音标:[ˈbʌmpəz] ;
n. (汽车上的)保险杠, 缓冲器( bumper的复数形式 )
n. a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast)
n. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage

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a pitched battle
aces of hearts
Ali Muhammad of Shiraz
allogenotype
aminoacetone
apl construction
armed beam
Arsacidae
bisulfite
Bizet Seamount
breast augmentation
buldings
certain inorganic ions in cells
circumvallate
competitive design
contextualism
crookeries
cystocele
darlinghood
data interchange system
debutanizer
deep drawing under high pressure
dickenses
dimethyl-colchicinic acid
Dolomitiche, Alpi
double refracting spar
dry deposit
elasticated
empleading
endeavour to
epithermal neutron yield
Ewen
family pygopodidaes
field-validation characters
fog investigation and dispersal operation
garnel
gonangium
granularize
HFSH
high-subsonic aircraft
hornyhanded
intermediate in the scale of development
Irhaber
janisch
jimoh
jis (japanese industry standard)
land value increment tax
lose their rag
malignant tumor of small intestine
Mariotte('s) flask
mathur
metabasins
milk stain
mixed object document content architecture-presentation
mlb.com
morphol
motor-operated
mungbeans
naso duct
nealite
no claim return
non-eligible commercial paper
open-cycle controller
over the dinner
overall coverage ratio
overdrop
parallel shunt
parasitiform
payment refused
peridiastolic
plumite (jamesonite)
precast-forging
propagation forecast
pseudotrachea
rapakivite
religious trances
robusto
run time software simulation
saturation signal
Scaphiopus
sea pansy
secondary record format
see comments
self-growth
sharri
sine pump
sircus
snake-barks
social security administrations
station plant factor
synchronome impulse clock
syphon pipe
TAB tape TAB
three-component
trithioacetone
turning-block slider crank mechanism
under-depreciation
urinary bladder
vertical tube coil
wanksta
welfare parasite
yeast separator