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Phrases 58
- bent oversimple past and past participle of bend over
- hell-bentRecklessly determined to do or achieve (something).
- bent downsimple past and past participle of bend down
- bent copperA corrupt police officer.
- Bent CountyOne of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Las Animas.
- bent grassAny of several grasses, of the genus Agrostis, native to temperate climates; grown for pasture, turf and for putting greens and golf courses.
- nick-bentEngaging in homosexual relationships only while in prison and segregated from the opposite sex.
- bent edgeAn offshoot of hardcore punk in opposition to the straight edge movement, and typified by excessive consumption of drugs and alcohol.
- bent functionA Boolean function f: Z ₂ⁿ→ Z ₂ whose Walsh transform has constant absolute value.
- brown bentSimilar grasses of two species:
- colonial bentGrass of species Agrostis capillaris, native in Eurasia, introduced elsewhere.
- common bentA Eurasian grass of moist, open grasslands, introduced worldwide (Agrostis capillaris).
- rough bentGrass of species Agrostis scabra, found from Korea to eastern Canada to Mexico, but not in southeastern US.
- bent over backwardssimple past and past participle of bend over backwards
- Bent SpearA significant incident with a nuclear weapon, nuclear components, or nuclear-bearing vehicle.
- hell-bent for leatherdeterminedly recklessly, in a manner that lacks restraint.
- bent the rulessimple past and past participle of bend the rules
- creeping bentA bentgrass of species Agrostis stolonifera, native to Eurasia and North Africa, naturalized in North America, widely used on golf courses.
- bent coppersplural of bent copper: A corrupt police officer.
- bent-sideThe side of a bent.
- get bentUsed to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation.
- to the top of one's bentAs much as is possible for one.
- bent carA stolen car.
- bent carsplural of bent car: A stolen car.
- bent forkSynonym of fork hoe: A hoe with two or more tines at right angles to the shaft, typically used to loosen the soil for planting or sowing.
Compound words 55
- BentleyAn English habitational surname from Old English.
- bentgrassAny of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis.
- bentwoodLengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
- BentleighA region of Victoria, Australia.
- semibentBent part way.
- bentyAbounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.
- downbentBent downward.
- hyperbentPertaining to a boolean function on the field F_(2ⁿ) such that f(xᵏ) is bent for every k co-prime with 2ⁿ - 1.
- prebentbent in advance
- bentbillAny of the tropical birds in the genus Oncostoma, found in Central and South America.