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Bertolt Brecht
- noun - German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956)
Bessemer Steel
- - Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.
Besseya Alpina
- noun - small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico
Bestir Oneself
- verb - start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"
Beta Endorphin
- noun - an endorphin produced by the pituitary gland that suppresses pain
Beta Radiation
- noun - radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
Beta-Lactamase
- noun - enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Betake Oneself
- verb - displace oneself; go from one location to another
Bethabara Wood
- - A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.
Better-Looking
- adjective - pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman