Monday, August 9, 2010

Burg

Burg-n
1- a city or town (informal)
2-an ancient fortress or walled town

Bureaucratize

Bureaucratize-vt
1-to change a system into a bureaucracy
2-to make a system or procedure rigid or complex

Bureaucratic

Bureaucratic-adj
1-relating to the way administrative systems are organized
2-used to describe an administratve system or official that applies rules rigidly

Synonyms
technical
practical
routine
ritual
ceremonial

Bunting (2)

Bunting-2
strings of cloth or paper decorations for hanging outdoors

Synonyms
streamer
streamers
flags
decorations
decoration

Bunting (1)

Bunting-n
a small seed-eating songbird related to the finch, with a short stout bill and usually brown or gray feathers. Family: Emberizidae

Monday, July 19, 2010

Bungalow

Bungalow-n
1-a single-story house
2-a simply-built one-story house with a veranda and a wide, gently sloping room in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific

Malaysia, Singapore a house, usually of two or more stories

Synonyms
hut
small house
log cabin
cottage
chalet
lodge

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Bung

Bung-n
1-a stopper or plug, especially one made of cork or rubber
2-U.K. an illicit fee paid to a soccer player, manager, or agent to facilitate a player transer (slang)

vt
to plug or seal a hole with a bang

Synonyms
stop
cap
cork
block
close
plug up