Nouns starting with B

• Barnaby's thistle — Noun – English ～ European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
• blessed thistle — Noun – English ～ tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
• blessed thistle — Noun – English ～ annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
• blue thistle — Noun – English ～ a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
• boar thistle — Noun – English ～ European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
• bull thistle — Noun – English ～ European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
• brook thistle — Noun – English ～ of central and southwestern Europe
• Benjamin Thompson — Noun – English ～ English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)
• brown thrasher — Noun – English ～ common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage
• bishop's throne — Noun – English ～ a throne that is the official chair of a bishop
• brown thrush — Noun – English ～ common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage
• Berberis thunbergii — Noun – English ～ compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges
• basil thyme — Noun – English ～ fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
• black-legged tick — Noun – English ～ parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
• bus ticket — Noun – English ～ a ticket good for a ride on a bus
• beggar's-ticks — Noun – English ～ any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
• beggar-ticks — Noun – English ～ the seed of bur marigolds
• beggar-ticks — Noun – English ～ any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
• black tie — Noun – English ～ a black bow tie worn with a dinner jacket
• black tie — Noun – English ～ semiformal evening dress for men

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