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A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very inflammable, and is an ingredient of coal gas and water gas. It is standard of chemical equivalents or combining weights, and also of valence, being the typical monad. Symbol H. Atomic weight 1.

• Bethought
  of Bethink
• Belaid
  of Belay
• Water souchy
  A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water.
• Beccaficos
  of Beccafico
• Bezel
  The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
• Beluga
  A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
• BELLMETAL
  A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells. Bell metal ore, a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron; the mineral stannite.
• Beduin
  See Bedouin.
• Standardize
  To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis.
• Benumbing
  of Benumb
• WATERDROPWORT
  A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.
• Begnawed
  of Begnaw
• Water gas
  See under Gas.
• Beseecher
  One who beseeches.
• WATERTUBE
  One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.
• Beadwork
  Ornamental work in beads.
• Betime
  Alt. of Betimes
• Beleave
  To leave or to be left.
• Water thief
  A pirate.
• Beclipped
  of Beclip

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