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Babassunountall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryverified
Babassu PalmnounMWEtall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivoryverified
Babies'-Breathnountall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowersverified
Baby BoomnounMWEthe larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War IIverified
Baby BoomernounMWEa person born in the US after WWII in the 1950's, a time notable for high population growthverified
Baby BusternounMWEa person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramaticallyverified
Baby CarriagenounMWEa small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed aroundverified
Baby FarmernounMWEsomeone who runs an establishment that houses and cares for babies for a feeverified
Baby-Boom GenerationnounMWEthe larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War IIverified
Baby's BreathnounMWEtall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowersverified
Baby's TearsnounMWEprostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leavesverified
Babymindernouna person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are workingverified
Baccanounan indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grapeverified
Baccalaureatenounan academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studiesverified
Baccaratnouna card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the bankerverified
Bachelor PartynounMWEa traditional party held for a bachelor before they are married, usually attended by close friends and without their fiancee presentverified
Bachelor's ButtonnounMWEan annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowersverified
Bachelor's DegreenounMWEan academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studiesverified
Bacitracinnouna polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organismsverified
Back ChannelnounMWEan alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government)verified
Back CirclenounMWEa feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the headverified
Back Office Conversion (BOC)nounMWEUnder NACHA rules, BOC allows retailers and billers that accept checks at the point-of-sale or at manned bill payment locations to convert eligible checks to ACH debits in the back-office.ProcessRegulatedPCI
Back-Formationnouna word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from itverified
Back-TestingnounA form of outcomes analysis that involves the comparison of actual outcomes with modeled forecasts during a development sample time period (in-sample back-testing) and during a sample period not used in model development (out-of-time back-testing), and at an observation frequency that matches the forecast horizon or performance window of the model.ProcessRegulated
Back-up GenerationsnounMWEA tape rotation methodology that creates three sets of back-up tapes: daily incremental sets or "sons," weekly full sets or "fathers," and end-of-month tapes or "grandfathers." This back-up methodology is frequently used to refer to master files for financial applications.ProcessRegulated
Backbandnouna broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicleverified
Backbendnounan acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floorverified