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Border
- noun - a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- a line that indicates a boundary
- a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
- enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
- provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"
- the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- the boundary of a surface
Boreal
- adjective - comprising or throughout far northern regions
- relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
- toward or located in the north; "the boreal signs of the Zodiac"
Boreas
- noun - (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold"
- a wind that blows from the north
Borele
- - The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis).
Borers
- noun - a drill for penetrating rock
- any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
Borges
- noun - Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)
Borgia
- noun - Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
- Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)
- Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)
- Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
Boride
- - A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.
Boring
- verb - cause to be bored
- make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
- the act of drilling
- the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
Borneo
- noun - 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago