Words starting with b

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

b means: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

b means: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen

b means: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet

b means: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter

b means: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels

b means: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder

b means: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins

b battery means: battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube

b cell means: 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 means: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

blow one's stack means: get very angry and fly into a rage

cheerfulness means: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

cheerfulness means: a feeling of spontaneous good spirits

dragon's eye means: Asian fruit similar to litchi

drug trafficker means: an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

estranging means: making one feel out of place or alienated

genus dipteronia means: small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China

iambus means: a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

leer means: a suggestive or sneering look or grin

leer means: a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

leer means: look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression

limen means: the smallest detectable sensation

mark down means: reduce the price of

mealie means: an ear of corn

mytilus edulis means: a mussel with a dark shell that lives attached to rocks

osteoclast means: cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue

pylon means: a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines

pylon means: a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race

rhenium means: a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum

sandor kellner means: British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)