b : Idioms & Phrases

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Definitions

1. The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet.
2. A primer for teaching the alphabet and first elements of reading. Obs.
3. The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance. Shak.

Webster 1913

• noun battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
  

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• noun a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens
  B cell.
  

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• noun originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  B vitamin; B; vitamin B; B-complex vitamin; B complex.
  

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• noun immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils
  B horizon.
  

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• noun a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin (antibodies) that inactivate the antigens
  B cell.
  

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• noun originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  B vitamin; B; vitamin B; B-complex vitamin; B complex.
  

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• noun United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber
  

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• noun originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  B vitamin; B; vitamin B; B-complex vitamin; B complex.
  

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• noun the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
  licorice stick.
  

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• noun a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
  bar girl.
  

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• noun immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils
  B horizon.
  

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• noun exceedingly short-lived meson
  

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• noun the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
  

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• noun a dark-green plant pigment having a brilliant green alcohol solution; generally characteristic of higher plants
  

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• noun the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
  B; group B.
  

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• noun a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
  haemophilia B; Christmas disease.
  

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• noun a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
  haemophilia B; Christmas disease.
  

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• noun an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
  serum hepatitis.
  

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• noun a syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C.
  

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• noun a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
  rhythm and blues.
  

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• noun United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
  King; B. B. King.
  

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• noun a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare
  SEB.
  

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• noun a United States coin worth one dollar
  

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• noun the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
  B; group B.
  

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• noun originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  B vitamin; B; vitamin B; B-complex vitamin; B complex.
  

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• noun originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  B vitamin; B; vitamin B; B-complex vitamin; B complex.
  

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