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Botanical MedicinenounMWEthe use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)verified
Bottle GentiannounMWEgentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at allverified
Bottle GourdnounMWEOld World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruitsverified
Bottle-Nosed DolphinnounMWEany of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beakverified
Bottled WaternounMWEdrinking water (often spring water) that is put into bottles and offered for saleverified
Bottlenose DolphinnounMWEany of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beakverified
Bottom FermentationnounMWEa slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquidverified
Bottom FishnounMWEfish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder)verified
Bottom QuarknounMWEa quark with a charge of -1/3 and a mass about 10,000 times that of an electronverified
Botulinum ToxinnounMWEany of several neurotoxins that are produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinumverified
Botulinum Toxin anounMWEa neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractionsverified
Botulinus ToxinnounMWEpotent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulismverified
Boulder FernnounMWEfern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hayverified
Bouncing BessnounMWEplant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruisedverified
Bouncing BetnounMWEplant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruisedverified
Bouncing PuttynounMWEa soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of forceverified
Boundary ConditionnounMWE(mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equationsverified
Boundary ProtectionnounMWEMonitoring and control of communications at the external boundary of an information system to prevent and detect malicious and other unauthorized communication, through the use of boundary protection devices (e.g., proxies, gateways, routers, firewalls, guards, encrypted tunnels).verified
boundary protection devicenounMWEA device with appropriate mechanisms that: (i) facilitates the adjudication of different interconnected system security policies (e.g., controlling the flow of information into or out of an interconnected system); and/or (ii) provides information system boundary protection.verified
Boutonneuse FevernounMWEa disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammalsverified
Bovine Spongiform EncephalitisnounMWEa fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous systemverified
Bovine Spongiform EncephalopathynounMWEa fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system, commonly known as mad cow disease and abbreviated BSEverified
Bow WoodnounMWEsmall shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orangeverified
Bower ActinidianounMWEclimbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruitverified
Bowstring HempnounMWEgrown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiberverified
Bowtie PastanounMWEpasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tieverified
Box End WrenchnounMWEa wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt headverified
Box HuckleberrynounMWEcreeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berriesverified