(n) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

(n) an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

(v) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

(v) make confused or perplexed or puzzled

(v) make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

(v) intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers"

(v) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"

(v) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

(n) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

(n) a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame

(v) ride a bicycle

(n) a condensed written summary or abstract

(n) a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

(v) give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

(s) concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement"

(s) (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

(s) of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"

(n) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

(n) informal terms for money

(v) cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying them"

(n) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

(r) in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"

(r) remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars fa

(r) in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"

(r) in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"

(r) of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

(n) an explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions

(n) strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

(n) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

(v) throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

(v) fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

(n) black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"

(n) (board games) the darker pieces

(n) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

(n) a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

(n) popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)

(n) British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

(n) total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"

(v) make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

(s) marked by anger or resentment or hostility; "black looks"; "black words"

(a) of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

(s) extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler"

(a) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"

(s) (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; "a face black with fury"

(s) soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour"

(s) dressed in black; "a black knight"; "black friars"

(s) (of coffee) without cream or sugar

(s) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fata

(s) stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the sc

(s) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human

(s) offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

(s) distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"

(s) (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading; "black propaganda"

(s) harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"