| brutish |
being unfeeling, brutal, very stupid, or the like; savage. |
| bruxism |
the unconscious habit of grinding one's teeth, either while sleeping or waking. |
| bryology |
the branch of botany dealing with mosses and liverworts. |
| bryony |
any of several perennial vines of the gourd family, having fleshy roots and bearing greenish flowers, the juice of which has been used to cause vomiting and bowel movement. |
| bryophyte |
any of the group of plants that consists of the true mosses, peat mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. |
| bryozoan |
any of a phylum (Bryozoa) of sessile invertebrate animals that uses tentacles to remove food particles from water. |
| Brythonic |
of or belonging to the P-Celtic group of languages. [2 definitions] |
| B.S.1 |
abbreviation of "Bachelor of Science," an undergraduate degree conferred on a person who has completed a curriculum in science, technology, or the like. |
| B.S.2 |
(often l.c.) (vulgar slang) abbreviation of "bullshit," lies, exaggerations, boasts, or the like. |
| Btu |
abbreviation of "British thermal unit" or "British thermal units," a unit of heat equal to the amount needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit, or equal to about 252 calories. |
| bu. |
abbreviation of "bushel" or "bushels." |
| bubble |
an approximately spherical volume of gas bounded by a liquid or a solid. [7 definitions] |
| bubble bath |
a bath with an added liquid, crystal, or powder preparation that creates thick suds and perfumes and softens the water. [2 definitions] |
| bubble gum |
chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles. |
| bubble memory |
a solid-state computer device that stores information, coded into binary digits, in microscopic magnetized areas in sheets, as of garnet. |
| bubble over |
to show great cheer and liveliness. |
| bubbly |
full of or giving off bubbles. [2 definitions] |
| bubo |
a swollen, inflamed lymph gland, esp. in the groin or armpit. |
| bubonic |
of, pertaining to, or characterized by the appearance of buboes. |
| bubonic plague |
an epidemic disease caused by bacteria transmitted from rats to humans by fleas, spread by contagion and characterized by chills, fever, swollen glands, and weakness. |
| buccal |
of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks. |