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- BEDELAn administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
- BEETBeta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- BEETEDBeta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- BEHAVIORHuman conduct relative to social norms.
- BELDAMEA grandmother.
- BELLEAn attractive woman.
- BELLICOSEWarlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
- BENEDIGHTBlessed; benedict.
- BENEFACTORSomebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
- BENEFICFavorable; beneficent.
- BENEFICELand granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
- BENEFICIALHelpful or good to something or someone.
- BENEFICIARYOne who benefits or receives an advantage.
- BENEFITAn advantage; help or aid from something.
- BERETA type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
- BESTIALBeast-like.
- BESTIARYA medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.
- BETAINEA sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH3)
- BETONYAny plant of the genus Stachys. Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
- BEVELAn edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.
- BEZANTA coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
- BIASInclination towards something.
- BICAMERALBeing or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.
- BICAUDALHaving two tails
- BICEPA biceps.
- BICEPSAny muscle having two heads.
- BICORNA two-cornered hat, worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
- BICORNEAlternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”).
- BIDENTA form of spear having two prongs.
- BIFARIOUStwofold, double
- BIFIDCleft; divided into two principal or main parts, such as two lobes.
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- BIFURCATEDDivided into two branches.
- BIGAA Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.
- BIGEMINALOccurring in pairs; doubled or twinned
- BIJUGOUSbijugate
- BILEA bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
- BILIOUSOf or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
- BILLA written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)
- BILLETA short informal letter.
- BIMANOUSHaving two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
- BINATEDouble; growing in pairs or couples.
- BINOCLEA kind of double-barrelled field glass or opera glass.
- BIPARTITEHaving two parts (two principal or main parts).
- BIPEDAn animal, being, or construction that goes about on two feet (or two legs).
- BIREMEAn ancient galley having two banks of oars, one above the other.
- BIRTHDAYThe anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
- BISECTTo cut or divide into two parts.
- BISTORTAny of several perennial herbs, classified in genera Bistorta, Persicaria, or Polygonum, having spikes of pink flowers.
- BITTERNSeveral bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.
- BITUMENA sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of th
- BIVIOUSHaving, or leading, two ways.
- BIVIUMOne side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
- BLANDHaving a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
- BLATTERBlather; foolish talk.
- BLITEThe plant Amaranthus blitum, purple amaranth.
- BOLETUSAn edible mushroom of genus Boletus.
- BOMBARDA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
- BOMBILATETo hum or buzz.
- BONAGood.
- BONDAGEThe state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
- BONNYAlternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).
- BONUSSomething extra that is good; an added benefit.
- BOOBYA stupid person.
- BORAGEBorago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
- BORAXA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on por
- BORDELA brothel.
- BOTTLEA container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
- BOTULINAn extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.
- BOTULINUMAn anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
- BOTULINUMSAn anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- BOUILLONA clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken. A similar broth made by reconstituting, that is, by adding hot water to dried powder concentra
- BOUNTYGenerosity; also an act of generosity.
- BOURDONThe burden or bass of a melody.
- BOVATESynonym of oxgang.
- BOVIDAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
- BOVINEOf, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
- BOWELA part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
- BRACEA curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
- BRACHIALPertaining or belonging to the arm.
- BRACHIATEHaving decussate branches.
- BRACHIUMThe upper arm.
- BRACTA leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
- BRACTEALHaving the nature or appearance of a bract.
- BRAILA small rope used to truss up sails.
- BRANCHIALOf, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the embryonic branchial arches and clefts from which the gills arise.
- BRANCHIATEFurnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills.
- BREVEA semicircular diacritical mark (˘) placed above a vowel, commonly used to mark its quantity as short.
- BREVETA military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
- BREVIATEA short account, brief statement; a summary, abridgement or precis
- BREWISa kind of broth thickened with bread or meal
- BRICOLEA kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
- BROACHA series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
- BROCCOLIA plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.
- BRONCHIALOf or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles.
- BRUMALBelonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.
- BRUMATIONA lethargic state that some ectothermic animals, such as many reptiles, assume during cold conditions. Partly analogous to hibernation, but physiological differences include that b
- BRUTvery dry, and not sweet
- BRUTALSavagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.