BIN, n.
an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
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| ABA transit number |
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| BIN |
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| bank identification number |
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BJA, n.
the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
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| Bureau of Justice Assistance |
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BJS, n.
the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
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| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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BLT, n.
sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
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| BLT |
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| bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich |
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BLU-82, n.
a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan
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| BLU-82 |
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| Big Blue |
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BLitt, n.
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BM, n.
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
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| BM |
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| dejection |
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| faecal matter |
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| faeces |
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| fecal matter |
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| feces |
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| ordure |
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| stool |
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BMDO, n.
an agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality
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| Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
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BMI, n.
a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
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| body mass index |
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BMR, n.
the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state
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| basal metabolic rate |
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BMus, n.
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BNS, n.
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BOLD FMRI, n.
functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation
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| BOLD FMRI |
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| blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging |
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BPH, n.
enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process
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| BPH |
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| benign prostatic hyperplasia |
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BR, n.
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989
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| BR |
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| Brigate Rosse |
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| Red Brigades |
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BS, n.
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BSArch, n.
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BSE, n.
a fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation
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| BSE |
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| bovine spongiform encephalitis |
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| mad cow disease |
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BTU, n.
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
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| B.Th.U. |
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| BTU |
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| British thermal unit |
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BVD, n.
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BVD's, n.
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BW, n.
the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
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| BW |
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| bioattack |
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| biologic attack |
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| biological attack |
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| biological warfare |
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BW defence, n.
defense against biological warfare
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| BW defence |
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| BW defense |
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| biological warfare defence |
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| biological warfare defense |
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BW defense, n.
defense against biological warfare
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| BW defence |
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| BW defense |
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| biological warfare defence |
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| biological warfare defense |
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BWR, n.
a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine
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| BWR |
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| boiling water reactor |
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Ba, n.
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
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| Ba |
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| atomic number 56 |
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| barium |
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Baader Meinhof Gang, n.
a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977
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| Baader Meinhof Gang |
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| Baader-Meinhof Gang |
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Baader-Meinhof Gang, n.
a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977
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| Baader Meinhof Gang |
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| Baader-Meinhof Gang |
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Baal, n.
any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god
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| Baal |
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Baal Merodach, n.
the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu
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| Baal Merodach |
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| Bel-Merodach |
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| Marduk |
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| Merodach |
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