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Bakelite
Bakelite, chemically polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin developed by Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland in 1907 and regarded as the first wholly synthetic plastic.
Bakeneko (化け猫)
Bakeneko (化け猫), also called kaibyō or monster cat, is a Japanese yōkai: an aged cat that gains supernatural power, takes human form, dances, licks lamp oil, or avenges its master, distinct from the forked-tailed nekomata and famous for the Edo-period Nabeshima cat disturbance.
Bakening
Bakening (Бакенинг), also known as Kamchatka Peak, is an andesitic stratovolcano rising to 2,278 m on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, about 100 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Bakenkhons
Bakenkhons, also written Bakenkhonsu, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes under Ramesses II, serving about 70 years, the last 27 as High Priest; his autobiographical block statues record his career year by year.
Bakenranef
Bakenranef, also known as Bakenrenef or Greek Bocchoris, was the second and last king of Egypt's 24th Dynasty at Sais, son of Tefnakhte, proverbial as a lawgiver.
Bakenrenef (vizier)
Bakenrenef was a vizier of Egypt's 26th Dynasty under Psamtik I and a priest of Ptah and Sokar, known from a rock-cut tomb at Saqqara.
Bakeout
Bakeout is the controlled heating of a vacuum system while it is pumped, accelerating the release of adsorbed and dissolved gases so low pressure is reached faster.
Baker (lake)
Baker Lake (Qamani'tuaq, "where the river widens") is a large Arctic lake in Nunavut's Kivalliq Region at the mouth of the Thelon River, near Canada's geographic centre; named in 1761 after HBC governor Sir William Baker, it hosts Nunavut's only inland Inuit community.
Baker (Venusian crater)
Baker is a 105-109 km impact crater on Venus at 62.5°N, 40.3°E, IAU-approved in 1994 and named for American expatriate dancer and singer Josephine Baker (1906-1975); formerly Corday Patera, it is a fluidized ejecta blanket crater imaged by Magellan.
Baker Act
Baker Act, the Florida Mental Health Act (Chapter 394, F.S., 1971, named for Rep. Maxine Baker), governs involuntary mental health examination: 72-hour hold, three initiation routes, 2024 HB 7021 reforms.
Baker Bowl
Baker Bowl (National League Park), Philadelphia ballpark at Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue, Phillies home 1887-1938; rebuilt 1895 with cantilever steel-and-brick design, 1903 collapse killed 12, short 281-foot right field, Babe Ruth's final at-bat.
Baker Brothers Advisors
Baker Brothers Advisors is a New York-based investment adviser founded by brothers Julian and Felix Baker in 2000. It manages $28.1 billion in assets and specializes in biotechnology stocks.
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes is an American energy technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas, formed in 2017 when GE's oil and gas business combined with Baker Hughes Incorporated.
Baker Island
Baker Island: uninhabited U.S. coral island just north of the equator, 1,830 nmi southwest of Honolulu; guano-mined 1859-1878, colonized 1935-1942, now a National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument.
Baker Lake, Nunavut
Baker Lake (Qamani'tuaq) is Nunavut's only inland hamlet, at the mouth of the Thelon River in the Kivalliq Region near Canada's geographic centre; population about 2,100, service community for the Meadowbank gold mine.
Baker Mayfield
Baker Mayfield (born 1995) is an NFL quarterback, 2017 Heisman winner at Oklahoma, first overall 2018 pick of the Browns, now Tampa Bay Buccaneers starter and franchise-record contract holder.
Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie, founded 1949 in Chicago as Baker & McKenzie, is a global law firm with over 70 offices in 40+ countries, $3.64bn revenue, London its largest office, chaired by Sunny Mann.
Baker Plan
The Baker Plan was a 1985 US strategy, announced by Treasury Secretary James Baker, offering new loans to heavily indebted developing countries in exchange for reforms.
Baker rifle
The Baker rifle, also known as the Baker infantry rifle, was a flintlock muzzle-loading rifle adopted by the British Army in 1800 and designed by London gunmaker Ezekiel Baker.
Baker Street
Baker Street is a north-south thoroughfare in Marylebone, London, running from Oxford Street to Marylebone Road. Known for 221B, Sherlock Holmes's fictional address, and Baker Street station, opened 1863 on the world's first underground railway.
Baker Street (song)
Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty's 1978 soft rock hit from City to City, famous for Raphael Ravenscroft's saxophone riff; UK No. 3, US No. 2 for six weeks, over five million singles sold.
Baker Street robbery
The Baker Street robbery, also known as the walkie-talkie job, was a 1971 burglary in which a gang tunnelled into a Lloyds Bank vault in London.
Baker Street tube station
Baker Street tube station, also known as Baker Street Underground station, is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster that opened in 1863.
Baker University
Baker University, founded 1858 in Baldwin City, Kansas, is the state's oldest university, Methodist-affiliated, with schools of arts and sciences, nursing, education, and professional studies enrolling about 2,000 students.
Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817, 1999 SCC decision in Mavis Baker's humanitarian and compassionate immigration appeal, led by L'Heureux-Dubé J on children's best interests, bias, and reasons.
Baker v. Carr
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), Supreme Court decision holding Tennessee legislative apportionment challenges justiciable under the Equal Protection Clause; established the six-factor political question doctrine and enabled one person, one vote rulings.
Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula
The Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula, or BCH formula, expresses log(exp(X)exp(Y)) as a series of nested Lie brackets with rational coefficients, converging for X and Y close to zero and used across physics and control theory.
Baker's cyst
Baker's cyst, also called a popliteal cyst, is a fluid-filled swelling behind the knee caused by excess joint fluid, often from arthritis or a meniscus tear.
Baker's theorem
Baker's theorem is a result in transcendental number theory giving explicit lower bounds for nonzero linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers, proved by Alan Baker in 1966.
Baker's yeast
Baker's yeast is commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae used to leaven bread by fermenting dough sugars into CO2 and ethanol. Sold as fresh compressed, active dry, instant dry, and cream yeast; industrial production uses the 1919 fed-batch molasses Z-process.