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Bluto
Bluto, also known as Brutus, is the large, bearded, muscle-bound villain created by E.C. Segar in 1932 as 'Bluto the Terrible' in Thimble Theatre, Popeye's rival for Olive Oyl; Fleischer Studios made him the recurring cartoon villain, and a 1957 rights confusion briefly renamed him Brutus.
Blykalla
Blykalla AB, formerly LeadCold, is a Swedish nuclear technology startup founded in 2013 as a KTH spin-off in Stockholm that develops the SEALER lead-cooled small modular reactor for data centers and industry.
Blyth Tait
Blyth Tait (Robert Blyth Tait, born 1961, Whangarei) is a New Zealand eventing rider; four Olympics, four medals including Atlanta 1996 individual gold on Ready Teddy, and world titles in 1990 and 1998.
Blythe (doll)
Blythe is a fashion doll with an oversized head and color-changing eyes, created in 1972 by designer Allison Katzman for Kenner and revived in 2001 by Takara.
Blythe (NextEra) solar farm
The Blythe Solar Power Project is a 485-megawatt solar plant near Blythe, California, built by NextEra Energy Resources between 2015 and 2020, with battery storage added later.
Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner is an American actress whose stage-centered career includes a Tony for Butterflies Are Free and two Emmys for Huff; she is Gwyneth Paltrow's mother.
Blythe Intaglios
The Blythe Intaglios are giant human and animal geoglyphs scraped into the desert pavement near Blythe, California, the best known of over 200 intaglios in the Lower Colorado River Valley.
Blythe Masters
Blythe Masters is a British-born financial executive who rose from intern to managing director at J.P. Morgan, helped develop credit default swaps, and led blockchain firm Digital Asset Holdings.
BM-21 Grad
The BM-21 Grad, nicknamed for the Russian word for hail, is a Soviet 122 mm rocket launcher adopted in 1963 and used by over 50 armed forces.
BM-27 Uragan
BM-27 Uragan is a Soviet-designed 220 mm multiple rocket launcher system that fires 16 unguided rockets, in service since 1975 and still used by Russia and Ukraine.
BM-30 Smerch (Смерч)
The BM-30 Smerch (Смерч), Russian for tornado, is a Soviet and Russian 300 mm multiple-launch rocket system whose 12 rockets strike targets at ranges of 20 to 90 km.
BM-962 / UBX1325 (foselutoclax)
Foselutoclax (UBX1325, BM-962) is Unity Biotechnology's intravitreal senolytic BCL-xL inhibitor prodrug releasing UBX0601, trialed in Phase 1-2 studies (BEHOLD, ENVISION, ASPIRE) for diabetic macular edema and wet AMD; unapproved, Unity no longer operating.
BMAL1
BMAL1 (ARNTL, MOP3) is a bHLH-PAS transcription factor that, with CLOCK, drives the mammalian circadian clock by activating Per and Cry genes; its knockout abolishes circadian rhythmicity.
BMB Oil and Gas Field
The BMB Oil and Gas Field (Barnówko-Mostno-Buszewo) is Poland's largest crude oil field, an onshore oil, gas, and condensate accumulation near Gorzów Wielkopolski, operated by ORLEN since production began in 2000.
BMC pulmonary medicine
BMC Pulmonary Medicine (BMC Pulm Med, ISSN 1471-2466) is a BioMed Central/Springer Nature open access, peer-reviewed journal founded in 2001 in London, covering respiratory disease research, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.1 (Q2).
BMC Software
BMC Software, Inc. is a private American enterprise software company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1980, it builds automation, service management, and mainframe software for large organizations.
BMC Veterinary Research
BMC Veterinary Research is a peer-reviewed open access journal covering all areas of veterinary science and medicine, published by BioMed Central, part of Springer Nature, since 2005.
BMD-1
The BMD-1 (БМД-1), from Boyevaya Mashina Desanta, is a Soviet amphibious, air-droppable tracked infantry fighting vehicle that entered service in 1969 and was the first vehicle dropped by parachute with its crew inside, in 1973.
BMD-4
The BMD-4, also known as BMD-3M, is a Russian airborne infantry fighting vehicle developed for the Airborne Troops and accepted into service in late 2004.
BME-SNE trial
BME-SNE trial (NCT07477145): Cairo University randomized controlled trial comparing body mind exercises, specific neck exercises, combined exercises, and conventional physical therapy alone in 80 patients with chronic mechanical neck pain; not yet recruiting, estimated 2026.
BMF (song)
"BMF" is a 2024 song by SZA, originally titled "Boy from South Detroit", from SOS Deluxe: LANA. It interpolates "The Girl from Ipanema", refers to the Black Mafia Family TV show, and peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100.
BMF (TV series)
BMF (Black Mafia Family) is a Starz crime drama created by Randy Huggins and executive produced by 50 Cent, airing 2021–2025 over four seasons and 38 episodes about Detroit's Flenory brothers; cancelled October 2025.
BMG Interactive
BMG Interactive Entertainment was a video game publisher established in 1994 as a division of BMG Entertainment, best known for publishing Grand Theft Auto in 1997.
BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management (BMG RM, BMG Rights Management GmbH) is a Berlin-founded, Bertelsmann-backed music rights and services company launched in 2008 from the Sony BMG wind-down; since its 2026 Concord combination it has 4 million+ works, Nashville headquarters, and 67/33 Bertelsmann–Great Mountain Partners ownership.
BMI Country Awards
The BMI Country Awards are an annual Nashville ceremony held by Broadcast Music, Inc. since 1953, honoring the songwriters and publishers of the year's 50 most-performed country songs.
BMI1
BMI1 (PCGF4, RNF51), a proto-oncogene on human chromosome 10p12.2, encodes a core PRC1 polycomb subunit that represses INK4A/ARF via H2A-K119 ubiquitination, maintains stem cell self-renewal, and is overexpressed in many cancers.
BMICH
BMICH, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, is a convention and concert venue in Colombo, Sri Lanka, built as a gift from China and inaugurated in 1973.
BMJ : British medical journal
The BMJ (British Medical Journal) is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal founded 3 October 1840 as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal, published in London by BMJ Group under the British Medical Association, titled BMJ from 1988 and The BMJ from 2014.
BMO Field
BMO Field, Toronto Stadium for FIFA World Cup 2026, is Toronto FC's soccer-specific stadium at Exhibition Place, opened 2007, expanded 2014-2016 and to 45,736 seats for six 2026 World Cup matches.
BMO Stadium
BMO Stadium, formerly Banc of California Stadium, is a 22,000-seat open-air soccer stadium in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, opened April 2018; home of LAFC (MLS) and Angel City FC (NWSL), with a 34-degree rake and 12-foot closest seats.