| Term | Definition | Contributor | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue straggler stars | Any of stars, often found in globular clusters and old open clusters, that lie on the blueward extension of the main sequence beyond the turnoff point. Blue stragglers have an anomalously blue color a nd high luminosity in comparison with other cluster members. The most probable ways in which they could form are: mass transfer or coalescence in close binary systems, encounters or collisions in overcrowded cores of globular clusters. | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| bluff | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| Blunders | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Blushing | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| BLWT | Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel: a wind tunnel designed to simulate the earth's turbulent boundary layer for testing wind effects on structures. | Fred Haan | 2023.03.27 |
| Boa-constrictor | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| board displacement | The distance that a board segment of the wavemaker machine in a wave research facility moves forward through the water tank in order to generate a wave. | Ashley Adair | 2023.03.27 |
| Boarding-schools | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boards of health | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boards of trade | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boards of trade--France | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boarmia plumigeraria | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boart | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| Boat-building | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boat-racing | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boats and boating | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boats (Small-boat service) | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Boats, Submarine | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Bobbinite | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Bobdownsite | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |