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		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron">
			boron, a metalloid element
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	</word>
	<word value="B/A" search="B/A">
		<description>B&oslash;lling/Aller&oslash;d (climate/time units)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="ba" search="BA">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bk.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bosnia-Herzegovina
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BA" search="BA">
		<description>The British Association for the Advancement of Science. See &LINK001;</description>
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	<word value="Ba" search="BA">
		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium">
			barium, an alkaline earth element
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	</word>
	<word value="BABAO" search="BABAO">
		<description>British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. See &LINK002;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BAHC" search="BAHC">
		<description>Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (&IGBP; project). See &LINK003;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BALTEX" search="BALTEX">
		<description>Baltic Sea Experiment (component of &GEWEX;)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BAPMON" search="BAPMON">
		<description>Background Air Pollution Monitoring (component of &WMO; / &UNEP;)</description>
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	<word value="BAS" search="BAS">
		<description>British Antarctic Survey. See &LINK004;</description>
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	<word value="BASE" search="BASE">
		<description>Beaufort and Arctic Storms Experiment (Canada, contribution to &GEWEX;)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BASIN" search="BASIN">
		<description>Biosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network (component of &GCTE;)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BASIS" search="BASIS">
		<description>Barents Sea Impact Study (&IASC; core project). See &LINK005;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BAT" search="BAT">
		<description>Boreal-Atlantic transition</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BATERISTA" search="BATERISTA">
		<description>Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfers and Ecological Research in situ Studies in Amazonia (component of &BAHC; / &GEWEX;)</description>
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	<word value="BATF" search="BATF">
		<description>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (branch of US Treasury Department, federal)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BATGE" search="BATGE">
		<description>Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in the Tropics (component of &IGAC;)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BATS" search="BATS">
		<description>Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme, a component of climate models</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bb" search="BB">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bb.html">
			&ISO; country code for Barbados
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bbl" search="BBL">
		<description>billion barrels, a measure of oil production</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BBOR" search="BBOR">
		<description>Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BC" search="BC">
		<description atlascanada="http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/provincesterritories/british_columbia/">
			British Columbia (Canadian Province)
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		<description>bulk carbonate</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BCAPCA" search="BCAPCA">
		<description>&BC; Association of Professional Consulting Archaeologists (Canada) See &LINK006;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="B.C.E." search="B.C.E.">
		<description>before Christian era or before common era, the &quot;politically correct&quot; version of B.C.</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bd" search="BD">
		<description>below datum, referencing system used in archaeology</description>
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bangladesh
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BDP" search="BDP">
		<description>Baikal Drilling Project</description>
	</word>
	<word value="be" search="BE">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/be.html">
			&ISO; country code for Belgium
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Be" search="BE">
		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium">
			beryllium, an alkaline earth element
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	</word>
	<word value="BEC" search="BEC">
		<description>Bose-Einstein condensate</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Benelux" search="BENELUX">
		<description>Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxembourg</description>
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	<word value="BES" search="BES">
		<description>British Ecological Society</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Beta-" search="BETA-">
		<description>prefix for radiocarbon dates produced by Beta Analytic Inc., Miami, Florida (USA). See &LINK007;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bf" search="BF">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html">
			&ISO; country code for Burkina Faso
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BFOI" search="BFOI">
		<description>benthic foraminiferal oxygen index</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BFTCS" search="BFTCS">
		<description>Boreal Forest Transect Case Study (Forestry Canada, Federal, project)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bg" search="BG">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bu.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bulgaria
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BGRG" search="BGRG">
		<description>British Geomorphological Research Group (UK). See &LINK008;</description>
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	<word value="BGS" search="BGS">
		<description>British Geological Survey. See &LINK009; Prefix used for radiocarbon dates produced at Brock University's Geological Sciences Department, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bh" search="BH">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ba.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bahrain
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Bh" search="BH">
		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohrium">
			bohrium. a transition metal element
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BHC" search="BHC">
		<description>benzene hexachloride, a pesticide</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bi" search="BI">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/by.html">
			&ISO; country code for Burundi
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Bi" search="BI">
		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth">
			bismuth, a metallic element
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BIBEX" search="BIBEX">
		<description>Biomass Burning Experiment: Impact on the Biosphere and Atmosphere (&IGAC; activity)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BIBLE" search="BIBLE">
		<description>Biomass Burning and Lightning Experiment (component of &IGAC;)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BIF" search="BIF">
		<description>banded iron formation(s)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BIO" search="BIO">
		<description>Bedford Institute of Oceanography</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BIOME300" search="BIOME300">
		<description>project to reconstruct land cover at 300 years ago (&PAGES; / &LUCC;)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bj" search="BJ">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bn.html">
			&ISO; country code for Benin
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bkf" search="BKF">
		<description>bankfull</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Bk" search="BK">
		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkelium">
			berkelium, a radioactive element
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BLAST" search="BLAST">
		<description>Boundary Layer Airflow and Sediment Transport. Research Unit based at University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. See &LINK010;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BLM" search="BLM">
		<description>Bureau of Land Management (federal agency, US)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bm" search="BM">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bd.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bermuda
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BM-" search="BM-">
		<description>prefix for radiocarbon dates produced at British Museum, London (UK)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BMRC" search="BMRC">
		<description>Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (Australia)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BMS" search="BMS">
		<description>British Micropalaeontological Society (UK)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BMV" search="BMV">
		<description>Bureau of Motor Vehicles (US, federal)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bn" search="BN">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bx.html">
			&ISO; country code for Brunei Darussalam
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BNP" search="BNP">
		<description>Banff National Park (Canada)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bo" search="BO">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bl.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bolivia
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BOD" search="BOD">
		<description>biological oxygen demand</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BoH" search="BOH">
		<description>back of house, the non-public areas of a theatre or museum</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BOI" search="BOI">
		<description>beginning of input (e.g., in a computer program)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BOPPD" search="BOPPD">
		<description>barrels of oil per producing day</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BOREAS" search="BOREAS">
		<description>Boreal Ecosystems-Atmosphere Study (component of &BAHC; and &GEWEX;)</description>
		<description>the name of a scientific journal</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bp" search="BP">
		<description>base pair(s), in molecular genetics</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BP" search="BP">
		<description>before present, strictly before the baseline for radiocarbon dating, 1950 C.E.</description> 
                <description>beyond petroleum</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BPA" search="BPA">
			<description>bisphenol A</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BPM" search="BPM">
		<description>best practices manual</description>
	</word>
	<word value="br" search="BR">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html">
			&ISO; country code for Brazil
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="Br" search="BR">
		<description wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine">
			bromine, a halogen element
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BR" search="BR">
		<description>biosphere reserve</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BRIC" search="BRIC">
		<description>Brazil, Russia, India, and China, four fast-rising industrial nations</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bs" search="BS">
		<description>below surface, referencing system used in archaeology</description>
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bahamas
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BSA" search="BSA">
		<description>bovine serum albumin, used in molecular analysis</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BSC" search="BSC">
		<description>biological species concept</description>
		<description>biological soil crusts</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BSE" search="BSE">
		<description>back-scattered electron, used to describe a type of imagery</description>
		<description>bovine spongiform encephalopathy, otherwise known as mad cow disease</description>	
	</word>
	<word value="BSRG" search="BSRG">
		<description>British Sedimentological Research Group (UK)</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BSRs" search="BSRS">
		<description>bottom-simulating reflectors</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BSTFA" search="BSTFA">
		<description>&BSTFA;, a standard used in &TLC;</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bt" search="BT">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bt.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bhutan
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="BURKE" search="BURKE">
		<description>identifier for specimens from the Burke Museum of Natural History, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bv" search="BV">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bv.html">
			&ISO; country code for Bouvet Island
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bw" search="BW">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bc.html">
			&ISO; country code for Botswana
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="by" search="BY">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bo.html">
			&ISO; country code for Belarus
		</description>
	</word>
	<word value="bz" search="BZ">
		<description factbook="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html">
			&ISO; country code for Belize
		</description>
	</word>
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