Nouns starting with B

• black elderberry — Noun – English ～ common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
• blue elderberry — Noun – English ～ shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
• by-election — Noun – English ～ a special election between regular elections
• bye-election — Noun – English ～ a special election between regular elections
• Bessera elegans — Noun – English ～ half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
• Brodiaea elegans — Noun – English ～ brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
• Byzantine Empire — Noun – English ～ a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
• British Empire — Noun – English ～ a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand; "the sun never sets on the British Empire"
• British empiricism — Noun – English ～ the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
• big enchilada — Noun – English ～ an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
• back end — Noun – English ～ the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
• be all and end all — Noun – English ～ the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business"
• be-all and end-all — Noun – English ～ the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business"
• bitter end — Noun – English ～ (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt
• bitter end — Noun – English ～ the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"
• butt end — Noun – English ～ thick end of the handle
• Belgian endive — Noun – English ～ young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
• beta endorphin — Noun – English ～ an endorphin produced by the pituitary gland that suppresses pain
• blank endorsement — Noun – English ～ an endorsement on commercial paper naming no payee and so payable to the bearer
• beam-ends — Noun – English ～ (nautical) at the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel; "on her beam-ends" means heeled over on the side so that the deck is almost vertical

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