Nouns starting with B

• biceps humeri — Noun – English ～ a muscle that flexes and supinates the forearm
• black humor — Noun – English ～ the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
• black humour — Noun – English ～ the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
• bargain hunter — Noun – English ～ a shopper who hunts for bargains
• bug-hunter — Noun – English ～ a zoologist who studies insects
• bounty hunter — Noun – English ～ someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered
• bounty hunter — Noun – English ～ a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
• bz-hus — Noun – Danish
• barium hydroxide — Noun – English ～ white poisonous crystals; made by dissolving barium oxide in water
• beta-hydroxybutyric acid — Noun – English ～ beta derivative of hydroxybutyric acid that is found in the blood and urine in some cases of impaired metabolism
• brown hyena — Noun – English ～ of southern Africa
• bagsiden af hånden — Noun – Danish ～ håndryggen
• bølgerne går højt — Noun – Danish ～ der er ophidset diskussion el. voldsom uenighed
• Bosna i Hercegovina — Noun – English ～ a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
• Brachycome Iberidifolia — Noun – English ～ western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays
• Bubulcus ibis — Noun – English ～ small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
• black ice — Noun – English ～ a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous
• beau ideal — Noun – English ～ an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
• ballistic identification — Noun – English ～ identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
• biometric identification — Noun – English ～ the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"

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