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Bambusicola
Bambusicola (bamboo partridges), genus Gould 1863 of Phasianidae galliform birds; three species including Chinese Bamboo Partridge B. thoracicus and Taiwan endemic B. sonorivox, sister genus to Gallus.
Bambuterol
Bambuterol (Bambec), a biscarbamate prodrug of terbutaline, is an oral once-daily beta-2 agonist for asthma; activated by butyrylcholinesterase, lung-concentrated, 24-hour duration, 10-20 mg tablets.
Bamenda
Bamenda, capital of Cameroon's North West Region in Mezam Division, a highland commercial hub of about 349,000 people (2026), epicenter of the Anglophone separatist conflict since 2016 and site of Pope Leo XIV's 2026 peace meeting.
Bamfield
Bamfield is a village of about 300 on Vancouver Island's Barkley Sound, in Huu-ay-aht Territory, known for the 1902 All Red Line trans-Pacific cable station, the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, and the West Coast Trail.
Bamforth-Lazarus syndrome
Bamforth-Lazarus syndrome (Bamforth syndrome, OMIM 241850) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive congenital hypothyroidism disorder caused by FOXE1 mutations, featuring athyreosis, cleft palate, spiky hair, and sometimes choanal atresia.
BamHI
BamHI, from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens H, is a type II restriction endonuclease cutting G^GATCC at 37°C to leave GATC sticky ends compatible with BglII, BclI, and Sau3A; widely used in cloning.
Bamileke royal art
Bamileke royal art is the court art made for the kings and elites of the Bamileke chiefdoms of western Cameroon, famed for beaded elephant masks and thrones.
Bamin Garden
Bamin Garden (八闽园) is a 160-mu botanical and cultural garden in the northeast of Xiamen University's Xiang'an campus, Fujian. Opened 5 April 2021, it holds about 1,500 plant species and ten plazas representing Fujian's nine cities and one area.
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Bamm-Bamm Rubble, also spelled Bam-Bam, is the super-strong adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble in Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, debuting October 3, 1963, voiced by Don Messick, husband of Pebbles Flintstone.
Bamnauli Mound
Bamnauli Mound (Kasuri) is an ancient archaeological mound at Bamnauli village, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, India; a centrally protected ASI monument (N-UP-A87) with chalcolithic to post-Gupta cultural layers, distinct from other villages named Bamnauli.
Bamocaftor
Bamocaftor (VX-659) is Vertex's investigational next-generation CFTR corrector for F508del cystic fibrosis, tested with tezacaftor and ivacaftor; it met phase 3 endpoints but was never approved, elexacaftor being chosen instead.
Bamoth-Baal
Bamoth-Baal, meaning "heights of Baal," is a Moabite cult site named in Numbers 22:41 and Joshua 13:17, where Balak brought Balaam to view Israel; its location is unknown.
Bampur
Bampur, also known as Bampoor, is a prehistoric settlement mound in the Bampur river valley of south-eastern Iran, excavated in 1966 by Beatrice de Cardi, who defined six ceramic periods.
Bamum Kingdom
The Bamum Kingdom was a pre-colonial kingdom in western Cameroon, founded in 1394 with its capital at Foumban, best known for the Bamum script invented by King Ibrahim Njoya.
Bamum royal arts
Bamum royal arts are the courtly traditions of the Bamum kingdom in the Cameroon Grasslands, centered on Foumban, flourishing under King Ibrahim Njoya from about 1887.
Bamus
Bamus (South Son) is a dormant 2,248 m andesitic stratovolcano on New Britain, Papua New Guinea, southwest of Ulawun (the Father); last erupted about 1886, with 1990 seismic unrest and 2006 vapor emissions.
Bamzooki
Bamzooki was a British children's game show on CBBC, first broadcast in 2004, where teams of children built computer creatures called zooks that competed in virtual contests over the studio set.
Ban (law)
Ban (law): a legal prohibition of an activity, product, or substance, via statute, constitutional amendment, administrative order, or writ of prohibition. Covers creation, legality and proportionality limits, US alcohol Prohibition 1920–1933, and unintended consequences.
Ban (title)
Ban: governor or viceroy title used in medieval and early modern Croatia, Bosnia, and southern Hungary from the 10th century, revived in Yugoslavia's 1929-1941 banovinas; territory called banat or banovina; office abolished 1946-1947.
Ban Biao
Ban Biao (班彪) was an Eastern Han historian and official who continued Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and fathered Ban Gu, Ban Chao, and Ban Zhao.
Ban Changthai
Ban Changthai (Ban Chang Thai, Baan Chang Thai) was an elephant camp in Klong Prao, Ko Chang, Trat, Thailand, offering rides, shows and bathing; rated 3.4/5 on Tripadvisor, excluded from bookings under animal welfare guidelines, and closed by April 2026.
Ban Chao
Ban Chao (班超), courtesy name Zhongsheng, was a Han-dynasty general and diplomat from Fufeng who served three emperors and reconquered the Western Regions for the Eastern Han.
Ban Chat hydroelectric plant
The Ban Chat hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Bản Chát) is a 220 MW run-of-river dam on the Nậm Mu River in Lai Châu, Vietnam, built and operated by EVN.
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site, a prehistoric habitation and burial mound in Udon Thani, Thailand, inscribed by UNESCO in 1992; key facts include its 1966 discovery, 1974–75 Penn Museum excavations, and disputed Bronze Age chronology.
Ban Chiang pottery
Ban Chiang pottery is prehistoric earthenware made at Ban Chiang, a village in northeast Thailand, from about 2100 BC to AD 200, famous for red-on-buff painted vessels.
Ban Dainagon Ekotoba
Ban Dainagon Ekotoba (伴大納言絵詞), also called Ban Dainagon Emaki, is a late Heian Japanese narrative handscroll depicting the Ōtenmon Conspiracy of 866, in which Tomo no Yoshio was exiled for arson.
Ban Gu
Ban Gu (班固) was an Eastern Han historian and poet who compiled the Han shu, the Book of Han, the first annals-biography history of a single dynasty.
Ban Hyo Jin
Ban Hyo Jin (반효진), South Korean 10m air rifle shooter born 2007 in Daegu; youngest female Olympic shooting champion, winning Paris 2024 gold in a shoot-off against Huang Yuting, plus 2025 world title.
Ban Jieyu
Ban Jieyu (班婕妤) was a consort of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han dynasty, famed for declining to share the imperial carriage and later withdrawing to Changxin Palace.
Ban Khor Sign Language
Ban Khor Sign Language (BKSL), locally called pasa kidd, is an indigenous village sign language used by deaf and hearing villagers in Ban Khor, northeastern Thailand.