What does B stand for?

Air Force Training Category [24 inactive duty training periods and 15 days active duty training per year]

All India Reporter, Bombay Series [A publication] (DLA)

Annual Rate Plus Stock Dividend [Investment term] (DFIT)

Antagonist [Pharmacology] (QSUL)

Aspartic Acid [or Asparagine] [Also, Asx] [An amino acid] [Symbol]

At or Below [Constrained Altitude] (GAVI)

Average Soil Bulk Density

Baccalaureate

Bachelor

Bacillus [Bacteriology]

Back

Backward Edge [Skating]

Bag [Shipping]

Bagarottus dei Corradi da Bologna [Flourished, 1200-42] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Baht [Monetary unit] [Thailand]

Bailie [British] (ROG)

Bait Money [NCIC ransom money code] (NCIC)

Bajocian [Geology]

Baker [Phonetic alphabet] [World War II] (DSUE)

Balanced

Balanced Fund [Investment term]

Balantidium [Biochemistry] (DAVI)

Balboa [Monetary unit] [Panama]

Baldus de Ubaldis [Deceased, 1400] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bale [Shipping]

Ball

Ballast (IAA)

Ballinger Publishing Co.

Ballistic

Balneum [Bath] [Medicine]

Ban (WGA)

Bancus [Common Bench] [Legal] [British] (ROG)

Band

Bands (Civilian and Military) [Public-performance tariff class] [British]

Bandwidth [Frequency range]

Bani [Monetary unit] [Romania]

Bank

Baptist

Bar

Barber [Charles E.] [Designer's mark, when appearing on US coins]

Barber's Gold Law [South Africa] [A publication] (DLA)

Barbour's New York Reports [A publication] (DLA)

Barge

Baritone [Music]

Barnes Group, Inc. [NYSE symbol] (SPSG)

Barometric [Medicine] (DAVI)

Barometric Pressure Correction [Symbol]

Baron

Baroness Publications Ltd., Inc. [Publisher]

Barrel [Shipping]

Bartholomaeus Brixiensis [Deceased circa 1258] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bartholomaeus de Capua [Deceased, 1328] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bartolus de Sassoferrato [Deceased, 1357] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Baryon Scale (WDAA)

Base

Basic (UWER)

Basin [of a river] [Geology]

Basis (UWER)

Basophil [Hematology]

Bass [or Basso] [Music]

Bassoon [Music] (ROG)

Bastard [Slang] (DSUE)

Bat

Batch [Computer science]

Bath

Batsman (ADA)

Battery

Battle

Baud [Unit of data transmission speed] (MCD)

Baulk (WDAA)

Baume [Scale] [Measurement] (GPO)

Bay [Maps and charts]

Bay [Thoroughbred racing]

Bayou [Maps and charts]

Bazianus [Deceased, 1197] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

BCE, Inc. [Formerly, Bell Canada Enterprises] [Toronto Stock Exchange symbol]

Be [Telegraphy] (PCTE)

Beacon [Aviation]

Beacon Available [Aviation] (PIPO)

Beak

Beam [of a ship]

Bean Unit (VLIE)

Bearing [Angle]

Beavan's English Rolls Court Reports [A publication] (DLA)

Beaver [On lead tokens used as payment in the Canadian fur trade during the 1700's]

Beda [Deceased, 735] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bedroom (ROG)

Beech Aircraft Company (SAUO)

Beer [Phonetic alphabet] [Pre-World War II] (DSUE)

Before

Behavior (WGA)

Bei [At, With] [German]

Bel [Ten decibels]

Belga [Monetary unit] [Belgium]

Belgium [IYRU nationality code]

Bell (NFPA)

Bell Canada Enterprises, Inc. [Toronto Stock Exchange symbol] [Vancouver Stock Exchange symbol]

Benediction

Benedictus de Isernia [Flourished, 1221-52] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Benoist Scale (SAUS)

Benzedrine

Benzoate (MAE)

Berlin [German license plate city code]

Bernardus Compostellanus, Junior [Deceased, 1267] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bernardus Compostellanus, Senior [Flourished, 1198-1216] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bernardus de Bottone de Parma [Deceased, 1266] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bernardus de Pavia [Deceased, 1213] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bernoulli Number [Mathematics]

Bertrandus de Montefaventino [Deceased, 1342] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Best (IAA)

Beta

Beva [A prefix meaning multiplied by one billion; same as "giga"]

Bias [Telecommunications]

Bible

Biblical (ROG)

Bicuspid [Dentistry]

Bid [Stock exchange term] (SPSG)

Bid Price (SPSG)

Biennial

Bight

Bilateral [Anatomy] (DAVI)

Bilateral School [British]

Billion (MCD)

Bills (ROG)

Binary (BUR)

Binding Chain [Toxin]

Bin-Tainer [Shipping] (DCTA)

Bioactive

Biological [Emergency Management] (EMA)

Biology [Secondary school course] [British]

Biomass [Biology]

Biopsy [Medicine]

Biosedra [France] [Research code symbol]

Biotin

Biplane

Birth

Bis [Twice] [Pharmacy]

Bishop [Chess]

Bishop [Ecclesiastical]

BIT [Binary Digit] [Data transmission speed] [Computer science] (DIT)

Bitch

Black [Buoy]

Black [Pencils]

Black [Philately]

Black and White [Photography, television, etc.]

Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co. Ltd. (SAUO)

Bladder [Medicine] (UWER)

Blade (UWER)

Blank (BUR)

Blastocyst (MELL)

Blastoma [Medicine] (UWER)

Blastomyces [Genus of fungi] (UWER)

Blastula [Embryology] (UWER)

Blend

Bleomycin [Also, Bl, Bleo, BLM] [Antineoplastic drug]

Blessed

Blinkers [Horse racing]

Blood (AAMN)

Bloody [Slang] [British] (DSUE)

Blower (IAA)

Blue [Philately]

Blue Return [Round trip fare] [British]

Blue Sky (ROG)

Board

Boarding [Schools or pupils]

Board on Radioactive Waste Management (EA)

Boat

Boatswain

Boatyard [British Waterways Board sign]

Body

Boeing Aircraft Co. (SAUO)

Boeing Aircraft of Canada, Ltd. (SAUO)

Boil (MELL)

Boiler

Boilermaker [Navy]

Boils At

Boise [Diocesan abbreviation] [Idaho] (TOCD)

Bolivar [Monetary unit] [Venezuela]

Boliviano [Monetary unit] [Bolivia]

Bolton Point [Medicine] (DMAA)

Bolus (MELL)

Bomb (NG)

Bombardier

Bomber [Designation for US military aircraft]

Bomber Field

Bombing [JETDS nomenclature]

Bond [Investment term]

Bonded

Bone-Marrow Derived [Hematology]

Book

Boolean [Mathematics]

Boost (ACAE)

Booster

Borderline (SAUS)

Bordetella [Biochemistry] (DAVI)

Bore (SAUS)

Born

Boron [Chemical element]

Borrelia [Biochemistry] (DAVI)

Boston Stock Exchange

Both (DAVI)

Bottom

Boulevard (WDAA)

Bound (ADA)

Bowater Paper Corp. Ltd. (SAUO)

Bowels [Medicine] (BARN)

Bowled [Cricket]

Bowled Out

Box Manufacturers Association of Greater New York (EA)

Box Van [Shipping] (DCTA)

Boys School [British]

Brace [Medicine]

Brachial (MELL)

Braid (IAA)

Brain (UWER)

Brake Horsepower

Branch (IAA)

Brasilia [Brazil] (UWER)

Brass (WGA)

Bravo [International phonetic alphabet] (DSUE)

Brazil (UWER)

Brazing

Breadth

Break [Electronics]

Breakfast (CDAI)

Breaking [FBI standardized term]

Breezing [Horse racing]

Bregma [Medicine] (MELL)

Brewster [Unit] [Physics]

Brick (WGA)

Bridge [Shipping]

Brightness

Bristol [Board/paper]

Bristol [France] [Research code symbol]

British

Broad [Also, BR] [Spectral]

Broadcast [FCC] (NTCM)

Broadcasting

Broadway (WDAA)

Broke [Rough finish of paper]

Broken

Broken Sea [Navigation]

Broker [London Stock Exchange]

Bromouridine [One-letter symbol; see BrUrd]

Bronchodilator [Medicine]

Bronchus (MELL)

Brooke's Abridgment [England] [A publication] (DSA)

Brother [or Brotherhood]

Brought Down [Horse racing]

Brucella [Bacteriology]

Bruder [Brother] [Freemasonry] [German] (ROG)

Bruit [Medicine] (MELL)

Brunei (BARN)

Brunswick [Record label] [Great Britain]

Bubo [Medicine] (MELL)

Buccal [Pertaining to the cheek]

Buchanan's Supreme Court Reports, Cape of Good Hope [1868-79] [South Africa] [A publication] (DLA)

Buckingham [Electrostatic measure]

Bucky [Cassette film in Potter-Bucky Diaphragm] [Radiology] (DAVI)

Budget (DLA)

Buffer [Computer science] (TEL)

Bug (DSUE)

Bugler [British military] (DMA)

Building (ADA)

Building [FCC application structure code] (FCCC)

Built for British [As suffix to plane designation]

Bulb

Bulgarus de Bulgarinis [Deceased, 1166] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Bulimia [Medicine] (MELL)

Bulletin

Bull Lines (SAUO)

Bunion (MELL)

Bunt [Baseball term] (NDBD)

Buoyancy

Burchardus Wormatiensis [Deceased, 1025] [Authority cited in pre-1607 legal work] (DSA)

Burgerlijk Wetboek [Civil Code] [Netherlands] (DLA)

Buried (ROG)

Burned [Ecology]

Bursa Cells [Of thymus or lymph nodes]

Bursitis [Medicine]

Bus [Computer science]

Bust (ADA)

Butcher [Navy]

Butter [Phonetic alphabet] [Royal Navy] [World War I] (DSUE)

Butut [Monetary unit] [Gambia]

Buyer

By (ROG)

Bye [Cricket]

Bypass [Medicine] (EDAA)

Byte [Usually 8 BITS] [Computer science]

Called to the Bar [British] (ROG)

China/Taiwan [Civil aircraft markings - international] (PIPO)

Class "B" Preferred or Common Stock [Investment term]

Codex Vaticanus (BJA)

Common Bench [Legal term] (DLA)

Complement Factors in the Alternative Pathway [Immunology] (QSUL)

Degrees Baume

Excursion [Also, BE] [Airline fare code]

Farbenfabriken Bayer [Germany] [Research code symbol]

Flammable Liquids [Fire classification]

Flux Density (SAUS)

Fraunhofer line caused by terrestrial oxygen (SAUS)

Gauss [Physics] (DAVI)

Hildebrandt's Constant [Mining] (UWER)

Human Being Detail [Rorschach] [Psychology]

Hydrogen Burning (IEEE)

Indian Law Reports, Bombay Series [A publication] (DLA)

Influenza, Strain B [Medicine] (UWER)

Kelco Co. [Research code symbol]

Laake Oy [Finland] [Research code symbol]

Lack Characteristics of Desirable Investment [Moody's bond rating] [Investment term]

License Class [Motor vehicle violation code used in state of Maryland] (MVRD)

Liquidity Index [Water-plasticity ratio] (UWER)

Luminance (UWER)

Machine Pistol [NCIC gun type code] (NCIC)

Magnetic Flux Density [Symbol]

Magnetic Induction (DAS)

Mean Barometric Pressure [Symbol]

Medium [Women's shoe width]

Multiple [Missile launch environment symbol]

Narrow [Men's shoe width]

Negative Feedback (BARN)

Pigeon [Communications term] (DCT)

Polar Radius of Earth [Symbol]

Second Layer of Soil Next Below the Surface Layer (BARN)

Series "B" Bonds or Debentures [Investment term]

Shoe Width Greater than A and Less than C (BARN)

Speculative [Standard & Poor's bond rating] [Investment term]

Susceptance [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Takeda Pharm. Industries [Japan] [Research code symbol]

Tomogram with Oscillating Bucky [Radiology] (DAVI)

Underwater [Communications term] (DCT)

Usually Reliable Source of Intelligence Information [Military]

Weekly Law Bulletin [Ohio] [A publication] (DLA)

Aperture of Fracture

Bag (ODA)

Bar (ABAC)

Barn [Area of nuclear cross-section]

Barns (SAUS)

Base [Medicine] (EDAA)

Bass (IDOE)

Bass Transistor (IDOE)

Bavli [or Babylonian Talmud] (BJA)

Beauty [or Bottom] (Quark) [Atomic physics]

Bed [Medicine]

Ben (BJA)

Bible (WDMC)

Billion (ODA)

Bi-Monthly

Birthdate (DD)

Bis [Medicine] (EDAA)

Black (VRA)

Block (Copolymerized) [Organic chemistry]

Blood [Medicine] (QSUL)

Book (WDMC)

Booster Pump [Liquid gas carriers]

Born (WDMC)

Bound (ODA)

Bowled (WA)

Breadth (ADWA)

Break (QSUL)

British Commonwealth [MARC geographic area code] [Library of Congress] (LCCP)

Brother (ODA)

Bunt [Baseball] (BARN)

Galactic Latitude [Astronomy] (BARN)

Magnetic Flux [or Flow] Density

Regression Coefficient [Statistics] (BARN)

Susceptance (VLIE)

Unfigured Instrumental Bass [Music]

B Plus (SAUS)

B-Positive (SAUS)

Jet B Fuel [Aviation] (PIPO)