a written message addressed to a person or organization | aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil |
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
an award earned by participation in a school sport | the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet |
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) | a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels |
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire | 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 |