Baron Georges Cuvier
— Noun
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～ French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
bedding geranium
— Noun
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～ an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers
beefsteak geranium
— Noun
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～ any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
Blattella germanica
— Noun
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～ small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
beau geste
— Noun
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～ a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture
birthday gift
— Noun
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～ a present given in celebration of a person's birthday
bride-gift
— Noun
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～ a wedding present to the bride
bathtub gin
— Noun
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～ homemade gin especially that made illegally
box girder
— Noun
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～ a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section
b-girl
— Noun
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～ a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
bar girl
— Noun
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～ a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
bachelor girl
— Noun
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～ a young unmarried woman who lives alone
bunny girl
— Noun
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～ a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
boys-and-girls
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～ Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
Bhagavad-Gita
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～ (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life
be given
— Verb
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～ have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
Bougainvillea glabra
— Noun
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～ Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously
Bartholin's gland
— Noun
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～ either of the two posterior vestibular glands that secrete a lubricating mucus; homologous to Cowper's gland in the male
bulbourethral gland
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～ either of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female
Betula glandulosa
— Noun
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～ small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland