a dance held for young people in country areas, usually in a field or barn
bel
a unit for comparing two power levels, equal to the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the two powers
R&B
R & B is a style of popular music developed in the 1940s from blues music, but using electrically amplified instruments . R&B is an abbreviation for ' rhythm and blues'.
Type B
a personality type characterized by serenity , relaxation , amiability, etc., traits thought to make one less susceptible to heart attacks
B & E
breaking and entering
Linear B
an ancient system of writing, apparently a modified form of Linear A, found on clay tablets and jars of the second millennium bc The earliest excavated examples, dating from about 1400, came from Knossos , in Crete , but all the later finds are at Pylos and Mycenae on the Greek mainland , dating from the 14th–12th centuries. The script is generally accepted as being an early representation of Mycenaean Greek
Sirius B
a very faint white dwarf star, companion to Sirius , the brightest star in the sky after the sun
Zyklon B
a former tradename for an insecticidal fumigant consisting chiefly of hydrogen cyanide ; used by the Nazis in World War II as a lethal gas in the death camps
hepatitis B
a form of hepatitis caused by a virus transmitted by infected blood (as in transfusions ), contaminated hypodermic needles , sexual contact , or by contact with any other body fluid
Tocharian B
the western dialect of Tocharian
R & B
rhythm and blues
rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues is a style of popular music developed in the 1940's from blues music, but using electrically amplified instruments . The abbreviation → R&B is also used.