Battle of the Philippine Sea The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an air-sea battle of the Pacific War of World War II fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy on June 19 and June 20 1944, off the Mariana Islands. The action was a disaster for the Japanese forces, who lost almost all of their carrier-borne aircraft and a third of the carriers involved in the battle.
	Battle of Thermopylae In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greece city-states fought the invading Persian Empire army in the mountain pass, Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. A small force led by king Leonidas I of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass.
	Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, is part of the War of the Third Coalition assembled by United Kingdom against France. It was the most significant naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars and the pivotal naval battle of the 19th century. A Royal Navy fleet of 27 Ship of the line destroyed an allied France and Spain fleet of 33 ships of the line west of Cape Trafalgar in south-west Spain.
	Battle of Valmy The Battle of Valmy formed a turning point in the wars associated with the French Revolution. After France declared war on Austria on 20 April 1792 and following early encounters in which French arms did not distinguish themselves, anti-revolutionary forces advanced into France.The combined invading force comprised Prussians, Austrians, Hessians and migrs under the Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick , representing the supreme command of King Frederick William II of Prussia
	Battle of Verdun The Battle of Verdun, fought from 21 February to 19 December 1916 around the city of Verdun in northeast France, was one of the most important battles in World War I on the Western Front . The battle was fought between the German and French armies.
	Battle of Wagram The Battle of Wagram, around the isle of Lobau on the Danube and on the plain of the Marchfeld around the town of Deutsch-Wagram, 15 km north-east of Vienna, Austria, took place on July 5 and July 6, 1809 and resulted in a victory of First French Empire forces under Napoleon Bonaparte over the Austrian Empirens under Archduke Charles of Austria.
	Battle of Wake Island The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the Attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on December 23, 1941, with the surrender of the American forces to the Japanese. It was fought on and around the atoll formed by Wake Island and its islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands by the air, land and naval forces of the Empire of Japan against those of the United States of America, with Marine playing a prominent role on both sides.
	Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon I of France's last battle. After his exile to Elba, he had reinstalled himself on the throne of France for a Hundred Days. During this time, the forces of the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom, Prussia and the Russian Empire converged on him, commanded by the United Kingdom's Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Prussia's Gebhard Leberecht von Blcher.
	Battle of Zama The Battle of Zama, generally accepted to have been fought on or around October 19 of 202 BC, was the final and decisive battle of the Second Punic War. A Roman Republic army led by Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthage force led by Hannibal Barca.
	Battledore and Shuttlecock Battledore and Shuttlecock or Jeu de Volantis is an early game similar to that of modern Badminton. The Battledore refers to a Racquet similar to a tennis racquet or a badminton racquet. Over the end, a large piece of parchment, hide, or other elastic material is stretched.
	Battlement A battlement, in defensive architecture such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet, in which portions have been cut out at intervals to allow the discharge of arrows or other missiles. These cut-out portions form crenels. The solid widths between the crenels are called merlons.
	Battleship Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully naval artillery and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries. Battleships evolved from northern European cog , and included carracks and galleons in the 16th Century, ships of the line in the 17th and 18th centuries, broadside ironclads and Pre-Dreadnoughts in the 19th century, and HMS Dreadnought in the 20th Century.
	Bauhaus Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933 and briefly in the United States from 1937-1938 and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. The most natural meaning for its name is Architecture House.
	Bauhinia Bauhinia is a genus of more than 200 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Switzerland-France botanists.
	Bauhinia variegata Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southern China west to India. Common names include Orchidtree and Mountain-ebony. It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 10-12 m tall, deciduous in the dry season.
	Bauxite Bauxite is an aluminium ore which consists largely of the Al minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite and diaspore AlOOH, together with the iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase TiO2. It was named after the village Les Baux-de-Provence in southern France, where it was first discovered in 1821.
	Bavaria The Free state of Bavaria  , with an area of 70,553 km and 12.4 million inhabitants, forms the southernmost States of Germany of today's Germany. Its capital is Munich.
	Bawls Bawls Guarana is a soft drink containing a relatively large amount of caffeine. It contains caffeine and natural guarana flavor among other ingredients. It is popular at LAN party, tech support, and among paintballers. Some people have reported improved memory retention and concentration, likely due to its caffeine content.
	Bay Laurel The Bay Laurel, also known as True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel, Laurel, or Bay Tree, is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 1018 metre tall, native to the Mediterranean region. The leaf are 612 cm long and 24 cm broad, with a characteristic finely serrated and wrinkled margin.
	Bay leaf Bay leaf is the aromatic leaf of several species of the Laurel family . Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance. *Mediterranean bay leaf *California bay leaf *"Indian bay leaf" Category:Herbs ja:???? pl:Liscie bobkowe
	Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is a Headlands and bays that forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered on the east by Malay Peninsula, and on the west by India. On the northern tip of the "bay" lie the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh, thus the name.
	Bay of Biscay The Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies along the western coast of France from Brest, France south to the Spain border, and the northern coast of Spain, and is named for the Spanish province of Biscay. The southern end of the gulf is also called by the Spanish Cantabrian Sea, for the region of Cantabria.
	Bay of Campeche The Bay of Campeche is the southern bight of the Gulf of Mexico. It is surrounded on three sides by the Mexico States of Mexico of Campeche, Tabasco and Veracruz. It was named by Francisco Hernndez de Crdoba and Antonio de Alaminos during their expedition around 1517.
	Bay of Fundy The Bay of Fundy is a Headlands and bays located on the Atlantic Ocean coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canada Provinces of Canada of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the United States U.S. state of Maine.
	Bay Willow The Bay Willow is a willow native to northern Europe and northern Asia. It is a large shrub or small tree growing to 14 m tall, usually growing in wet, boggy ground. The Leaf are glossy dark green, 5-12 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are catkins, produced in late spring after the leaves; the male catkins are yellow, 2-5 cm long, the female catkins greenish, 1.5-3 cm long.
	Bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan. The angles most commonly used are 90, 45 and 30 degrees. Bay windows are often associated with Victorian architecture architecture.
	Bayer Bayer Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany chemical industry and pharmaceutical industry company founded in 1863. It is headquartered in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is well-known for its original brand of aspirin.
	Bayonet A bayonet is a knife- or dagger-shaped weapon designed to fit on or over the muzzle of a rifle barrel or similar weapon. It is a close-combat or last-resort weapon.
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	Bayonne Bridge The Bayonne Bridge is the third longest steel Compression arch suspended-deck bridge in the world. It connects Bayonne, New Jersey, New Jersey with Staten Island, New York, spanning the Kill Van Kull. The bridge was designed by the master bridge-builder Othmar Ammann and the architect Cass Gilbert.
	Bayou A bayou is a small, slow-moving stream or creek. Bayous are usually located in low-lying areas, for example in the Mississippi River River delta region of the southern United States. Many bayous are the home of crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish and catfish.
	Bazaar * The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul * Bazaar of Isfahan * Bazaar of Tabriz * Qissa Khawani Bazaar Peshawar, Pakistan * Anarkali Bazaar Lahore, Pakistan * Bazaar of Kashan Words cognate to bazaar are used in many neighbouring regions to mean an open market, whereas in more distant cultures the word connotes a near-Eastern style market.
	Bazooka The bazooka was a man-portable anti-tank rocket launcher made famous during World War II where it was one of the United States Armed Forces's principle infantry anti-tank weapons. It was one of the first weapons based on the High explosive anti-tank shell to enter service.
	BB gun BB guns are a type of air gun designed to fire spherical projectiles, called BBs, usually from a smoothbore gun barrel. BB guns have a .177 inches bore diameter, and most modern BBs are steel, plated with zinc or copper to resist corrosion. Some manufacters also make lead BBs, which are generally intended for use in rifling barrels.
	Bbl In reference to petroleum, specifically oil and natural gas liquids, bbl is an abbreviation for 1 barrel, equal to exactly 42 U.S. gallons, or approximately 159 liters. The abbreviations 1 Mbbl and 1 MMbbl are generally accepted to mean one thousand and one million barrels respectively.
	BC BC may stand for: *British Columbia *BC , Back Course *B.C. , Print syndication comic strip by Johnny Hart *BC , a cancelled computer game by Peter Molyneux *bc , "basic calculator" program *NZR Bc class, a steam locomotive classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department
	Beach A beach or strand is a geology formation consisting of loose Rock particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobble, or even Animal shell along the shore of a body of water.
	Beach ball A beach ball is a large inflatable ball used in various games and other recreational activities traditionally conducted on the beach. Their large size and light weight means it takes little effort to propel one, and they travel slowly to their target, making them ideal for lazy games on hot days.
	Beach house A beach house is a house on or near a beach, generally used as a vacation home for people who commute to the house on weekends or during vacation periods. A beach house is seen in some areas as a status symbol, for example many of Melbourne's wealthiest residents own beach houses in Portsea, Victoria, a coastal suburb in Victoria, Australia, including billionaire Lindsay Fox.
	Beach plum The Beach Plum is a species of Prunus native to the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is a shrub, in its natural sand dune habitat growing 1-2 m high, although it can grow larger when cultivated in gardens. The leaf are 3-7 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, with a sharply serrated margin.
	Beach Strawberry The Beach Strawberry, Chilean Strawberry, Sand Strawberry, or Coastal Strawberry is one of two species of strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern Garden Strawberry. It is noted for its large berries. Its natural range is the Pacific Ocean coasts of North America and South America, and also Hawaii.
	Beachwear Beachwear refers to clothing suitable for wearing on a beach or urban beach. In terms of how much material is on the body, beachwear usually falls somewhere between swimwear and what a person wears when fully clothed. In an indoor pool, bathers will typically wear lycra briefs or lycra one-piece tanksuits.
	Beacon Beacons are fires lit on hills or high places, used either as lighthouses for navigation at sea, or for signalling over land that enemy troops are approaching, and alerting the defence. In the latter form, beacons are an ancient form of optical telegraph and always used in relay leagues.
	Bead A bead is a small, decorative object that is pierced for yarn or stringing. As an alternative to piercing, plastic beads may be Moulded Onto a Thread during manufacturing; these MOT beads are often used for the throw necklaces worn at Mardi Gras. Beads range in size from under a millimeter to over a centimeter or sometimes several centimeters in diameter.
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	Beak - ||- ||- ||} The beakotherwise known as the bill or rostrumis an external anatomical structure which serves as the mouth in some animals. It is a distinctive feature of birds and, in addition to eating, is used by them for Personal grooming#In animals, manipulating objects, killing prey, probing for food, Courtship#Courtship in the animal kingdom, and feeding their young.
	Beaked salmon The beaked salmon are a type of long thin gonorynchiform Actinopterygii that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines. The approximately five known species are all in the single genus Gonorynchus of the family Gonorynchidae . All have a distinctive angular snout that the fish use to dig themselves into the sand.
	Bean Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genus of Fabaceae used for food or feed.
	Bean weevil The bean weevils or seed beetles are a subfamily of beetles, now placed in the family Chrysomelidae, though they have historically been treated as a separate family. They are granivores, and typically infest various kinds of seeds or beans, living for most of their lives inside a single seed.
	Beaner A Beaner is a derogatory term for a Hispanic, most notably those from the Caribbean although it also refers to the use of beans in Hispanic cooking. Use of the term is controversial in many circles. Regionally, it can also refer to seeds found in cannabis.
	Beanie A beanie is the name given to two distinct types of cap or hat. The name "beanie" probably comes from the early-20th century slang term "bean," meaning "head".
	Bear A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora. The adjective "ursine" is used to describe things of a bear-like nature.
	Bear hug The bear hug is a grappling term for a grappling hold#Clinch hold and grappling position#Stand-up grappling position where the arms are wrapped around the opponent, either around the opponents chest, midsection, or thighs; sometimes with one or both of the opponents arms pinned to the opponents body.
	Bearberry Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos. Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos, they are adapted to arctic and sub-arctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunct population in Central America.
	Beard A beard is the hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip. When differentiating between upper and lower facial hair, a beard specifically refers to the facial hair on the lower part of a man's chin. The study of beards is called pogonology. In the course of history, men with facial hair have been ascribed various attributes such as wisdom, sexual potency, or high status, but also a lack of cleanliness and refinement, or an eccentric disposition.
	Bearded Seal The bearded seal or square flipper seal, is a medium-sized seal that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. These seals range in color from gray to yellow. Distinguishing features include square foreflippers and thick bristles on their muzzles. The bearded seal is a primary food source for polar bears and for the Inuit of the arctic coast.
	Bearskin A bearskin is a tall fur hat worn as part of the ceremonial uniform of several regiments in the British Army, the Canadian Army and by the Den Kongelige Livgarde of the Royal Danish Army. Until 1914 bearskins were worn in parade uniform by the Regiment des Grenadiers/Regiment of Grenadiers of the Belgian Army.
	Beat generation The Beat Generation was a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Allen Ginsberg's Howl, and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch.
	Beat Up Beat Up by The Toasters was their first officially released effort. Up until this point only a few home made demo tapes had been made and passed around. This was released long before they became the power house ska band with the huge horn section they have since been associated with. Not until 2005 would the Toasters become a steady 5-piece again.
	Beatnik The term beatnik was coined by Herb Caen in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 2, 1958. Caen coined the term by essentially modifying the earlier term Beat generation by adding the Russian language suffix -nik after Sputnik I.
	Beatrice Lillie Bea Lillie was a comedic actress. She was born Beatrice Gladys Lillie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Following her marriage in 1920 to Sir Robert Peel, she was known in private life as Lady Peel.
	Beatrice Webb This article is about the socialist politician. For the children's author, see Beatrix Potter. Martha Beatrice Potter Webb was a United Kingdom socialism, economist and reformer, usually referred to in the same breath as her husband, Sidney Webb. Although her husband became Baron Passfield in 1929, she refused to be known as Lady Passfield.
	Beau "Probably the most neglected British songwriter of all is Beau." - Jacques Vassal "Electric Children" Beau is a specialist Twelve string guitar player who first became known in the late 1960s through his recordings for John Peel's Dandelion label. He released two albums on Dandelion Records - "Beau" and "Creation", plus the single "1917 Revolution" which had greater success abroad than it did in the UK.
	Beau Brummell George Bryan Brummell, better known as Beau Brummell, was an arbiter of fashion in Regency England and a friend of the George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom . He led the trend for men to wear understated, but beautifully cut clothes, adorned with elaborately knotted necktie.
	Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea is a large body of water, part of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska and west of Canadian Arctic islands. Its northwestern boundary is defined by a line connecting Point Barrow, Alaska, and Lands End, Prince Patrick Island, Prince Patrick Island.
	Beaujolais Beaujolais is a historical Provinces of France and a wine-producing region in France. It is located north of Lyon, and covers parts of the north of the Rhne dpartement in France and parts of the south of the Sane-et-Loire dpartement.
	Beauty Beauty is a Value associated with an innate and emotional perception of life's affirmative and Meaning ful aspects within objects in the perceived world —ie. vitality, fertility, health, happiness, Goodness and evil, and love.
	Beaver Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. They are the only living members of the family Castoridae, which contains a single genus, Castor. genetics research has shown the European and North American beaver populations to be distinct species and that hybridization is unlikely.
	Beck Beck Hansen is an United States musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
	Becket nouilh's interpretation of the historical story, though often ironic, is more straightforward than T. S. Eliot's play on the same subject, Murder in the Cathedral, which was intended as primarily a religious treatment. However, there are one or two similarities in the interpretation.