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B-

(of US military aircraft) abbreviation for (Military) bomber: B-52.

B, b

(bi)

n., pl. Bs B's, bs b's. 1. the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like a B. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter B or b.

B

Chess. bishop.

B


Symbol. 1. the second in order or in a series. 2. (sometimes l.c.) a grade or mark indicating that academic work, a product, etc., is good but not of the highest quality. 3. a major blood group. See ABO system. 4. a. the seventh tone of the ascending C major scale. b. a tonality having B as the tonic. 5. boron. 6. magnetic induction. 7. a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget.

B.

1. bachelor. 2. bacillus. 3. Baseball. base; baseman. 4. bay. 5. Bible. 6. bolivar. 7. book. 8. born. 9. breadth. 10. British. 11. brother. 12. brotherhood.

b.

1. bachelor. 2. bale. 3. bass. 4. basso. 5. bay. 6. billion. 7. blend of; blended. 8. book. 9. born. 10. breadth. 11. brother.

B-

(in designations of aircraft) bomber: B-29.