Helen Fenton

Bureaucracy: Definition and part of speech

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Bureaucracy

  1. n. Government officials, collectively.
  2. n. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bureaucrat: Definition and part of speech

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Bureaucrat

  1. n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bunny: Definition and part of speech

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Bunny

  1. n. A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.
  2. n. A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bunodonts: Definition and part of speech

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Bunodonts

  1. n. pl. A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; — so called because the teeth are tuberculated.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bunt: Definition and part of speech

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Bunt

  1. v. t. & i. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
  2. n. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; — also called pepperbrand.
  3. n. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
  4. v. i. To swell out; as, the sail bunts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.