bouchée.

Meanings of Bouchees:

noun

A small pastry with a sweet or savoury filling.

Meanings of Boucle:

noun

Yarn with a looped or curled ply, or fabric woven from this yarn.

Usage examples:

A bouclé sweater

Meanings of Boudin:

noun

A french type of black pudding.

Usage examples:

From a list of starters that included such gallic staples as grilled snails and steamed mussels, we…

Meanings of Boudoir:

noun

A woman's bedroom or small private room.

Usage examples:

The décor of ‘male’ and ‘female’ rooms was distinguished, with dark panelling prevalent in dining a…

Meanings of Boudoirs:

noun

A woman's bedroom or small private room.

Usage examples:

The décor of ‘male’ and ‘female’ rooms was distinguished, with dark panelling prevalent in dining a…

Meanings of Bouffant:

adjective

(of a person's hair) styled so as to stand out from the head in a rounded shape.

Usage examples:

A blonde lady with bouffant hair

noun

A bouffant hairstyle.

Usage examples:

We backcombed her hair into a bob-shaped bouffant

Meanings of Bouffante:

adjective

(of a person's hair) styled so as to stand out from the head in a rounded shape.

Usage examples:

A blonde lady with bouffant hair

noun

A bouffant hairstyle.

Usage examples:

We backcombed her hair into a bob-shaped bouffant