Index of letter B
| bacill- | A bacillus. |
| -bacter | A genus of bacteria. |
| bacteri(o)- | Bacteria. |
| baro- | Pressure. |
| basi- | A base or basis. |
| basidio- | A basidium. |
| bathy- | Depth. |
| be- | Forming verbs and adjectives. |
| bene- | Good; well. |
| benz(o)- | Benzene. |
| bi- | Two; having two; doubly. |
| biblio- | A book or books. |
| bili- | Bile. |
| -bility | See -able |
| bin- | See bi- |
| bio- | Life; living things. |
| -biosis | A mode of life. |
| bis- | See bi- |
| -blast | An immature or embryonic cell. |
| blasto- | Germination. |
| -ble | See -able |
| blephar(o)- | The eyelid. |
| bor(o)- | Boron. |
| -bot | Automatic or autonomous device or software program. |
| botry(o)- | A bunch of grapes. |
| brachi(o)- | An arm. |
| brachy- | Shortness. |
| brady- | Slowness. |
| branchio- | Gills. |
| Brit- | British. |
| brom(o)- | Bromine. |
| bronch(o)- | The bronchi. |
| bryo- | Moss. |
| bucco- | The cheek. |
| but- | Four-carbon chains of atoms. |
| by- | Subordinate; incidental; secondary. |
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