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Baroquenessnounelaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th centuryverified
Barracoutanouna large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africaverified
Barracudanounany voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teethverified
Barrage BalloonnounMWEan elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying lowverified
Barrage FirenounMWEthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific targetverified
Barratrynoun(maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargoverified
Barred OwlnounMWElarge owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brownverified
Barrel CactusnounMWEa cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruitsverified
Barrel OrgannounMWEa musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegsverified
Barrennessnounthe state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have childrenverified
Barretternouna resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)verified
Barriernounany condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objectiveverified
Barrier IslandnounMWEa long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shoreverified
Barristernouna British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecutionverified
Baryonnounany of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactionsverified
Baryon NumbernounMWEa number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structureverified
Bas MitzvahnounMWE(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibilityverified
Bas ReliefnounMWEa sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the backgroundverified
Basal Body TemperaturenounMWEbody temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anythingverified
Basal Body Temperature MethodnounMWEnatural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulationverified
Basal Body Temperature Method of Family PlanningnounMWEnatural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulationverified
Basal GanglionnounMWEany of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movementverified
Basal Metabolic RatenounMWEthe rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting stateverified
Basal MetabolismnounMWEthe amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting stateverified
Basal PlacentationnounMWEwhere one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovaryverified
Basal TemperaturenounMWEbody temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anythingverified
Basal VeinnounMWEa large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral veinverified
Basculenouna structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other, for example the principle of a seesawverified
Base HitnounMWE(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safelyverified
Base on BallsnounMWEin baseball, an advance to first base by a batter who receives four ballsverified
Base PairnounMWEone of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strandsverified
Base RunnernounMWEa baseball player on the team at bat who is on base or attempting to reach a baseverified
Baseball CardnounMWEa trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing recordverified
Baseball ClinicnounMWEa meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instructionverified
Baseball DiamondnounMWEthe area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plateverified
Baseball GamenounMWEa ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine playersverified