Boris Godunov Boris Feodorovich Godunov was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurik Dynasty tsar from 1598 to 1605.
	Boris Karloff Boris Karloff , born William Henry "Bill" Pratt, was an England actor best known for his roles in horror films. After gaining fame, he was sometimes billed as "Karloff" and sometimes as "Karloff the Uncanny".
	Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian poet, writer best known in the West for his epic novel Doctor Zhivago , a tragedy whose events span the last period of Czarist Russia and the early days of the Soviet Union, and first published in Italy in 1957.
	Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian chess player and former World Chess Championship.
	Borneo Borneo is the List of islands by size. It has an area of 743,330 km , and is located at the centre of the Malay archipelago and Indonesia. Borneo is considered to be part of the geographic region of Southeast Asia. Borneo is only a western reference and the term is rarely used locally; the name Borneo itself was only given by the Dutch East Indies during their colonial period.
	Bornite Bornite is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5FeS4 that crystallizes in the cubic system. It has a brown to copper-red color on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to an iridescent purple surface. Its purple to bronze iridescence gives it the nickname peacock ore.
	Boron |- | colspan="6" align="center" | *Boron-10 content may be as low as 19.1% and ashigh as 20.3% in natural samples. Boron-11 isthe remainder in such cases. Boron is a chemical element with atomic number 5 and the chemical symbol B. A trivalent metalloid element, boron occurs abundantly in the ore borax.
	Boron trifluoride Boron trifluoride is a pungent pale yellow highly Toxin gas. In moist air it forms white fumes. Boron trifluoride can be handled as a liquid in a Lewis acid-base adduct with diethyl ether. The molecule BF3 consists of boron and fluorine in a trigonal planar geometry.
	Borough A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. Usually a borough is a single incorporated town, but certain large city corporations or municipality are subdivided into boroughs, which enables certain municipal functions to be carried out by the borough and thus providing it with a certain level of autonomy.
	Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochaete bacteria and the causative agent of Lyme disease, its most commonly transmitted to humans through an infected tick bite. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans that usually blooms from the bite mark.
	Borscht Borscht is a vegetable soup, usually including beet roots, which gives it a strong red color. Among English language speakers, the word is pronounced as a single syllable, including the "t". As some speakers find this difficult, many drop the "t" and pronounce it "borsh."
	Borscht Belt Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County, New York and Ulster County, New York Counties in upstate New York which were frequented by Ashkenazi Jews. Borscht is a kind of beet soup popular with people of Eastern European origin.
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	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of southern Europe with an area of 51,129 km , and an estimated population of around four million people. It is known in the country's official languages as Bosna i Hercegovina or ????? ? ??????????? , although the name is commonly abbreviated to Bosnia, BiH or ???.
	BOSS BOSS is a division of the Japan-based Roland Corporation that specializes in manufacturing musical equipment and accessories. The company is famous for its colorful line of compact effects pedals with acronymic titles for guitar and bass guitar.
	Boston fern The Boston fern is a species of fern in the family Davalliaceae, native to tropical regions throughout the world. It is common in humid forests and swamps, especially in northern South America, Mexico, Central America, Florida, the West Indies, Polynesia and Africa.
	Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was a direct action protest by the American colonists against Great Britain in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks on ships in Boston Harbor. The incident, which took place on Thursday, December 16, 1773, has been seen as helping to spark the American Revolution.
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	Bosun's chair A bosun's chair is a device used to suspend a person from a rope in order to perform work aloft. It is distinguished from a climbing harness by the inclusion of a more or less rigid seat, providing more comfort than even the best-padded straps for long-term use. In exchange, the bosun's chair does not allow the freedom of movement necessary for climbing, and the occupant is generally hoisted or lowered into place using the rope alone.
	Boswellia Boswellia is a genus of trees known for their fragrant resin which has many pharmacological uses particularly as anti-inflamatories. The Bible incense frankincense was probably an extract from the resin of the tree, Boswellia sacra. There are four main species of Boswellia which produce true Frankincense and each type of resin is available in various grades.
	Bot Bot may refer to: * Robot, a mechanical device that can perform physical tasks * Internet bot, a type of computer program to do automated tasks ** Computer game bot, a computer controlled player or opponent ** Botnet, a network of "zombie" computers used to do automated tasks such as spamming or reversing spamming
	Botanical garden Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes. Botanists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material. Botanical gardens may also serve to entertain and educate the public, upon whom many depend for funding.
	Botany Botany is the Scientific method of plantlife. As a branch of biology, it is also sometimes referred to as plant science or plant biology. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study the Plant anatomy, growth, reproduction, metabolism, morphogenesis, phytopathology, ecology, and evolution of plants.
	Botaurus Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. It has a single representative species in each of North America, Central America and South America, Eurasia and Australasia. The two northern species are partially bird migration, with many birds moving south to warmer areas in winter.
	Botfly Oestridae is a family of Oestroidea. It is one of several families of hairy Fly whose larvae live as parasites within the bodies of mammals, such as the Desert Woodrat. There are approximately 150 known species worldwide. Only one bot fly species attacks humans, the Dermatobia hominis.
	Bothidae Lefteye flounders are a family, Bothidae, of flounders. They are called "lefteye flounders" because most species lie on the sea bottom on their right side, with both eyes on the left side.
	Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa. Formerly the United Kingdom protectorate of Bechuanaland Protectorate, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming Independence within the Commonwealth of Nations on September 30, 1966.
	Bottle A bottle is a small container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a "mouth." Bottles are often made of glass, plastic or aluminum, and typically used to store liquids. e.g. water, milk, soft drinks, beer, wine, cooking oil, medicine, liquid soap, shampoo, ink, etc.
	Bottle opener A bottle opener is a device which enables the removal of metal bottle caps from bottles. More generally, it might be thought to include Corkscrews used to remove cork or plastic stoppers from wine bottles. Another name for some types of bottle opener is churchkey.
	Bottlebrush Bottlebrush is a genus with 34 species of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae. The majority of Callistemon species are endemic to Australia; four species are also found in New Caledonia. They are commonly referred to as bottlebrushes because of their cylindrical, brush like flowers resembling a traditional bottle brush.
	Bottled water Bottled water is drinking water packaged in bottles for individual consumption and retail sale. The water used may be from any source, including spring water, well water, purified water, Water supply, or even untreated or contaminated water. Many countries, particularly developed countries, regulate the quality of bottled water through government standards, typically used to ensure that water quality is safe and labels accurately reflect bottle contents.
	Bottleneck A bottleneck is literally the neck of a glass or pottery bottle. An hourglass has a bottleneck at its mid-point whose diameter governs the time that granular contents of a given mass will take to pass through. Metaphorically a bottleneck is a section of a route with a carrying capacity substantially below that characterising other sections of the same route.
	Bottlenose Dolphin The Bottlenose Dolphin is the most common and well-known dolphin species. It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all but the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Oceans.
	Bottlenose whale A bottlenose whale is one of two species of whale in the Ziphidae family. The two species - the Northern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon ampullatus and the Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons are the sole members of the Hyperoodon genus.
	Boudoir A boudoir is a lady's private bedroom, sitting room or dressing room. The term derives from the French language verb bouder, meaning "to pout". Historically, the boudoir formed part of the private suite of rooms of a lady, for bathing and dressing, adjacent to her bedchamber, being the female equivalent of the male cabinet.
	Bougainville *Louis Antoine de Bougainville *Bougainville Province *Bougainville Island *Bougainville, Somme in Somme dpartement, France
	Bougainvillea Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to the tropical and subtropical regions of South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina. Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The name comes from Louis Antoine de Bougainville, an admiral in the French Navy who discovered the plant in Brazil in 1768.
	Bouillabaisse Bouillabaisse is a traditional Provence fish stew originating from the port city of Marseille. The French and English form bouillaisse comes from the Provenal language word bolhabaissa [?buja'bajs?], a compound that consists of the two verbs bolhir and abaissar.
	Bouillon Bouillon is a municipality located in the district of Neufchteau, in the western part of the Belgium province of Luxembourg in the French language Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium Wallonia. On January 2006 Bouillon had a total population of 5,455.
	Boulder In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 millimeter diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. Some famous rock formations involve giant boulders exposed by erosion, such as the Devil's Marbles in Australia's Northern Territory.
	Boulevard Boulevard has several generally accepted meanings. It was first introduced in the French language in 1435 as boloard and has since been altered into boulevard. In this case, as a street name, a boulevard is usually a wide, multi-lane arterial divided thoroughfare, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery.
	Bounces Bounces is a 1986 sports/fighting game released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Points are scored by catching and throwing the bouncing ball into a goal, or by knocking the opponent out with the ball or hand-to-hand combat. Each contestant is hampered by being attached to the wall by a length of elastic.
	Bounty Bounty can refer to different things: * bounty, an amount of money or other reward offered by an organization for the capture of a person or thing * The Mutiny on the Bounty was a British Royal Navy ship, famous for the mutiny on it, which is depicted in a number of works of fiction, most notably the novel Mutiny on the Bounty
	Bounty hunter A bounty hunter is an individual who seeks out fugitive for a money, for apprehending by law, if such laws exist.
	Boustrophedon Boustrophedon or boustrephedon is an ancient way of writing manuscripts and other inscriptions in which, rather than going from left to right as in modern English language, or right to left as in Hebrew language and Arabic language, alternate lines must be read in opposite directions.
	Bouteloua Bouteloua is a genus of the grass family, Poaceae. It includes blue grama. Bouteloua derives its name from Claudio Boutelou, a Spaniard who wrote about agriculture. Species within the genus Bouteloua include: * B. aristidoides * B. curtipendula * B. eriopoda
	Boutonniere A boutonniere is a floral decoration pinned to the jacket lapel on a tuxedo or other formal attire. It is usually reserved for special occasions like prom and weddings. It usually matches a corsage worn by the female. The wearing of the boutonniere is a tradition originating in France.
	Bouvet Island Bouvet Island is an uninhabited sub-antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope . It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty, as it is north of the latitude below which claims are suspended.
	Bouvier des Flandres image = Bouvier des Flandres.jpg | image_caption = A Bouvier des Flandres | name = Bouvier des Flandres | altname = Flanders Cattle Dog Vlaamse Koehond | country = Belgium | fcigroup = 1 | fcisection = 2 | fcinum = 191 | fcistd = akcgroup = Herding | akcstd = ankcgroup = Group 5 | ankcstd = fcistd = ckcgroup = Group 7 - Herding Dogs
	Bovid A bovid is any of almost 140 species of cloven-hoof mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. The family is widespread, being native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica, and diverse: members include American Bison, bison, antelopes, gazelles, and both wild and domesticated cattle, sheep, goats, and water buffalo.
	Bovinae The biological subfamily Bovinae includes a diverse group of about 24 species of medium-sized to large ungulates, including domestic cattle, Bison, the Water Buffalo, the Yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. The evolutionary relationship between the members of the group is obscure, and their classification into loose tribes rather than formal sub-groups reflects this uncertainty.
	Bovril Bovril is the trademarked name of a thick, salty beef extract, sold in a distinctive, bulbous jar. A spoonful of the semi-liquid paste in hot water makes a savoury drink. It can also be used as a flavouring for soups, stews or porridge, or spread on bread, especially toast.
	Bow Down Bow Down is an album by Westside Connection. The group formed because they felt that the East Coast artists lacked respect for the West Coast, which had fallen that year with the death of 2Pac and the collapse of Death Row Records. At first, the album received a fair amount of attention, but eventually became seen by some as a Hip-Hop classic with hits like Bow Down and Gangsters make the world go round.
	Bow tie The bow tie is a fashion accessory, popularly worn with other formal attire, such as suit or dinner jacket, most commonly by men. It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around the collar in a symmetry manner such that the two opposite ends form loops.
	Bowerbird Bowerbirds and catbirds make up the family Ptilonorhynchidae. All are small to medium in size. Although their distribution is centered around the tropical northern part of Australia-New Guinea, some species extend into the central Australian desert and the cold mountainous regions of southeast Australia.
	Bowfin The bowfins are an order of primitive ray-finned fish. Only one species, the bowfin Amia calva, family Amiidae, exists today, although additional species in six families are known from Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene fossils. These included the huge Leedsicthys, the biggest fish that ever existed.
	Bowhead Whale The Bowhead Whale, also known as Greenland Right Whale or Arctic Whale, is a marine mammal of the order Cetacea. It can grow to 20 m., long.
	Bowie knife Bowie knife is a term commonly used in modern times to refer to any large sheath knife. It also applies to a specific style of knife designed by Colonel Jim Bowie and originally created by James Black.
	Bowler hat - ||- ||} The bowler hat is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown created for Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester of Holkham, in 1850. It was designed by the hatters James and George Lock of Mr. Lock of St. James's Street and was dubbed by them early on as the "iron hat". The Locks sent their design to the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler who produced the prototype of the hat for Coke.
	Bowline The bowline is an ancient but simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. The structure of the bowline is identical to that of the sheet bend, except the bowline forms a loop in one rope and the sheet bend joins two ropes. Along with the sheet bend and the clove hitch, is often considered one of the most essential knots.
	Bowling Bowling is a game in which players attempt to score points by rolling a ball along a flat surface to knock down objects called pins. There are many forms of bowling, with the earliest dating back to ancient Egypt. The best known form of bowling is probably the United States game of ten-pin bowling.
	Bowling ball A bowling ball is a round ball made from rubber, urethane, plastic, reactive resin or a combination of these materials which is used in the sport of bowling. Ten-pin bowling balls generally have a set of three holes drilled in them, one each for the ring finger and middle finger, and one for the thumb; however, rules allow for up to five finger holes.
	Bowling green In English History of gardens, a bowling green is a finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of flat lawn for playing the game of Bowls, a fashion in the early 16th century. An Italian version of the game is bocce. The world's oldest surviving bowling green is the Southampton Old Bowling Green, which was first used in 1299.
	Bowls Bowls is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls closer to a smaller white ball than one's opponent is able to do. It is related to bocce and ptanque. This game is most popular in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and in other UK territories.
	Bowsprit The bowsprit, or boltsprit, of a sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow. It provides an anchor point for the forestay(s), allowing the mast to be stepped further forward on the hull. On large tall ships the bowsprit may be a considerable length and have several forestays attached.
	Box * Inhabited boxes: ** Luxury box ** Police box ** Signal box ** Telephone box ** Box, Vagina slang
	Box camera The box camera is, with the exception of the pin hole camera, a camera in its simplest form. The classic box camera is shaped more or less like a box, hence the name. A box camera has a simple optical system, often only in the form of a simple meniscus Photographic lens. It usually lacks a focus system as well as control of aperture and shutter speeds.
	Box kite A box kite is a classic high-performance Kite_flying. It was invented by the Australian William Hargrave in 1893. Hargrave also linked several box kites together, creating sufficient lift for him to fly some 16 ft off the ground. A winged variant of this kite is known as the Cody kite following its development by Samuel Cody as a platform for military observation during the Second Boer War.
	Box office A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through an unblocked hole through a wall, or at a wicket. The term is often used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a synonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives.
	Box turtle The box turtle is one of several species of turtles. It can refer to either those of the genus Cuora or Pyxidea, which are the Asian box turtles, or more commonly to species of the genus Terrapene, the North American box turtles. They are largely characterized by having a domed animal shell,which is hinged at the bottom, allowing the animal to close its shell tighly to escape predators.