B 11. The symbol for boron.2. The symbol for magnetic flux density.B 2abbr.1. baryon number2. Baseball base3. Music bass4. billion5. bishop (chess)b 1 or B (b?)n. pl. b’s or B’s also bs or Bs 1. The second letter of the modern English alphabet.2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter b.3. The second in a series.4. Something shaped like the letter B.5. B The second best or second highest in quality or rank: a mark of B on an English theme.6. Music a. The seventh tone in the scale of C major or the second tone in the relative minor scale.b. A key or scale in which B is the tonic.c. A written or printed note representing this tone.d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.7. B One of the four major blood groups in the ABO system. Individuals with this blood group have the B antigen on the surface of their red blood cells, and the anti-A antibody in their blood serum.b 2abbr.1. Physics barn2. or B bel3. bottom quark4. breadthAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.b (bi?) or Bn, pl b’s, B’s or Bs1. the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced bilabial stop, as in bell3. Also: beta the second in a series, esp the second highest grade in an examinationb symbol for (Chess & Draughts) chess See algebraic notation B symbol for 1. (Music, other) music a. a note having a frequency of 493.88 hertz (B above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the seventh note of the scale of C majorb. a key, string, or pipe producing this notec. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic 2. the supporting or less important of two things: the B side of a record. 3. (Physiology) a human blood type of the ABO group, containing the B antigen 4. (in Britain) a secondary road 5. (Mathematics) the number 11 in hexadecimal notation 6. (Elements & Compounds) chem boron 7. (General Physics) magnetic flux density 8. (Chess & Draughts) chess bishop 9. (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of softness of lead) black: B; 2B; 3B. Compare H5 10. (General Physics) physics Also: b bel 11. (Nuclear Physics) physics baryon number 12. (Currencies) balboa 13. (Currencies) belga 14. (Currencies) bolívar 15. (Photography) photog B-setting 16. (Sociology) a. a person whose job is in middle management, or who holds an intermediate administrative or professional positionb. (as modifier): a B worker. See also occupation groupings abbreviation for (Automotive Engineering) Belgium (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014B, b (bi) n., pl. Bs B’s, bs b’s. 1. the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like a B. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter B or b. B Chess. bishop. B Symbol. 1. the second in order or in a series. 2. (sometimes l.c.) a grade or mark indicating that academic work, a product, etc., is good but not of the highest quality. 3. a major blood group. See ABO system. 4. a. the seventh tone of the ascending C major scale. b. a tonality having B as the tonic. 5. boron. 6. magnetic induction. 7. a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget. B. 1. bachelor. 2. bacillus. 3. Baseball. base; baseman. 4. bay. 5. Bible. 6. bolivar. 7. book. 8. born. 9. breadth. 10. British. 11. brother. 12. brotherhood. b. 1. bachelor. 2. bale. 3. bass. 4. basso. 5. bay. 6. billion. 7. blend of; blended. 8. book. 9. born. 10. breadth. 11. brother. B- (in designations of aircraft) bomber: B-29. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.BThe symbol for boron. The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.BA member of the second highest grouping into which society is divided by occupation, typically a person in middle management, or in the intermediate ranks of an administrative or professional occupation.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited