B The letter B is the second letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is bee .
	B cell B cells are lymphocytes that play a large role in the humoral immunity as opposed to the cell-mediated immunity that is governed by T cells. The abbreviation "B" comes from bursa of Fabricius that is an organ in birds in which avian B cell mature.
	B. B. King Riley B. King aka B. B. King is an United States blues guitarist and songwriter. He is widely considered one of the best blues musicians in the world . One of his trademarks is "Lucille", a custom guitar he began using in the 1950s.
	B. F. Skinner Burrhus Frederic "B. F." Skinner was an United States psychologist and author. He conducted pioneering work on experimental psychology and advocated behaviorism, which seeks to understand behavior as a function of environmental histories of experiencing consequences.
	Baal Baal is a Semitic title and honorific meaning lord that is used for various gods, spirits and demons particularly of the Levant. "Baal" can refer to any god and even to human officials; in some mythology texts it is used as a substitute for Hadad, a god of the sun, rain, thunder, fertility and agriculture, and the lord of Heaven.
	Babbitt metal Babbitt metal, also called white metal, is an alloy used to provide the bearing surface in a plain bearing. It was invented in 1839 by Isaac Babbitt in Taunton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The term is used today to describe a series of alloys used as a bearing metal.
	Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth , better known as "Babe" Ruth, also known by the nicknames "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", was an United States baseball player and a national icon. Consistently referred as the greatest baseball player in history, his home run hitting exploits and titanic appetite for living made him one of the representative figures of the Roaring Twenties.
	Babels Babels is an international network of volunteer interpreters and translators that was born out of the European Social Forum process and whose main objective is to cover the interpreting needs of the various Social Forums. It is a horizontal, non-hierarchical network, with no permanent structures of any kind.
	Babirusa The Babirusa or pig-deer, Babyrousa babyrussa, is a pig-like animal native to Sulawesi and surrounding islands of Indonesia. The babirusa has usually been classified as a single species in the genus Babyrousa, but recent work suggests that there may be several species, differentiable on the basis of geography, body size, amount of body hair, and the shape of the upper canine tooth of the male.
	Baboon The baboons are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the Mandrill and the Drill are larger. In modern scientific use, only members of the genus Papio are called baboons, but previously the closely related Gelada and two species of Mandrill and Drill were grouped in the same genus, and these monkeys are still often referred to as baboons in everyday speech.
	Baby boom A baby boom is any period of greatly increased birth rate within time and usually geography bounds. Persons born during such a period are often called baby boomers. Many such instances have been recorded in human history and are often caused by uplifting factors such as good harvests, victories in sport or war, or just due to superstition.
	Baby Talk Baby Talk is the name of an ABC sitcom that aired from 1991 until 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on the popular Look Who's Talking movie series and featured the adventures of Baby Mickey. Mickey's mother, Maggie Campbell, was played by three different actresses -- Connie Sellecca, Julia Duffy, and Mary Page Keller -- at different points during the show's short existence.
	Babylon Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 50 miles south of Baghdad. Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian language Babilu , an ancient city in Mesopotamia .
	Bacchanalia The Bacchanalia were wild and mystic festivals of the Roman mythology god Bacchus. Introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of Etruria , the bacchanalia were originally held in secret and attended by women only. The festivals occurred on three days of the year in the grove of Simila near the Aventine Hill.
	Baccharis Baccharis L. is a genus of perennial plant and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Sometimes referred to as "brooms" because many members have small thin leaves, they are not at all related to the true brooms. The 250-400 species occur throughout the Americas.
	Bachelor Girl Bachelor Girl is an Australian band, comprised of James Roche and Tania Doko. One of their most well known songs is "Buses and Trains". The band started when James Roche heard Doko singing at a pub in Melbourne. They won an ARIA in 1998 and 1999.
	Bachs Bachs is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the Dielsdorf, in the canton of Zrich, Switzerland. External links*
	Bacillus Bacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacterium and a member of the division Firmicutes. Bacillus species are either obligate or facultative aerobes, and test positive for the enzyme catalase. Ubiquitous in nature, Bacillus includes both free-living and pathogenic species.
	Bacillus anthracis Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bacillus. A Endospore-forming bacterium, B. anthracis is a natural soil-dwelling organism, as well as the causative agent of anthrax disease. Each cell is about 1 by 6 micrometres in size.
	Bacillus subtilis Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium commonly found in soil. A member of the genus Bacillus, B. subtilis has the ability to form a tough, protective endospore, allowing the organism to tolerate extreme environmental conditions. Unlike several other well-known species, B.
	Bacitracin Bacitracin is a mixture of related cyclic peptides produced by organisms of the licheniformis group of Bacillus subtilis var Tracy. As a toxic and difficult-to-use antibiotic, bacitracin doesn't work well orally. However, it is very effective topically.
	Backgammon Backgammon is a board game for two players in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice and the winner is the first to remove all his pieces from the board. Many variants have developed throughout the world, but most share the same common elements. It is a member of the Tables family of games.
	Backhand The backhand in tennis is a stroke hit by swinging the racquet away from one's body in the direction of where the player wants the ball to go. For a right-handed player, a backhand begins on the left side of his body, continues across his body as contact is made with the ball, and ends on the right side of his body.
	Backhoe A backhoe, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm. Modern backhoes are powered by hydraulics. They are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or loader. Similar attachments for skid loaders are still called backhoes even though they are mounted on the front.
	Backpack A backpack is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders and below the armpits. Backpacks are often preferred to handbags for carrying heavy loads for long periods of time, because the shoulders are better suited for bearing heavy weights for long periods of time than the hands are.
	Backsaw A Backsaw is any of several types of hand saws used in woodworking which have a stiffening rib on the edge opposite the cutting edge, allowing for better control and more precise cutting than with other types of saws. Backsaws are normally used for precise work, such as cutting dovetails, miter joint, or mortise and tenon in cabinetry and joinery.
	Backscratcher A backscratcher is a tool used, as the name would suggest, for relieving itches for areas that cannot easily be reached just by one's own hands, typically the human back.
	BackSpin BackSpin is a Old school hip hop radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 43 and DISH Network channel 6043.
	Backstitch Back stitch is a simple embroidery line stitch most commonly used in Cross stitch to outline an area of stitching or to add detail to an embroidered picture but it also has many uses in other types of embroidery and general sewing. Although superficially similar to Holbein stitch, commonly used in Blackwork embroidery, backstitch differs in the way it is worked, requiring a single journey only to complete a line of stitching.
	Backstroke Backstroke is one of the three swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of not seeing where the swimmer is heading to. It is also the only competition swimming style that starts in the water.
	Backsword Backsword is a denomination of any type of sword with a blade with only one edge, with the back of the sword often being the thickest part of the blade. Since "sword" is sometimes defined as double-edged, a definition of a backsword without taking recourse to defining it as a "sword" would be that it is designed as a weapon, unlike a generic knife which may have uses as a tool, long enough to be optimized for slashing.
	BackTrack BackTrack is a Linux distribution distributed as a Live CD which resulted from the merger of and the Auditor Security Collection.Track 2 was released on March 6, 2007 and includes over 300 security tools.Track 3 was released on June 19, 2008. New additions include SAINT (software) and Maltego.
	Backwater *Backwater can mean:- *Water held or pushed back by or as if by a dam or current. The stagnant water or sluggish nature of this water also gives rise to a further metaphorical use of the term, to describe anywhere seen as being stagnant or boring. *A slang term in American English used to describe an area that is perceived to be culturally or economically stagnant.
	Bacon Bacon is any of certain cuts of meat taken from the sides, back or pork bellies of a pig or cow, curing and possibly Smoking . The defining element is the cut. Bacon is generally considered a breakfast dish, cut into thin slices before being frying, or grillinged.
	Bacon and eggs Bacon and eggs is a common breakfast in many countries. It forms an important component of the full English breakfast, the Irish breakfast, and the Ulster fry, for example, and was popularised in the United States by Edward Bernays in the 1920s and 1930s. In order to promote sales of bacon, he conducted a survey of physicians and reported their recommendation that people eat hearty breakfasts.
	Bacteria Bacteria are a major group of living organisms. The term "bacteria" has variously applied to all prokaryotes or to a major group of them, otherwise called the eubacteria, depending on ideas about their relationships. Here, bacteria is used specifically to refer to the eubacteria.
	Bacteriophage A bacteriophage is a virus that infections bacteria. The term is commonly used in its shortened form, phage. Like viruses that infect eukaryotes , a large diversity of phage structures and functions exist. Typically, they consist of an outer protein hull enclosing genetic material.
	Bacteroides Bacteroides is a genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped Bacterium. Bacteroides species are non-endospore-forming, Anaerobic bacteria, and may either be motile or non-motile, depending on the species. The DNA base composition is 40-48% GC.
	Bactrian camel The Bactrian camel is a large even-toed ungulate native to the steppes of eastern Asia. The Bactrian camel has two humps on its back, in contrast to the Dromedary which has one. Nearly all of the estimated 1.4 million Bactrian camels alive today are domesticated, but in October 2002 the estimated 950 remaining in the wild in northwest China and Mongolia were placed on the critically endangered species list.
	Bad Manners Bad Manners are an England second-wave ska band.
	Badge A badge is a device, patch, or accoutrement which is presented or displayed to annotate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, as a symbol of authority, a sign of that they are legitmate employees or students, or as a simple means of identification. They are also used in advertising and publicity.
	Badger Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of Carnivora. There are 8 species of badger, in three subfamilies: Melinae, Mellivorinae,, and Taxideinae.
	Badlands Badlands are a type of arid terrain with clay-rich soil that has been extensively Erosion by wind and water. Canyons, ravines, gully, hoodoos and other such geological forms are common in badlands. Badlands usually have a spectacular color display that alternates from dark black/blue coal stria to bright clays to red scoria.
	Badlands National Park Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, preserves 242,756 acres of sharply Erosion buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States. The Badlands Wilderness protects 64,250 acres of the park as a designated wilderness area and is the site of the reintroduction of the black-footed ferret, the most Endangered species land mammal in North America.
	Badminton Badminton is a List of sports#Racquet sports played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs . The players or pairs take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Unlike many racket sports, badminton does not use a ball: badminton uses a feathered projectile known as a shuttlecock.
	Baffin Bay Baffin Bay is a sea between the Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean oceans. It is 1,130 km across from north to south. It is not navigable most of the year because of the presence of large numbers of icebergs.
	Baffin Island Baffin Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the territory of Nunavut. It is the List of Canadian islands by area and is the List of islands by area, with an area of 507 451 km. It has a population of 11,000.
	Bagel The bagel is a bread product traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the form of a roughly hand-sized ring which is boiled in water and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior. The dough may also be flavored to produce many traditional varieties: salt, onion, garlic, egg, pumpernickel, rye.
	Baggage car A baggage car is a type of rail transport passenger car. Its purpose is to carry the checked baggage of the passengers as well as Parcel in a passenger train, and is typically coupled at the front of the train close to the locomotives. Because this type of car is usually hauled at the front of a passenger train, it is sometimes classified as "head-end equipment." Passengers aboard a passenger train are not normally allowed access to a baggage car while a train is in motion.
	Baggage claim The baggage claim area is, in airport terminology, the area of an airport where one claims one's baggage from the aircraft after a flight. Most of the time, the baggage claim area contains baggage carousels that deliver any checked baggage to the passenger. The baggage claim area will also usually contain the airline customers service counter for claiming items that are too large to fit on the carousel or to report missing baggage.
	Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. It is the second-largest city in Southwest Asia after Tehran and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo, and the largest city in Iraq, with the 2003 population estimated at 5,772,000. Situated on the Tigris at , the city was once the center of Dar al-Islam, Muslim civilisation.
	Bagpipes Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones using enclosed reed . The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe."
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	Baguette A baguette is a variety of bread distinguishable by its much greater length than width. A standard baguette is five or six centimeters wide and three or four centimeters tall, but can be up to a meter in length. It is also known in English language as a French stick or a French loaf.
	Bahamian dollar The dollar has been the currency of The Bahamas since 1966. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively BS$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents.
	Bahía Blanca Coat of Arms of Baha Blanca Baha Blanca is a city located in the south east of the provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, head town of Bahia Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the .
	Bahia grass Bahia grass, also known as Common bahia and Pensacola bahia, is a tropical to subtropical perennial grass. It is notable for its prominent dual, V-shaped inflorescence consisting of two spike-like racemes containing multiple tiny spikelets, each about 2.8-3.5 mm long.
	Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a borderless country island nation in the Persian Gulf . Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway , and Qatar is to the south across the Persian Gulf. The QatarBahrain Friendship Bridge, currently being planned, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.
	Bai The Bai are one of the List of Chinese ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They numbered 1,858,063 as of 2000. Bai people live mostly in the provinces of Yunnan, and in neighboring Guizhou and Hunan provinces. An estimated 1,240,000 of the Bai speak the Bai in all its varieties.
	Bailey bridge The Bailey bridge is a portable Prefabrication truss bridge, designed for use by military engineering units to bridge up to 60 metre gaps. It requires no special tools or heavy equipment for construction, the bridge elements are small enough to be carried in trucks, and the bridge is strong enough to carry tanks.
	Bailiff Bailiff is a governor or custodian; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offices and duties vary greatly.
	Bailiwick A bailiwick is the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff. The term was also applied to a territory in which the sheriff's functions were exercised by a privately appointed bailiff under a Crown grant. The word is now more generally used in a metaphorical sense, to indicate a sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest.
	Bain-marie A bain-marie is a device used in industry , chemistry laboratories, and in cooking to heat materials gradually to a fixed temperature.
	Baize Baize is a coarse woollen or cotton cloth, called "felt" in American English, often coloured red or green. It is often used on snooker and billiards tables. As the surface finish for baize is not exceptional, it is generally not used for tables used on the professional circuit.
	Baja California Baja California is the northernmost States of Mexico of Mexico. It is sometimes informally referred to as Baja California Norte to distinguish it from the Baja California peninsula, from which it forms the northern half, and Baja California Sur, which forms the southern half of the peninsula.
	Baked potato A baked potato, also known as a jacket potato, is the edible result of baking a potato. Generally potatoes are baked either in an oven, a microwave oven, on a Grill, or on an open fire. Baked potatoes are widely popular due to their availability, ease of preparation, and filling nature.
	Bakelite Bakelite is a brand named material based on the thermosetting plastic phenol formaldehyde resin polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, developed in 19071909 by Dr. Leo Baekeland. Formed by the reaction under heat and pressure of phenol and formaldehyde, generally with a wood flour filler, it was the first plastic made from synthetic polymers.
	Baker A baker is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. Cakes and similar foods may also be produced as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades. The place where a baker works is called a bakehouse, bakeshop, or bakery.
	Baker's dozen A baker's dozen, also known as long dozen, is 13, one more than a proper dozen. The expression found its genesis in 13th century England.
	Baklava Baklava or baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East, South Asia, and the Balkans. It is made of chopped nut s layered with phyllo pastry, sweetened with sugar or honey syrup.