| botoi-pila |
button-cell battery (A tiny, circular battery made for a watch or for other microelectric applications) |
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| bozketa |
voting (The act of formally expressing an opinion or choice in some matter or for some candidate, usually by voice or ballot) |
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| bradiseismo |
bradyseism (A long-continued, extremely slow vertical instability of the crust, as in the volcanic district west of Naples, Italy, where the Phlegraean bradyseism has involved up-and-down movements between 6 m below sea level and 6 m above over a period of more than 2.000 years) |
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| briofitoak |
bryophyte (Any plant of the division Bryophyta, having stems and leaves but lacking true vascular tissue and roots and reproducing by spores: includes the mosses and liverworts) |
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| bromo |
bromine (A pungent dark red volatile liquid element of the halogen series that occurs in brine and is used in the production of chemicals) |
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| bularreko haur |
infant (A young child in the first years of life) |
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| bularreko ume |
infant (A young child in the first years of life) |
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| bulego |
office (Any room, set of rooms or building used for the administration of government service, business transactions or other work related activities) |
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| bulkada-zarata |
impulsive noise (Noise characterized by transient short-duration disturbances distributed essentially uniformly over the useful passband of a transmission system) |
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| bulkanizazio |
vulcanization (A chemical reaction of sulfur (or other vulcanizing agent) with rubber or plastic to cause cross-linking of the polymer chains; it increases strength and resiliency of the polymer) |
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| burbuila-politika |
bubble policy (EPA policy that allows a plant complex with several facilities to decrease pollution from some facilities while increasing it from others, so long as total results are equal to or better than previous limits. Facilities where this is done are treated as if they exist in a bubble in which total emissions are averaged out; emissions trading) |
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| burdina |
iron (A malleable ductile silvery-white ferromagnetic metallic element occurring principally in haematite and magnetite. It is widely used for structural and engineering purposes) |
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| burdina-hondakin |
scrap metal (Any metal material discarded from manufacturing operations and usually suitable for reprocessing) |
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| burdina-txatar |
iron scrap (Waste pieces or disused articles of wrought iron (wrought-iron scrap) suitable for reworking for rolling or forging) |
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| burdineria-industria |
ironwork industry (Industry for the production of iron articles) |
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| burdingintza |
ironwork industry (Industry for the production of iron articles) |
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| burdingintza |
iron and steel industry (Sector of the metallurgical industry dealing with the production of cast iron, steel and iron alloys. Emissions from these industries tend to settle quickly from the atmosphere and can lead to rising concentrations in the soil. The main raw material input to the production process is iron ore. Also recycled scrap is used) |
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| burokratizazio |
bureaucratization (The multiplication of or concentration of power in administrators and administrative offices in an organization, usually resulting in an extension into and regimentation of certain areas of social life) |
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| bustitze |
soaking (Absorption of liquid by a solid or a semisolid material) |
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| buztin |
clay (A loose, earthy, extremely fine-grained, natural sediment or soft rock composed primarily of clay-size or colloidal particles and characterized by high plasticity and by a considerable content of clay mineral and subordinate amounts of finely divided quartz, decomposed feldspar, carbonates, ferruginous matter, and other impurities; it forms a plastic, moldable mass when finely ground and mixed with water, retains its shape on drying, and becomes firm, rocklike and permanently hard on heating or firing) |
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