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Baikonur
Baikonur (Байконур, Bayqongyr) is the common name for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe, launch site of Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin's first orbital flight in 1961.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Байқоңыр) is a spaceport in southern Kazakhstan leased and operated by Russia, and the launch site of Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin's 1961 flight.
Bail
Bail: money or conditions set by a court to secure a criminal defendant's release before trial. Also called cash bail or pretrial release. Distinguished by English common-law origins, the 1966 and 1984 U.S. Bail Reform Acts, and Illinois's 2023 abolition of cash bail.
Bail bondsman
A bail bondsman, or bail bond agent, guarantees a criminal defendant's court appearance for a nonrefundable fee, an occupation existing almost entirely in the United States.
Bail in the United States
Bail in the United States is the pretrial release system based on money or conditions guaranteeing court appearance. Key facts: Eighth Amendment limits, 24 states with expanded preventive detention, Illinois first to abolish cash bail in 2023, mixed reform evidence.
Bail Organa
Bail Organa (Bail Prestor Organa) is the Star Wars senator of Alderaan, adoptive father of Leia, and secret rebellion organizer who dies with Alderaan when the Death Star destroys it; played by Jimmy Smits, later Benjamin Bratt in Andor.
Bailando (Enrique Iglesias song)
"Bailando" is a 2014 Spanish-language hit by Enrique Iglesias with Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona; its Spanish version holds the Hot Latin Songs record of 41 weeks at No. 1 and reached No. 12 on the Hot 100.
Baile Inolvidable
BAILE INoLVIDABLE is Bad Bunny's salsa song from DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (January 5, 2025, Rimas), performed by Puerto Rican music-school students; it topped US Apple Music, reached number 2 on the Hot 100, and earned Billboard Latin award nominations.
Bailee Madison
Bailee Madison, also known as Bailee Madison Riley, is an American actress born in 1999 who played May Belle in Bridge to Terabithia and Grace Russell on Good Witch.
Bailey Ashford
Bailey Kelly Ashford was an American Army physician who, after the 1899 hurricane in Puerto Rico, proved hookworm caused the island's anemia and built treatment campaigns.
Bailey bridge
A Bailey bridge is a portable, prefabricated truss bridge of pinned steel panels, designed by Sir Donald Bailey in 1943 for military use in the Second World War.
Bailey Chase
Bailey Chase (Bailey Chase Luetgert), American actor born 1972 in Chicago; known for Butch Ada on Saving Grace, Branch Connally on Longmire, Graham Miller on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Homestead (2024).
Bailey Coal Mine
The Bailey Coal Mine is an underground longwall coal mine near Wind Ridge in Greene County, Pennsylvania, producing about 11 million tons of coal a year.
Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Bailey Peacock-Farrell (born 1996, Darlington) is a Northern Ireland goalkeeper, 53 caps, third NI keeper to 50 caps after Jennings and Taylor; clubs Leeds United, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday, AGF Aarhus, Birmingham City, Blackpool.
Bailey Quarters
Bailey Quarters is the shy, journalism-graduate radio station employee on CBS's WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), played by Jan Smithers in all 90 episodes; based on creator Hugh Wilson's wife and later reprised in The New WKRP in Cincinnati.
Bailey Smith
Bailey Smith (born 2000) is an AFL midfielder, drafted pick 7 by the Western Bulldogs in 2018, traded to Geelong in 2024; 2025 All-Australian, joint AFLCA Champion Player, third in the Brownlow Medal.
Bailey Sok
Bailey Sok (Bailey Drew Sok, 베일리 석, born 2004) is a Korean-American dancer and K-pop choreographer behind Red Velvet's Psycho and Taeyang's Vibe, who debuted in 2025 with The Black Label's co-ed group ALLDAY PROJECT.
Bailey Willis
Bailey Willis was an American geologist known for earthquake studies and experiments showing how mountain ranges form by horizontal compression, who worked for the US Geological Survey and taught at Stanford.
Bailey Zappe
Bailey Zappe, quarterback from Victoria, Texas; played at Houston Baptist and Western Kentucky, set 2021 FBS single-season records with 5,967 yards and 62 TDs, drafted 137th overall by the Patriots in 2022, later Chiefs and Browns.
Bailey Zimmerman
Bailey Zimmerman, American country-pop singer from Louisville, Illinois; viral TikTok breakout, Warner Music Nashville; hits 'Fall in Love,' 'Rock and a Hard Place,' 'Religiously'; debut album No. 7 Billboard 200; 2025's 'All the Way' peaked No. 4.
Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula
The Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula (BBP) is a 1995 series for π that computes hexadecimal or binary digits of π starting at any position without earlier digits.
Baileys Irish Cream
Baileys Irish Cream: Irish cream liqueur launched 1974 by Gilbeys of Ireland, blending Irish whiskey, dairy cream, and chocolate-vanilla flavors at 17% ABV; owned by Diageo, over 100 million bottles produced yearly in Ireland, sold in 150+ countries.
Baili Tianheng (百利天恒)
Baili Tianheng (百利天恒) is a Chengdu-based biopharmaceutical company developing antibody-drug conjugates, founded by Zhu Yi in 1996 and listed on the STAR Market since 2023.
Bailian (Alibaba Cloud)
Bailian (阿里云百炼), marketed as Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, is Alibaba Cloud's platform for training, fine-tuning, and serving large language models including Qwen, unveiled at Apsara Conference 2023.
Bailianhe Pumped Storage hydroelectric plant
Bailianhe Pumped Storage plant (白莲河抽水蓄能电站) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in Luotian, Hubei, China, generating 1,200 MW from four 300 MW reversible units and serving the Central China Power Grid.
Bailiff
Bailiff: officer executing court orders, from Old French baillif (c. 1300). Covers medieval English estate and Crown officers, modern England and Wales enforcement agents, US courtroom bailiffs, and the French commissaire de justice.
Bailiff Byrd
Bailiff Byrd is Petri Hawkins Byrd (born 1957, Brooklyn), the only bailiff on Judge Judy for all 25 seasons (1996–2021), a former real New York court officer with Sheindlin, later bailiff on Tribunal Justice.
Bailingnao'er City Site
白灵淖尔城址 (Bailingnao'er city site), the Northern Wei Huaishuo garrison town, in Huaishuo Town, Guyang County, Inner Mongolia; irregular pentagonal walled city, 4,667 m perimeter, national key cultural relics protection unit since 2006.
Bailiwick of Guernsey
Bailiwick of Guernsey: a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands, comprising Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, with its own legislatures, 20% top income tax, Guernsey pound, and UK responsibility for defence and foreign relations.
Baillaud (lunar crater)
Baillaud is an 89.44 km flat-floored lunar impact crater at 74.61°N, 37.35°E on the Moon's near side, named for French astronomer Benjamin Baillaud, IAU-approved 1935, Lower Imbrium age about 3.9 Ga.