the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil |
| the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
| 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 |