beat generation
— Noun
– English
~ a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
blind gentian
— Noun
– English
~ gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
blind gentian
— Noun
– English
~ similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers
bottle gentian
— Noun
– English
~ gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
Baron Georges Cuvier
— Noun
– English
~ French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
bedding geranium
— Noun
– English
~ an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers
beefsteak geranium
— Noun
– English
~ 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
– English
~ small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
beau geste
— Noun
– English
~ a gracious (but usually meaningless) gesture
birthday gift
— Noun
– English
~ a present given in celebration of a person's birthday
bride-gift
— Noun
– English
~ a wedding present to the bride
bathtub gin
— Noun
– English
~ 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
– English
~ a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
bar girl
— Noun
– English
~ a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
bachelor girl
— Noun
– English
~ a young unmarried woman who lives alone
bunny girl
— Noun
– English
~ a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
boys-and-girls
— Noun
– English
~ Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic