aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil | Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil |
the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen | a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels |
the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels | |
a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder | |
originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins | |