Byzantium
An ancient city, the site of modern istanbul. From the 4th to 15th centuries the empire extended from southeastern europ (more...)

Byzantine
Of or pertaining to Byzantium.

Byte
A group of adjacent bits, commonly 4, 6 or 8, operating as a unit for the storage and manipulation of data in a computer (more...)

Bystander Help
<immunology> Lymphokine mediated non-specific help by T lymphocytes, stimulated by one antigen, to lymphocytes sti (more...)

Bystander
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. "He addressed the bystanders and (more...)

Byssus
1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.

Byssolite
<chemical> An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Byssinosis
<chest medicine> Exposures to cotton dust during the production of yarns, linen and rope can produce chronic obstr (more...)

Byssaceous
<botany> Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibres or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algae.

Byr1 Protein Kinase
<enzyme> Has been sequenced; from schizosaccharomyces pombe; antibody to this enzyme also reacts with s. Cerevisia (more...)