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Bond IssuenounMWEbonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturityverified
Bond RatingnounMWEan evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will defaultverified
Bond-Trading ActivitynounMWEtrading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)verified
Bonduc TreenounMWEtropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosariesverified
Bone AgenounMWEa person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological ageverified
Bone-Ash CupnounMWEa small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. leadverified
Bony LabyrinthnounMWEcavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinthverified
Boob TubenounMWEan electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screenverified
Boojum TreenounMWEcandlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowersverified
Book FairnounMWEbazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy causeverified
Book LungnounMWEorgan in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a bookverified
Book of InstructionsnounMWEa manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate itverified
Book TokennounMWEa gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucherverified
Booking ClerknounMWEsomeone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)verified
Boot Record InfectornounMWEA boot record infector is a piece of malware that inserts malicious code into the boot sector of a disk.verified
Booted ArmillarianounMWEfungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalkverified
Borage FamilynounMWEa widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruitverified
Border DistrictnounMWEdistrict consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an areaverified
Border Gateway ProtocolnounMWEAn inter-autonomous system routing protocol. BGP is used to exchange routing information for the Internet and is the protocol used between Internet service providers (ISP).verified
Borderline IntelligencenounMWEthe minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)verified
Borderline SchizophrenianounMWEschizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophreniaverified
Boric AcidnounMWEa white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanolverified
Born-Again ChristiannounMWEa Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesusverified
Boron ChambernounMWEan ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutronsverified
Borough EnglishnounMWEa former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothersverified
Borscht BeltnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borscht CircuitnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borsht BeltnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Borsht CircuitnounMWE(informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guestsverified
Bosie BallnounMWEa cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite wayverified
bot mastnounMWEThe controller of a botnet that, from a remote location, provides direction to the compromised computers in the botnet.verified