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  • bimillenary — marking a two-thousandth anniversary
  • binary cell — an electronic element that can assume either of two stable states and is capable of storing a binary digit.
  • binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
  • binary file — (file format)   Any file format for digital data that does not consist of a sequence of printable characters (text). The term is often used for executable machine code. All digital data, including characters, is actually binary data (unless it uses some (rare) system with more than two discrete levels) but the distinction between binary and text is well established. On modern operating systems a text file is simply a binary file that happens to contain only printable characters, but some older systems distinguish the two file types, requiring programs to handle them differently. A common class of binary files is programs in machine language ("executable files") ready to load into memory and execute. Binary files may also be used to store data output by a program, and intended to be read by that or another program but not by humans. Binary files are more efficient for this purpose because the data (e.g. numerical data) does not need to be converted between the binary form used by the CPU and a printable (ASCII) representation. The disadvantage is that it is usually necessary to write special purpose programs to manipulate such files since most general purpose utilities operate on text files. There is also a problem sharing binary numerical data between processors with different endianness. Some communications protocols handle only text files, e.g. most electronic mail systems before MIME became widespread in about 1995. The FTP utility must be put into "binary" mode in order to copy a binary file since in its default "ascii" mode translates between the different newline characters used on the sending and receiving computers. Confusingly, some word processor files, and rich text files, are actually binary files because they contain non-printable characters and require special programs to view, edit and print them.
  • binary tree — (btree) A tree in which each node has at most two successors or child nodes. In Haskell this could be represented as
  • binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
  • binucleated — having two nuclei
  • bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
  • bioregional — relating to a bioregion
  • bipectinate — having both margins toothed like a comb, as the antennae of certain moths.
  • birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
  • birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
  • bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
  • bit pattern — (data)   A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
  • black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • bladdernose — hooded seal
  • blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
  • blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
  • blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
  • blank slate — tabula rasa.
  • blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
  • blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
  • blanketlike — resembling a blanket
  • blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
  • blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
  • blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
  • bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
  • block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
  • blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
  • blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
  • blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
  • blue-jeaned — wearing blue jeans.
  • bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
  • bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bon appetit — enjoy your meal
  • bonaventura — Saint, called the Seraphic Doctor. 1221–74, Italian Franciscan monk, mystic, theologian, and philosopher; author of a Life of St Francis and Journey of the Soul to God. Feast day: July 14
  • bonaventure — Saint ("the Seraphic Doctor") 1221–74, Italian scholastic theologian.
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
  • bondservant — a serf or slave
  • bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
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