| NOUN | animal | B, bacillus | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium |
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| substance | B, B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin | originally / originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins | |
| substance | B, boron, atomic number 5 | a trivalent metalloid element | |
| quantity | B, Bel | a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels | |
| quantity | b, barn | (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section | |
| communication | B / b | the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
| body | B, type B, group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
| Sounds | biy' | |
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| Rhymes | ab / Ab / AB ... zombie: 62 rhymes with biy... | |
| Meaning | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing / producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil. | |
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| Synonym | bacillus | |
| Member of | genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae |
| Narrower | Bacillus anthracis, anthrax bacillus | A species of bacillus that causes anthrax / anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs) |
| Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus | A species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter | |
| Yersinia pestis | A bacillus bacterium that causes the plague / plague | |
| Broader | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria | A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls |
| Spanish | bacillus, bacilo | |
| Catalan | bacillus, bacil | |
| Meaning | A trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder. | |
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| Synonyms | boron, atomic number 5 | |
| Broader | chemical element, element | Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
| Substance of | borax | An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate |
| kernite | A light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form | |
| Spanish | boro, número atómico 5 | |
| Catalan | bor, número atòmic 5 | |
| Meaning | A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels. | |
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| Synonym | Bel | |
| Broader | sound unit | Any acoustic unit of measurement |
| Spanish | bel | |
| Catalan | bel | |
| Meaning | (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter. | |
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| Synonym | barn | |
| Category | nuclear physics, atomic physics, nucleonics | The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei |
| Broader | area unit, square measure | A system of units used to measure areas |
| Spanish | barn, b | |
| Meaning | The 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet. | |
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| Member of | Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet | The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe |
| Broader | letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
| Spanish | B | |
| Catalan | b | |
| Meaning | The blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen. | |
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| Synonyms | type B, group B | |
| Broader | blood group, blood type | Human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
| Spanish | B, grupo B, tipo B | |
| Catalan | B, grup B, Grup B, tipus B | |
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