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What does BG stand for?

- The Babylonian Genesis - A publication (BJA)

Bacillus globigii - Biological warfare with bacteria

Back Gear - Technical drawings

Background - Low-priority processing - Computer science

Bag

Banca del Gottardo - Gotthard Bank - Switzerland

Bandag - Tire retread brand

Band Gap (AAEL)

Bangladesh Biman - ICAO designator (AD)

Bank Guaranteed (EBF)

Barge

Barge, Liquid Cargo - Army ship designation (DOMA)

Barre-Guillain - Syndrome - Medicine (DB)

Basal Ganglion - Medicine (DMAA)

Basal Groove

Basic Gastrin - Medicine (DMAA)

Basic Group (SAUO)

Battle Group

Bay Gelding - Horse

Beach Group

Bearing

Bearing Pennant - Navy - British

Before Girls - i.e., before women became part of armed forces - Military

Before Goetz - A reference to "vigilante" Bernhard Goetz, who shot four youths on a New York subway in 1984 after allegedly being threatened by them - See also AG

Beige (WGA)

Being

Belgium - NCIC firearms make code (NCIC)

Belgium - NCIC country-territory code (NCIC)

Below Ground (MIST)

Bengal - or Bengalese (WDAA)

Benny Goodman - Clarinetist

Benzylideneglucose - Biochemistry

Bertolotti-Garcin - Syndrome - Medicine (DB)

Berufungsgericht - Court of Appeal - German (ILCA)

Best Game - Billiards (BARN)

Beta-Galactosidase (DB)

Beta-Gamma

Beurmann-Gougerot - Disease - Medicine (DB)

Bevel Gear

Bicolor Guaiac - Test - Medicine

Big

Big Grin (SAUS)

Billing Group - Telecommunications (TEL)

Billion Gallons (EPA)

Binders' Guild (EA)

Biogenesis (UWER)

Bioglass (UWER)

Biomass Gasification

Birmingham Gauge (UWER)

Birmingham Wire Gauge (IDOE)

Bit Group (SAUO)

Black Gelding - Horse racing (ROG)

Black Generation (SAUS)

Black Giant Mines Ltd. - Vancouver Stock Exchange symbol

Blanket Gas (SAA)

Blast Gauge (MUGU)

Blasting Gelatine (IAA)

Bloch-Gruneisen - Solid-state physics (UWER)

Block Gap (SAUS)

Block Group - Bureau of the Census (GFGA)

Blood and Guts - Code name used to refer to Oliver North, National Security Council aide during Reagan administration

Blood Glucose - Biochemistry (DB)

Blood Group (ADA)

Bluegill - Ichthyology

Bluegrass (WGA)

Blue-Green (UWER)

Bluish Green

Board of Governors

Board of Guardians - British (ROG)

Body Guard - Special Air Service - British

Boehmite Gel (UWER)

Bomb Glider - Aerial bomb that is modified with aerodynamic surfaces to modify its flight path (MLEX)

Bomb Group (SAUS)

Bond International Gold, Inc. - Toronto Stock Exchange symbol

Bone Graft - Orthopedics

- The Book Guild Ltd. - British

Bordet-Gengou - Bacillus - Microbiology

Botanic Garden

Bottom Grille (OA)

Bowling Green (SAUS)

Breeding Gain

Breguet-Dassault - Societe Anonyme des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet - France - ICAO aircraft manufacturer identifier (ICAO)

Bren Gun - or Gunner - British military (DMA)

Brig - Ship (ROG)

Brigade (SAUO)

Brigade of Gurkhas - British military (DMA)

Brigadier General - Firearms use code - Firearms collecting (FAUC)

Brigadier General

Briggs Manufacturing Company (SAUO)

Brilliant Green - An indicator - Chemistry

British Gas

British Gauge - Metal industry

British Government (SAUO)

British Grenadiers

British Guiana

British Guiana Law Reports - A publication (DLA)

Broad Gage (IAA)

Broad Gauge (SAUS)

Brock-Graham - Syndrome - Medicine (DB)

Brown Group, Inc. - NYSE symbol (SPSG)

Buccogingival - Dentistry

Bud Granley - Air show performer (ASPC)

Buerger-Gruetz - Syndrome - Medicine (DB)

Bulgaria - ANSI two-letter standard code (CNC)

Bundesgericht - Federal Supreme Court - German (DLA)

Bundesgesetz - Federal Act or Statute - German (ILCA)

Bunge - Company symbol

Burg

Burial Ground - Environmental science (COE)

Bus Grant (IAA)

Butler Graphics, Inc. - Commercial firm

Butterworth Group (SAUO)

Butylene Glycol - Organic chemistry

Buying - Rate - Value of the English pound

Green Bay Packers - National Football League - 1921-present (NFLA)

Liberty International LI (SAUO)

Bogen - Bow - Music

Bulgaria (MILB)

Background (WDMC)

Bag (MIST)

Bangladesh - MARC country of publication code - Library of Congress (LCCP)

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