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Bird Cherry TreenounMWEany of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birdsverified
Bird FamilynounMWEa family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsverified
Bird of JovenounMWEany of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flightverified
Bird of JunonounMWEvery large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental birdverified
Bird of MinervanounMWEnocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyesverified
Bird of NightnounMWEnocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyesverified
Bird of ParadisenounMWEornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a birdverified
Bird VetchnounMWEcommon perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowersverified
Bird-Footed DinosaurnounMWEany of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legsverified
Bird-On-The-Wingnouncommon trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepalsverified
Bird's Foot ClovernounMWEEuropean forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in Americaverified
Bird's Foot TrefoilnounMWEEuropean forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in Americaverified
Bird's Nest FernnounMWEtropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotchesverified
Bird's-Eye BushnounMWEshrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepalsverified
Bird's-Foot FernnounMWEcliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalksverified
Bird's-Nest FungusnounMWEany of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the sporesverified
Birth CanalnounMWEa passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birthverified
Birth Control PillnounMWEa contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conceptionverified
Birth TraumanounMWEemotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illnessverified
Birth-Control CampaignernounMWEa social reformer who advocates birth control and family planningverified
Birth-Control ReformernounMWEa social reformer who advocates birth control and family planningverified
Birthing CoachnounMWEan assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classesverified
Birthrootnountrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirthverified
Biserial CorrelationnounMWEa correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomousverified
Biserial Correlation CoefficientnounMWEa correlation coefficient in which one variable is many-valued and the other is dichotomousverified
Bishopnouna senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authorityverified
Bishop PinenounMWEtwo-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coastverified
Bishop's CapnounMWEany of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miterverified
Bishop's HatnounMWEslow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stemsverified
Bismuthnouna heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically)verified
Bisonnounany of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short hornsverified