| bow1 |
to bend the head or the upper part of the body forward in greeting, acknowledgment, consent, submission, or the like. [2/8 definitions] |
| brachiopod |
any of various marine invertebrates with hinged upper and lower shells and an armlike part with tentacles on either side of the mouth. |
| Brahmin |
a cultured, socially elite person, esp. a member of an upper-class New England family. [1/2 definitions] |
| brassard |
a band of material worn as a badge about the upper arm; armband. [1/2 definitions] |
| bucktooth |
a conspicuously projecting upper front tooth. |
| bulwark |
(usu. pl.) the portion of the side of a ship that extends above the upper deck. [1/4 definitions] |
| Burkina Faso |
a country in West Africa, south of Mali; formerly Upper Volta. |
| bust1 |
a sculpture or other representation of the upper portion of the human body from the head to the shoulders or chest. [1/2 definitions] |
| canopy |
any overarching, rooflike cover, such as the sky or stars or the spread of upper foliage in a forest. [1/5 definitions] |
| canthus |
the angle formed at either side of the eye at the juncture of the upper and lower eyelids. |
| cap1 |
an upper limit. [1/10 definitions] |
| cap2 |
(usu. pl.) upper case print or writing. [1/3 definitions] |
| capital1 |
an upper-case letter. [2/10 definitions] |
| carbon paper |
very thin paper coated on one side with carbon or a dark waxy pigment, that is placed between two sheets of paper and produces a copy on the lower sheet of text that is written or typed on the upper. |
| cat burglar |
a burglar who gains entry through upper windows, roof doors, and the like; second-story man. |
| cere |
a waxy, fleshy, often brightly colored area at the upper part of the beak in certain birds, such as some parrots, eagles, or hawks, that contains the nostrils. |
| chest |
the upper front section of the human body between the neck and the abdomen. [1/4 definitions] |
| chukar |
a partridge native to Asia and Europe, with red beak and feet and chestnut upper plumage, that has been introduced into the western United States as a game bird. |
| cirque |
a circular basin or hollow in an upper end of a mountain valley sometimes containing a pond. |
| club steak |
a beefsteak cut from the upper end of the short loin. |
| commonality |
the common people, as opposed to those of the upper classes; commonalty. [1/2 definitions] |