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Battle Of Valmy
- noun - the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
Battle Of Ypres
- noun - battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
- battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
- battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
Battle-Hardened
- - Experienced in combat, and therefore more effective at fighting; -- used mostly of infantry troops; as, battle-hardened veterans.
Bay Of Campeche
- noun - a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; formed by the Yucatan Peninsula
- a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
Bayberry Tallow
- noun - a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
Bayeux Tapestry
- - A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.
Beach Goldenrod
- noun - vigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern and Gulf coasts of North America
- vigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern coast and Gulf Coast of North America
Beach Plum Bush
- noun - seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit
Beaked Hazelnut
- noun - hazel of western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts
Bear's Breeches
- noun - widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers