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Button-Down
- adjective - of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons; "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts"
- unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
Buttoned-Up
- adjective - (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
- conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking for buttoned-up types"
Buttonholed
- verb - detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Buttonholes
- noun - a hole through which buttons are pushed
- detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Buttonhooks
- noun - a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
Buttonwoods
- noun - very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
Buttressing
- verb - a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
- make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
- reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
Buttwelding
- verb - join by a butt weld
Butyraceous
- adjective - having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter
Butyrometer
- - An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.