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Booby Trap
- noun - an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over
- an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
Boskop Man
- noun - possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species
BOSTON BAG
- unknown - A traveling bag or general-utility bag that is oblong at the bottom and is tapered or folded in at either end toward a top opening held together by two handles.
Boswellian
- - Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details.
Botany Bay
- - A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770.
Botryoidal
- adjective - resembling a cluster of grapes in form
Bottlehead
- - A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale<-- bottle-nosed dolphin? -->.
Bovey Coal
- - A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the o
Bowler Hat
- noun - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- a hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim; worn by some British businessmen
Boxing Day
- noun - first weekday after Christmas