A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."
n. (pl. -ruses) large plant-eating dinosaur with a long whiplike tail. [greek bronte thunder, sauros lizard]
BROTHERINLAW
n. (pl. Brothers-in-law) 1 one's wife's or husband's brother.
- one's sister's or sister-in-law's husband.
BURNINGGLASS
n. Lens for concentrating the sun's rays to produce a flame.
BUSINESSLIKE
adj. Efficient, systematic.
BUTTERSCOTCH
n. Brittle toffee made from butter, brown sugar, etc.
BYELORUSSIAN
(also belorussian) —n. Native or language of byelorussia in eastern europe. —adj. Of byelorussia, its people, or language. [russian from belyi white, russiya russia]
BACCALAUREATE
n. Final secondary school examination in france and many international schools. [medieval latin baccalaureus bachelor]
BACKFORMATION
n. - formation of a word from its seeming derivative (e.g. Laze from lazy).
- word so formed.
BALLANDSOCKET
joint n. Joint in which a rounded end lies in a concave socket.
BATTLECRUISER
n. Hist. Warship of higher speed and lighter armour than a battleship.
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