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Barbexaclone
Barbexaclone (Maliasin) is a salt of phenobarbital and propylhexedrine, ATC N03AA04, an anticonvulsant developed in 1950s Switzerland, used widely in Turkey until 2009, now largely discontinued.
Barbhai Council
The Barbhai Council (बारभाई समिती) was the league of Maratha ministers and commanders that ruled the Peshwa state after Narayanrao's murder, blocking his uncle Raghunathrao.
Barbi Benton
Barbi Benton (Barbara Klein, born 1950, Sacramento) is an American model, actress, and singer; Hugh Hefner's girlfriend 1969-1976, four-time Playboy cover figure, Hee Haw regular, and country singer of "Brass Buckles."
Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre: London multi-arts venue in the City of London, opened 3 March 1982 by Queen Elizabeth II. Designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon within the Brutalist Barbican Estate; home of the London Symphony Orchestra; now undergoing a £191m renewal.
Barbican Estate
The Barbican Estate, also known as the Barbican Complex, is a Brutalist residential and cultural development in the City of London, built to designs by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon.
Barbie
Barbie is Mattel's fashion doll, debuted March 9, 1959 at the New York Toy Fair by co-founder Ruth Handler, modeled on Germany's Bild Lilli and named after her daughter Barbara. Over 1 billion sold, 250+ careers, inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 1998.
Barbie (film)
Barbie (2023) is Greta Gerwig's live-action comedy based on the Mattel doll, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling; it earned $1 billion in 17 days, became 2023's top film, and received eight Oscar nominations.
Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship
Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship (Barbie y Teresa: La receta de la amistad) is a 2025 Mattel Television CG animated special, directed by Karen J. Lloyd, premiering March 6, 2025 on Netflix, in which the two Barbies help Teresa open her cousin's New York tamale restaurant.
Barbie Almalbis
Barbie Almalbis, born Yvette Barbra Hontiveros Almalbis-Honasan, is a Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist who fronted Hungry Young Poets from 1996 and Barbie's Cradle, then recorded solo albums from Parade (2006) to Not That Girl (2025).
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a 2004 direct-to-video CGI Barbie musical, the series' first, loosely adapting Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper; directed by William Lau, starring Kelly Sheridan as dual leads and Martin Short as villain Preminger.
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow (2007) is the third direct-to-video Barbie Fairytopia film, directed by William Lau, with Kelly Sheridan as Elina, who learns the Flight of Spring at the Crystal Palace to stop Laverna's ten-year winter.
Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia (Barbie: Mermaidia) is a 2006 direct-to-video computer-animated film, the first Barbie sequel, in which fairy Elina trades her wings for a mermaid tail to rescue prince Nalu from Laverna.
Barbie Ferreira
Barbie Ferreira (Barbara Ferreira), American actress and model from Queens, New York; Tumblr-to-American Apparel discovery at 16, viral unretouched 2016 Aerie campaign, Kat Hernandez on HBO's Euphoria (2019-2022), later indie films and a 2025 Victoria's Secret runway debut.
Barbie Forteza
Barbie Forteza, full name Barbara Ambas Forteza, is a Filipino actress born in 1997 who is best known as a lead star of GMA Network, billed as the "Kapuso Primetime Princess."
Barbie Girl
Barbie Girl: 1997 eurodance single by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua from Aquarium, written by Rasted, Norreen, Dif, and Nystrøm; UK #1, US #7; Mattel's trademark suit was dismissed as parody, and Mattel later licensed it for Barbie World.
Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛)
Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛, Da S, Big S), Taiwanese actress, singer, and host (1976–2025). Debuted 1994 as S.O.S with sister Dee Hsu; starred as Shan Cai in Meteor Garden (2001); died of influenza-related pneumonia in Japan at 48.
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is a 2006 direct-to-video animated musical fantasy film in which Barbie voices Princess Genevieve, one of twelve dancing sisters.
Barbie in the Nutcracker
Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) is the first CGI-animated Barbie film, from Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel, directed by Owen Hurley, with Kelly Sheridan as Barbie/Clara, Tim Curry as the Mouse King, Tchaikovsky's score, and motion-captured New York City Ballet dances.
Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase
Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase is a 2024 Mattel Television Studios animated Netflix series (8 x 25 min, TV-Y7) in which Barbie Malibu and Brooklyn Roberts chase suspects across Europe after show horses Tornado and Pepper and a diamond saddle are stolen; season 2 was retitled Beach Detectives.
Barbie Rewind
Barbie Rewind is a 2026 Digital Eclipse compilation published by Atari with 16 Barbie games from 1991-2007 plus DreamHouse decorating, releasing November 12, 2026 on PS4/PS5, Switch/Switch 2, Xbox, and PC for $29.99.
Barbie: A Touch of Magic
Barbie: A Touch of Magic is a CGI-animated Mattel Television series (2023-2024) on Netflix in which Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts find Peggy, a baby Pegasus, and protect her from Rocki the Glyph across two 13-episode seasons.
Barbie: Fairytopia
Barbie: Fairytopia (2005) is a direct-to-video CGI Barbie film, the first with an original storyline, starring Elina, a wingless fairy fighting Laverna; it spawned Mermaidia, Magic of the Rainbow, and a stage show.
Barbie: It Takes Two
Barbie: It Takes Two is a 2022 Netflix CGI-animated series, also called Barbie It Takes Two, sequel to Big City, Big Dreams; 26 episodes follow Malibu and Brooklyn Roberts chasing music stardom in New York.
Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse
Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse is Mattel's CGI-animated web series (2012-2015, seven seasons) parodying reality TV, starring Kate Higgins' Barbie in Malibu, later on Netflix and succeeded by Dreamhouse Adventures.
Barbie: Mariposa and Her Butterfly Fairy Friends
Barbie: Mariposa and Her Butterfly Fairy Friends, also titled Barbie Mariposa, is the 12th Barbie direct-to-video film (2008), a Fairytopia spin-off in which butterfly fairy Mariposa seeks an antidote for her poisoned queen, directed by Conrad Helten.
Barbital
Barbital, also known as diethylbarbituric acid and originally sold as Veronal, is a long-acting barbiturate, the first of the class, marketed from 1904 as a sedative and hypnotic for insomnia.
Barbiturate
Barbiturates, CNS depressants derived from barbituric acid, are sedative-hypnotics, anticonvulsants, and anesthetics such as phenobarbital and thiopental; largely replaced by safer benzodiazepines due to overdose, abuse, and lethal withdrawal risks.
Barbiturate overdose
Barbiturate overdose, also called barbiturate intoxication or barbiturate poisoning, is toxic overingestion of sedative-hypnotic barbiturates such as phenobarbital; treated with supportive care, MDAC, and hemodialysis in severe long-acting cases, with 0.5-2% in-hospital mortality.
Barbituric acid
Barbituric acid, also called malonylurea, is an organic compound that is the parent of barbiturate drugs; it is not pharmacologically active itself and was first synthesized in 1864.
Barbizon school
The Barbizon school was a mid-19th-century group of French painters, led by Rousseau, Corot, and Millet, who painted rural landscape near the Forest of Fontainebleau.