| biomass |
the quantity of living matter in a particular habitat measured by weight of organisms per unit of habitat area or by weight or volume of organisms per unit of habitat volume. |
| bit2 |
(informal) matter or issue. [1/4 definitions] |
| blackhead |
a small, black-tipped plug of fatty matter blocking a pore of the skin, esp. on the face. [1/3 definitions] |
| black hole |
a hypothetical region or body in space, possibly the remnants of a collapsed star, with such a strong gravitational pull that neither light nor matter can escape. |
| BM |
abbreviation of "bowel movement," the evacuation of waste matter from the bowels. |
| body |
a large portion of land, water, air, or other matter with specific boundaries. [1/7 definitions] |
| bone of contention |
an issue or matter that causes or is the focus of disagreement. |
| bowel movement |
the evacuation of waste matter from the bowels. [2 definitions] |
| bream2 |
to clean (a ship's hull) of barnacles and other matter by applying heat and scraping. |
| brief |
a formal outline of information and arguments used in a legal case or other matter. [1/8 definitions] |
| bur |
in medicine and dentistry, a tool for cutting away matter from bones or teeth. [1/3 definitions] |
| business |
a duty or matter that appropriately concerns one (specified) person or group and no one else. [2/9 definitions] |
| caption |
a heading, title, or legend for printed matter such as a magazine article, newspaper photo, or graph. [2/4 definitions] |
| carbon |
the carbon ash that results when wood or other organic matter is burned in the presence of little or no air; charcoal or soot. [1/7 definitions] |
| case1 |
a matter or circumstance requiring investigation by authorities such as the police. [1/9 definitions] |
| catch basin |
a receptacle at the entry to a sewer designed to trap any matter that might block drainage. |
| -chrome |
color or coloring matter; pigment. [1/3 definitions] |
| circular |
a piece of printed matter, usu. commercial, that is widely distributed. [1/5 definitions] |
| clog |
to become blocked, esp. with sticky matter. [1/7 definitions] |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. [1/2 definitions] |
| cloud |
a similar body of other types of matter such as dust or smoke. [1/8 definitions] |