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bolshy
  • n  emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
  • s  obstreperous
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bookable
  • s  subject to being reserved or booked
    all seats bookable in advance
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bombproof
  • n  a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids
  • v  make safe against bombings
  • s  able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
    bombproof shelter
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bona fide
  • s  undertaken in good faith
  • s  not counterfeit or copied
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bondable
  • s  capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond
  • s  capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass
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bone
  • n  rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  • n  the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
  • n  a shade of white the color of bleached bones
  • v  study intensively, as before an exam
    I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
  • v  remove the bones from
    bone the turkey before roasting it
  • s  consisting of or made up of bone
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bone-dry
  • s  without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
    bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard
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bone dry
  • s  without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
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boned
  • v  study intensively, as before an exam
  • v  remove the bones from
  • s  having had the bones removed
    a boned (or deboned) fish
  • s  having bones as specified
    his lanky long-boned body
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