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Bar BilliardsnounMWEa table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegsverified
Bar CodenounMWEcode consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laserverified
Bar ExamnounMWEan examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdictionverified
Bar ExaminationnounMWEan examination conducted at regular intervals to determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdictionverified
Bar LinenounMWEa vertical line before the accented beat marking the boundary between musical barsverified
Bar MitzvahnounMWEan initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibilityverified
Barbados CherrynounMWEacid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin Cverified
Barbecue PitnounMWEa pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meatverified
Barbershop QuartetnounMWEan unaccompanied quartet of usually male voices, singing sentimental songs in four-part harmonyverified
Barbette CarriagenounMWEa gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapetverified
Bargaining ChipnounMWEleverage in the form of an inducement or a concession useful in successful negotiationsverified
Barium EnemanounMWEenema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesionsverified
Barley GrassnounMWEEuropean annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerowsverified
Barn SpidernounMWEan orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web dailyverified
Barrage BalloonnounMWEan elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying lowverified
Barrage FirenounMWEthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific targetverified
Barred OwlnounMWElarge owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brownverified
Barrel CactusnounMWEa cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruitsverified
Barrel OrgannounMWEa musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegsverified
Barrier IslandnounMWEa long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shoreverified
Baryon NumbernounMWEa number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structureverified
Bas MitzvahnounMWE(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibilityverified
Bas ReliefnounMWEa sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the backgroundverified
Basal Body TemperaturenounMWEbody temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anythingverified
Basal Body Temperature MethodnounMWEnatural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulationverified
Basal Body Temperature Method of Family PlanningnounMWEnatural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulationverified
Basal GanglionnounMWEany of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movementverified
Basal Metabolic RatenounMWEthe rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting stateverified
Basal MetabolismnounMWEthe amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting stateverified
Basal PlacentationnounMWEwhere one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovaryverified