Nouns starting with B

• Brya ebenus — Noun – English ～ West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony
• black economy — Noun – English ～ a hidden sector of the economy where private cash transactions go unreported; "no one knows how large the black economy really is"
• baker's eczema — Noun – English ～ allergic eczema caused by flour or other ingredients handled by bakers
• brain edema — Noun – English ～ swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter
• business editor — Noun – English ～ the newspaper editor responsible for business news
• Boletus edulis — Noun – English ～ an edible and choice fungus; has a convex cap that is slightly viscid when fresh and moist but soon dries and a thick bulbous tan stalk
• Bomarea edulis — Noun – English ～ tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
• blind eel — Noun – English ～ aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
• bandwagon effect — Noun – English ～ the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity; "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate"
• butterfly effect — Noun – English ～ the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
• bad egg — Noun – English ～ (old-fashioned slang) a bad person
• baked egg — Noun – English ～ egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin
• boiled egg — Noun – English ～ egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
• bacon and eggs — Noun – English ～ European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
• bacon and eggs — Noun – English ～ eggs (fried or scrambled) served with bacon
• butter-and-eggs — Noun – English ～ common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
• Boykinia elata — Noun – English ～ plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
• black elder — Noun – English ～ a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
• blue elder — Noun – English ～ shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
• box elder — Noun – English ～ common shade tree of eastern and central United States

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