byssus
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~ tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
bystander
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~ a nonparticipant spectator
byte
— Navneord
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~ a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
byway
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~ a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
byword
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~ a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
byzant
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~ a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
Byzantine
— Tillægsord
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~ of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
Byzantine
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~ highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
Byzantine
— Tillægsord
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~ of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"
byzantine
— Navneord
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~ a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine architecture
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~ the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics
Byzantinism
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~ the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters
Byzantium
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~ a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
byzantium
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~ an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
British Cabinet
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~ the senior ministers of the British government
booster cable
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~ a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"
barrel cactus
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~ a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
barrel cactus
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~ any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
Benedetto Caetani
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~ pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303)
batting cage
— Navneord
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~ a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice