B flat major, major scale based on the note of B flat
B flat minor, minor scale based on the note of B flat
side B, second side of something
B natural, note B on a musical scale
C/O, care of, through someone, via another (instruction on a letter indicating that it is to be delivered to someone who is staying at an address which is not their own); at, near, with
bill of lading, shipping document containing all items shipped and details pertaining to them
Ba, barium, white metallic element
baa, sheep's bleat, sound a sheep makes
Baal, Canaanite god; false god
Baal Shem Tov, Israel Ben Eliezer, (1700-1760)
Baal Beck, place in Lebanon
Baalbek, town in in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon
Ba'ath
Ba'ath Party, Arab political party established in the 1950's advocating pan-Arab union and socialism in Syria and Iraq
Bab, door, gate; part of place names in Arabic
Bab al Mandeb, strait between southwest Arabia and Africa connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
baba, type of cake leavened with yeast; name
Baba Bathra, third in a series of Talmudic tractates concerning damages
Baba Kamma, first in a series of Talmudic tractates concerning damages
Baba Matziah, second in a series of Talmudic tractates concerning damages
Baba Metziah, second in a series of Talmudic tractates concerning damages
babbitt, character from a novel by Sinclair Lewis; uncultured person
Babcock, family name
Babel, discord, confusion (like a scene from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel)
babesiasis, animal disease caused by the babesia organism
babesiosis, animal disease caused by the babesia organism
Babel of languages
Babinski, reflex of the big toe
babushka, bandana or kerchief folded and tied around the head; (Russian) grandmother, old woman
babe, babe, baby
German is a West Germanic language spoken by about 100 million people worldwide. It is the official language of Germany, Austria, and parts of Switzerland. It has four cases for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives (nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative), and it has three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neutral). German vocabulary includes many loanwords from Latin, Greek, and other languages.
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is the most widely spoken language in the world today, with approximately 1.5 billion people speaking it as a native language. English is also the official language of many countries, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. English is also commonly used as a lingua franca in other countries, such as India, Pakistan, and South Africa.
