Definition of
B
- (noun, animal) aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
- (noun, substance) originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
- (noun, substance) a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
- (noun, quantity) a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
- (noun, quantity) (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
- (noun, communication) the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
- (noun, body) the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen
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Synonyms of B
atomic number 5, b complex, b vitamin, b-complex vitamin, bacillus, barn, bel, boron, group b, type b, vitamin b, vitamin b complex
Alternate forms of B
Hyponyms: adermin, aneurin, anthrax bacillus, antiberiberi factor, antipernicious anemia factor, bacillus anthracis, bacillus globigii, bacillus subtilis, biotin, choline, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin, folacin, folate, folic acid, grass bacillus, hay bacillus, hepatoflavin, inositol, lactoflavin, niacin, nicotinic acid, ovoflavin, pantothen, pantothenic acid, pteroylglutamic acid, pteroylmonoglutamic acid, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, riboflavin, thiamin, thiamine, vitamin b1, vitamin b12, vitamin b2, vitamin b6, vitamin bc, vitamin g, vitamin h, vitamin m, yersinia pestis
Hypernyms: alphabetic character, area unit, blood group, blood type, chemical element, element, eubacteria, eubacterium, letter, letter of the alphabet, sound unit, square measure, true bacteria, water-soluble vitamin
Words that sound like B
b-52, b.o., ba, baa, baba, babe, baboo, babu, baby, bahai, bai, baobab, bap, baphia, bawbee, bay, bay of ob, baya, bayou, bb, be, beau, bebop, bee, beef, beef up, beefy, beehive, beep, behave, behoove, behove, bevy, bey, bh, bi, bib, biff, bo hai, boa, bob
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