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Bid PricenounMWE(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain securityverified
bidirectional authenticationnounMWETwo parties authenticating each other at the same time. Also known as mutual authentication or two-way authentication.verified
Big BandnounMWEa large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musiciansverified
Big BangnounMWEthe cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universeverified
Big BoardnounMWEthe large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchangeverified
Big BusinessnounMWEcommercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policiesverified
Big DatanounMWEconsists of extensive datasets primarily in the characteristics of volume, variety, velocity, and/or variabilitythat require a scalable architecture for efficient storage, manipulation, and analysisverified
Big DippernounMWEelevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)verified
Big SagebrushnounMWEaromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leavesverified
Big SciencenounMWEscientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant resultsverified
Big ShagbarknounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
Big ShellbarknounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
Big Shellbark HickorynounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
Big TreenounMWEextremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in Californiaverified
Big-Bang TheorynounMWE(cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperatureverified
Big-Bud HickorynounMWEsmooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nutverified
Big-Leaf MaplenounMWEmaple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumnverified
Big-Tree PlumnounMWEsmall tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leavesverified
Bighorn SheepnounMWEwild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled hornsverified
Bilateral ContractnounMWEa contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee)verified
Bilateral DescentnounMWEline of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the familyverified
Bilateral Key SecuritynounMWEA multi-level data encryption system, based on the exchange of Bilateral Keys, allowing users of SWIFT to create, send, and receive SWIFT messages. Bilateral Keys are unique authenticator keys possessed by only the two parties (either the provider or recipient of a message) involved and provide confirmation in both directions of the legitimacy of a message sent via SWIFT.verified
Bilaterally SymmetricaladjectiveMWEcapable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axiscandidate
Bill of AttaindernounMWEa legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trialverified
Bill of GoodsnounMWEcommunication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirableverified
Bill of HealthnounMWEa certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival)verified
Bill of IndictmentnounMWEa formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offenseverified
Bill of LadingnounMWEa receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of deliveryverified
Bill of ReviewnounMWEa proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered itverified
Billion-Dollar GrassnounMWEcoarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forageverified
Billy ButtonsnounMWEany of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowersverified