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Box White OaknounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence postsverified
Boxing GlovenounMWEboxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fightersverified
Boysenberry BushnounMWEcultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberriesverified
Brace WrenchnounMWEa wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket headverified
Bracelet WoodnounMWEsmall West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make braceletsverified
Brachial PlexusnounMWEa network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulderverified
Brachial VeinnounMWEtwo veins in either arm that accompany the brachial artery and empty into the axillary veinverified
Brachiocephalic VeinnounMWEveins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veinsverified
Bracket FungusnounMWEa woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structuresverified
Bracketed BlennynounMWEsmall eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlanticverified
Brain DeadadjectiveMWEhaving irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogramcandidate
Brain DoctornounMWEa medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting itverified
Brain DumpnounMWEa document or event where the details of what someone knows are shared, typically on a large or complex topicverified
Brain EdemanounMWEswelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matterverified
Brain TrusternounMWEan expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official statusverified
Brake DrumnounMWEa hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakesverified
Brake LightnounMWEa red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stopverified
Brake ShoenounMWEa restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotationverified
Brake SystemnounMWEa braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicleverified
Branched Chain KetoacidurianounMWEan inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrupverified
Branchial ArchnounMWEone of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibiansverified
Branchial CleftnounMWEone of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passesverified
Branchiopod CrustaceannounMWEaquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feedingverified
Brand-Name DrugnounMWEa drug that has a trade name and is protected by a patent (can be produced and sold only by the company holding the patent)verified
Brandy NosenounMWEenlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skinverified
Brash OaknounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence postsverified
Brass InstrumentnounMWEa wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpieceverified
Brazil NutnounMWEthree-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shellverified
Breach of the PeacenounMWEany act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitledverified
Breach of TrustnounMWEviolation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of himverified
Breach of Trust with Fraudulent IntentnounMWElarceny after trust rather than after unlawful takingverified
Breach of WarrantynounMWEa breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warrantyverified