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Bissextile
- - Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
Blackstrap
- - A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
Blanketing
- verb - cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
- form a blanket-like cover (over)
Blindstory
- - The triforium as opposed to the clearstory.
Blitzstein
- noun - United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964)
Blood Test
- noun - a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Blood Type
- noun - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
- people whose blood (usually just the red blood cells) has the same antigens
Blood-Twig
- noun - European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
Bloodstain
- noun - a discoloration caused by blood