Italian to English Dictionary (Dizionario Italiano-Inglese)

Bandwidth-allocation

The process of assigning available communication bandwidth to different users, applications, or devices to optimize network performance.

Barb

A sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fishhook, or similar item, angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.

Barrister

A lawyer in certain common law jurisdictions, particularly England and Wales, who is qualified to represent clients and present cases in higher courts.

Battery-farming

A system of producing meat or eggs in which farm animals, particularly poultry, are kept in very small individual cages or confined spaces to maximize efficiency and minimize space.

Beau-Monde

The fashionable society or elite social class.

Beck and call

Always ready to immediately obey orders, serve, or attend to someone's every wish.

Bedfast

Confined to bed by illness, injury, or extreme weakness and unable to rise.

Befall

To happen to someone, especially as an adverse event or misfortune.

Beset

To trouble or threaten persistently; to assail or harass from all sides.

Besiege

To surround a place with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; to lay siege to.

Bewitching

Enchanting or alluring, often in a mysterious or magical way.

Billet

An official order directing that a member of the military be lodged in a civilian's house or non-military quarters.