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Babassu PalmnounMWEtall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryverified
Baby BoomnounMWEthe larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War IIverified
Baby BoomernounMWEa person born in the US after WWII in the 1950's, a time notable for high population growthverified
Baby BusternounMWEa person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramaticallyverified
Baby CarriagenounMWEa small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed aroundverified
Baby FarmernounMWEsomeone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a feeverified
Baby-Boom GenerationnounMWEthe larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War IIverified
Baby's BreathnounMWEtall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowersverified
Baby's TearsnounMWEprostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leavesverified
Bachelor PartynounMWEa traditional party held for a bachelor before they are married, usually attended by close friends and without their fiancee presentverified
Bachelor's ButtonnounMWEan annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowersverified
Bachelor's DegreenounMWEan academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studiesverified
Back ChannelnounMWEan alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)verified
Back CirclenounMWEa feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the headverified
Back Office Conversion (BOC)nounMWEUnder NACHA rules, BOC allows retailers and billers that accept checks at the point-of-sale or at manned bill payment locations to convert eligible checks to ACH debits in the back-office.verified
Back-up GenerationsnounMWEA tape rotation methodology that creates three sets of back-up tapes: daily incremental sets or "sons," weekly full sets or "fathers," and end-of-month tapes or "grandfathers." This back-up methodology is frequently used to refer to master files for financial applications.verified
Background KnowledgenounMWEinformation that is essential to understanding a situation or problemverified
Background NoisenounMWEextraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signalverified
Background ProcessingnounMWEthe execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing systemverified
Background SignalnounMWEextraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measuredverified
Backhand ShotnounMWEa return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the strokeverified
Backhand StrokenounMWEa return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the strokeverified
Backroom BoynounMWEan expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official statusverified
Backtracking ResistancenounMWEBacktracking resistance is provided relative to time T if there is assurance that an adversary who has knowledge of the internal state of the Deterministic Random Bit Generator (DRBG) at some time subsequent to time T would be unable to distinguish between observations of ideal random bitstrings and (previously unseen) bitstrings that were output by the DRBG prior to time T. The complementary assurance is called Prediction Resistance.verified
Backup FilenounMWE(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backupsverified
Backup MannounMWEsomeone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)verified
Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato SandwichnounMWEsandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuceverified
Bacteria BednounMWElayer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent to air and the action of microorganismsverified
Bacterial PlaquenounMWEa film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental cariesverified
Bad BlocknounMWE(computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold dataverified