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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
B. | English | Burroughs | N/A |
| S.S.or B. | English | Stranded,Sunk or Burnt | Insurance, Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Comparison | Discrimination; indiscrimination a; identification b. |
Imbecility Folly | B. be - imbecile; Adjective: have no -brains, have no sense. |
Mariner | Noun: sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man; dock walloper; tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.; man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy; skipper; shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman; bargee, gondolier; oar, oarsman; rower; boatswain, coxswain; steersman, pilot; crew. |
Money | Penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper; two-cent piece three-cent piece, half-dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B. Anthony dollar. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: B. |
| English words defined with "B.": Appian Way, Araneus cavaticus, Asmonean ♦ barn spider, Bayatte, Bombardier beetle, Briza maxima, Bryonin, Butter tree ♦ Cassinian oval, Christmas factor, Cockshut time ♦ Dead Sea Apple ♦ factor IX ♦ Gnomic Poets, Goldwyn, gum butea ♦ Julian epoch, Julian period ♦ Labor Secretary, Lima/on, linear regression ♦ Maccabees, Mahwa tree, Milesian ♦ Order of the Bath, Ouakari ♦ Planetary aberration ♦ rectilinear regression ♦ Sam Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn, Secretary of Labor, Shavian, Sibylline books, Skinnerian, subservient ♦ To buy out, To fall in, Trigger fish, true ♦ Vocule ♦ Wardian, Widmanstatten figures, Wire gauge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "B.": B. and S, B. C., B. K. S, B. of B. K, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Boehm B. ♦ M. B. Waistcoat. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "B.": Hotchkiss gun. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I have a real name, see? And it's Peter B. Hartwell (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur) Epstein, Arnold B. (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon) I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Trouble with a capital B. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) Okay, insert rod support A into slot B. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Lyrics | Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode, (Johnny B. Goode; performing artist: Chuck Berry) He was some boogie woogie bugle boy of company B. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler) I'm gettin pages out of New Jersey, from Courtney B. (Ride Wit Me (Featuring City Spud); performing artist: Nelly) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Warum ist Frau B. glücklich? (1968) Une entrevue avec M. Edwin B. Martin (1968) Médecin de campagne Docteur B. (1968) Alice B. Toklas! I Love You (1968) Das Tagebuch der Brigitte B. (1961) | |
Song Titles | Sloop John B. (performing artist: The Beach Boys) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Division of pharmacology, NIH around 1938. Front (l-r): H. Kahler, J. Johnson, M. Smith, C. Voegtlin, W. Earle, M. Maver and H. Bauer. Second: T. Stark, J. Thompson, E. Emmart, M. Farrell, K. Harlow, O. Marshino, Rosen, and C. Wright. Third: C. Doane, R. Boltz, Springstern, M. Feeser, W. Pitkerton, E. Schilling, R. Bishop, M. Goldberg, G. Jarrels and Collison. Fourth: T. Hawkley, S. Rosenthal, R. Holbrook, R. Spencer, E. Davis, B. Westfall, F. Deeds. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | A. Peripheral blood leukocyte from an AIDS patient producing HIV. There are several particles budding from the periphery of the cell. Other virus particles cluster outside the cell membrane. (x30) b. Enlargement of far right center area of top photo showing mature HIV particles. (x90) c. HIV particle budding from cell membrane. (x200) d. Mature hiv particle with characteristic core. (x200). See artwork: GR-07. Credit: Matt Gonda (photographer). |
 | B. anthracis Colony Characteristics: A. 2-5mm overnight at 35 degrees centigrade without carbon dioxide B. Non-hemolytic, non-pigmented, dry ground glass surface, edge irregular with comma projections, “Medusa Head”. Credit: CDC. |  | The unveiling ceremony of the bust of Hygeia. (left to right), Archbishop Lakovas, Ambassador B. Vitsaxis, Dr. John E Skandalakis, and R. David J. Sencer. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Kegelschnitte" by Rainer Wonisch. Use the Scrollbar to vary A and B. Very high resolution; might take a few seconds to generate. |  | "Paul Trap" (movie) by Thomas Leisner. The droplet in the center is oscillating. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A or B.. |
 | Station Pen in Washington Triangulation party of O. B. French - occupied by J. S. Hill Instrument was mounted on tree trunk Instrument remained steady in azimuth but unsteady in level. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Connecting the float to a tide gauge Tides party of Gerald B. Mills Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Jacket of "The Virgin Islands Our New Possessions and the British Islands", by Theodoor De Booy and John T. Faris, 1918. J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia. Library Call Number C/hc100 V81 B.. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Title page: "The Virgin Islands Our New Possessions and the British Islands", by Theodoor De Booy and John T. Faris, 1918. J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia. Library Call Number C/hc100 V81 B.. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
A. B. Alcott | The less of routine, the more of life. |
Henri B. Stendhal | To describe happiness is to diminish it. |
| A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. | |
John B. Gough | You must make your own opportunities. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | The noblest search is the search for excellence. |
Susan B. Anthony | Suffrage is the pivotal right. |
Thomas B. Aldrich | The ocean moans over dead men's bones. |
| They fail, and they alone, who have not striven. | |
Thomas B. Macaulay | He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | B. Notice the abundant RNP in the inclusion. (references) | |
Kandel, D. B. Stages in adolescent involvement with drugs. (references) | ||
Repeated infection with B. burgdorferi has been documented. (references) | ||
Business | Like already said under paragraph B. Competitive Analysis, factors of importance are awareness of the Swedish laws concerning handling of the merchandise, transport regulations, specifications of goods, declaration of content and so forth. (references) | |
The authorities have launched a large-scale immunization program for the vaccination of newborns, children, and young adults against hepatitis B. Rapid changes in social and economic development and in disease patterns have expanded the scope of health care and encouraged people to pay more attention to their own health. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | B. Total Local Production n.a. n.a. n.a. (references) |
Austria | Counselor for Commercial Affairs--Joseph B. Kaesshaefer, Jr. (references) | |
Indonesia | Soeharto's hand-picked Vice President, B. J. Habibie, became Indonesia's third president. (references) | |
Minorities | Greece | Research conducted in 2000 by the NGO Doctors of the World found that 98 percent of Roma in some camps were infected by hepatitis A, and 68 percent by hepatitis B. The rate of infection of other citizens is extremely low, since most are vaccinated. (references) |
Political Economy | India | In April 1999 the BJP-led government of Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee (a 13-party coalition) lost a parliamentary vote of confidence by one vote. (references) |
Antigua and Barbuda | Prime Minister Lester B. Bird's Antigua Labour Party (ALP) has controlled the Government and Parliament since 1976. In the 1999 elections, which observers described as free but not fair, the ALP retained power by winning 12 of 17 parliamentary seats. (references) | |
Trade | Qatar | B. QR 1 (US$ 0.27) per ton per day for the next 10 days. (references) |
El Salvador | B. Application for export registry (Solicitud de Registro de Exportacion). (references) | |
Egypt | B. As for apparatuses, machines and equipment, details written on each have to be the same as those written on the package. (references) | |
Travel | Italy | The electrical plug is the standard plug B. This is a plug that has two round pins instead of the flat prongs. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SUFFRAGE, n. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized. Refusal to do so has the bad name of "incivism." The incivilian, however, cannot be properly arraigned for his crime, for there is no legitimate accuser. If the accuser is himself guilty he has no standing in the court of opinion; if not, he profits by the crime, for A's abstention from voting gives greater weight to the vote of B. By female suffrage is meant the right of a woman to vote as some man tells her to. It is based on female responsibility, which is somewhat limited. The woman most eager to jump out of her petticoat to assert her rights is first to jump back into it when threatened with a switching for misusing them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "B." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.72% of the time. "B." is used about 2,008 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95.72% | 1,922 | 4,455 |
| Noun (common) | 4.18% | 84 | 36,109 |
| Alphabetical Symbol | 0.1% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,008 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Howard B. Wolf, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "B.": Alice B. Toklas ♦ B. B. King ♦ B. bifidus ♦ Benoit B. Mandelbrot ♦ Boehm B. ♦ Cecil B. De Mille ♦ E. B. White ♦ G. B. Shaw ♦ J. B. Rhine ♦ J. B. S. Haldane ♦ Louis B. Mayer ♦ Mathew B. Brady ♦ Rutherford B. Hayes ♦ Samuel F. B. Morse ♦ Susan B. Anthony ♦ W. B. Yeats ♦ W. E. B. Du Bois. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3616 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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