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

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alfred damon runyon means: United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)

angrily means: with anger

commercial traveler means: a salesman who travels to call on customers

dall sheep means: large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska

drily means: in a dry laconic manner

framing means: formulation of the plans and important details

framing means: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror

genista hispanica means: erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers

genus protoceratops means: small horned dinosaurs

green-blindness means: dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

jamaica dogwood means: small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons

kosciuszko means: Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817)

melter means: a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)

order aspergillales means: order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium

penile implant means: an implant that creates an artificial erection

print buffer means: a buffer that stores data until the printer is ready

sinking fund means: a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities

soft tree fern means: of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates

span loading means: the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan

va means: the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989