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Bifocalsnouneyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far visionverified
Big BandnounMWEa large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musiciansverified
Big BangnounMWEthe cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universeverified
Big BoardnounMWEthe large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchangeverified
Big BusinessnounMWEcommercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policiesverified
Big DatanounMWEconsists of extensive datasets primarily in the characteristics of volume, variety, velocity, and/or variabilitythat require a scalable architecture for efficient storage, manipulation, and analysisData
Big DippernounMWEelevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines)verified
Big SagebrushnounMWEaromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leavesverified
Big SciencenounMWEscientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant resultsverified
Big ShagbarknounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
Big ShellbarknounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
Big Shellbark HickorynounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
Big TreenounMWEextremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in Californiaverified
Big-Bang TheorynounMWE(cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperatureverified
Big-Bud HickorynounMWEsmooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nutverified
Big-Leaf MaplenounMWEmaple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumnverified
Big-Tree PlumnounMWEsmall tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leavesverified
Bigamynounthe offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurredverified
Bigeyenounred fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scalesverified
Bighornnounwild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled hornsverified
Bighorn SheepnounMWEwild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled hornsverified
Bikersnounoriginally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960sverified
Bilateral ContractnounMWEa contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee)verified
Bilateral DescentnounMWEline of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the familyverified
Bilateral Key SecuritynounMWEA multi-level data encryption system, based on the exchange of Bilateral Keys, allowing users of SWIFT to create, send, and receive SWIFT messages. Bilateral Keys are unique authenticator keys possessed by only the two parties (either the provider or recipient of a message) involved and provide confirmation in both directions of the legitimacy of a message sent via SWIFT.ControlRegulated
Bilberrynounerect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berriesverified
Bilharzianounan infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosomaverified
Bilharziasisnounan infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosomaverified