broom snakeweed
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
body snatcher
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
brandy snifter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy
Baron Snow of Leicester
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
bar soap
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ soap in the form of a bar
bath soap
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ soap used as a toiletry
built-soap powder
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders
building society
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ British equivalent of United States savings and loan association
bobby-socker
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)
ball-and-socket joint
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
ball-and-socket joint
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a joint that can rotate within a socket
Begonia socotrana
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ semi-tuberous begonia having peltate leaves and rose-pink flowers; Yemen
baking soda
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
bicarbonate of soda
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
benzoate of soda
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a white crystalline salt used as a food preservative and antiseptic
beta software
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software is usually available only to particular users who will test it"
bog soil
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation
battle of Soissons-Reims
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
battle of Solferino
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I