Book of the Prophet Daniel
— Noun
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～ an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar
Billie the Kid
— Noun
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～ United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881)
Bel and the Dragon
— Noun
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～ an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
Bearer of the Sword
— Noun
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～ a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping; "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives"
Bureau of the Census
— Noun
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～ the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States
Boy Orator of the Platte
— Noun
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～ United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
bottom of the inning
— Noun
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～ the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
break of the day
— Noun
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～ the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
breach of the peace
— Noun
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～ any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
Breughel the Elder
— Noun
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～ Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)
Bayes' theorem
— Noun
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～ (statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the conditional probability of the outcome of each cause
binomial theorem
— Noun
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～ a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power
big bang theory
— Noun
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～ (cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature
big-bang theory
— Noun
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～ (cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature
Bohr theory
— Noun
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～ (physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only be in certain stationary energy states and light is emitted when electrons jump from one energy state to another
behavior therapy
— Noun
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～ psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
Beckman thermometer
— Noun
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～ a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature
battle of Thermopylae
— Noun
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～ a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece