Words in english starting with B

• bank rate — Noun – English ～ the discount rate fixed by a central bank
• baud rate — Noun – English ～ (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
• birth rate — Noun – English ～ the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
• bond rating — Noun – English ～ an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default; "the bonds of highest quality are said to have bond ratings of AAA"
• banded rattlesnake — Noun – English ～ widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States
• Battle of Ravenna — Noun – English ～ a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512
• beta ray — Noun – English ～ radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
• butterfly ray — Noun – English ～ a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin
• breeder reactor — Noun – English ～ a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns
• beta receptor — Noun – English ～ receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
• beta-adrenergic receptor — Noun – English ～ receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
• bronze-red — Adjective – English ～ of red tinged with bronze
• brownish-red — Adjective – English ～ of dark brownish to purplish red
• bright-red — Adjective – English ～ of the red of fresh raspberries
• blackish-red — Adjective – English ～ of red tinged with black
• blood-red — Adjective – English ～ of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
• brick red — Noun – English ～ a bright reddish-brown color
• beating-reed instrument — Noun – English ～ a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
• bur reed — Noun – English ～ marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit
• bur-reed family — Noun – English ～ coextensive with the genus Sparganium

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