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  • bayes' theorem — the fundamental result which expresses the conditional probability P(E/A) of an event E given an event A as P(A/E).P(E)/P(A); more generally, where En is one of a set of values Ei which partition the sample space, P(En/A) = P(A/En)P(En)/Σ P(A/Ei)P(Ei). This enables prior estimates of probability to be continually revised in the light of observations
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • bermuda shorts — close-fitting shorts that come down to the knees
  • big brotherism — paternalistic authoritarianism that seeks to supply the needs and regulate the conduct of people.
  • billy no-mates — a person with no friends
  • bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • biometric risk — Biometric risk covers all risks related to human life conditions, such as death, birth, disability, age, and number of children.
  • biosystematics — the study of the variation and evolution of a population of organisms in relation to their taxonomic classification
  • biosystematist — someone who studies or works professionally in the field of biosystematics
  • bishop's mitre — a European heteropterous bug, Aelia acuminata, whose larvae are a pest of cereal grasses: family Pentatomidae
  • blow off steam — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • bottomless pit — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
  • bottomlessness — the quality of being very deep or bottomless
  • bouleversement — an overthrow or reversal; violent turmoil
  • bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
  • bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
  • boxed comments — (programming)   Comments that occupy several lines by themselves; so called because in assembler and C code they are often surrounded by a box in a style similar to this: /************************************************* * * This is a boxed comment in C style * *************************************************/ Common variants of this style omit the asterisks in column 2 or add a matching row of asterisks closing the right side of the box. The sparest variant omits all but the comment delimiters themselves; the "box" is implied. Opposite of winged comments.
  • boy-meets-girl — conventionally or trivially romantic
  • breakfast room — a room set aside for serving and eating breakfast, esp in a hotel or guesthouse
  • bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
  • bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  • bring to terms — to reduce to submission; force to agree
  • broad-spectrum — effective against a wide variety of diseases or microorganisms
  • brown stem rot — a disease of soybeans, characterized by brown discoloration and decay of internal tissues of the stem and leaf, caused by a fungus, Cephalosporium gregatum.
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
  • caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • castrametation — the art of designing and laying out an encampment
  • censure motion — a motion in a deliberative body to censure someone
  • center of mass — the point in a body or system of bodies at which the entire mass may be assumed to be concentrated
  • centre of mass — the point at which the mass of a system could be concentrated without affecting the behaviour of the system under the action of external linear forces
  • cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
  • chemoreceptors — Plural form of chemoreceptor.
  • chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
  • chemosterilize — to sterilize (insects or other animals) with a chemosterilant.
  • chemosynthesis — the formation of organic material by certain bacteria using energy derived from simple chemical reactions
  • chemosynthetic — That utilizes chemosynthesis.
  • chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
  • chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
  • child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cholecystotomy — the surgical procedure of cutting into the gall bladder in order to extract gallstones
  • cholesteatomas — Plural form of cholesteatoma.
  • cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
  • chrestomathies — Plural form of chrestomathy.
  • christmas rose — an evergreen ranunculaceous plant, Helleborus niger, of S Europe and W Asia, with white or pinkish winter-blooming flowers
  • chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
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