bureau de change
— Noun
– English
~ (French) an establishment where you can exchange foreign money
brain dead
— Adjective
– English
~ having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram; "was declared brain dead"
big deal
— Noun
– English
~ an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
big deal
— Noun
– English
~ anything of great importance or consequence
business deal
— Noun
– English
~ a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal"
broker-dealer
— Noun
– English
~ a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
Black Death
— Noun
– English
~ the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
brain death
— Noun
– English
~ death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
Bufo debilis
— Noun
– English
~ small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
bad debt
— Noun
– English
~ a debt that is unlikely to be repaid
beta decay
— Noun
– English
~ radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle
Bakke decision
— Noun
– English
~ a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
boat deck
— Noun
– English
~ the upper deck on which lifeboats are stored
bell deck
— Noun
– English
~ a floor under the bells of an open belfry
bridge deck
— Noun
– English
~ an upper deck where a ship is steered and the captain stands
between decks
— Adverb
– English
~ in the space between decks, on a ship
business deduction
— Noun
– English
~ tax write-off for expenses of doing business
breast-deep
— Adverb
– English
~ up to the breast; "we were standing breast-high in the water"
barking deer
— Noun
– English
~ small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark
blacktail deer
— Noun
– English
~ mule deer of western Rocky Mountains