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Bowstring HempnounMWEgrown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiberverified
Bowtie PastanounMWEpasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tieverified
Box End WrenchnounMWEa wrench with a closed loop (a socket) that fits over a nut or bolt headverified
Box HuckleberrynounMWEcreeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berriesverified
Box White OaknounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence postsverified
Boxberrynouncreeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berriesverified
Boxernouna breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germanyverified
Boxfishnounany of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony platesverified
Boxing GlovenounMWEboxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fightersverified
Boxthornnounany of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berriesverified
Boxwoodnounvery hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box)verified
Boysenberrynouncultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberriesverified
Boysenberry BushnounMWEcultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberriesverified
Brace WrenchnounMWEa wrench shaped like a brace (has a handle shaped like a crank) and a socket headverified
Braceletnouna band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wristverified
Bracelet WoodnounMWEsmall West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make braceletsverified
Bracernouna protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sportsverified
Braceronouna Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War IIverified
Brachial PlexusnounMWEa network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulderverified
Brachial VeinnounMWEtwo veins in either arm that accompany the brachial artery and empty into the axillary veinverified
Brachiocephalic VeinnounMWEveins formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veinsverified
Bracket FungusnounMWEa woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structuresverified
Bracketed BlennynounMWEsmall eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlanticverified
Brahmannouna member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)verified
Brahminnouna member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)verified
Brain DoctornounMWEa medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting itverified
Brain DumpnounMWEa document or event where the details of what someone knows are shared, typically on a large or complex topicverified
Brain EdemanounMWEswelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matterverified
Brain TrusternounMWEan expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official statusverified