<B>bombsight, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for determining the point in the flight of a bomber at which releasing a bomb will cause it to fall on the target. A bombsight for bombing from high altitudes is a complex instrument which correlates optical sighting with various data on air speed and altitude. </DL>
<A NAME="bombycid">
<B>bombycid, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of a family of moths formerly including the silkworm moth and various other moths, but now usually restricted by entomologists to the silkworm moth. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the bombycids. </DL>
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<B>bomoh, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Malaysian medicine man. </DL>
<A NAME="bon">
<B>Bon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Buddhist festival held July 13-16 in Japan, when lanterns are hung to guide returning souls of the dead to their graves and houses; Feast of Lanterns. </DL>
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<B>bonaci, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any fish of several groupers found in the waters around Florida and the West Indies. Also, <B>bonasi.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bonafide">
<B>bona fide,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>in good faith; without deceit or fraud. <DD><B> 2. </B>done in good faith; genuine. <BR> <I>Ex. a bona fide offer.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bonafides">
<B>bona fides,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> proof of good faith, proper authority, sincere feeling, or genuine confidence; credentials or references. </DL>
<B>bonang, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Javanese musical instrument consisting of gongs attached in a row to a wooden frame, and played by striking with the hands or with special mallets. </DL>
<A NAME="bonanza">
<B>bonanza, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rich mass of ore in a mine. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. The oil found on the old farmer's land was a bonanza to him.</I> </DL>
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<B>Bonaparte's gull,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small gull of the coasts and large lakes of Canada and the United States. It has a dark-gray head and red legs and feet. </DL>
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<B>Bonapartism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the policy or political system of Napoleon Bonaparte, especially as exercised in similar ways by any dictatorial military figure acting in matters of state. <DD><B> 2. </B>devotion to the Bonaparte family or its dynastic claims. noun <B>Bonapartist.</B> </DL>
<B>bonbon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a piece of candy, usually soft and often having a fancy shape. Bonbons have a coating of creamy sugar or chocolate and a filling of jelly, nuts, or the like. <DD><B> 2. </B>any confection made of sugar. <DD><B> 3. </B>a cracker that explodes. </DL>
<A NAME="bonbonniere">
<B>bonbonniere, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a candy box. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or establishment that makes or sells candy. </DL>
<A NAME="bonce">
<B>bonce, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) the head. <BR> <I>Ex. to get a bash on the bonce.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bond">
<B>bond</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>anything that binds or fastens, such as a rope, cord, or other band. <BR> <I>Ex. The strong bonds of rope snapped one by one as the heavy canvas cover tore away in the raging wind.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. There is a bond of affection between the two sisters. Speech being the great bond that holds society together ... (John Locke).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a certificate issued by a government or private company which promises to pay back with interest the money borrowed from the buyer of the certificate. <BR> <I>Ex. The city issued bonds to raise money for putting in new sewers.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a written agreement by which a person says he will pay a certain sum of money if he does not perform certain duties properly. <BR> <I>Ex. The messenger had signed a bond to cover his job of carrying money for the bank.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the sum of money put up as security. <DD><B> 4. </B>any agreement or binding engagement. <BR> <I>Ex. Is it so nominated in the bond? (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a person who acts as surety for another. <DD><B> 6. </B>the condition of goods placed in special warehouses until the taxes or duties are paid. <DD><B> 7. </B>a way of arranging bricks or stones, or boards, to bind them together. <DD><B> 8. </B>a brick, stone, or board that binds together. <DD><B> 9a. </B>a substance that binds together the other ingredients of a mixture; binder. <BR> <I>Ex. Cement is the bond in concrete.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>any substance that binds two things together. <BR> <I>Ex. The floor tiles were fastened over the old flooring with a bond of linoleum cement.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>the condition of sticking together or holding fast. <BR> <I>Ex. Heat sealed the bond on the plastic wrapping over the meat.</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>(Chemistry.) a unit of force by means of which atoms or groups of atoms are combined or joined together in a molecule, equivalent to that of one hydrogen atom, and often represented in formulas by a dash or a dot. A chemical bond usually consists of a pair of shared electrons. The valence of an element or radical is indicated by the number of its bonds. <DD><B> 12. </B><B>=bond paper.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to provide a bond against financial loss for. <BR> <I>Ex. to bond an employee. An insurance company has bonded the city treasurer for one million dollars.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to bind together. <BR> <I>Ex. He bonded the tiles to the floor with cement.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to connect by strong emotional or social ties. <BR> <I>Ex. He was bonded immediately after birth to 13 relatives (Lucinda Franks).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to arrange (bricks, etc.) so as to lock or bind them together. <DD><B> 5a. </B>to issue bonds on; mortgage. <BR> <I>Ex. to bond a railroad.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to convert into bonds. <BR> <I>Ex. to bond a debt.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to hold together so as to give solidity, as bricks in a wall. <BR> <I>Ex. Concrete bonds to steel by shrinkage and natural adhesion.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to establish strong emotional or social ties with another or others. <BR><I>expr. <B>bonds,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>shackles; chains; fetters; manacles. </I> <I>Ex. the bonds of slavery.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Archaic.) imprisonment; confinement. <BR> <I>Ex. ... to endure Exile, or ignominy, or bonds, or pain (Milton).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in bond,</B> </I>stored in a bonded warehouse. <BR> <I>Ex. A merchant may not wish to sell immediately the goods he imports, he is therefore permitted to place them in bond (Henry Fawcett).</I> adj. <B>bondable.</B> </DL>
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<B>bond</B> (2), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> (Archaic.) a serf. <DD><I>adj. </I> in slavery; not free. <BR> <I>Ex. ... whether we be bond or free (I Corinthians 12:13).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bondage">
<B>bondage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lack of freedom; slavery; servitude. <BR> <I>Ex. to love bondage more than liberty (Milton).</I> (SYN) serfdom. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being under some power or influence. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) A drunkard is in bondage to alcohol.</I> (SYN) captivity, subjugation. </DL>
<A NAME="bonded">
<B>bonded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>secured by bonds. <BR> <I>Ex. a bonded debt.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>put in a warehouse until taxes are paid. <BR> <I>Ex. Whiskey and tobacco are usually bonded goods.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bondedwarehouse">
<B>bonded warehouse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a warehouse where bonded goods are held. </DL>
<A NAME="bondedwhiskey">
<B>bonded whiskey,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) whiskey that has been stored in barrels under bond for four or more years before being bottled. </DL>
<A NAME="bonder">
<B>bonder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a binding stone or brick. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who puts goods into bond or owns goods in bond. <DD><B> 3. </B>anything that holds two or more things together. </DL>
<A NAME="bonderize">
<B>bonderize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to put a protective coating on iron, steel, zinc, cadmium, or aluminum surfaces. </DL>
<A NAME="bondholder">
<B>bondholder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who owns a bond or bonds issued by a government or company; a creditor as distinguished from an owner (stockholder). </DL>
<A NAME="bondieuserie">
<B>bondieuserie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> religious art work or artistry of inferior quality. </DL>
<A NAME="bondmaid">
<B>bondmaid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a girl or woman slave. </DL>
<A NAME="bondman">
<B>bondman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a slave. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who belonged with the land and was sold with it in the Middle Ages; serf; villein. </DL>
<A NAME="bondpaper">
<B>bond paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> paper of superior manufacture, especially paper with a high rag content. </DL>
<A NAME="bondservant">
<B>bond servant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a servant who must work for a period without pay. <DD><B> 2. </B>a slave. </DL>
<A NAME="bondslave">
<B>bondslave, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is in bondage or slavery. </DL>
<A NAME="bondsman">
<B>bondsman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who becomes responsible for another by giving a bond. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bondman. </DL>
<A NAME="bondstone">
<B>bondstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stone extending through or partly through a wall, serving as a bond. </DL>
<A NAME="bonduc">
<B>bonduc, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical shrub of the pea family with hard, gray seeds called "nicker nuts," which are used as beads; nicker. </DL>
<A NAME="bondwoman">
<B>bondwoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman bondman. </DL>
