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Blitz
-Armed conflict:*The Blitz, the German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII. The name Blitz was subsequently applied to many individual bombing campaigns or attacks.*Blitzkrieg, the "lightning war", a strategy of World War 2 Germany-People:

Blitz (movement)
Blitz is an anarchist, communist and socialist youth community in Oslo, Norway, founded in 1982. The group has often been criticized for their use of violent methods of political protest.- The house :

Blitzkrieg
For other uses of the word, see: Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg is an anglicized word describing all-motorised force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are broken, proceeding without regard to its flank

Blitzkrieg (comics)
Blitzkrieg, in comics, may refer to:*Blitzkrieg , a Marvel Comics superhero*Blitzkrieg , a DC war comic series from 1970s

Blitzkrieg (Marvel Comics)
Blitzkrieg is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Blitzkrieg first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions #1 . He also appeared in issue #3 of the series .

Blizzard
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds. By definition, the difference between blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have winds in excess of with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 meters or ¼ mile or less and must last for a prolonged period of time — typically three hours or more

Blizzard (Donnie Gill)
Blizzard is a fictional character, both a supervillain and superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. He is the second Blizzard.-Fictional character biography:

Bloat
Bloat is a medical condition in which the stomach becomes overstretched by excessive gas content. It is also commonly referred to as torsion, gastric torsion, and gastric dilatation-volvulus when the stomach is also twisted. The word bloat is often used as a general term to cover gas distension of the stomach with or without twisting

Bloat (disambiguation)
Bloat may refer to:* Bloating, a medical condition* Bloat, a veterinary condition also referred to as gastric torsion** Gas bloat syndrome, a surgery complication * Bloat, a collective noun for a group of hippopotami

Blob
- In biology :* Blob , sections of the visual cortex where groups of color-sensitive neurons assemble* Globster, an unidentified organic mass that washes up on the shoreline of an ocean or other body of water

Blob (visual system)
Blobs are sections of the visual cortex where groups of neurons that are sensitive to color assemble in cylindrical shapes. They were first identified in 1979 by Margaret Wong-Riley when she used a cytochrome oxidase stain, from which they get their name. These areas receive input from parvocellular cells in layer 4Cβ of the primary visual cortex and output to the thin stripes of area V2

Bloc
Bloc may refer to:* Eastern Bloc, a former group of countries in Europe* Voting bloc, a group of voters voting together* Trade bloc, a type of intergovernmental agreement* Bloc voting , several types of voting systems

Block
Block may refer to:-Administrative subdivisions:* A city block, the smallest area that is surrounded by streets* Block , term used in many South Asian countries-Objects:* A large concrete masonry unit

Block (extraction of petroleum)
A block in the context of extraction of petroleum, signifies a sub-division of an underground reservoir for the purpose of administering a certain production allowable.

Block (internet)
On the Internet, a block is a technical measure intended to restrict access to information or resources. Blocks should not be confused with bans, although they are often used to enforce a ban.-Effects of blocks:

Block and tackle
A block and tackle is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift or pull heavy loads.The pulleys are assembled together to form blocks so that one is fixed and one moves with the load

Block Music
Block Music is the second studio album from the Chicago native Shawnna. The first single was "Gettin' Some," which went gold in June 2006 and platinum in December 2006. The second single is "Damn" featuring Smoke of Field Mob. The album has an exclusive remix of "Gettin' Some" featuring Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Pharrell and Too Short

Block Party (album)
Block Party is the seventh studio album by American rapper/producer/singer-songwriter Missy Elliott, scheduled to be released late that year or early in the following year. The album was initially to be released in December 2007; additional songs were recorded in spring 2009 and beyond that will replace the majority or allthe original tracklisting

Blockade
A blockade is an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. A blockade should not be confused with an embargo or sanctions, which are legal barriers to trade, and is distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually directed at an entire country or region, rather than a fortress or city

Blockade (arcade game)
Blockade is an arcade maze game developed and published by Gremlin in 1976. Using four directional buttons, each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them, turning at 90 degree angles. To win, a player must last longer than the opponent before hitting something, with the first person to hit something losing

Blockade (board game)
Blockade is a "the Beat the Barrier" board game for two players, invented by Mirko Marchesi and published by Lakeside in 1975. The newer strategy game Quoridor shares many of the same characteristics as Blockade.-Gameplay and rules:

Blockade (disambiguation)
Blockade may refer to:* Blockade, the prevention of troops and supplies from reaching an opposing army* Blockade , a strategy game by Lakeside* Blockade , written by Derek Hansen

Blockbuster
Blockbuster may refer to:* Blockbuster , a very successful movie, theatrical play, etc.* Blockbusters * Blockbusters * Blockbuster , by Tom Shone* Blockbuster LLC, a video and game rental chain

Blockbuster
Blockbuster may refer to:* Blockbuster , a very successful movie, theatrical play, etc.* Blockbusters * Blockbusters * Blockbuster , by Tom Shone* Blockbuster LLC, a video and game rental chain

Blockbuster (Man-Brute)
Blockbuster is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:The Man-Brute first appeared in Captain America #121 , and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan.

Blockbusters (US game show)
Blockbusters is an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson Productions, the first series debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980 and aired until April 23, 1982. In the first series, a team of two family members competed against a solo contestant

Blocker
Blocker can mean any of the following:*Blocker *The nickname of Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer*Blocker , slang for a defensive-minded batsman in cricket*The inverse of a filter

Blocker (ice hockey equipment)
The goalie blocker is a rectangular piece of equipment worn by ice and roller hockey goaltenders. It is generally worn on the dominant hand.The blocker is a close-fitting glove augmented on the back of the hand, wrist and part of the forearm by a rectangular "block" of padding and fabric

Blockhead
Blockhead is the name of a theoretical computer system invented as part of a thought experiment by philosopher Ned Block, which appeared in a paper entitled Psychologism and Behaviourism

Blockheads (band)
Blockheads are a French grindcore band.-Band history:Blockheads were formed in 1992 and released their first demo, Haaashaastaak, in 1993

Blockhouse
In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. It serves as a defensive strong point against any enemy that does not possess siege equipment or, in modern times, artillery

Blockhouse (Central Park)
The Blockhouse is a small fort in the northern part of Central Park, in New York City, New York, and is the oldest structure standing in the park. It is located on an overlook of Manhattan schist, with a clear view of the flat surrounding areas north of Central Park

Blocking (computing)
Blocking occurs when a subroutine does not return until it either completes its task or fails with an error or exception. A process that is blocked is one that waits for some event, such as a resource becoming available or the completion of an I/O operation.In a multitasking computer system, individual tasks, or threads of execution, must share the resources of the system

Blocking (computing)
Blocking occurs when a subroutine does not return until it either completes its task or fails with an error or exception. A process that is blocked is one that waits for some event, such as a resource becoming available or the completion of an I/O operation.In a multitasking computer system, individual tasks, or threads of execution, must share the resources of the system

Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", owing to the abundance of these flowers and the

Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order

Blok
Blok may refer to:*Alexander Blok , Russian lyrical poet*Anton Blok, Dutch anthropologist*Petrus Johannes Blok, Dutch historian*Blok , the fictional superhero of the DC Comics universe*Blok , Southern California hip hop band

Bloke
Bloke is a slang term for a man. It is commonly used in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It is however used in French speaking parts of Canada as a derogative term for the English speaking population.Bloke may also refer to:

Blond
Blond or blonde or fair-hair is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some sort of yellowish color

Blond (disambiguation)
Blond is a hair color, but may also refer to:People* Anita Blond , former pornographic actress* Nikky Blond , Hungarian porn star* Phillip Blond , director of the UK think tank ResPublica

Blonde (disambiguation)
Blond is a hair color.Blonde may also refer to:* Blonde , a future novel* Blonde , a movie on the life of Marilyn Monroe* Blonde class cruiser, a two ship class of light scout cruisers

Blonde (novel)
Blonde is a bestselling 2000 historical novel by Joyce Carol Oates that chronicles the inner life of Marilyn Monroe, though Oates insists that the novel is a work of fiction that should not be regarded as a biography. It was a finalist for the National Book Award

Blondes
Blondes may refer to*people with blond hair*Blondes an album by John Stewart, released in 1982

Blondie (1968 TV series)
Blondie is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1968-1969 television season. The series is an updated version of the 1957 TV series that was based on the comic strip of the same name. The series starred Will Hutchins as Dagwood Bumstead and Jim Backus as his boss Mr

Blondie (cookie)
A blondie is a rich, sweet dessert bar. They are made from flour, brown sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder, and vanilla. Chocolate chip blondies may contain white or dark chocolate chips, but the dominant flavor of a blondie is brown sugar, not chocolate. They may also contain walnuts or pecans

Blondie (radio)
Blondie is a radio situation comedy adapted from the long-run Blondie comic strip by Chic Young. The radio program had a long run on several networks from 1939 to 1950.

Blondie (TV series)
Blondie was the first of two TV series based on the comic strip of the same name. It first aired on January 4, 1957 on NBC. Although Penny Singleton had starred in most of the Blondie movies, producers chose Pamela Britton for the title role, with Arthur Lake playing the role of Dagwood Bumstead as he had in the Blondie movie series

Blondin (quarry equipment)
Blondins were a type of aerial ropeway employed in open pits in the slate quarries in Wales to transport wagons loads of rock between locations. They were named after the famous tightrope walker Charles Blondin.- History :

Blood
Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.

Blood (2000 film)
Blood is a 2000 horror film, starring Adrian Rawlins. Its director and writer, Charly Cantor, won a Jury Award for the film in 2000. Its plot concerns a doctor who engineered a woman with narcotic blood encounters his creation 20 years later and falls in love... or does he? Is this love or addiction?

Blood (automobile)
The Blood was an automobile manufactured in Kalamazoo, Michigan, by the Blood Brothers Auto & Machine Company from 1902-05. They produced a five-seater tonneau with a two-cylinder opposed engine, costing $1,800. The drive system had a four-speed transmission and transferred power to the rear axle by a shaft.Maurice & Clarence Blood were owners of a bicycle shop at 210 N

Blood (band)
Blood is a Japanese band that has been active from 2002 to 2009, returning in 2011. Blood's aim is to create music that expresses the meaning of human emotion that breaks the musical frame

Blood (Microphones album)
Blood is a 2001 album by The Microphones. It was hand-made, and limited to 300 original copies. Included on the album were recordings and alternate versions of songs later found on The Glow Pt. 2, in addition to sound collages, field recordings and other miscellany. Also included was a cover of Björk's All Is Full of Love.-Side one:#"Horns from "The Moon"

Blood bank
A blood bank is a cache or bank of blood or blood components, gathered as a result of blood donation, stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion. The term "blood bank" typically refers to a division of a hospital laboratory where the storage of blood product occurs and where proper testing is performed to reduce the risk of transfusion related events

Blood cell
A blood cell, also called a hematocyte, is a cell normally found in blood. In mammals, these fall into three general categories:* red blood cells — Erythrocytes* white blood cells — Leukocytes* platelets — Thrombocytes

Blood Money (1917 film)
Blood Money is a 1917 Western film directed by Fred Kelsey and starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Louise Lovely* Vester Pegg* Jack Richardson* William Steele -

Blood pressure
Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. When used without further specification, "blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, BP varies between a maximum and a minimum pressure

Blood pudding
Blood pudding may refer to either:*Black pudding, a sausage made with animal blood*Tiết canh, a North Vietnamese blood pudding*Blood Pudding, an icelandic dish

Blood sausage
Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage is a type of sausage made by cooking blood or dried blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. The dish exists in various cultures from Asia to Europe

Blood sport
Bloodsport or blood sport is any sport or entertainment that involves violence against animals.Bloodsport includes coursing or beagling, combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting, or other activities

Blood test
A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a needle, or via fingerprick.

Blood Test (novel)
Blood Test is the second novel by Jonathan Kellerman, published in 1986. It is told from the first person point-of-view of Dr. Alex Delaware, a child psychologist who is Kellerman's main character in the majority of his novels

Blood transfusion
Blood transfusion is the process of receiving blood products into one's circulation intravenously. Transfusions are used in a variety of medical conditions to replace lost components of the blood

Blood type
A blood type is a classification of blood based on the presence or absence of inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells . These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, depending on the blood group system

Blood Type (album)
Gruppa krovi , meaning "blood type", is an album of the Soviet rock group Kino, released in 1988. It was reissued in 1996 by MOROZ Records

Blood vessel
The blood vessels are the part of the circulatory system that transports blood throughout the body. There are three major types of blood vessels: the arteries, which carry the blood away from the heart; the capillaries, which enable the actual exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and the tissues; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back toward the

Bloodbath
Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup from Stockholm formed in 1998.-History:A year after being formed, the band, then consisting of Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals, Dan Swanö on drums, Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström on guitar, and Jonas Renkse on bass, released their EP Breeding

Bloodbath (disambiguation)
Bloodbath is a Swedish death-metal group from Stockholm.Bloodbath may also refer to:* Mass murder* Massacre, an indiscriminate killing or slaughter*Blood Bath, a 1966 horror thriller directed by Jack Hil and Stephanie Rothman

Bloodguilt
Bloodguilt, Yaky Yosha's seventh feature film, is a dark thriller about a dangerous love triangle, inspired by the biblical romance of Jacob, Rachel and Leah.-Plot:

Bloodhound
The Bloodhound is a large breed of dog which, while originally bred to hunt deer and wild boar, was later bred specifically to track human beings. It is a scenthound, tracking by smell, as opposed to a sighthound, which tracks using vision. It is famed for its ability to discern human odors even days later, over great distances