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• bot|tom|o|ni|um — «BOT uh MOH nee uhm», noun. Nuclear Physics. a hypothetical particle consisting of a bottom quark and its antiparticle. ╂[< bottom (quark) + onium, as in charmonium] …   Useful english dictionary

• bot|tom|ry — «BOT uhm ree», noun, plural ries. a contract by which a shipowner mortgages his ship to get money to make a voyage. If the ship is lost, the lender loses the money. ╂[< bottom (keel of a) ship, after Dutch bodemerij] …   Useful english dictionary

• bot|tom|feed|er — «BOT uhm FEE duhr», noun. 1. a person who lives at the lowest level of society; poor and insignificant person: »Odets had been one of life s bottomfeeders, living off dimes and dreams as an actor with the Group Theatre (New Yorker). 2. a person… …   Useful english dictionary

• bot|tom|less — «BOT uhm lihs», adjective. 1. a) without a bottom: »The satellite fell into bottomless space. b) Figurative. baseless. 2. a) very, very deep; so deep that the bottom cannot be reached: »sunk in the bottomless depths of the sea. Figurative.… …   Useful english dictionary

• bot|tom|most — «BOT uhm mohst», adjective. farthest down; lowest: »the bottommost layer …   Useful english dictionary

• bot·tom-up — /ˈbɑːtəmˈʌp/ adj : progressing upward from the lowest levels : controlled or directed from the lower levels bottom up management opposite ↑top down …   Useful english dictionary

• bell-bot|tom — «BEHL BOT uhm», adjective. with the bottom of the legs flared: »bell bottom trousers …   Useful english dictionary

• rock-bot|tom — rock bottom, the very bottom; lowest level. rock bot|tom «ROK BOT uhm», adjective. down to the very bottom; very lowest: »the rock bottom price. ╂[American English < rock + bottom] …   Useful english dictionary

• sea-bot|tom — «SEE BOT uhm», noun. the bottom or lowest depth of the sea …   Useful english dictionary

• shuck-bot|tom — «SHUHK BOT uhm», adjective, noun. –adj. U.S. (of a chair) having a seat made of the shucks or husks of corn. –n. a shuck bottom chair …   Useful english dictionary