best evidence rule
— Noun
– English
~ a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required
board rule
— Noun
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~ a measure used in computing board feet
bay rum
— Noun
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~ an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum
basket rummy
— Noun
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~ a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
bank run
— Noun
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~ the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail
Battle of Bull Run
— Noun
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~ either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
bombing run
— Noun
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~ that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs
Bull Run
— Noun
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~ either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
Bull Run
— Noun
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~ a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
base runner
— Noun
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~ a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
blockade-runner
— Noun
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~ a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
blue runner
— Noun
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~ fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
Brachychiton rupestris
— Noun
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~ large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia
Benjamin Rush
— Noun
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~ physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
Bertrand Russell
— Noun
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~ English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
Bill Russell
— Noun
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~ United States basketball center (born in 1934)
Boletellus russellii
— Noun
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~ a fungus with a long coarsely shaggy reticulate stalk and a rimose areolate cap surface
blister rust
— Noun
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~ fungus causing white pine blister rust and having a complex life cycle requiring a plant of genus Ribes as alternate host
blister rust
— Noun
– English
~ any of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externally
Babe Ruth
— Noun
– English
~ United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)