Definition of butte

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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..

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Oleomargarine :: Oleomargarine (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.
Rurales :: Rurales (n. pl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas..
Butyric :: Butyric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter..
Frowy :: Frowy (a.) Musty. rancid; as, frowy butter..
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..
Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To cover or spread with 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..
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..
Praetores :: Praetores (n. pl.) A division of butterflies including the satyrs.
Butterine :: Butterine (n.) A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter..
Butyraceous :: Butyraceous (a.) Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.
Nymphales :: Nymphales (n. pl.) An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies..
Phono :: Phono (n.) A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings.
Tetrapod :: Tetrapod (n.) An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies..
Aurelia :: Aurelia (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies..
Butterweed :: Butterweed (n.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).
Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..
Palmitin :: Palmitin (n.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate..
Nymph :: Nymph (n.) Any one of a subfamily (Najades) of butterflies including the purples, the fritillaries, the peacock butterfly, etc.; -- called also naiad..
Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like..
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