(n) a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines), Syn. bitt, Example:the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards

bollock

(n) a pulley-block at the head of a topmast, Syn. bullock block

boll weevil

(n) greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton, Syn. Anthonomus grandis

bollworm

(n) any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

bollywood

(n) the film industry of India

pink bollworm

(n) larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls, Syn. Gelechia gossypiella

botch

(v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin, Syn. flub, bollocks, botch up, ball up, muck up, mess up, bumble, bollocks up, fluff, fuck up, fumble, foul up, bollix, bungle, spoil, bollix up, bobble, muff, bodge, louse up, blow, screw up, mishandle, Example:I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

corn earworm

(n) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops, Syn. tobacco budworm, vetchworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tomato fruitworm

hizballah

(n) a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon, Syn. Hizbollah, Lebanese Hizballah, Hizbullah, Party of God, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine

testis

(n) one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens, Syn. testicle, ballock, nut, egg, orchis, ball, bollock, Example:she kicked him in the balls and got away

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Boll

n. [ OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel. ] 1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [ Sometimes spelled bole. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Boll

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bolled ] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Ex. ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bollandists

n. pl. The Jesuit editors of the “Acta Sanctorum”, or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bollard

n. [ Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard. ] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bollen

a. See Boln, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bollen

{ } a. Swollen; puffed out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thin, and boln out like a sail. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bolling

n. [ Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll, v. t. ] A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard. [ 1913 Webster ]

bollock

n. one of the two male reproductive glands; a testis; -- usually spelled ballock, and usually used in the plural.
Syn. -- gonad, testicle, ball, nut, egg. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a pulley-block at the head of a topmast.
Syn. -- bullock block. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

bollocks

v. to make a mess of.
Syn. -- botch, fumble, botch up, muff, blow it, flub, screw up, ball up, blunder, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Bollworm

n. (Zool.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Throatboll

n. [ Throat + boll a ball. ] The Adam's apple in the neck. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the throatboll he caught Aleyn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

真主党

[真主党 / 真主黨, Zhēn zhǔ dǎng] Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group) #11491

开裂

[开裂 / 開裂, kāi liè] to split open; to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open) #22322

吐絮

[吐絮, tǔ xù] cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior #77246

棉铃

[棉铃 / 棉鈴, mián líng] cotton boll (fruit) #78052

宝莱坞

[宝莱坞 / 寶萊塢, Bǎo lái wù] Bollywood (film industry based in Mumbai, India)

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ヒズボラ;ヒズボッラー;ヘズボラ;ヘズボッラー

[hizubora ; hizuborra-; hezubora ; hezuborra-] (n) Hizbollah; Hezbollah; Hisbollah; Hizballah

ボラード

[bora-do] (n) bollard

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