B

  1. Letter.  (Latn-def, en) .
  2. Number.  (Latn-def, en) .
  3. (abbreviation) .  (cricket) the number of balls faced by a batsman.
  4. (abbreviation) .  The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
  5. (abbreviation) .  (British) The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
  6. (abbreviation) .  (chess) Bishop.
  7. Noun.  A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
  8. Noun.  An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
  9. Noun.  Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
  10. Noun.  Alternate or secondary part, as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with '''A''', which is the primary part.
  11. Noun.  (music) The seventh note in the C major scale.
  12. Symbol.  (computing) byte.
  13. Letter.  (Latn-def, en) .
  14. Number.  (Latn-def, en) .
  15. Abbreviation.  (alternative form of, b.) .
  16. Symbol.  (astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system.
  17. Symbol.  (physics) barn.
  18. Symbol.  (computing) bit.
  19. Symbol.  (cricket) bye.

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