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Terms for subject United States (7766 entries)

Blowing Smoke	BS
Blue Bark	US military personnel, US citizen civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and the dependents of both categories who travel in connection with the death of an immediate family member. It also applies to designated escorts for dependents of deceased military members. Furthermore, the term is used to designate the personal property shipment of a deceased member
Bluetooth Qualification Body	BQB
Board Of Examiners	BOE
Board Of Geographic Names	BGN
Board of Immigration Appeals	BIA
Board Of Medical Examiners	BME
Board of Veterans Appeals	BVA
Board Review Series	BRS
boat group	The basic organization of landing craft
boat lane	A lane for amphibious assault landing craft, which extends from the line of departure to the beach
boat space	The space and weight factor used in planning for one person with individual equipment to determine overall ship-to-shore movement requirements for boats, landing craft, and amphibious vehicles
Bobo	abbr. for "bourgeois + Bohemian)	Val_Sh­ips
Boise National Forest	BNF
bona fides	In personnel recovery, the use of verbal or visual communication by individuals who are unknown to one another, to establish their authenticity, sincerity, honesty, and truthfulness.
bona fides	The lack of fraud or deceit: a determination that a person is who he/she says he/she is
Bonneville Power Administration	BPA
bookoo	a lot	chiefc­anelo
boost phase	That portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or space vehicle during which the booster and sustainer engines operate.
BOR	Bureau of Reclamation