brooder pneumonia
— Noun
– English
~ severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
breast pocket
— Noun
– English
~ a pocket inside of a man's coat
blue point
— Noun
– English
~ oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw
blue point
— Noun
– English
~ small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
boiling point
— Noun
– English
~ being highly angry or excited; ready to boil over; "after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point"
boiling point
— Noun
– English
~ the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil"
breaking point
— Noun
– English
~ the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
breaker point
— Noun
– English
~ a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
breaking point
— Noun
– English
~ (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
blue pointed
— Noun
– English
~ common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish
bushman's poison
— Noun
– English
~ evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
blood poisoning
— Noun
– English
~ invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
battle of Poitiers
— Noun
– English
~ the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
barber's pole
— Noun
– English
~ striped pole outside a barbershop
barge pole
— Noun
– English
~ a long pole used to propel or guide a barge; "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole"
beggar-my-neighbour policy
— Noun
– English
~ a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy; "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy"
beggar-my-neighbor policy
— Noun
– English
~ a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy; "the United States has pursued a beggar-my-neighbor policy"
body politic
— Noun
– English
~ a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
biodegradable pollution
— Noun
– English
~ pollution that is rendered harmless by natural processes and so causes no permanent harm