bay rum |
a fragrant liquid made from bay leaves and rum or bay leaf oil mixed with alcohol and water, used esp. in toiletries. |
bay window |
a windowed section protruding from the outer wall of a building, so as to form an alcove within. |
bazaar |
a street market or market area lined with vendors, esp. in the Middle East. [3 definitions] |
bazooka |
a shoulder-held, cylindrical rocket-launcher that fires an armor-penetrating shell. |
BB |
a small shot of .18 inch diameter, used in an air rifle or air pistol. |
BBC |
abbreviation of "British Broadcasting Corporation." |
BB gun |
an air gun that shoots BB shot. |
bbl. |
abbreviation of "barrel," or "barrels," a unit of capacity, varying from thirty-one to forty-two gallons in the United States. |
BBQ |
abbreviation of "barbeque," a party, often held outdoors, at which meat and sometimes vegetables are roasted on a grill or spit over an open fire. |
B.C.1 |
abbreviation of "before Christ" (used in designating dates in history, now usually replaced by "BCE," "before the common era"). |
B.C.2 |
abbreviation of "British Columbia," a Canadian province on the Pacific coast. |
B.C.E. |
abbreviation of "before the common era" (used in designating dates in history). |
B cell |
a type of white blood cell, produced in the bone marrow, that makes antibodies that fight off disease. |
bd. ft. |
abbreviation of "board foot," or "board feet," a unit of measure for lumber, equal to one foot square and one inch thick. |
Be |
symbol of the chemical element beryllium. |
be |
to remain in a state of existence; have reality; exist. [10 definitions] |
be- |
to cause to be; treat as; make (used to change nouns, adjectives, and intransitive verbs into transitive verbs). [3 definitions] |
beach |
the land at the edge of a body of water, usu. sandy and sometimes part of a swimming area; shore. [2 definitions] |
beach ball |
a large inflatable ball of brightly colored plastic, usu. used for games played in or near the water. |
beachcomber |
a person who lives by finding and selling miscellaneous items that wash ashore or are discarded there. [2 definitions] |
beachfront |
a strip of land bordering on a beach. [2 definitions] |