banting
— Noun
– English
~ Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
banting
— Noun
– English
~ wild ox of the Malay Archipelago
Bantu
— Noun
– English
~ a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
bantu
— Noun
– English
~ a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
banyan
— Noun
– English
~ a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
banyan
— Noun
– English
~ East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
banzai
— Noun
– English
~ a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph
banzai attack
— Noun
– English
~ a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'
baobab
— Noun
– English
~ African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
bap
— Noun
– English
~ a small loaf or roll of soft bread
Baphia
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar
Baptisia australis
— Noun
– English
~ wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers
Baptisia
— Noun
– English
~ genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod
baptism
— Noun
– English
~ a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
Arminian Baptist
— Noun
– English
~ group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
Baptist
— Noun
– English
~ follower of Baptistic doctrines