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Bensley
Bensley is the stage name of Peter Bennett, a Toronto-born Canadian drum and bass producer and classically trained jazz saxophonist with over 40 million Spotify streams.
Benson (TV series)
Benson (1979-1986) is an ABC sitcom spin-off of Soap starring Robert Guillaume as butler Benson DuBois in Governor Eugene Gatling's mansion; 7 seasons, 158 episodes, 2 Emmys, ending with Benson running for governor.
Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges is a cigarette brand founded in London in 1873 by Richard Benson and William Hedges, known for its long association with gold packaging.
Benson Boone
Benson Boone (born 2002, Monroe, Washington) is an American pop singer-songwriter behind "Beautiful Things," the most-streamed song of 2024, and albums Fireworks & Rollerblades and American Heart; a former American Idol dropout signed to Dan Reynolds's Night Street/Warner.
Benson Farb
Benson Farb is an American mathematician at the University of Chicago who works in geometric group theory and topology, and won the 2024 Steele Prize for his book on mapping class groups.
Benson Fong
Benson Fong (1916-1987), Chinese American character actor of Hollywood films and TV; Tommy Chan in six Charlie Chan films, The Old One in Kung Fu, founder of Ah Fong's restaurants.
Benson Henderson
Benson "Smooth" Henderson (born Nov. 16, 1983) is an American MMA fighter, former WEC and UFC lightweight champion (552 days as undisputed UFC champ), who retired 30-12 in 2023 and returned at PFL Brussels 2026, losing to Patrick Habirora by 20-second KO.
Benson Hill (company)
Benson Hill, also known as Benson Hill Biosystems, was a St. Louis, Missouri agri-food company founded in 2012 that developed soybean crops through its CropOS platform.
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn: densely populated southwestern Brooklyn neighborhood in Community District 11; historically Italian-American "Little Italy," now Brooklyn's largest Chinatown, 58.5% foreign-born, 183,378 residents (2024).
Bensoul
Bensoul, born Benson Mutua Muia in Embu County, Kenya, is a Kenyan singer-songwriter best known for the hit song 'Nairobi' and as Sol Generation's first signed artist.
Bensulfuron
Bensulfuron is a sulfonylurea herbicide used almost entirely as its methyl ester, bensulfuron-methyl, to control broadleaved weeds and sedges in rice and, in Europe, spring cereals.
Bensulide
Bensulide (CAS 741-58-2) is an organophosphate pre-emergence herbicide, WSSA group 8, controlling annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in vegetables, turf, and golf courses; persistent in soil, cholinesterase-inhibiting, highly toxic to bees.
Bensultap
Bensultap (杀虫磺), CAS 17606-31-4, is a nereistoxin analogue insecticide, IRAC group 14 nAChR channel blocker, sold as Ruban and Bancol; not EU-approved, moderately toxic to mammals, very toxic to aquatic life.
Bent Anund Ramsfjell
Bent Anund Ramsfjell, born 1967 in Oslo, is a Norwegian curler who played lead on the Norwegian team that won Olympic gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Bent bone dysplasias
Bent bone dysplasias (ICD-11 LD24.C) are rare genetic skeletal disorders with bent long bones, poor skull mineralization, craniosynostosis, and osteopenia. FGFR2-related bent bone dysplasia (BBDS1) is perinatal-lethal; BBDS2 involves LAMA5; campomelic dysplasia is also grouped here.
Bent Fuglede
Bent Fuglede (1925–2023) was a Danish mathematician at the University of Copenhagen known for Fuglede's theorem on normal operators, the Fuglede–Kadison determinant, and finely harmonic functions.
Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, built by Sneferu c. 2613–2589 BC, changes slope from about 55 to 43 degrees at 49 m height; first intended true pyramid, still largely cased, reopened to tourists in 2019.
Bent-over row
Bent-over row: a compound horizontal pull done from a hip-hinged stance, working lats, trapezius, rhomboids, and rear delts while the lower back stabilizes; also called barbell row, with dumbbell, Pendlay, T-bar, and chest-supported variations.
BENTA disease
BENTA disease (B-cell expansion with NF-κB and T-cell anergy), also called CARD11 gain-of-function, is a rare autosomal dominant primary immunodeficiency causing infantile polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, splenomegaly, recurrent infections, EBV susceptibility, and HLH risk.
Bentall procedure
The Bentall procedure is a cardiac operation that replaces the aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta with a single composite valved conduit, first performed in 1968.
Bentaluron
Bentaluron (CGA 18734, CAS 28956-64-1) is a benzothiazole urea fungicide discovered in the 1970s by Ciba-Geigy, used mainly as a wood preservative against white rot; not approved in the EU, with sparse toxicity data.
Bentazone
Bentazone (bentazon, bendioxide), CAS 25057-89-0, is a benzothiadiazinone Group 6 post-emergence herbicide inhibiting photosystem II at the D1 histidine 215 site, used against broadleaf weeds and sedges in rice, soybeans, corn, and other crops.
Bente Martinsen Skari
Bente Martinsen Skari (Bente Skari), Norwegian cross-country skier born 1972, dominant 1998-2003; first Norwegian woman to win individual Olympic cross-country gold (10 km classical, Salt Lake City 2002), five world titles, four overall World Cups, 42 World Cup wins.
Bente Nordby
Bente Nordby (Bente Dalum Nordby), born 1974 in Gjøvik, Norwegian goalkeeper; 172 caps 1991–2007, 1995 World Cup and 2000 Olympic gold, 1993 Euro winner, later Lyon and goalkeeper coach.
Bente-Shina
Bentešina, also written Benteshina, was king of Amurru in Syria in the 13th century BC, a Hittite vassal who was exiled for rebellion and later restored by Hattusili III.
Benteler International
Benteler International, known as BENTELER, is a family-owned metal processing group headquartered in Austria that supplies the automotive industry with chassis components, vehicle structures, and battery systems.
Benten Corona
Benten Corona (弁天) is a 310-km-wide corona on Venus at 16°N, 340°E, IAU-named in 1994 for the Japanese love and fertility goddess, mapped by Magellan radar.
Benthiavalicarb
Benthiavalicarb, a FRAC Code 40 carboxylic acid amide (valinamide carbamate) fungicide against Oomycete late blight, assessed as benthiavalicarb-isopropyl; EU approval non-renewed in 2023 over endocrine and carcinogenic concerns.
Benthic boundary layer
The benthic boundary layer is the region of water directly above a lake, river, or ocean sediment, where flow and solute transport are shaped by the sediment surface.
Benthic flux
A benthic flux is the rate at which a dissolved chemical species crosses the sediment-water interface per unit area, linking sediment chemistry to the overlying water.