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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1 chronicles means: the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC

albert edward means: King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)

complexity means: the quality of being intricate and compounded

dandle means: pet

dandle means: move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees

delivery truck means: a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers

dripping pan means: pan for catching drippings under roasting meat

encrust means: form a crust or a hard layer

encrust means: cover or coat with a crust

encrust means: decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

esaki means: physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925)

flindosy means: tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc

guard dog means: a dog trained to guard property

light middleweight means: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 156 pounds

manslayer means: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

one-horse means: small and remote and insignificant

paillasse means: mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust

pholiota flavida means: a fungus that grows in clusters on the ground; cap is brownish orange with a surface that is smooth and slightly sticky; whitish gills and a cylindrical brown stalk

present perfect means: a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present

redoubtable means: inspiring fear