Bryony Bryony or briony is the common name for species in the genus Bryonia of perennial, tendril-vine, dioecious herbs with palmately lobed leaves and flowers in axillary clusters. The fruit is a smooth, globular berry. The England species Bryonia alba is known as white or red bryony and grows in hedgerows as far north as Yorkshire.
	Bryophyte The bryophytes are those embryophyte plants that are non-vascular plant: they have tissues and enclosed reproductive systems, but they lack vascular tissue that circulates liquids. They neither flower nor produce seeds, reproducing via spores.
	Bryozoa Bryozoans are tiny colonial animals that generally build stony skeletons of calcium carbonate, superficially similar to coral. They are also known as moss animals or sea mats. They generally prefer warm, tropical waters but are known to occur worldwide. There are about 5,000 living species, with several times that number of fossil forms known.
	Bubalus Bubalus is a genus of bovines, the English name of which is buffalo. Species that belong to this genus are: * Subgenus Bubalus ** Water Buffalo, Bubalus bubalus ** Tamaraw, Bubalus mindorensis * Subgenus Anoa ** Anoa, Bubalus depressicornis
	Bubble and squeak When 'midst the frying pan, in accents savage, the beef so surly, quarrels with the cabbage. Bubble and squeak is a traditional England dish made with the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner. The chief ingredients are potato and cabbage, but carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can be added.
	Bubble bath Bubble baths can be obtained by adding a product containing sodium dodecyl sulfate and is certified lather to water. Rubber ducks and other toys may make taking a Soap bubble bath more enjoyable.
	Bubble chamber A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheating transparency liquid used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. The charged particle deposits sufficient energy in the liquid that it begins to boil along its path, forming a string of bubbles.
	Bubble dance The bubble dance is an erotic dance developed by Sally Rand. This was an alternative to the striptease. The dancer dances with a huge bubble to make some interesting poses. In one show of one of the Looney Tunes series, called Hollywood Steps Out, she is seen with her bubble dance.
	Bubbler Bubbler is a trademarked name that refers to a drinking fountain. The term is still used in several regional dialects of the United States such as in Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Rhode Island, far eastern Connecticut, Southeastern Massachusetts as well as in New South Wales, Australia.
	Bubonic plague Bubo plague is the best-known variant of the deadly infectious disease plague, which is caused by the Enterobacteriaceae Yersinia pestis.
	Bucharest ame=Municipiul Bucuresti| coa_pic=Stema municipiu bucuresti.png| map=Bucuresti-localization.png| status=Capital of Romania| mayor=Adriean Videanu| party=Democratic Party | election=2005| area=228| census=2003| population=2,082,000| density=9131.5| coordinates=| website= is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania.
	Buck Privates Buck Privates is the 1941 in film comedy film/World War II film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bonafide movie stars. It was also the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the U.S.
	Bucket A bucket, also called a pail, is a watertight, vertical cylinder or Truncation Cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. Buckets have been used since very ancient times, mainly for transporting water from a fountain or water well into permanent reservoir such as water holes and barrels.
	Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, a base for many officially visiting Head of State, and a major tourist attraction. It has been a rallying point for British people at times of national rejoicing, crisis or grief.
	Buckle History Buckles were used in ancient Greece and ancient Rome, particularly in military equipment and military dress. Buckles were first used commonly in the cheek strap of the Roman Military_history_of_the_Roman_Empire, hence the word origin from the Latin buccacheek.
	Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller was an United States visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question of whether humanity has a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how.
	Buckram Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes. See also * Bookbinding Category:Textiles
	Buckskins Buckskins are clothing, usually consisting of a jacket and leggings, made from buckskin, a soft sueded leather from the hide of deer or Red Deer. Buckskins are often trimmed with fringe. They can be decorated with beads, embroidery, or quill.
	Buckthorn The Buckthorns Rhamnus are a genus of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall, in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. They are native throughout the temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere, and also more locally in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere in parts of Africa and South America.
	Buckwheat Common buckwheat is a plant in the genus Fagopyrum in the family Polygonaceae. With its congeners Tartary Buckwheat and perennial buckwheat, it is often counted as a cereal, though unlike most cereals the buckwheats are not true Poaceaees.
	Bucolic Bucolic, although often used as an adjective, is a noun originally describing a type of pastoral poetry that praises rural life over that of the city. The manner of a bucolic is usually somewhat fantastic, and the poetry tends to contrast the pleasant and pure life of the country with the corrupt and corrosive world of society.
	Bud In botany, a bud is an undeveloped shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the Plant stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately. The buds of many woody plants, especially in temperate or cold climates, are protected by a covering of modified leaves called scales which tightly enclose the more delicate parts of the bud.
	Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary city of Hungary and the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry and transportation center. Budapest has approximately 1.7 million inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.1 million.
	Buddha In Buddhism, a Buddha is any being who has become fully awakened, has permanently overcome greed, hate, and ignorance, and has achieved complete liberation from suffering. Enlightenment is the highest form of happiness. It only applies to the first one who has achieved this without prior knowledge of Buddhism.
	Buddhism Buddhism is a Dharmic religions, Nontheism religion, a way of life, a practical philosophy, and arguably a form of psychology. Buddhism focuses on the teachings of Gautama Buddha, who lived on the Indian subcontinent in or around the fifth century BCE.
	Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley , better known as Buddy Holly, was an United States singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. The change of spelling of Holley to Holly came about because of an error in a contract he was asked to sign, listing him as Buddy Holly. That spelling was then adopted for his professional career.
	Budgerigar The Budgerigar, the only species in the Australian genus Melopsittacus, is a small parrot belonging to the tribe of the broad-tailed parrots; these are sometimes considered a subfamily, which may be correct, in which the budgerigar is then placed as a separate tribe, which is almost certainly erroneous.
	Buenos Aires |- | ISO 3166-2:AR || AR-C |- | List of Mayors and Chiefs of Government of Buenos Aires || Jorge Telerman Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port. It is on the southern shore of the Ro de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent, opposite Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, at .
	Buffalo Bill William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was an United States soldier, American buffalo hunter and showman. He was born in the United States state of Iowa, near Le Claire, Iowa. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes.
	Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo, New York metropolitan area, and play their home games in the suburb of Orchard Park , New York. They are currently members of the AFC East of the American Football Conference in the National Football League .
	Buffalo wings Buffalo wings, are unbreaded chicken wing sections, deep fried, and coated in a cayenne pepper-based sauce with other seasonings. Although many variations on this sauce exist, the original sauce is composed of only five ingredients: cayenne pepper sauce, white vinegar, butter, salt, and garlic.
	Buffet A buffet is a meal-serving system where patrons serve themselves. It is a popular method of feeding large numbers of people with minimal staff. The term is also used to describe a sideboard, an antique form of furniture which was sometimes used to offer the dishes of a buffet meal to guests, in private homes.
	Bufflehead The Bufflehead is a small sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. They are 32-39 cm long, with the drakes larger than the females. Adult males have a dark head with a large white cap behind the eye and a mainly white body with a black back. Adult females have a brown head with a smaller white patch behind the eye and a mainly brown body.
	Buffoon The term Buffoon is a term for someone who provides amusement by his appearance or behavior or both. The etymology of the term may originate from the old Italian "buffare", meaning to puff out one's cheeks. Robin Williams conjectures in the movie Toys that the word "is a combination of the words 'buffer' and 'fool.' Or perhaps 'buffamotus,' he who carries the pickle."
	Bufo Bufo, Joseph Nicolai Laurenti, 1768, is a large genus of more than 250 species of true toads in the Amphibia family Bufonidae.
	Bufo debilis The Green Toad is a species of toad found in the Southwestern United States United States in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Texas, as well as in northern Mexico in the states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Durango, and Zacatecas.
	Bufo speciosus The Texas Toad is a species of small True Toad native to the United States, primarily in the state of Texas, but it ranges north into Oklahoma, west into New Mexico and south into Mexico.
	Buganda Buganda is the kingdom of the 52 clans of the Baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. The three million Baganda make up the largest Ugandan ethnic group, although they represent only about 16.7 percent of the population. The name Uganda, the Swahili term for Buganda, was adopted by British officials in 1894 when they established the Protectorate, centred in Buganda.
	Building material Building material is any material which is used for a construction purpose. Just about every type of available material has been used at one time or another for creating various human and animal homes, structures, and technologies. This reference deals with Human habitats and architecture including homes.
	Bujumbura Bujumbura is the capital city of Burundi. The city lies at the north eastern corner of Lake Tanganyika, and with an estimated population of 300,000 in 1994 is Burundi's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. Manufactures include textiles, and soap.
	Bulawayo Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676,000, now estimated on 707,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439km south-west of Harare, and is the capital of Matabeleland North.
	Bulb A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaf that are used as food storage organs by a dormancy plant. A bulb's leaf bases generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions. The leaf bases may overlap and surround the center of the bulb as with lilies, or may completely surround the inner regions of the bulb, as with the onion.
	Bulbul Bulbuls are a family of medium-sized perching bird songbirds resident in Africa and tropical Asia. There are about 130 species. These are mostly frugivore birds. Some are colorful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage.
	Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the east, Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north, mostly along the Danube.
	Bulgarians The Bulgarians are a South Slavs people generally associated with Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. The majority of the Bulgarians nowadays live in the Republic of Bulgaria, although there are Bulgarian minorities or immigrant communities in a number of other countries.
	Bulgur Bulgur is made from several different wheat species, but most often from durum wheat. The key attributes of traditional bulgur production are that the grain is parboil, dried and then de-branned. Bulgur is often confused with cracked wheat, which is made from crushed wheat grains which have not been parboiled.
	Bull shark The bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the bull whaler, Zambezi River shark or colloquially Zambi, is common worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts. They are known for their unpredictable behavior and uniquely among the marine sharks they have a tolerance for fresh water and can travel up rivers, posing a threat to those who venture into the water.
	Bull Snake The Bull Snake is a large species of non-venom colubrid snake found predominantly in the central United States. The epithet sayi is in honor of the renowned zoology Thomas Say.
	Bull Terrier The Bull Terrier is a dog breed of dog in the terrier family.
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	Bulldog clip A bulldog clip is a device for temporarily binding sheets of paper together. It consists of a rectangular sheet of springy steel curved into a cylinder, with two flat steel strips inserted to form combined handles and jaws. The user presses the two handles together, causing the jaws to open against the force of the spring, then inserts a stack of papers and releases the handles.
	Bulldozer A bulldozer is a very powerful Tractor crawler equipped with a blade. The term "bulldozer" is often used to mean any heavy engineering vehicle, but precisely, the term refers only to a tractor fitted with a dozer blade. That is the meaning used herein.
	Bullet A bullet is a solid projectile propelled by a firearm and is normally made from metal . A bullet does not contain explosives, and damages its target by imparting its kinetic energy upon impact. The word "bullet" is often incorrectly used to refer to the combination of bullet, Casing , gunpowder and primer; such an item is properly called a Cartridge .
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	Bulletin board system A Bulletin Board System or BBS is Computer software that allows users to connect to the computer system on which the software is installed. In the beginning this connection was typically made over an analog public switched telephone network, to perform various social and recreational tasks, and communicate with others on the system.
	Bulletproof vest A bullet-resistant vest - is an article of protective clothing that works as a form of armour to minimize injury from projectiles fired from handguns, shotguns and rifles. They are commonly worn by police forces, the military, and private security and civilians where legal.
	Bullfighting Bullfighting or tauromachy is a tradition that involves, most of the time, professional performers who execute various formal moves with the goal of appearing graceful and confident, while masterful over the Cattle itself; these maneuvers are performed at close range, concluding with the death of the bull by a well-placed sword thrust as the finale; whereas in Portugal the finale consists of a unique tradition called the pega where men are dressed in a traditional costume, of damask or velvet, with the long
	Bullfrog The American Bull Frog is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or "true frogs", native to much of North America.
	Bullock's Oriole The Bullock's Oriole, Icterus bullockii, is a small icterid. At one time, this species and the Baltimore Oriole were considered to be a single species, the Northern Oriole. Adults have a pointed bill. The adult male is orange on the underparts, face and rump with black everywhere else; they have a white wing patch.
	Bullpen Category:Baseball terminology In baseball, the bullpen is the area where pitchers warm-up before entering a game. Depending on the ballpark, it may be situated in foul territory down the baselines or just beyond the outfield fence. Also, the group of relief pitchers for a team is collectively referred to as the bullpen.
	Bullring A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with Spain, but they can also be found in neighboring countries and the New World. Bullrings are often historic and culturally significant centers that bear many structural similarities to the Ancient Rome amphitheatre.
	Bum Bum may refer to the following: style="float: left;">*Bum, a pejorative slang word used in the U.S. for a homeless person; see also hobo * Bum, a vernacular or slang word used in some countries, such as the U.K., for buttocks * Bum, Afghanistan also Bum, is the name of a city in Afghanistan
	Bumblebee The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae. Like the common honeybee, of which it is a relative, the bumblebee feeds on nectar and gathers pollen to feed its young. These creatures are beneficial to humans and the plant world alike, and tend to be larger and furrier than other members of the bee family.
	Bumper A bumper is a part of a automobile designed to allow one vehicle to impact with another and to withstand that collision without severe damage to the vehicle's frame. Brush guards, push bars, etc. were added "after-market" to bumpers of automobiles, pickups, trucks, and utility vehicles since at least the 1920s to provide additional protection to the vehicle.
	Bumper car Bumper car is the generic name for a type of flat ride consisting of several small electric cars that draw their power from an overhead grid, which is turned off by the operator at the end of a session. They are also known as dodgem cars. The metal floor is usually set up as a rectangular or oval track, and graphite is sprinkled on the floor to decrease friction.
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	Bungalow A bungalow is a type of single story house. The word derives from Hindi word bangla from 1676. It literally means a house "in the Bengal style". Such houses were traditionally small, only one story, thatched and had a wide veranda. Bungalows today are a type of house that is usually single story or one and a half stories, and can be quite large.
	Bungarus Bungarus is a genus of venomous snake Elapidae snakes found in India and South-East Asia. Commonly referred to as kraits, there are 12 species and 5 subspecies.
	Bungarus fasciatus Bungarus fasciatus is a venomous snake Elapidae snake species found in India and Southeast Asia. It is commonly called the Banded Krait.
	Bunk A bunk is a bed or other place for sleeping, particularly a narrow bed built like a shelf into or against a wall, as in a ship's cabin, or several like beds stacked over one another known as a bunkbed. These enable people to sleep in a high density fashion, using minimal floor space.