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  • binding strake — a very strong, heavy strake of planking, especially one next to a sheer strake.
  • bioaeronautics — the use of aircraft in the discovery, development, and protection of natural and biological resources
  • biocybernetics — the branch of cybernetics that deals with the control and communication systems of living organisms
  • bioelectronics — a branch of electronics that deals with electronic devices, implants, etc. used in medicine and biological research
  • bioluminescent — the production of light by living organisms.
  • bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
  • bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
  • bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
  • birds and bees — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
  • bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
  • bite one's lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
  • black selenium — an allotropic form of selenium occurring as a black, amorphous, water-insoluble, light-sensitive powder: used chiefly in photoelectric cells.
  • blade-shearing — the shearing of sheep using hand shears
  • blanket finish — a finish so close that a blanket would cover all the contestants involved
  • blanket stitch — a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
  • blanket-stitch — a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
  • blessed virgin — the Virgin Mary
  • blind register — (in the United Kingdom) a list of those who are blind and are therefore entitled to financial and other benefits
  • blind staggers — the staggers
  • blow one's lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • blue mountains — a mountain range in the US, in NE Oregon and SE Washington. Highest peak: Rock Creek Butte, 2773 m (9097 ft)
  • blurred vision — a condition which makes it impossible to see clearly
  • boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • bomb explosion — an explosion caused by the detonation of a bomb
  • bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
  • bone turquoise — fossilized bone or tooth stained blue with iron phosphate and used as a gemstone
  • bonus question — a question in a quiz which earns a contestant extra points
  • borders region — a former local government region in S Scotland, formed in 1975 from Berwick, Peebles, Roxburgh, Selkirk, and part of Midlothian; replaced in 1996 by Scottish Borders council area
  • boston terrier — a short stocky smooth-haired breed of terrier with a short nose, originally developed by crossing the French and English bulldogs with the English bull terrier
  • 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.
  • bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
  • bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • brandy snifter — snifter (def 1).
  • braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
  • brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
  • breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
  • breast-beating — public or ostentatious expression of guilt, remorse, or sorrow
  • breast-feeding — to nurse (a baby) at the breast; suckle.
  • brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • brewer's grain — an exhausted malt occurring as a by-product of brewing and used as a feedstuff for cattle, pigs, and sheep
  • 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
  • british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
  • britney spears — beers
  • broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
  • bronchiectasis — chronic dilation of the bronchi or bronchial tubes, which often become infected
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