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Choriambuses
Choriambus Cho`ri*am"bus, n.; pl. L. Choriambi, E. Choriambuses. [L. choriambus, Gr. ?; ? a choreus + ? iambus.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- [crescent] [crescent] -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
Iambuses
Iambus I*am"bus, n.; pl. L. Iambi, E. Iambuses. [L. iambus, Gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail (the iambus being first used in satiric poetry), and to L. jacere to throw. Cf. Jet a shooting forth.] (Pros.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in [a^]m[=a]ns, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.
Incubuses
Incubus In"cu*bus, n.; pl. E. Incubuses, L. Incubi. [L., the nightmare. Cf. Incubate.] 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. --Tylor. The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. --Lecky. 2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare. Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. --Burton. 3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey. --J. L. Farley.
Jacobuses
Jacobus Ja*co"bus, n.; pl. Jacobuses. [See Jacobite.] An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I.
Nimbuses
Nimbus Nim"bus, n.; pl. L. Nimbi, E. Nimbuses. [L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.] 1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5. Note: ``The nimbus is of pagan origin.' ``As an atribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.' --Fairholl. 2. (Meteor.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
Syllabuses
Syllabus Syl"la*bus, n.; pl. E. Syllabuses, L. Syllabi. [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.] A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

Meaning of BUSES from wikipedia

- as city transit buses and inter-city coaches, charge a fare. Other types, such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post-secondary...
- 'dummy' buses. Some 'dummy' buses were real single-deck buses with a wooden frame on top, such as in the Series 3 episode "Radio Control", when the bus has...
- Counties, Carousel Buses, Diamond South East, Go-Coach, First Beeline, Metrobus, Stagecoach South, Thames Valley Buses and Reading Buses. In Victorian times...
- related to Buses. Bus spotting Coach (used for long-distance travel) Dollar van List of fictional buses List of Leyland buses List of bus operating companies...
- world's largest bus manufacturers, with a complete range of heavy buses for p****enger transportation. The product range includes complete buses and coaches...
- such as system buses (also known as internal buses, internal data buses, or memory buses) connecting the CPU and memory. Expansion buses, also called peripheral...
- for London. Over 1,400 buses in the fleet are battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell buses, the second largest zero emission bus fleet in Europe (behind...
- Trans-Island Bus Services, was founded on 31 May 1982, ordering a fleet of 250 buses including 90 Hinos. Operations commenced on 3 April 1983 with 40 buses. On...
- charter bus or transit bus. Various configurations of school buses are used worldwide; the most iconic examples are the yellow school buses of the United...
- Lothian Buses. Lothian Buses have won several bus awards for their services to the Lothian region including Bus Operator of the Year in the 2007 UK Bus Awards...