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Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Butterbur :: Butterbur (n.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter..

Buttercup :: Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare..

Shortening :: Shortening (n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc..

Rebutted :: Rebutted (imp. & p. p.) of Rebu.

Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..

Soupe-maigre :: Soupe-maigre (n.) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Beard :: Beard (n.) In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies..

Heliconia :: Heliconia (n.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white..

Fenestrate :: Fenestrate (a.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies..

Transform :: Transform (v. t.) To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly..

Bitterbump :: Bitterbump (n.) the butterbump or bittern.

Buttered :: Buttered (imp. & p. p.) of Butte.

Butted :: Butted (imp. & p. p.) of Bu.

Churning :: Churning (n.) The quantity of butter made at one operation.

Civet :: Civet (n.) A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume..

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

Butte :: Butte (n.) A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region..

Virgin :: Virgin (n.) Any one of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.

Butyraceous :: Butyraceous (a.) Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

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