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
baseball diamond means: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
conservancy means: the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
conservancy means: a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river
consulting company means: a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
cotswold hills means: a range of low hills in southwestern England
cursive means: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
cursive means: having successive letter joined together
debarkation means: the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
drey means: the nest of a squirrel
ecce homo means: a representation (a picture or sculpture) of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns
electromotive force series means: a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series
fair copy means: a clean copy of a corrected draft
feodor dostoevsky means: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
fizgig means: a firework that fizzes as it moves
fizgig means: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
imputable means: capable of being assigned or credited to
neo-darwinism means: a modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations
overwhelming means: very strong; urgently felt
overwhelming means: so strong as to be irresistible
premie means: an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation
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