b

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil ; the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen ; the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet ; (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter ; a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels ; a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder ; originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins ;

b-52

United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber ;

b-complex vitamin

originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins ;

b-flat clarinet

the ordinary clarinet with a middle range ;

b-girl

a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers ;

b-horizon

immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils ;

b-meson

exceedingly short-lived meson ;

b. b. king

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) ;

b. f. skinner

United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990) ;

b.o.

malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe ;

b.t.u.

a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour ;

b.th.u.

a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories ;

b battery

battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube ;

b cell

a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens ;

b complex

originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins ;

b horizon

immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils ;

b lymphocyte

a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens ;

b vitamin

originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins ;

ba

a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences ; a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite ;

baa

the cry made by sheep ;

baa-lamb

child's word for a sheep or lamb ;

baader-meinhof gang

a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977 ;

baader meinhof gang

a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977 ;

baal

any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god ;

baal merodach

the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu ;

baas

South African term for `boss' ;

baba

a small cake leavened with yeast ;

baba au rhum

a baba soaked in rum ;

babacu oil

fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil ;

babar

an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children ;

babassu

tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory ;

babassu nut

hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm ;

babassu oil

fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil ;

babassu palm

tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory ;

babbitt

an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction ;

babbitt metal

an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction ;

babbitting

lining a surface or bearing with babbitt metal ;

babble

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby ;

babbler

any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae ; an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker ;

babbling

gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby ;