3-letter words containing b
- bev — gigaelectronvolts (GeV)
- bey — (in the Ottoman Empire) a title given to senior officers, provincial governors, certain other officials or nobles, and (sometimes) Europeans
- bez — the branch of a deer's horn above the brow-antler
- bff — best friend forever
- bfi — British Film Institute
- bfn — bye for now
- bgh — bovine growth hormone
- bgp — Border Gateway Protocol
- bgt — Britain's Got Talent: a UK television talent show first broadcast in 2007
- bha — a waxy, white, synthetic antioxidant, (CH3)3CC6H3OHOCH3, used as a preservative in foods containing fats and oils
- bhc — benzene hexachloride
- bhn — Brinell hardness number
- bhp — brake horsepower
- bhs — (in Britain) British Horse Society
- bht — a white, synthetic antioxidant, [C(CH3)3]2CH3C6H2OH, used as an additive in foods, fuels, rubber, etc.
- bi- — Bi- is used at the beginning of nouns and adjectives that have 'two' as part of their meaning.
- bia — Bureau of Indian Affairs
- bib — A bib is a piece of cloth or plastic which is worn by very young children to protect their clothes while they are eating.
- bic — A BIC is a number used by a particular bank or financial organization for sending and receiving payments.
- bid — A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- bim — a native or inhabitant of Barbados
- bin — A bin is a container that you put rubbish in.
- bio — a biography, often a very brief one
- bip — An incorrect singular of BIPS. One billion instructions per second is 1 BIPS, not 1 BIP.
- bis — twice; for a second time (used in musical scores to indicate a part to be repeated)
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- biz — Biz is sometimes used to refer to the entertainment business, especially pop music or films.
- bjp — Bharatiya Janata Party
- bkg — banking
- bks — barracks
- bkt — basket(s)
- blk — black
- bll — Bachelor of Laws
- blm — Bureau of Land Management
- bls — (in the US) Bureau of Labor Statistics
- blt — bacon, lettuce, and tomato: a sandwich filled with these ingredients
- bly — Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.
- bma — British Medical Association
- bme — Black and Minority Ethnic
- bmf — Bird-Meertens Formalism
- bmi — BMI is an abbreviation for body mass index.
- bmj — British Medical Journal
- bmp — Basic Multilingual Plane
- bmr — basal metabolic rate
- bmv — Bureau of Motor Vehicles
- bmx — bicycle motocross; stunt riding on rough ground or over an obstacle course on a bicycle
- bn. — bn. is a written abbreviation for billion.
- bna — British North America
- bnc — (hardware) A connector for coaxial cable such as that used for some video connections and RG58 "cheapernet" connections. A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral slots in the male connector when it is twisted on. Different sources expand BNC as Bayonet Navy Connector, British Naval Connector, Bayonet Neill Concelman, or Bayonet Nut Connection.