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knob — knoblike, adj. /nob/, n., v., knobbed, knobbing. n. 1. a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like. 2. a rounded lump or protuberance on the surface or at the end of something, as a knot on a tree trunk.… … Universalium
boss — boss1 /baws, bos/, n. 1. a person who employs or superintends workers; manager. 2. a politician who controls the party organization, as in a particular district. 3. a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, dominates, etc.: My… … Universalium
lamp shells — ▪ animal Introduction also called brachiopod, any member of the phylum Brachiopoda, a group of bottom dwelling marine invertebrates. They are covered by two valves, or shells; one valve covers the dorsal, or top, side; the other covers… … Universalium
peplomer — A part or knoblike subunit of the peplos of a virion, the assemblage of which produces the complete peplos; frequently a surface glycoprotein on lipoprotein envelope. [see peplos] * * * pep·lo·mer (pepґlo mər) [peplos + Gr … Medical dictionary
boss — I [[t]bɔs, bɒs[/t]] n. 1) a person who employs or superintends workers; foreperson or manager 2) gov a politician who controls the party organization 3) a person who makes decisions, exercises authority, etc 4) to be master of or over; direct;… … From formal English to slang
button — [but′ n] n. [ME botoun < OFr boton, a button, bud < buter: see BUTT2] 1. any small disk, knob, etc. used as a fastening or ornament, as one put through a buttonhole on a garment 2. anything small and shaped like a button; specif., a) a… … English World dictionary
Bacillus tuberculosis — Tubercle Tu ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bayonet — Bay o*net, n. [F. bayonnette, ba[ i]onnette; so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bayonet clutch — Bayonet Bay o*net, n. [F. bayonnette, ba[ i]onnette; so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bayonet joint — Bayonet Bay o*net, n. [F. bayonnette, ba[ i]onnette; so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
