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belie,
belied,
belying,
belies.transitive
verbs
to picture falsely; misrepresent
belier.noun
belittle,
belittled,
belittling,
belittles.transitive
verbs
to represent or speak of as contemptibly
small or unimportant;
disparage.(a
person who belittled our efforts to do the job right); to cause to seem
less than another or little (the size of the office tower belittles the
surrounding buildings)
belittlement, belittler.nouns
beneficence.noun
the state or quality of being kind, charitable,
or beneficial; a charitable act or gift
beneficial.adjective
producing, promoting, contributing to a favorable
result; receiving benefit; advantageous
beneficially.adverb
beneficialness.noun
benevolent.adjective
marked by or disposed
to doing good; organized for the purpose of doing good
benevolentness.noun
benevolently.adverb
berate.transitive
verb
to scold
or rebuke severely
beseech.verb
inflected
form(s).beseeched.or.besought,
beseeching
transitive verb senses-to
beg for urgently or anxiously; to request earnestly; implore
intransitive
verb senses.to make supplication
beseechingly.adverb
synonym.beg
bespeak, bespoke,
bespoken.or.bespoke,
bespeaking,
bespeaks.transitive
verbs
to speak for in advance; to be indicative of (his
charity bespeaks a generous nature); to be or give a sign of; indicate;
to foretell
beta
decay.(radiation)
beta decay
is a heavy particle
converting into a lighter one; this radioactive decay consists of the emission
of electrons (that occur when an atom ejects an electron from its nucleus),
known as beta particles and
the emission known as beta radiation
– the disintegration of the
nucleus of an atom to produce a beta particle; this decay is accompanied
by the emission of a neutrino (high speed electron) and an anti neutrino.
Beta decay is governed by the weak
force. During the process of decay a neutron changes (a neutron in
the nucleus changes into a proton – a new element
is formed as the atom transmutes),
thereby increasing the atomic
number by one, while the mass
remains about the same. Any mass lost in the process is converted to movement
(kinetic energy) of the beta particle.
(see also 'alpha particles')
bewilder.transitive
verb
inflected form(s).bewildered,
bewildering
to cause to lose one's bearings to perplex
or confuse especially by a complexity,
variety, or multitude of objects or considerations
bewilderment.noun
the quality or state of being bewildered; a bewildering
tangle or confusion
bewilderedness.noun
bewilderedly,
bewilderingly.adverbs
synonym.puzzle
(ed)
bogus.adjective
counterfeit or fake
bias.noun
bent; tendency;
favoring some outcomes over others; an inclination
of temperament or outlook;
especially – a personal and sometimes unreasoned.judgment,
and one that inhibits.impartial.judgment;
prejudice;
an unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice; a statistical sampling
or testing error caused by systematically favoring some outcomes over others
(such as the computer models of Global Warming, now called Climate Change)
biased.adjective
marked by or exhibiting bias; prejudiced.(gave
a biased account of the trial)
bias, biased,
biasing,
biases.transitive
verbs
to influence
in a particular, typically
unfair direction; prejudice
bicker, bickered,
bickering,
bickers.intransitive
verbs
to have a petty.quarrel;
wrangle;
squabble;
argue
bicker.noun
a petty quarrel; a squabble
bickerer.noun
bifurcate,
bifurcated,
bifurcating,
bifurcates.verbs
transitive verb use-to
divide into two parts or branches
intransitive verb use-to
separate into two parts or branches; fork
bifurcate.adjective
forked or divided into two parts or branches,
as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers
bifurcately.adverb
bifurcation.noun
binding energy.noun
the net energy required to decompose a molecule,
an atom, or a nucleus into its components; the net energy required to remove
an atomic electron to an infinitely remote position from its orbit
bioelectric, also.bioelectrical.adjective
of or having to do with the electric current generated
by living tissue; of or relating to the effects of electricity on living
tissue
bliss.noun
extreme happiness for no reason - just because
you are that way, a human being, not a human becoming; ecstasy
blissful.adjective
blissfully.adverb
blissfulness.noun
bulwark.noun
a wall or embankment raised as a defensive fortification;
a rampart; something serving as a defense or safeguard; a breakwater
Nautical.-.the
part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck bulwark,
bulwarked,
bulwarking,
bulwarks.transitive
verbs
to fortify with a wall, an embankment, or a rampart;
to provide defense or protection for
synonyms.bulwark,
barricade, breastwork, earthwork, rampart, bastion, parapet
- all of these nouns refer literally to structures used as a defense against
attack; a bulwark can be a mound of earth, an embankment, or a wall like
fortification; barricade pertains broadly to a barrier to passage but usually
implies hasty construction to meet an imminent threat; breastwork denotes
a low defensive wall, especially a temporary one hurriedly built; earthwork
is a defensive construction of earth; a rampart, the main defensive structure
around a guarded place, is permanent, high, and broad; a bastion is a projecting
section of a fortification from which defenders have a wide range of view
and fire; parapet applies to any low fortification, typically a wall atop
a rampart; of these words bulwark, barricade, rampart and bastion are the
most frequently used to refer figuratively to something regarded as being
a safeguard or a source of protection
bioflavonoid.noun
ny of a group of biologically active substances
found in plants and functioning in the maintenance of the walls of small
blood vessels in mammals
the
first ten amendments to the Constitution
of the United States. The Bill of Rights establishes basic American
civil liberties that the government cannot violate.
The states ratified
the Bill of Rights in 1791, three years after the Constitution was ratified.
Originally the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government, but
in a series of 20th-century cases, the Supreme Court decided that most
of its provisions apply to the states. Many countries have used the Bill
of Rights as a model for defining civil liberties in their constitutions.
The Bill of Rights includes a wide range of protections
with a common theme and purpose.–.to
define the scope of individual freedom in the United States and to make
the political system more democratic.."Microsoft®
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