Nouns starting with B

• bon mot — Noun – English ～ a clever remark
• bombycid moth — Noun – English ～ moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
• bee moth — Noun – English ～ moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs
• Brownian motion — Noun – English ～ the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
• burial mound — Noun – English ～ (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
• Bernese mountain dog — Noun – English ～ large powerful long-haired black-coated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking; formerly used for draft
• Brewer's mountain heather — Noun – English ～ semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
• Balkan Mountains — Noun – English ～ the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
• Brownian movement — Noun – English ～ the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
• bowel movement — Noun – English ～ a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement"
• bran muffin — Noun – English ～ muffin containing bran
• beer mug — Noun – English ～ a mug intended for serving beer
• black mulberry — Noun – English ～ European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit
• Botrychium multifidum — Noun – English ～ European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds
• Baron Munchausen — Noun – English ～ German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797)
• blue murder — Noun – English ～ an extravagantly loud outcry; "she screamed blue murder"
• Bartolome Esteban Murillo — Noun – English ～ Spanish painter (1617-1682)
• buccinator muscle — Noun – English ～ a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth
• Becker muscular dystrophy — Noun – English ～ a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
• Balaenoptera musculus — Noun – English ～ largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere

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