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Bait (TV series)
Bait is a 2026 Prime Video British comedy-drama, six 25-minute episodes created by and starring Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif, a British-Pakistani actor auditioning for James Bond; Sundance premiere, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, Emmy-nominated.
Bait 3D
Bait 3D, also released as Bait, is a 2012 Australian-Singaporean 3D shark thriller directed by Kimble Rendall, about tsunami survivors trapped in a flooded supermarket with great white sharks.
Bait Bazi
Bait Bazi (بیت بازی) is a traditional Urdu verbal game in which players recite couplets in turn, each beginning with the last letter of the previous one.
Baital Pachisi
Baital Pachisi (बैताल पचीसी; Sanskrit Vetālapañcaviṃśati), also known as Betal Pachisi, is an Indian frame-story collection of twenty-five riddle tales told by a vetala to King Vikramāditya.
Baja Beach Fest 2026
Baja Beach Fest 2026 was the August 7–9, 2026 edition of the reggaeton and Latin music beach festival in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico, with three sold-out nights and over 90,000 attendees.
Baja Mali Knindža
Baja Mali Knindža (Баја Мали Книнџа) is the stage name of Mirko Pajčin, a Serbian folk singer born in 1966, known for nationalist songs of the 1990s wars.
Bajabulise Thela
Bajabulise Thela (born 2003, KaNyamazane, Mpumalanga) is a South African model, flight attendant, and Mambane Foundation founder crowned Miss African Beauty Universe South Africa 2026 and set to compete at Miss Universe 2026 in Puerto Rico.
Baji Rout
Baji Rout (ବାଜି ରାଉତ) was a twelve-year-old boatman's son from Dhenkanal, Odisha, shot dead by police in 1938 after refusing to ferry an armed party across the Brahmani river.
Bajirao Mastani (बाजीराव मस्तानी)
Bajirao Mastani (बाजीराव मस्तानी), 2015 Hindi epic historical romance by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, adapted from Nagnath S. Inamdar's novel Rau, starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Priyanka Chopra; released 18 December 2015, controversial over historical accuracy, major award winner.
Bajirao Mastani (बाजीराव मस्तानी) (soundtrack)
Bajirao Mastani soundtrack: 2015 Hindi film album of 10 songs in 41 minutes composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, including Deewani Mastani, Malhari, Mohe Rang Do Laal; noted for classical raag-based compositions and Mirchi Music Award wins.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (बजरंगी भाईजान)
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (बजरंगी भाईजान) is a 2015 Hindi film directed by Kabir Khan, starring Salman Khan as a man returning a mute Pakistani girl to her family.
Bak kut teh
Bak kut teh (肉骨茶, bah-kut-tê, rou gu cha), literally 'meat bone tea', is a Malaysian-Singaporean pork-rib herbal soup with no tea in it; styles include clear peppery Teochew and dark soy Hokkien/Klang versions, with a disputed origin.
Baka (Japanese word)
Baka (ばか, バカ, 馬鹿) is the most widely used Japanese insult, meaning fool or folly, with senses of devotion, excess, and malfunction. Ateji 'horse deer'; disputed Sanskrit moha etymology; Kanto/Kansai severity split with aho; OED-recorded English borrowing since 1945.
Baka and Test (バカとテストと召喚獣)
Baka and Test is a comedic school light novel series by Kenji Inoue and Yui Haga, first published under Famitsu Bunko in 2007 and adapted into anime.
Baka Not Nice
Baka Not Nice (Travis Savoury, born 1979) is a Toronto rapper and former Drake bodyguard signed to OVO Sound in 2017; known for "Live Up to My Name" (#77 Canada), the 4Milli EP, and Kendrick Lamar's "weird case" line.
Bakaiti
Bakaiti (बकैती) is a Hindi comedy-drama ZEE5 original web series by Dice Media about the middle-class Kataria family of old Ghaziabad, starring Rajesh Tailang and Sheeba Chaddha; Season 1 premiered August 1, 2025 and Season 2 on September 25, 2026.
Bakasura Restaurant
Bakasura Restaurant (బకాసుర రెస్టారెంట్) is a 2025 Telugu comedy-horror film directed by debutant SJ Shiva, starring Praveen and Viva Harsha as a gluttonous demon; released 8 August 2025, it earned ₹0.76 crore and streams on Prime Video and Sun NXT.
Bake Off: The Professionals
Bake Off: The Professionals, originally Bake Off: Crème de la Crème, is a British baking competition where professional pastry chef teams compete in two challenges per episode.
Bake Squad
Bake Squad is a Netflix reality baking competition hosted by Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi, in which four bakers, Broussard, Holt, Jimenez, and Rull, compete for a client's dessert choice; no eliminations, two seasons from 2021.
Baked beans
Baked beans: white (navy/haricot) beans slow-cooked in sauce, sweet molasses style in North America, tomato-sauce tinned style in Britain; Boston-derived dish commercialized by Heinz from 1869.
Baked potato
Baked potato (jacket potato in the UK): a whole potato baked in its skin by dry heat until fluffy inside and crisp outside. Covers russet varieties, oven, microwave, and air fryer methods, nutrition, Victorian street-food history, and foil botulism safety.
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.
Bakersfield sound
The Bakersfield sound is a raw, electric-guitar-driven country subgenre from Bakersfield, California, honky-tonks, defined by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard as a reaction against the polished Nashville Sound.
Bakery
A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based foods baked in an oven, such as bread, cakes, pastries, and pies, ranging from small shops to automated plants.
Bakhshi
A bakhshi is a folk epic singer and storyteller of Central Asia, especially among Uzbek, Karakalpak, and Turkmen peoples, performing dostons from memory with a dombra or dutar.
Bakhtin Circle
The Bakhtin Circle was an informal group of young Soviet scholars named for Mikhail Bakhtin who met in Nevel, Vitebsk, and Leningrad from 1918 to 1929.
Bakhtrioni
Bakhtrioni (ბახტრიონი) is an 1892 epic poem by the Georgian poet Vazha-Pshavela recounting the 1659 uprising of the people of Kakheti against Persian rule, in which Georgian highlanders stormed the Bakhtrioni fortress.
Baki the Grappler
Baki the Grappler (グラップラー刃牙) is Keisuke Itagaki's martial arts manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from October 1991, 42 volumes, first of the Baki franchise about Baki Hanma fighting to surpass his father Yujiro; adapted as a 2001 anime and Netflix series.
Baking
Baking: dry-heat cooking in an oven, the final step for bread, cakes, and cookies. Covers heat and mass transfer, Maillard browning, ancient Egyptian origins, and the modern $500 billion baking industry.
Baking Impossible
Baking Impossible is a 2021 Netflix American reality competition series pairing bakers with engineers as 'bakineers' in nine two-person teams building edible creations that survive stress tests for a $100,000 prize, hosted by Justin Willman.