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B
Báthory, Stephen
Bérégovoy, Pierre (Eugène)
Béziers
Bío-Bío
Böll, Heinrich (Theodor)
Bûr Sa'îd
Bülow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl, Prince von Bülow
B-Specials
BA
Ba'ath Party
Baader–Meinhof gang
Baal
Baalbek
Bab, the
Babbage, Charles
Babbit metal
Babbitt, Milton (Byron)
babbler
Babel
Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich
Babeuf, François-Noël
Babi faith
Babi Yar
babirusa
Babism
baboon
Babur
Babylon
Babylonian Captivity
Bacall, Lauren
Bacchus
Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel
Bach, Johann Christian
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
Bachelet Jeria, Verónica Michelle
bacille Calmette-Guérin
bacillus
back pain
back-up
back-up system
backbone
backgammon
background radiation
backing storage
backswimmer
Bacon, Francis (painter)
Bacon, Francis (politician)
Bacon, Roger
bacteria
bacteriology
bacteriophage
Bactria
bactrian
bad debt
Badajoz (city)
Baden (Germany)
Baden (Switzerland)
Baden-Baden
Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth
Baden-Württemberg
badger
badlands
badminton
Badoglio, Pietro
Badrinath
Baez, Joan
Baffin Island
Baffin, William
bagatelle (music)
Bagehot, Walter
Baghdad
Bago
bagpipes
Baha'i Faith
Baha'u'llah
Bahadur Shah II
Bahamas
Bahawalpur
Bahr el Nîl
Bahr el-Azraq
Bahrain
Baikal, Lake
bail
Baile Átha Cliath
bailiff
Baird, John Logie
Bairiki
Baisakhi Mela
Baja California
Bakelite
Baker, Josephine
Baker, Kenneth Wilfrid
Baker, Norma Jean
Baker, Samuel White
Baki
baking
baking powder
Bakst, Leon
Baku
Bakunin, Mikhail
Balaclava, Battle of
Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich
balalaika
balance
balance of nature
balance of payments
balance of power
balanced diet
balanced forces
Balanchine, George
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de
Balder
baldness
Baldwin, James Arthur
Baldwin, Stanley
Balearic Islands (autonomous community)
Balenciaga, Cristóbal
Balfour Declaration
Bali
Baliol, John de
Balkan Wars
Balkans
Balkenende, Jan Pieter
Balkhash, Lake
ball valve
ball-and-socket joint
Ball, John
Ball, Lucille (Désirée)
ballad (literature)
ballade
Balladur, Edouard
Ballarat
Ballard, J(ames) G(raham)
Ballesteros, Seve(riano)
ballet
ballistics
balloon
ballot
ballroom dancing
balm, lemon
Balmaceda, José Manuel
Balmer series
Balmoral Castle
balsam
Balthus
Baltic Sea
Baltic States
Baltic, Battle of the
Baltimore
Baltistan
Baluchistan
Balzac, Honoré de
Bamako
bamboo
Ban Ki-Moon
banana
Banbury
Banda, Hastings Kamuzu
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandaranaike, Sirimavo
Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias
bandicoot
banding
Bandung
Bandung Conference
bandwidth
Bangalore
Banghazi
Bangka
Bangkok
Bangladesh
Bangor (Wales)
Bangui
Banjarmasin
banjo
Banjul
bank
bank holiday
Bank of Commerce and Credit International
Bank of England
bank rate
Bankhead, Tallulah
bankruptcy
Banks, Gordon
banksia
Bannister, Roger Gilbert
Bannockburn, Battle of
bantam
Banting, Frederick Grant
Bantu languages
Bantustan
banyan
baobab
baptism
Baptist
baptistery
bar (earth science)
bar (music)
bar chart
bar code
bar mitzvah
Barabbas
Barak, Ehud
barb
Barbados
Barbarossa
Barbarossa, Operation
Barbary ape
barbastelle
barbel
Barber, Samuel
barbershop
barbet
Barbican, the
Barbie, Klaus
Barbirolli, John (Giovanni Battista)
barbiturate
Barbizon School
Barbour, John
Barbuda
Barcelona (city)
bard
Bardeen, John
Bardot, Brigitte
Barebones Parliament
Bareilly
Barenboim, Daniel
Barents, Willem
Bari (town)
baritone
barium
bark
bark beetle
Barking and Dagenham
barley
barn
Barnabas, St
barnacle
Barnard's star
Barnard, Christiaan Neethling
Barnardo, Thomas John
Barnes, Julian (Patrick)
Barnet
Barnet, Battle of
Barnett, Samuel Augustus
Barnsley
Barnum, P(hineas) T(aylor)
barograph
barometer
baron
baronet
Barons' War (1264–67)
Barons' Wars
baroque
baroque music
Barra
barracuda
Barranquilla
Barras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, Count
Barrault, Jean-Louis
Barre, Raymond Octave Joseph
barrel (unit)
barrel organ
Barrett Browning, Elizabeth
Barrie, J(ames) M(atthew)
barrier island
barrier reef
barrister
barrow
Barrow (town)
Barry, Charles
Barry, comtesse du
Bartók, Béla
Barth, Heinrich
Barth, Karl
Barthes, Roland
Bartholomew, St
Bartolommeo, Fra
Barton, Edmund
baryon
Baryshnikov, Mikhail (Nikolayevich)
bas relief
basal metabolic rate
basalt
bascule bridge
base
base (mathematics)
base pair
base rate
baseball
Basel (city)
basenji
Basescu, Traian
Bashkir (people)
Bashkortostan (republic)
Basho
BASIC
Basic English
basic–oxygen process
basidiocarp
Basie, Count
basil
Basil II
Basil, St
Basildon
basilica
Basilicata
basilisk (zoology)
Basingstoke
basketball
basketry
Basle
Basque
Basque Country (cultural region)
Basque Country (Spanish region)
Basque language
Basra (city)
bass (fish)
bass (music)
bass clarinet
Bass Strait
Basse-Normandie
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
basset
basset horn
Basseterre (St Kitts and Nevis)
bassoon
Bastia
Bastille
bat
bat mitzvah
Bataan
batch file
batch processing
Bates, H(enry) W(alter)
Bates, H(erbert) E(rnest)
Bath
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath, Order of the
batholith
bathos
bathyal zone
bathyscaph
batik
Batista (y Zaldívar), Fulgencio
Baton Rouge
Batten, Jean
Battersea
battery
Batumi
baud
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre
Baudouin
Bauhaus
Baum, L(yman) Frank
bauxite
Bavaria
Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor
bay
bay (earth science)
Bayern
Bayeux
Bayeux Tapestry
Bayliss, William Maddock
bayonet
Bayonne
Bayreuth
Bazalgette, Joseph William
BBC
BCG
Be'ér Sheva'
beach
Beach Boys, the
Beachy Head
Beaconsfield (title)
beagle
Beagle Channel
beak
Beaker people
bean
bear (business)
bear (zoology)
Bear, Great and Little
bearberry
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent
bearing (engineering)
bearing (navigation)
beat
beat frequency
Beat Generation
beat music
beatification
Beatitudes
Beatles, the
Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy
Beatrix, (Wilhelmina Armgard)
Beatty, David
Beaufort scale
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort, Henry
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
Beaumont, Francis
Beaune
Beauvais
Beauvoir, Simone de
beaver
Beaverbrook, (William) Max(well) Aitken
bebop
Bechet, Sidney Joseph
Bechuanaland
Beckenbauer, Franz
Becker, Boris
Becket, St Thomas à
Beckett, Samuel Barclay
Beckham, David Robert Joseph
Beckmann, Max
becquerel
Becquerel, (Antoine) Henri
bed
bedbug
Bede
Bedford
Bedfordshire
Bedlam
Bedlington
Bedouin
bee
bee-eater
beech
Beecham, Thomas
Beecher, Harriet
Beecher, Lyman
Beeching Report
Beelzebub
beer
Beerbohm, (Henry) Max(imilian)
Beersheba
beet
Beethoven, Ludwig van
beetle
Beeton, Mrs
Begin, Menachem
begonia
Behan, Brendan Francis
behaviour therapy
behaviourism
behemoth
Behn, Aphra
Behrens, Peter
Behring, Emil (Adolph von)
Beiderbecke, Bix
Beijing
Beirut
Bejaia
Bekaa, the
bel canto
Belém
Belarus
Belau
Belfast (city)
Belfort
Belgian Congo
Belgium
Belgrade
Belgravia
Belisarius
Belize
Belize City
bell (instrument)
Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn
bell ringing
Bell, Alexander Graham
belladonna
belles lettres
bellflower
Bellini
Bellini, Vincenzo
Belloc, (Joseph) Hilaire (René Pierre)
Bellona
Bellow, Saul
belly dancing
Belmondo, Jean-Paul
Belmopan
Belorussia
Belorussian
Beloye More
Belshazzar
Ben Ali, Zine el Abidine
Ben Bella, Muhammad Ahmed
Ben Nevis
Ben-Gurion, David
Benares
bends
Beneš, Edvard
Benedict XVI
Benedict, St
Benedictine order
benediction
benefice
Benelux
Bengal
Bengal, Bay of
Bengali
Benghazi
Benin (country)
Benin (province)
Benioff zone
Benn, Tony
Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold
Bennett, Alan
Bennett, Richard Rodney
bent
Bentham, Jeremy
Bentley, Edmund Clerihew
bentwood
Benz, Karl (Friedrich)
benzaldehyde
Benzedrine
benzene
benzodiazepine
benzoic acid
berachah
Berber
Berbera
Berdyaev, Nikolai Alexandrovich
Berengaria of Navarre
Berg, Alban
Berg, Paul
Bergamo (town)
bergamot
Bergen
Berger, John Peter
Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolf
Bergkamp, Dennis
Bergman, (Ernst) Ingmar
Bergman, Ingrid
Bergson, Henri Louis
beriberi
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Bering, Vitus Jonassen
Beringia
Berio, Luciano
Berkeley
Berkeley, Busby
Berkeley, George
Berkeley, Lennox Randal Francis
berkelium
Berkoff, Steven
Berkshire
Berlin (Land)
Berlin (city)
Berlin blockade
Berlin Wall
Berlin, Conference of
Berlin, Congress of
Berlin, Irving
Berlioz, (Louis) Hector
Bermuda
Bermuda Triangle
Bern (city)
Bernadette, St, of Lourdes (originally Maries Bernard Soubirous)
Bernadotte, Count Folke
Bernadotte, Jean-Baptiste Jules
Bernard of Clairvaux, St
Bernard of Menthon, St
Bernard, Claude
Berner Alpen
Bernese Alps
Bernhardt, Sarah
Bernini, Gianlorenzo (Giovanni Lorenzo)
Bernoulli's principle
Bernoulli, Jakob
Bernstein, Leonard
berry
Berry, Chuck
Berry, James
Berthollet, Claude Louis
Bertolucci, Bernardo
beryl
beryllium
Berzelius, Jöns Jakob
Besançon
Bessarabia
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm
Bessemer process
Best, Charles H(erbert)
Best, George (footballer)
bestiary
bet ha-knesset
bet ha-tefillah
bet midrash
beta decay
beta particle
beta-blocker
betel nut
Betelgeuse
Bethlehem (West Bank)
Betjeman, John
betony
Bettelheim, Bruno
betting
Beuys, Joseph
Bevan, Aneurin (Nye)
Beveridge Report, the
Beveridge, William Henry
Beverly Hills
Bevin, Ernest
Bewick, Thomas
Bexley
Beyrouth
Beza, Théodore
BFI
BFPO
Bhai Mani Singh
bhajan
bhakti
Bhopal
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhutan
Bhutto, Benazir
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali
Biafra, Bight of
Biafra, Republic of
Bible
bicarbonate of soda
biceps
bicycle
Bidault, Georges Augustin
Biedermeier
biennial plant
Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett
Bierstadt, Albert
Big Bang (astronomy)
Big Bang (economics)
Big Ben
big-band jazz
bigamy
bight
Bihar (state)
Bihari
Bikini Atoll
Biko, Steve
bilateralism
Bilbao
bilberry
bile
bilharzia
bill
bill of exchange
bill of lading
Bill of Rights (English)
Bill of Rights (USA)
billet doux
billiards
billion
Billy the Kid
bimah
bin Laden, Osama
binary fission
binary form
binary number system
binary star
binary weapon
bind over
binding energy
bingo
binoculars
binomial
binomial system of nomenclature
binturong
Binyon, (Robert) Laurence
bioaccumulation
biochemical oxygen demand
biochemistry
biodegradable
biodiversity
biodynamic farming
bioeconomics
bioengineering
biofeedback (medicine)
biofuel
biog.
biogeography
biography
biological clock
biological control
biological shield
biological warfare
biological weathering
biology
bioluminescence
biomass
biome
biomechanics
biometrics
bionics
biophysics
biopsy
BIOS
biosensor
biosphere
BioSphere 2
biosynthesis
biotechnology
biotin
Biró, Lazlo
birch
bird
bird of paradise
Bird, Isabella Lucy
Bird, Larry Joe
Birkenhead
Birkenhead, F(rederick) E(dwin) Smith
Birmingham (UK)
Birmingham (USA)
birth
birth control
birth rate
Birtwistle, Harrison
Biscay, Bay of
Bishkek
bishop
Bishop, Isabella
Bismarck Archipelago
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von
Bismillah
bismuth
bison
bisque ware
Bissau
bit
bit map
bittern
bittersweet
bitumen
bivalent
bivalve
Bizet, Georges (Alexandre César Léopold)
Blériot, Louis
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von
Black and Tans
black beetle
black box
Black Country
Black Death
black earth
black economy
Black Forest
Black Hills
black hole
Black Hole of Calcutta
black humour
Black Monday
Black Muslims
Black National State
black nationalism
Black Power
Black Prince
Black Sea
Black Stone
Black Thursday
Black Volta
black widow
Black, Conrad Moffat
blackberry
blackbird
blackbuck
Blackburn (city)
Blackburn with Darwen (authority)
blackcap
blackcurrant
blackfly (plantsucker)
blacking
blackmail
Blackmore, R(ichard) D(oddridge)
Blackpool (town)
Blackshirts
blacksnake
blackthorn
bladder
bladderwort
Blaenau Gwent
Blair, Tony
Blake, George (spy)
Blake, Quentin Saxby
Blake, Robert
Blake, William
Blamey, Thomas Albert
Blanc, (Jean Joseph Charles) Louis
blank verse
Blankers-Koen, Fanny
Blanqui, (Louis) Auguste
Blantyre
Blashford-Snell, John
blasphemy
blast furnace
blastocyst
blastomere
blastula
bleaching
bleak
bleeding
blend
Blenheim, Battle of
blenny
blesbok
Bligh, William
blight
blimp
blind spot
blindness
Bliss, Arthur Edward Drummond
Blitz, the
Blitzkrieg
Blixen, Karen
blizzard
Bloch, Marc
block printing
blockade
blocking in
Bloemfontein
blog
Blondin, Charles
blood
blood clotting
blood group
blood poisoning
blood pressure
blood test
blood transfusion
Blood, Thomas
bloodhound
bloodstream
Bloody Sunday
bloom
Bloomer, Amelia
Bloomsbury Group
blowfly
blubber
blue chip
blue gum
Blue Mountains (Australia)
Blue Nile
blue riband
Blue Ridge Mountains
blue shift
blue-green algae
bluebell
blueberry
bluebird
bluebottle
bluebuck
bluegrass (music)
bluegrass (plant)
blueprint
blues
Blum, Léon
Blunden, Edmund (Charles)
Blunkett, David
Blunt, Anthony Frederick
Blur
Blyton, Enid Mary
bo tree
Boötes
boa
Boadicea
boar
board of visitors
boardsailing
boat people
Boat Race, the
bobcat
bobsleighing
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Bode's law
Bodhgaya
bodhi tree
Bodhidharma
bodhisattva
Bodmin
body art
body temperature
Boeing Company, the
Boeotia
Boer
Boer War
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus
bog
Bogarde, Dirk
Bogart, Humphrey (DeForest)
bogbean
Bogotá
Bohemia
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
bohrium
Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas
boiler
boiling
boiling point
Bokassa, Jean-Bédel
Bolívar, Simón
bolero
boletus
Boleyn, Anne
Bolger, Jim
Bolingbroke
Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Bolivia
boll weevil
Bologna (town)
Bolshevik
Bolt, Robert (Oxton)
Bolton
Boltzmann constant
bomb
bombardier beetle
bombast
Bombay (city)
Bombay duck
Bomberg, David (Garshen)
bombing campaigns, World War II
bon mot
bon voyage
bona fide
Bonaparte
Bonar Law
Bonaventura, St
bond (chemistry)
bond (commerce)
Bond, Alan
Bond, Edward
bonding
bone
bone china
bone marrow
bongo
bongos
Boniface VIII
Boniface, St
Bonin and Volcano islands
Bonington, Chris(tian) John Storey
bonito
Bonn
Bonnard, Pierre
Bonney, William H
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Prince Charlie
bonsai
Bonus Army
bony fish
booby
boogie-woogie
book-keeping
bookbinding
Booker Prize for Fiction
booklouse
bookmark
Boole, George
Boolean algebra
boomerang
boomslang
Boone, Daniel
boot
Booth, Charles
Booth, John Wilkes
Booth, William
Booth, William Bramwell
Boothe, Clare
bootlegging
Bophuthatswana, Republic of
borage
borax
Bordeaux
border terrier
Border, Allan Robert
Bordet, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent
bore (earth science)
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso
Borg, Björn Rune
Borges, Jorge Luis
Borgia, Cesare
Borgia, Lucrezia
boric acid
Boris Godunov
Boris III
Borlaug, Norman Ernest
Bormann, Martin
Born, Max
Borneo
Bornu
Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich
Borodino, Battle of
boron
Boross, Peter
borough
Borromini, Francesco, originally Francesco Castelli
borrowing (finance)
borrowing (language)
borstal
borzoi
Bosch, Hieronymus
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnian Crisis
boson
Bosporus
bossa nova
Boston (UK)
Boston (USA)
Boston Tea Party
Boswell, James
Bosworth, Battle of
botanical garden
botany
Botany Bay
botfly
Botha, Louis
Botha, P(ieter) W(illem)
Botham, Ian Terence
Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Botswana
Botticelli, Sandro
botulism
Boucher, François
Boudicca
Boudin, (Louis) Eugène
Bougainville
Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
bougainvillea
Boulanger, Nadia Juliette
boules
Boulez, Pierre
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulting
Boumédienne, Houari
Boundary Peak
Bourbon dynasty
Bourbon, Charles, 8th Duke of Bourbon
Bourbon, duchy of
Bourdon gauge
Bourgeois, Léon Victor Auguste
bourgeoisie
Bourgogne
Bourguiba, Habib ben Ali
Bournemouth (town)
Bournonville, August
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros
Bouts, Dirk
Bouvines, Battle of
bovine somatotropin
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Bow Bells
Bow, Clara
Bowdler, Thomas
bower bird
bowfin
bowhead
Bowie, David
Bowles, Paul
bowling
bowls
box
box plot
Boxer
boxer
Boxer Rebellion
boxfish
boxing
boycott (of South Africa)
Boycott, Charles Cunningham
Boycott, Geoffrey
Boyle's law
Boyle, Robert
Boyne
Boyne, Battle of the
BP
Bq
Brétigny, Treaty of
Brüderhof
brachiopod
bracken
bracket
brackets (mathematics)
Bracknell
Bracknell Forest
bract
Bradbury, Malcolm (Stanley)
Bradford
Bradlaugh, Charles
Bradley, Omar Nelson
Bradman, Don(ald George)
Braganza
Brahe, Tycho
Brahma
Brahma Vihara
Brahman
Brahmanism
Brahmaputra
Brahms, Johannes
Braille
brain
brain damage
Braine, John (Gerard)
brainstem
brainstorming
Braithwaite, Edward Ricardo
brake
Bramante
bramble
Branagh, Kenneth (Charles)
Brancusi, Constantin
Brandenburg (Land)
Brando, Marlon
Brandt Commission
Brandt, Willy
brandy
Branson, Richard
Braque, Georges
Brasília
brass
brass band
brass instrument
brassica
Bratislava
Braun, Eva
Braun, Wernher von
Braunschweig
Brazil
Brazil nut
brazing
Brazzaville
breadfruit
Breakspear, Nicholas
bream
breast
breast cancer
breast screening
Breathalyzer
breathing
breccia
Brecht, Bertolt (Eugen Berthold Friedrich)
breed
breeder reactor
breeding (biology)
breeding (physics)
Brel, Jacques
Bremen (port)
Bremen (region)
Brenner Pass
Brent
Brenton, Howard
Brescia (town)
Breslau
Brest (city, Belarus)
Brest (France)
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of
Breton language