Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys..

Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein..

Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

Bunch :: Bunch (v. t.) To form into a bunch or bunches.

Bunch Grass :: Bunch grass () A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass..

Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.

Bunchberry :: Bunchberry (n.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries..

Bunched :: Bunched (imp. & p. p.) of Bunc.

Bunchiness :: Bunchiness (n.) The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.

Bunching :: Bunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bunc.

Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.

Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail..

Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine..

Buncombe :: Buncombe (n.) Alt. of Bunku.

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

Carbuncled :: Carbuncled (a.) Set with carbuncles.

Carbuncled :: Carbuncled (a.) Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.

Carbuncular :: Carbuncular (a.) Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

Carbunculation :: Carbunculation (n.) The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold..

Escarbuncle :: Escarbuncle (n.) See Carbuncle, 3..

Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.

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