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Button
1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

Buttocks
The buttocks; the prominence formed by the gluteal muscles on either side.

Buttock
1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

Butting Joint
A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the gr (more...)

Buttery
Origin: OE. Botery, botry; cf. LL. Botaria wine vessel; also OE. Botelerie, fr. F. Bouteillerie, fr. Boutellie bottle. N (more...)

Butterwort
A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a (more...)

Butterweed
An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

Butternut
1. An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; so called from the oil (more...)

Buttermilk
The fluid containing casein and lactic acid, left after the process of making butter.

Butteris
A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder o (more...)

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