Glossary - B

B cell /4/Zoology/Organ/Immune System/Cells/B Cell/B cell

babbling /4/Zoology/Development/Stages/Infant 12.0 Months/babbling

baby tooth /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Teeth/Kinds/Age/baby tooth

bacillus /4/Microbiology/Bacteria/Kinds/Bacillus/bacillus

back cross /4/Genetics/Generation/back cross

back electromotive force /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Oxidation-Reduction/Cell/Forces/back electromotive force

backslash /6/Linguistics/Writing/Symbol/Punctuation/backslash

bacteria /4/Microbiology/Bacteria/bacteria

bacteriology /4/Biology/Subjects/Medicine/bacteriology

bacteriophage /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Virus/Kinds/bacteriophage

bacteriophytochrome /4/Microbiology/Bacteria/Products/bacteriophytochrome

badlands /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/High Area/badlands hills

badminton /7/Game/Athletic/Racket/badminton

baffle /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Air/baffle for air

bail, law /6/Law/Bail/bail in law

bailiff /6/Law/Trial/Personnel/bailiff

bait and switch /7/Financial Affairs/Selling/Deception/bait and switch

balance of payments /6/Economics/Macroeconomics/International Trade/balance of payments

balance of power /6/Political Science/International Relations/Power/balance of power

balance sheet /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/balance sheet

balance wheel /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/Clock/balance wheel

balance, scale /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Lever/balance for weighing

ball and socket joint /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Rotation/Joint/ball and socket joint

ball bearing /7/Machine/Parts/ball bearing

ball cock /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Tube/Valve/ball cock

ball valve /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Tube/Valve/ball valve

ballistic trajectory /3/Computer Science/System Analysis/States/Trajectory/ballistic trajectory

balloon tire /7/Machine/Transportation/Vehicle/Automobile/Parts/balloon tire

ballpoint pen /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Pen/ballpoint pen

band /3/Geometry/Plane/Circle/Generated Solids/band of sphere

bandwagon /6/Sociology/Sociological Group/Communication/Propaganda/bandwagon propaganda

bandwagon effect /3/Logic/Fallacy/Irrelevance/bandwagon effect logic

bandwidth /3/Information Theory/Information Channel/bandwidth

bank /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Sectors/Finance/bank

bank rate /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/bank rate

bankruptcy, business /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/bankruptcy business

bankruptcy, person /7/Financial Affairs/Bankruptcy/bankruptcy personal

barber's itch /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Bacteria/Skin/barber's itch

barbiturate /4/Medicine/Drug/Kinds/Depressant/barbiturate

baritone /2/Music/Classical/Choral/baritone

barometer /7/Machine/Kinds/Instrument/barometer

Barr body /4/Genetics/Chromosome/Barr body

barratry /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/Disorder/barratry

barrister /6/Law/National/English Law/Lawyer/barrister

barrow /6/History/History/Invention/Europe/barrow

baryon /5/Physics/Matter/Particle/Subatomic/Fermion/Baryon/baryon

basal forebrain /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Brainstem/basal forebrain

basal ganglia /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Brainstem/Hindbrain/Medulla/basal ganglia

basal metabolism rate /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Chemical Cycle/Energy/basal metabolism rate

basalt /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Silicates/Inosilicate/Pyroxene/basalt

base, chemistry /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Acid-Base/base in chemistry

baseball /7/Game/Athletic/Ball/baseball

baseline /6/Psychology/Techniques/Validity/baseline

basidium /4/Botany/Fungus/Spore Formation/basidium

basilica /2/Art/Architecture/Buildings/Church/basilica

basin /5/Earth Science/Water/Fresh/Areas/basin

basketball /7/Game/Athletic/Ball/basketball

bathos /2/Literature/Drama/bathos

battery, law /6/Law/Tort/Kinds/Intentional/battery as tort

battery, redox /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Oxidation-Reduction/Battery/battery in chemistry

bauxite /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Aluminum/bauxite

bay /5/Earth Science/Water/Ocean/Coast/bay of sea

bayou /5/Earth Science/Water/Fresh/Areas/Marsh/bayou

bear market /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/Stock Market/bear market

bearing, machine /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Rotation/bearing mechanics

beatitude /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Religious/beatitude

Beaufort scale /5/Earth Science/Atmosphere/Wind/Beaufort scale

bedpan /4/Medicine/Medical Treatments/Devices/bedpan

bedsore /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skin/Ulcer/bedsore

beetle /4/Zoology/Kinds/Arthropod/Insect/Coleoptera/beetle

begging the question /3/Logic/Fallacy/Deduction/begging the question

beguine /2/Music/Jazz/beguine

behavior scale /4/Ecology/Community/Society/Behavior/behavior scale

behaviorism /6/Psychology/Behavior/Theories/behaviorism

bel canto /2/Music/Classical/Styles/bel canto

bellows /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Air/bellows

bench warrant /6/Law/Trial/Documents/bench warrant

benchmark, surveying /5/Physics/Measurement/Kinds/Surveying/benchmark surveying

benchmarking /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Administration/Tests/benchmarking

bends /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Muscle/Oxygen/bends

benediction /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Religious/benediction

beneficiary /7/Legal Affairs/Death/Will/People/beneficiary

benign tumor /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Cancer/Tumor/benign tumor

beriberi /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Nutrition/Vitamin/beriberi

berry, fruit /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Angiosperm/Fruit/berry fruit

beryl /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Silicates/Cyclosilicate/Beryl/beryl

best fit /3/Statistics/Correlation/Regression/best fit

beta decay /5/Physics/Matter/Atom/Reactions/beta decay

beta particle /5/Physics/Matter/Atom/Nucleus/Radioactivity/Particle/beta particle

bevel gear /7/Machine/Parts/Gear/Kinds/bevel gear

bevel, edge /7/Machine/Parts/Edge/bevel edge

bias charge /3/Logic/Fallacy/Irrelevance/bias charge

bias, experiment /6/Psychology/Techniques/Validity/bias of validity

bibliography /2/Literature/Book Parts/bibliography

bicep /4/Zoology/Organ/Muscle/Muscles/bicep

bicuspid /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Teeth/Kinds/bicuspid tooth

bicuspid valve /4/Zoology/Organ/Circulation/Parts/Heart/Flow/bicuspid valve

biennial /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Stem/Herbaceous/biennial plant

bifocal lens /4/Medicine/Medical Examination/Eye Exam/Lens/bifocal lens

bigamy /7/Legal Affairs/Marriage/bigamy

bight /7/Machine/Parts/Rope/Knot/Kinds/bight knot

bile /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Liver/bile

bilking argument /5/Physics/Time/Asymmetry/bilking argument

bill of exchange /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Documents/bill of exchange

bill of lading /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Documents/bill of lading

bill of sale /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Documents/bill of sale

billiards /7/Game/Recreational/billiards

bill-of-exchange /7/Financial Affairs/Banking/Checking/bill-of-exchange

binary number system /3/Number Theory/Number System/binary number system

binding problem /1/Consciousness/Sense/Physiology/Binding/binding problem

binocular disparity /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Physiology/Focusing/binocular disparity

binocular rivalry /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Techniques/Binocular Rivalry/binocular rivalry

binocular vision /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Physiology/Binocular Vision/binocular vision

binomial nomenclature /4/Biology/Evolution/Classification/binomial nomenclature

biochemistry /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/biochemistry

biodegradable /4/Ecology/Pollution/biodegradable

biofeedback /1/Consciousness/Sense/Physiology/biofeedback

biofilm /4/Microbiology/Bacteria/Groups/biofilm

biography /2/Literature/Prose/Kinds/Book/Nonfiction/biography

biological clock /4/Zoology/Kinds/Mammal/Rhythm/biological clock

biological rhythm /4/Zoology/Kinds/Mammal/Rhythm/biological rhythm

bione /4/Ecology/Ecosystem/Bione/bione

biopsy /4/Medicine/Medical Examination/Tests/biopsy

biosphere /4/Ecology/Ecosystem/biosphere

bipedalism /6/History/History/Life/bipedalism began

bipolar affective disorder /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Mental/Psychosis/bipolar affective disorder

birefringence /5/Physics/Wave/Superposition/Refraction/birefringence

birth rate /4/Ecology/Community/Population/Growth/Rate/birth rate

birth, reproduction /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Birth/birth and reproduction

birthmark /4/Zoology/Organ/Skin/Features/Birthmark/birthmark

birthright /6/Law/Property/birthright

bisector, angle /3/Geometry/Plane/Angle/bisector

bitumen /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Organic/bitumen

bivalve /4/Zoology/Kinds/Mollusc/Bivalve/bivalve

black box /3/Computer Science/System Analysis/Model/black box

black hole /5/Astronomy/Universe/Cosmology/Singularity/Black Hole/black hole

black market /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Market/Structure/black market

black-body radiation /5/Physics/Heat/Transfer/black-body radiation

bladder, annelid /4/Zoology/Kinds/Annelid/Excretion/bladder

blade /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Leaf/Regions/blade of leaf

blame /6/Philosophy/Ethics/Feelings/blame

blank verse /2/Literature/Poetry/Kinds/blank verse

blender /7/Machine/Kinds/Electromechanical/Mixer/blender

blight /4/Botany/Plant/blight

blindman's bluff /7/Game/Children/blindman's bluff

blindness /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Eye/blindness

blindsight /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Problems/Lesion/Blindsight/blindsight

blindspot /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Anatomy/Eye/Retina/blindspot

blinking /1/Consciousness/Sense/Vision/Physiology/blinking

blip /7/Machine/Kinds/Optical/Film/blip on film

block and tackle /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Rotation/Pulley/block and tackle

block, data /3/Computer Science/Software/Coding/String/block of data

blood clotting /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Protein/Kinds/blood clotting

blood type /4/Zoology/Organ/Blood/Type/blood type

bloodbank /4/Medicine/Medical Treatments/Bleeding/bloodbank

blood-brain barrier /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Glia/blood-brain barrier

blowpipe /7/Machine/Kinds/Fluid/Air/blowpipe

blubber /4/Zoology/Kinds/Mammal/Placental/Parts/blubber

blue baby /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Birth/blue baby

blue book /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/Department/Sales/Documents/blue book

blue law /6/Law/Kinds/blue law

bluegrass, music /2/Music/History/Country Music/Styles/bluegrass music

blueprint /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Paper/blueprint

blues /2/Music/Jazz/blues

blue-sky law /6/Law/Kinds/blue-sky law

bluff /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/High Area/bluff as cliff

blur /6/Psychology/Cognition/Perception/Properties/blur

blushing /6/Psychology/Behavior/Kinds/blushing

board of trade /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/Stock Market/Kinds/board of trade

bog /5/Earth Science/Water/Fresh/Areas/Marsh/bog

boil, follicle /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Bacteria/Skin/boil

boiling /5/Physics/Heat/Phase/Gas/boiling

boiling point /5/Physics/Heat/Phase/Gas/boiling point

boiling point elevation /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Phase/Solution/Partial/boiling point elevation

boll /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Seed/boll of cotton

Boltzmann distribution, statistics /5/Physics/Heat/Statistical Mechanics/Boltzmann distribution

bona fide /6/Linguistics/Languages/Latin/bona fide

bond, finance /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/Securities/bond as security

bond, investment /7/Financial Affairs/Investing/Bond/bond as investment

bondage /6/Law/Person/Rights/bondage

bonding /6/Psychology/Cognition/Emotion/Kinds/bonding and attachment

bonding, development /4/Zoology/Development/Stages/Infant 00.0-12.0 Months/bonding in infants

bonding, molecule /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Chemical Bond/bonding of atoms

bone /4/Zoology/Tissue/Connective/Bone/bone

bone resorption /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skeleton/bone resorption

bonobo /4/Zoology/Kinds/Ape/Anthropoid/Pan/bonobo

boogie woogie /2/Music/Jazz/boogie woogie

book value /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/book value

bookbinding /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Book/bookbinding

Boolean algebra /3/Logic/Applications/Boolean algebra

boom, crane /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/Lever/boom

bootstrapping /6/Philosophy/Epistemology/Methods/bootstrapping in system

borax /5/Earth Science/Mineral/Kinds/Boron/borax

boreal /5/Earth Science/Planet/Climate/Kinds/Latitude/boreal climate

boson /5/Physics/Matter/Particle/Subatomic/Boson/boson

bossa nova /2/Music/Jazz/bossa nova

botany /4/Botany/botany

bottomry /6/Law/National/Roman Law/Roman Empire/bottomry

botulism /5/Chemistry/Biochemistry/Protein/Kinds/Toxin/botulism

bough /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Tree/bough

bounty /6/Law/Police/bounty

bovid /4/Zoology/Kinds/Artiodactyla/bovid

bowel /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/General/bowel

bower /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/Vegetation/bower of leaves

bowleg /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Body/Extremity/Leg/bowleg

bowling /7/Game/Athletic/Ball/bowling

boxing /7/Game/Athletic/boxing

brace symbol /6/Linguistics/Writing/Symbol/Punctuation/brace symbol

brace, bird /4/Zoology/Kinds/Bird/Group/brace of birds

bracket symbol /6/Linguistics/Writing/Symbol/Punctuation/bracket symbol

bradycardia /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Circulation/Heart Rate/bradycardia

brainpan /4/Zoology/Organ/Skeleton/Bones/Head/brainpan

brainstem /4/Zoology/Organ/Nerve/Brain/Brainstem/brainstem

brake, vehicle /7/Machine/Kinds/Mechanical/brake

bramble, brier /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Shrub/bramble in forest

brass instrument /2/Music/Instrument/Categories/brass instrument

breach of contract /6/Law/Contract/Enforcability/breach of contract

breaker /5/Earth Science/Water/Ocean/Wave/breaker

breaking water /4/Zoology/Organ/Reproduction/Birth/breaking water

breastfeeding /4/Zoology/Development/Stages/Infant 00.0-05.0 Months/breastfeeding

breechloader /7/Military Affairs/Weapon/Gun/Old/breechloader

breeding /4/Biology/Evolution/Reproduction/Mating/breeding

Bremsstrahlung radiation /5/Physics/Wave/Electromagnetic/Frequency/Radiation Types/Bremsstrahlung radiation

bribery /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/White Collar/bribery

brief /6/Law/Trial/Documents/brief in law

brier /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Shrub/brier

bristle, hair /4/Zoology/Kinds/Annelid/bristle hair

brittleness, symbol /6/Philosophy/Mind/Contents/brittleness of symbol

broadband /7/Machine/Kinds/Electronic/Effects/broadband

broadsheet /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Methods/broadsheet

broadside printing /7/Machine/Kinds/Printing/Methods/broadside printing

brogue /6/Linguistics/Language/Dialect/brogue

brokerage /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/brokerage

bronchial /4/Zoology/Organ/Respiration/General/bronchial

bronchitis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Respiration/bronchitis

bronchus /4/Zoology/Organ/Respiration/Parts/Lung/bronchus

brood /4/Zoology/Kinds/Bird/Group/brood

Brownian motion /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Phase/Brownian motion

brownout /7/Machine/Kinds/Electric/brownout

bubonic plague /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organism/Bacteria/bubonic plague

bucktooth /4/Zoology/Organ/Digestion/Parts/Teeth/Problems/bucktooth

bud /4/Botany/Plant/Vascular/Parts/Leaf/bud

budding /4/Biology/Evolution/Reproduction/Asexual/budding reproduction

buffer /5/Chemistry/Inorganic/Acid-Base/buffer

bulimia nervosa /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Nerve/Food/bulimia nervosa

bulk strength /5/Physics/Dynamics/Pressure/Elasticity/bulk strength

bull market /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Finance/Stock Market/bull market

bulletproof glass /7/Machine/Industrial Materials/Glass/bulletproof glass

bullfight /7/Game/Athletic/bullfight

bunion /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skin/bunion

Bunsen burner /5/Chemistry/Analytical Chemistry/Laboratory Equipment/Bunsen burner

buoyancy /5/Physics/Dynamics/Fluid/Buoyancy/buoyancy

bureaucracy /6/Sociology/Society/Social Organization/bureaucracy

burglary /6/Law/Crime/Crimes/Theft/burglary

bursitis /4/Medicine/Disease/Kinds/Organ/Skeleton/Joint/bursitis

bushing /7/Machine/Parts/Bearing/bushing

business /6/Economics/Microeconomics/Business/business

butte /5/Earth Science/Land/Land Forms/High Area/butte

butterfly effect /3/Computer Science/Systems/Chaos Theory/butterfly effect

buttock /4/Zoology/Organ/Muscle/Muscles/buttock

buttress /2/Art/Architecture/Building Parts/Wall/buttress

by-election /6/Political Science/Voting/Kinds/by-election

bylaw /6/Law/Kinds/bylaw

byplay /2/Literature/Drama/Dialogue/byplay

byte /3/Computer Science/Software/Data Hierarchy/byte

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