Absey-book
(n.) An A-B-C book |
Account book
() A book in which accounts are kept. |
Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bank book
() A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank. |
Bill
(n.) A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. |
Bill
(v. i.) To strike |
Bill
(v. i.) To join bills, as doves |
Bill
(n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern |
Bill
(n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle |
Bill
(n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff. |
Bill
(n.) One who wields a bill |
Bill
(n.) A pickax, or mattock. |
Bill
(n.) The extremity of the arm of an anchor |
Bill
(v. t.) To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill. |
Bill
(n.) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. |
Bill
(n.) A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document. |
Bill
(n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment |
Bill
(n.) A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods |
Bill
(n.) An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge |
Bill
(n.) Any paper, containing a statement of particulars |
Bill
(v. t.) To advertise by a bill or public notice. |
Bill
(v. t.) To charge or enter in a bill |
Bill book
() A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
Bill broker
() One who negotiates the discount of bills. |
Bill holder
() A person who holds a bill or acceptance. |
Bill holder
() A device by means of which bills, etc., are held. |
Black book
() One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes |
Black book
() A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. |
Black book
() A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. |
Black book
() A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. |
Black book
() A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. |
Black book
() Any book which treats of necromancy. |
Block book
() A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. |
Blue book
() A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. |
Blue book
() The United States official "Biennial Register." |
Book
(n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together |
Book
(n.) A composition, written or printed |
Book
(n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work |
Book
(n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept |
Book
(n.) Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist |
Book
(v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list. |
Book
(v. t.) To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat |
Book
(v. t.) To mark out for |
Book-learned
(a.) Versed in books |
Book muslin
() A kind of muslin used for the covers of books. |
Book muslin
() A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses. |
Brown bill
() A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. |
Crane's-bill
(n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill
(n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | a spectacular show organized in by William F. Cody that featured horseback riding and marksmanship on a large scale, toured the United States and Europe |
| bill | the entertainment offered at a public presentation |
book fair
bookfair | bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause |
| bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it |
beak
bill
neb nib
pecker | horny projecting mouth of a bird |
book scorpion
Chelifer cancroides | minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers |
booklouse
book louse
deathwatch Liposcelis divinatorius | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
bill
peak
eyeshade
visor
vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
| bill billhook | a long-handled saw with a curved blade, he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree |
binding
book binding
cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
book
volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together, he used a large book as a doorstop |
| book | a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge, he bought a book of stamps |
| book bag | a bag in which students carry their books |
| coffee-table book | an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table |
| coloring book | a picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by children |
| fake book | a fake in the form of an imitation book, used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly |
| order book | a book in which customers' orders are entered, usually makes multiple copies of the order |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
| picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
| pocketbook pocket book pocket edition | pocket-sized paperback book |
safety match
book matches | a paper match that strikes only on a specially prepared surface |
| talking book | sound recording of someone reading a book, frequently used by blind people |
| book lung | organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book |
mystery
enigma
secret
closed book | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained, how it got out is a mystery, it remains one of nature's secrets |
| book | a major division of a long written composition, the book of Isaiah |
codex
leaf-book | an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) |
| book review | a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book) |
| book | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together), I am reading a good book on economics |
trade book
trade edition | a book intended for general readership |
cookbook
cookery book | a book of recipes and cooking directions |
| instruction book | a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment |
pop-up book
pop-up | a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened |
| blue book | a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations |
| ticket book | a book of tickets that can be torn out and used |
| commonplace book | a notebook in which you enter memorabilia |
appointment book
appointment calendar | a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments |
| phrase book | a book containing common expressions in a foreign language along with their translations |
prayer book
prayerbook | a book containing prayers |
Psalter
Book of Psalms | a collection of Psalms for liturgical use |
reference book
reference reference work
book of facts | a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts, he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic |
| source book | a collection of historically important documents published together as a book |
instruction manual
instructions
book of instructions
operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
phonebook
phone book
telephone book
telephone directory | a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers |
atlas
book of maps
map collection | a collection of maps in book form |
| book of knowledge | an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge |
Bible
Christian Bible
Book Good Book
Holy Scripture
Holy Writ
Scripture
Word of God
Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
Genesis
Book of Genesis | the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation, Adam and Eve, the Fall of Man, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, God's covenant with Abraham, Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers |
Exodus
Book of Exodus | the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses, God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus |
Leviticus
Book of Leviticus | the third book of the Old Testament, contains Levitical law and ritual precedents |