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Benthic foraminifera
Benthic foraminifera are single-celled marine protists living on or within the seafloor, abundant in the deep-sea fossil record since Cambrian times and central to reconstructing ancient oceans.
Benthic zone
Benthic zone: the seafloor or lake-bottom environment and its resident organisms, the benthos. Covers at least 75% of Earth's surface, exchanges nutrients with the pelagic water column, and is affected by fisheries, aquaculture, and deep-sea mining.
Benthic-pelagic coupling
Benthic-pelagic coupling is the exchange of nutrients, mass, and energy between a water body's bottom sediments and its overlying water column, first described in 1975.
Benthos
Benthos: the organisms living on, in, or near the bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers; coined by Haeckel in 1891. Includes infauna, epifauna, and nekto-benthos; key to nutrient cycling, fisheries, and water-quality bioindicators.
Bentiromide
Bentiromide (BT-PABA, brand Chymex) is a synthetic peptide, FDA-approved in 1983, used orally to test exocrine pancreatic function: chymotrypsin cleaves it to PABA, measured in urine; now discontinued.
Bentley
Bentley, also known as Bentley Motors, is a British maker of luxury cars based in Crewe, England, founded by W.O. Bentley in 1919 and owned by Volkswagen since 1998.
Bentley Arnage
The Bentley Arnage is a luxury saloon built by hand at Crewe, England, from 1998 to 2009 as Bentley's four-door flagship, named after a corner at Le Mans.
Bentley Bentayga
The Bentley Bentayga, named after the Roque Bentayga rock formation in Gran Canaria, is a luxury SUV produced by Bentley at Crewe, introduced in November 2015 as the company's first SUV.
Bentley ContextCapture
Bentley ContextCapture, renamed iTwin Capture Modeler, is Bentley Systems' desktop photogrammetry application that automatically converts digital photographs and laser scans into high-resolution textured 3D meshes.
Bentley Continental GT
The Bentley Continental GT is a two-door luxury grand tourer built at Bentley's Crewe, England factory, launched in 2003 and credited with reviving the brand.
Bentley Flying Spur (2005)
The Bentley Flying Spur is a four-door luxury saloon launched in 2005, described by Bentley as the fastest four-door in the world and built at Crewe until 2013.
Bentley Innomed GmbH
Bentley Innomed GmbH is a German medical-technology company in Hechingen, founded in 2009 by Lars Sunnanväder and Miko Obradovic, that makes covered stents for vascular disease.
Bentley Mitchum
Bentley Mitchum (born 1967, Tucson, Arizona) is an American actor, writer, and director, grandson of Robert Mitchum and son of Christopher Mitchum, known for The Man in the Moon (1991), Ruby in Paradise (1993), and Baja Run (1996).
Bentley Mulsanne (2010)
The Bentley Mulsanne is a full-size luxury saloon built by Bentley at Crewe, England, from 2010 to 2020 as its flagship, powered by a 6.75-liter twin-turbocharged V8.
Bentley State Limousine
The Bentley State Limousine, also known as the State Bentley, is an official state car built for Queen Elizabeth II as a gift for her Golden Jubilee in 2002.
Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is an American infrastructure engineering software company headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1984, it built MicroStation and reports about $1.5 billion in annual revenue.
Bentley Torcal
The Bentley Torcal is a battery-electric luxury SUV revealed in London in 2026, Bentley's first fully electric production model and fourth model line, cheaper than the Bentayga.
Bentley University
Bentley University, formerly Bentley College and the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance, is a private business university in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in Boston in 1917 by accountant Harry C. Bentley.
Bento (弁当)
Bento (弁当, obento) is a Japanese single-portion boxed meal, typically rice with fish or meat and pickled or cooked vegetables, packed to be eaten away from home.
Bento Gonçalves da Silva
Bento Gonçalves da Silva (1788–1847) was a Brazilian military officer and rancher who led the Farroupilha Revolution in Rio Grande do Sul and became the first president of the Rio-Grandense Republic.
Benton County, Arkansas, United States
Benton County, Arkansas: county in the northwest corner of Arkansas on the Missouri and Oklahoma borders, established September 30, 1836 from Washington County, county seat Bentonville, named for Senator Thomas Hart Benton, home of Walmart headquarters and one of the state's fastest-growing counties.
Benton County, Washington, United States
Benton County, Washington (FIPS 53005), a southeastern Washington county created March 8, 1905 from Yakima and Klickitat counties, seat Prosser; home to the Hanford Site, Tri-Cities cities Kennewick and Richland, population 221,722 (2025 estimate).
Benton F. Baugh
Benton F. Baugh is an American mechanical engineer in Houston, Texas, known for designing subsea equipment for offshore oil production and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1999.
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Benton Harbor, Michigan: a majority-Black Berrien County city of about 9,100 on the Paw Paw River near Lake Michigan, known for its 2018-2021 lead drinking water crisis, Whirlpool's presence, and neighboring twin city St. Joseph.
Benton J. Underwood
Benton J. Underwood (1915–1994) was an American experimental psychologist at Northwestern University who led postwar research on verbal learning and memory and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1970.
Benton Sawrey
Benton Sawrey is an American Republican politician who has represented North Carolina's 10th Senate district since 2023, chairs the Senate Health Care Committee, and co-chairs the Medicaid Oversight Committee.
Benton Visual Retention Test
The Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT) is a neuropsychological test assessing visual memory, perception, and construction by reproducing geometric designs, published by Arthur Benton in 1945.
Bentonite
Bentonite, also known as bentonite clay, is a rock composed mainly of the smectite clay montmorillonite, formed from altered volcanic ash and prized for swelling.
Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville, Arkansas: Benton County seat and Walmart headquarters town, population about 63,000 (2025), home of Crystal Bridges Museum, the new 350-acre Walmart Home Office, and the Plan Bentonville growth code.
Bentracimab
Bentracimab (PB2452, MEDI2452) is an investigational intravenous monoclonal antibody Fab that reverses the antiplatelet effect of ticagrelor, studied in the single-arm Phase 3 REVERSE-IT trial with FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation.