BW

Definition: BW

BW

Noun

1. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.

"BW" is a common misspelling or typo for: bawd, bawl, be, bow, bowl, bows, by.

Specialty Definition: BW

Domain	Definition
Computing	Bw The country code for Botswana. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Mining	Letter name specifying the dimensions of bits, core barrels, and drill rods in the B-size and W-group wireline diamond drilling system having a core diameter of 42 mm and a hole diameter of 60 mm. Syn:BX. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Botswana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked nation of southern Africa. Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent on September 30, 1966. The economy, closely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by cattle raising and mining. The capital is Gaborone.

History of Botswana
Geography of Botswana
Demographics of Botswana
Politics of Botswana
President of Botswana
Economy of Botswana
Communications in Botswana
Transportation in Botswana
Military of Botswana
Culture of Botswana (see also: Music of Botswana)
Foreign relations of Botswana

Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Botswana."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: BW

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BW	Danish	Republikken Botswana	Geography
BW	Dutch	Republiek Botswana	Geography
BW	English	Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.	N/A
BW	Finnish	Botswanan tasavalta	Geography
BW	French	République du Botswana	Geography, Law
BW	German	Biologische Waffen	Military & Defense
BW	Greek	Μποτσουάνα	Geography
BW	Italian	Repubblica del Botswana	Geography, Law
BW	Portuguese	República do Botsuana	Geography
BW	Spanish	República de Botsuana	Geography
BW	Swedish	Republiken Botswana	Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: BW

Synonym: biological warfare (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: BW

Specialty definitions using "BW": BX ♦ swelled coupling. (references)

Etymologies containing "BW": bo. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BW" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (Botswana, Republic of Botswana).

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Commercial Usage: BW

Domain	Title
Books	SAP BW Certification: A Business Information Warehouse Study Guide (reference) SAP BW Reporting Made Easy, 2.0B/2.1C (reference) Syntax of the negative particles bw and bn in Late Egyptian (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bw Fashion Technics (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: BW

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Digital Photo Gallery: BW


"BW self portrait" by Alessio Vairetti Commentary: "On the mirror ."	"Berlin - old beetle in bw" by Sandro Petri Commentary: "An old vw beetle in a street of berlin."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BW

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Philippines	However, as suggested by the BW Resources case, the prosecution of stock market irregularities also may be subject to delays in the legal system. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BW

"BW" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 61.76% of the time. "BW" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	61.76%	21	76,261
Noun (common)	29.41%	10	111,207
Noun (singular)	5.88%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.94%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	34	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: BW

Expressions using "BW": BW 284 C 51 ♦ BW defense. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "BW": BW-755C, bw-box, bw-server, bw-services.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BW

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bw speaker	172	sap bw consultant	7
bw	119	bw scooter yamaha	6
sap bw	40	bw stevenson	6
bw technology	36	abap bw pm sap	6
3 bw	35	bw cigar	5
bk bw	14	bw disney in resort walt world	5
bw control	12	bw resume sem	4
bw supra	10	bw online	4
boston bw curriculum cv resume rsum sap vitae	9	bw uc	4
200 bw yamaha	9	nike air max bw	4
bw resume sap	8	bw ww	4
bw job sap	8	bw photography	4
3s bw	8	bw scooter	4
bw doll paper	8	air bw classic	4
bw chart	8	bw hotel	4
air bw classic nike	7	bw inn	3
bw greyscale	7	bw nude	3
bw photo	7	2002 6 back bw john malone may online over there will	3
bw yamaha	7	bw airport inn	3
bw india resume sap	7	bw home	3
		bw sea bay inn	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: BW

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BW": bwana, bwanas. (additional references)
	Words containing "BW": abwatt, abwatts, barbwire, barbwires, bobwhite, bobwhites, cobweb, cobwebbed, cobwebbier, cobwebbiest, cobwebbing, cobwebby, cobwebs, crabwise, cribwork, cribworks, dumbwaiter, dumbwaiters, grubworm, grubworms, lobworm, lobworms, ribwort, ribworts, scrubwoman, scrubwomen, subway, subwayed, subwaying, subways, subworld, subworlds, subwriter, subwriters, thumbwheel, thumbwheels, webwork, webworks, webworm, webworms. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BW

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "b-w"
	+1 letter: bow, wab, web.
	+2 letters: bawd, bawl, blaw, blew, blow, bowl, bows, braw, brew, brow, swab, swob, wabs, webs, womb.
	+3 letters: bawds, bawdy, bawls, bawty, bedew, below, bewig, blawn, blaws, blown, blows, blowy, bowed, bowel, bower, bowls, bowse, brawl, brawn, braws, brews, brown, brows, bwana, bylaw, byway, dweeb, elbow, embow, nawab, oxbow, swabs, swobs, upbow, webby, weber, wombs, womby.
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