Beluga The Beluga Whale or White Whale is an Arctic and sub-arctic species of cetacean. This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the Beluga - the word derives from the Russian language beloye meaning white.
	Beluga caviar Beluga caviar consists of the roe of the Beluga sturgeon found primarily in the Caspian Sea. It can also be found in the Black Sea basin and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. This fish is currently considered to be Endangered species, causing the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to ban the importation of Beluga caviar.
	Ben Hogan William Ben Hogan was one of the greatest professional golfers ever to have played the game. Born within six months of two of the other acknowledged greats of the 20th century, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson, Hogan is also notable for his profound influence on golf swing theory and his legendary ball striking ability, for which he is still renowned among players and fans.
	Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson was an England English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. He is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.
	Ben Shahn Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born United Statesn artist, muralist, social activist, photographer and teacher. He is best known for his works of Social realism, his leftist political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. He was born in Kovno, Lithuania, to Joshua Hessel and Gittel Shahn.
	Bench hook A bench hook is a workbench accessory used in woodworking. The purpose of the bench hook is to provide a stop against which a piece of wood being worked can be placed to hold it steady whilst cutting, planing, or chiselling. The bench hook is simply a short board with a batten fixed top and bottom at opposite ends.
	Bench press The bench press is an Open kinetic chain exercisesed form of free-weightlifting. The physical exercise is one of the three powerlifting events|squat]]), and also used in bodybuilding as a chest and triceps exercise requiring a great deal of stabilizers. The lifter lies on his/her back on a bench, raising and lowering the bar directly above the chest.
	Bend Sinister :For the album by The Fall, see Bend Sinister Bend Sinister is a 1947 novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
	Bending This article is about the structural behavior. For other meanings see Bending. In engineering mechanics, bending characterizes the behavior of a structural subjected to a lateral load. A structural element subjected to bending is known as a Beam. A closet rod deflection under the weight of clothes on clothes hangers is an example of a beam experiencing bending.
	Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold was a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for plotting to surrender the American fort at West Point, New York, to the Kingdom of Great Britain during the American Revolution. Arnold had distinguished himself as a hero of the revolution early in the war through acts of cunning and bravery at Capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 and at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
	Benediction A benediction is a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually after a church worship service. Judaism ceremonies at the temple of Jerusalem had ritualised benedictions. From the earliest church Christians have accorded them ceremonial significance, particularly to end a ritual.
	Benelux Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring monarchy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name is a portmanteau formed from the beginning of each country's name, and was created for the Benelux Customs Union, but is now used in a more generic way.
	Bengal Bengal, known as Bngo , Bangla , Bngodesh , or Bangladesh in the Bengali language, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent nation of Bangladesh , and the Indian federal republic's constitutive state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous kingdom of Bengal are now part of the neighbouring Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa.
	Bengal Tiger The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger is a subspecies of tiger found in parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar. It lives in varied habitats - grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, scrub forests, wet and dry deciduous forests and mangroves.
	Benghazi Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya. The present name is derived from that of a pious benefactor of the city named Ghazi or "Sidi Ghazi," as the locals called him, who died about 1450. The city was renamed "Bani Ghazi". The population was 500,120 in 1995 and has increased to 660,147 in the 2004 census.
	Benin This article deals with the independent country of Benin, which should not be confused with the Kingdom of Benin, which is now the Benin region of Nigeria, or with Benin City in the Benin region of Nigeria. Benin, officially the Republic of Benin is a country in West Africa, Geographical renaming Dahomey or Dahomania.
	Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was the Prime-Minister and Fascism dictator of Italy from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He established an extreme-right wing and repressive regime that valued nationalism, militarism, racism and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda.
	Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, Order of Merit Order of the Companions of Honour was a British composer, conducting, and pianist.
	Benjamin Franklin Buffalo is an United States city in Western New York New York. With a population of 279,745 as of the United States Census Bureau's 2005 estimate , it is the state's second-largest city, after New York City, and is the county seat of Erie County, New York.
	Benjamin Franklin Bridge The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge, is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. Named for American statesman Benjamin Franklin, the bridge is owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority.
	Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison VI was the 23rd President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. He had previously served as a senator from Indiana. Nicknames such as "Kid Gloves" and "Little Ben" were mocking titles given by his political rivals.
	Benjamin Jowett Benjamin Jowett was an England scholar and theology, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. He was born in Camberwell. His father was one of a Yorkshire family who, for three generations, had been supporters of the Evangelicalism movement in the Church of England.
	Benjamin Peirce Benjamin Peirce (pronounced purse), April 4, 1809 October 6, 1880) was an United States mathematician who taught at Harvard University for forty years. He made contributions in celestial mechanics, number theory, algebra, and philosophy of mathematics.
	Benjamin Rush Dr. Benjamin Rush was a Founding Fathers of the United States of the United States. Rush lived in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, Education in the United States, and Humanitarianism. He also was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress.
	Benjamin Spock Benjamin McLane Spock was an United States pediatrics whose book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Its revolutionary message to mothers was that "you know more than you think you do." Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics.
	Benjamin Thompson Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford was an Anglo-American physics and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics.
	Benjamin West Benjamin West was an England-United States painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American Revolution. Born in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania as the tenth child of an innkeeper, Benjamin West was an autodidact. While excelling at the arts, "he had little [formal] education and, even when president of the Royal Academy, could scarcely spell."(Hughes, 70) From 1746 to 1759, West worked in Pennsylvania painting portraits while fostered by the provost of the College of Philadelphia
	Bennettitales Bennettitales is an order of spermatophyte in the anthophyte clade that first appeared in the Triassic period and became extinct toward the end of the Cretaceous. It comprises two groups, cycadeoids, which had stout trunks and bisporangiate Conifer cone, and relatives of Williamsonia and Williamsoniella, which had slender, branching trunks and either bisporangiate or monosporangiate strobili.
	Benny Goodman Benny Goodman, born Beno Guttman, was an United States jazz musician, known as "King of Swing ", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".
	Benoît Mandelbrot Benot B. Mandelbrot is France mathematics, best known as the "father of fractal geometry". Benot Mandelbrot was born in Poland, but his family moved to France when he was a child; he is a French citizen and was educated in France. Mandelbrot now lives and works in the United States.
	Bentonite Bentonite is an absorbent aluminium Silicate minerals generally impure clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite,0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·(H2O)n. Two types exist: swelling bentonite which is also called sodium bentonite and non-swelling bentonite or calcium bentonite.
	Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini was an Italy goldsmith, painter, sculpture, soldier and musician of the Renaissance.
	Benzedrine Benzedrine is the trade name of the racemic variant of amphetamine. It was marketed under this brandname in the United States by GlaxoSmithKline in the form of inhalers, starting in 1928. Benzedrine was used to enlarge nasal passage and bronchial passages and it is closely related to other stimulants produced later, such as Dexedrine and methamphetamine.
	Benzene Benzene, also known as benzol, is an organic compound chemical compound with the formula Carbon6Hydrogen6. It is sometimes abbreviated PhenylH. Benzene is a colorless and flammable liquid with a sweet smell and a relatively high melting point.
	Benzocaine Benzocaine is a local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever. It is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter analgesic ointments.
	Benzodiazepine The benzodiazepines are a class of medication with sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, amnesia and muscle relaxant properties. Benzodiazepines are often used for short-term relief of severe, disabling anxiety or insomnia. Long-term use can be problematic due to the development of drug tolerance and addiction.
	Benzofuran Benzofuran, also known as Cumaron, Coumarone, or benzo[b]furan, is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound.
	Benzoic acid Benzoic acid, C6H5COOH, is a colourless crystalline solid and the simplest aromatic compound carboxylic acid. The name derived from gum benzoin, which was for a long time the only source for benzoic acid. This weak acid and its salts were historically used as a food preservative.
	Benzoin Benzoin or 2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone or 2-Hydroxy-1,2-Diphenylethanone or desyl alcohol or bitter almond oil camphor is an organic compound consisting of an ethylene bridge flanked by phenyl groups and with a hydroxyl and a ketone functional group.
	Benzoyl peroxide Benzoyl peroxide is a chemical in the organic peroxide family. It consists of two benzoyl groups joined by a peroxide group. Trademarks for benzoyl peroxide include NeoBenz Micro, Basiron, Brevoxyl, Stioxyl, and Panoxyl.
	Benzyl In organic chemistry, benzyl is the term for the radical, ion or functional group C6H5CH2, which can be obtained formally by removing a hydrogen atom from toluene methyl group. The benzyl functional group is sometimes abbreviated "Bn".
	Beowulf Beowulf is a heroic epic poem. At 3,182 lines, it is notable for its length in comparison to other Old English language poems. It represents about 10% of the extant Text corpus of Anglo-Saxon literature. The poem is untitled in the manuscript, but has been known as Beowulf since the early 19th century.
	Berberidaceae Berberidaceae is a family of 15 genera flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 570 species, of which the majority are in Berberis. The species include trees, shrubs and perennial plant herbaceous plants.
	Berberis Berberis is a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1-5 m tall with thorny shoots, native to the temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South America. They are closely related to the genus Mahonia, which is included within Berberis by some botanists.
	Berberis thunbergii Berberis thunbergii is a species of Berberis, native to Japan and eastern Asia. It is a dense, deciduous, spiny shrub which grows 1-2 m high. It has deeply grooved, brown, spiny branches with a single spine at each shoot node. The leaves are green to blue-green, very small, spatula to oval shaped, 12-24 mm long and 3-15 mm broad; they are produced in clusters of 2-6 on a dwarf shoot in the axil of each spine.
	Berberis vulgaris Berberis vulgaris is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae, native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia; it is also naturalisation in northern Europe, including the British Isles and Scandinavia, and North America.
	Beret A beret is a soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, which is worn by both men and women. Berets are worn by many military and police units, and in some countries are particularly associated with elite units, who often wear berets in more unusual colours.
	Bergall A bergall or cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus, is a saltwater fish found in the western Atlantic. It is edible and its musky taste is considered a delicacy by some.
	Bergamot orange The bergamot orange is a citrus fruit, small and roughly pear shaped. The fruit, produced in Italy, is a cross between the pear lemon and the Seville orange or grapefruit. Bergamot oranges grow on small trees known as bergamots. The fruit is sour, and its aromatic peel is used to produce an essential oil that is used in Earl Grey tea, in perfumery, in Confectionery, and in aromatherapy to treat depression.
	Bergen Bergen, in the counties of Norway of Hordaland, is the second largest city in Norway. The population of Bergen proper is 243,219 as of July 1st 2006 according to Statistics Norway.population of Bergen metropolitan area is 369,099 as of January 1st 2006 according to Statistics Norway and comprises the city proper, suburbs and neighbouring rural communities.Time |Time]] magazine chose to name the city one of Europe's 14 "secret capitals" , where Bergen's capital reign is within maritime businesses and activitie
	Bergenia Bergenia is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalaya. They are herbaceous perennial plants with a spirally arranged rosette of leaves 6-35 cm long and 4-15 cm broad, and pink flowers produced in a cyme.
	Bering Sea The Bering Sea is a body of water north of, and separated from, the north Pacific Ocean by the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. Covering over two million square kilometers , it is bordered on the east and northeast by Alaska, on the west by Russia's Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula, on the south by the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands and on the far north by the Bering Strait which separates the Bering Sea from the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea.
	Bering Strait The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the easternmost point of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the westernmost point of the the Americasn continent, with latitude of about 65 40' North, slightly south of the polar circle.
	Berkshire Berkshire is a county in England and forms part of the South East England Regions of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which goes back to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming this in 1974.
	Berlin Berlin is the capital city and a states of Germany of Germany. It is the country's largest city in area and population, and the second Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union. Berlin is one of the most influential centers in European politics, culture and science.
	Bermuda Bermuda is an British overseas territories of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, situated around 640 miles off the coast of the United States. The oldest remaining British overseas territory, it was settled by England a century before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and two centuries before the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
	Bermuda rig The term Bermuda rig refers to a configuration of Mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is also known as a Marconi rig; this is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats. The rig consists of a triangular sail set aft of the mast with its Parts of a sail raised to the top of the mast; its parts of a sail runs down the mast and is normally attached to it for all its length; its Tack is attached at the base of the mast; its Parts of a sail controlled by a Boom; and i
	Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a geographical area in the Atlantic Ocean approximately triangular in shape and is famous for its supposed paranormal activities. The Bermuda Triangle's three corners are roughly defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, giving it an area of nearly half a million square miles .
	Bernard Baruch Bernard Mannes Baruch was an United States financier, stock market speculator, statesman, and presidential adviser. After his success in business, he devoted his time toward advising Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt on economic matters.
	Bernardo Bertolucci Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian writer and Academy Award winning film director.
	Berne The city of Berne , is the "Bundesstadt" of Switzerland and the fourth most populous Swiss city . Most of Berne's residents speak German language, or more specifically, Bernese German, which is a Alemannic German. The Canton of Bern has a French language-speaking part.
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	Bernhard Riemann Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a Germany mathematics who made important contributions to mathematical analysis and differential geometry, some of them paving the way for the later development of general relativity.
	Berry In botany, the berry is the most common type of simple fleshy fruit; a fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. The flowers of these plants have a ovary #superior ovary and they have one or more carpels within a thin covering and very fleshy interiors.
	Bertolt Brecht Bertolt Brecht was an influential Germany socialist dramatist, Theatre direction, and poetry of the 20th century.
	Bertram Brockhouse Bertram Neville Brockhouse, Order of Canada, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada was a Nobel prize-winning Canada physicist. Brockhouse was born in Lethbridge Alberta, and was a graduate of the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto.
	Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society , was a United Kingdom philosopher, mathematical logic, and mathematician, working mostly in the 20th century. A prolific writer, Bertrand Russell was also a populariser of philosophy and a commentator on a large variety of topics, ranging from very serious issues to the mundane.
	Beryllium Beryllium is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Be and atomic number 4. A Bivalent element, beryllium is a steel grey, strong, light-weight yet brittle, alkaline earth metal, that is primarily used as a hardening agent in alloys .
	Bes Bes was an Egyptian deity worshipped in the later periods of dynastic history as a protector of households. While past studies identified Bes as a Middle Kingdom of Egypt import from Nubia, some more recent research believes him to be an Egyptian native. Mentions of Bes can be traced to the southern lands of the Old Kingdom; however his cult did not become widespread until well into the New Kingdom.
	Besides Besides is the final album from 90's alternative rock band Sugar. Collecting the various B-sides from their previously released singles, the album consists of live and remixed versions of existing tracks from the band's two full albums Copper Blue and ', and one EP Beaster, as well as several studio and live versions of tracks that had been unavailable on any of their previous albums.