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Beefsteak BegonianounMWErhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneathverified
Beefsteak GeraniumnounMWEany of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowersverified
Beefsteak PlantnounMWESouth American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bractsverified
Beefwoodnounany of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetworkverified
Beepernounan electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being pagedverified
Beernouna general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hopsverified
Beer GardennounMWEtavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are servedverified
Beetleweednountufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fallverified
beforenounThis limits a Control or Mandate's secondary verb to be put into play prior to the event taking place.ControlRegulated
Beggar LicenounMWEany of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or lomentsverified
Beggar-My-Neighbornouna card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cardsverified
Beggar-My-Neighbournouna card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cardsverified
Beggar-Ticksnounany of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothingverified
BeggarweednounWest Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soilverified
Beggarynouna solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)verified
Beggingnouna solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)verified
Beginning RhymenounMWEuse of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verseverified
Begonianounany of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemesverified
Begonia FamilynounMWEmonoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially Americaverified
Beguilementnounan entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexationsverified
Behalfnounfor someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive)verified
Behaviornounin psychology, the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situationverified
Behavior ModificationnounMWEpsychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behaviorverified
behavior monitoringnounMWEObserving activities of users, information systems, and processes and measuring the activities against organizational policies and rule, baselines of normal activity, thresholds, and trends.Capability
Behavior TherapynounMWEpsychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behaviorverified
Behavioral OutcomenounMWEWhat an individual who has completed the specific training module is expected to be able to accomplish in terms of IT security-related job performance.Metric
Behavioristic PsychologynounMWEan approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behaviorverified
Behaviournounin psychology, the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situationverified
Behaviouristic PsychologynounMWEan approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behaviorverified
Beingnouna living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlyverified
Belaying PinnounMWEa wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing)verified
Beleagueringnounthe action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attackverified
Belemnitenouna conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidaeverified
Bell BooknounMWEa logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recordedverified