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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bevel means: a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size

bevel means: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

bevel means: cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel

blustering means: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts

broadnosed means: of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses

charlie chaplin means: English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977)

eli whitney means: United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)

false means: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

false means: arising from error

false means: adopted in order to deceive

false means: inaccurate in pitch

false means: designed to deceive

false means: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

false means: inappropriate to reality or facts

false means: deliberately deceptive

false means: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

false means: erroneous and usually accidental

false means: in a disloyal and faithless manner

fielding average means: (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance; the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances

fragaria means: strawberries