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Azzam (عزام) (2013 yacht)
Azzam (عزام), Arabic for "determination," is a 180.65-meter motor yacht delivered in 2013, the longest private yacht ever, built by Lürssen for Sheikh Khalifa of Abu Dhabi.
Azzan ibn Qays
Azzan ibn Qays (عزان بن قيس) was imam of Oman from 1868 to 1871, a member of the Al Bu Said dynasty who drove the Wahhabis from Buraimi.
Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) was a French-Tunisian couturier known for body-con stretch silhouettes, an off-calendar independent business model, the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, and his fashion collection; the Alaïa house continues under Richemont.
Azzedine Bousseksou
Azzedine Bousseksou, born 1964 in Algiers, is a chemist at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Toulouse known for work on molecular magnetism and switchable spin-crossover materials.
Azzedine Ounahi
Azzedine Ounahi, Moroccan central midfielder born 2000 in Casablanca; 2022 World Cup breakout with fourth-placed Morocco; played for Angers, Marseille, Panathinaikos, and Girona; rejoined Panathinaikos permanently in September 2026.
Azzi Fudd
Azzi Fudd, American basketball guard, Dallas Wings No. 1 pick of the 2026 WNBA Draft, UConn star, 2025 NCAA champion and Final Four Most Outstanding Player, first rookie to win the WNBA 3-Point Contest.
Áʼa꞉líya Warbus
Áʼa꞉líya Warbus, Stó:lō Nation politician and filmmaker, BC Conservative MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake from 2024, House Leader under Rustad, left Findlay's caucus August 31, 2026, rejoined September 22, 2026.
B
B (uppercase B, lowercase b, Unicode U+0042) is the second letter of the Latin alphabet, descended from the Phoenician letter beth via Greek beta; alpha and beta give the word "alphabet."
B (programming language)
B is a typeless programming language designed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs around 1969 for early Unix, a direct ancestor of C.
B (SEPTA Metro)
The B, historically the Broad Street Line, is a rapid transit subway in Philadelphia, running under Broad Street from Fern Rock to NRG Station and opened in 1928.
b Aquilae
b Aquilae is, according to the SIMBAD database, the star HR 7373 in the constellation Aquila, a designation distinct from the brighter Beta Aquilae (Alshain).
B Capital
B Capital, also known as B Capital Group, is a global venture capital firm cofounded in 2015 by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, managing about $11 billion.
B Capital Ascent
B Capital Ascent is the early-stage fund franchise of B Capital Group, a Manhattan Beach, California venture firm, whose Fund III closed at a $500 million hard cap in 2026.
B Capital China
B Capital China is the China-focused venture fund vehicle of B Capital Group, the firm co-founded by Eduardo Saverin, launched in 2021 under general partner Daisy Cai from Hong Kong.
B Capital Continuity Vehicle
B Capital Continuity Vehicle, LP is a limited-partnership fund vehicle formed in 2021 as an affiliate of the venture firm B Capital, based in Manhattan Beach, California.
B Capital Healthcare
B Capital Healthcare is the dedicated healthcare fund family of B Capital Group, founded by Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly and led in healthcare by Robert Mittendorff.
B Capital Mesa Venture
B Capital Mesa Venture is a venture capital fund vehicle managed from Manhattan Beach, California, by B Capital Group, and the renamed successor of the firm's Ascent SSEA program.
B cell
B cell (B lymphocyte): antibody-producing lymphocyte of adaptive humoral immunity, named for the bursa of Fabricius; develops in mammalian bone marrow, differentiates into plasma cells and memory B cells, and is targeted in autoimmunity and cancer therapy.
B cell apoptotic process
The B cell apoptotic process (GO:0001783) is apoptosis of B lymphocytes, driven mainly by Bcl-2 family proteins and Fas, that shapes B cell selection, tolerance, and memory.
B cell receptor repertoire sequencing
B cell receptor repertoire sequencing (BCR-seq) is an assay that sequences rearranged immunoglobulin genes in B cells, reading out V(D)J usage, CDR3 sequences, and clonal frequencies.
B cell, CD19-positive
B cell, CD19-positive (CL:0001201, CD19+ B cell): any B lymphocyte expressing the pan-B marker CD19, from pre-B cells through plasmablasts; defined by ontology, quantified clinically, and targeted by CD19 CAR T therapy.
B Corporation (certification)
B Corporation certification, known as B Corp, is a private certification for for-profit companies issued by the nonprofit B Lab, requiring verified social and environmental performance.
B Gata H Kei (B型H系)
B Gata H Kei (B型H系), or Yamada's First Time, is a Sanri Yoko four-panel comedy manga serialized in Weekly Young Jump 2004-2011 (300 chapters, 9 volumes), about a virgin high school girl aiming for 100 sex partners, adapted into a 12-episode 2010 anime by HAL Film Maker directed by Yusuke Yamamoto.
b Herculis
b Herculis, also known as 99 Herculis, is a binary star in Hercules with a 56.3-year eccentric orbit, and it hosts the only known polar-aligned circumbinary debris disc.
B Howard
B Howard (Brandon Alexander Howard) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer, son of Miki Howard; produced Ne-Yo's In My Own Words, released Genesis (2010) in Japan, and was the USA's slated Intervision 2025 entrant.
B major
B major: major key with B as tonic, scale B C# D# E F# G# A#, five sharps (F# C# G# D# A#), relative minor G# minor, enharmonic with C-flat major; dominant of E major.
B Medical Systems
B Medical Systems is a Luxembourg-based manufacturer of vaccine cold-chain and medical refrigeration equipment, founded in 1979 within Electrolux for the WHO and headquartered in Hosingen.
B meson
The B meson, also called the beauty particle, is a meson containing a bottom antiquark and a lighter quark, with a lifetime of about 1.5 picoseconds.
B minor
B minor: minor key with 2 sharps (F#, C#), scale B C# D E F# G A, relative major D major, parallel major B major; home of Bach's Mass in B minor and Tchaikovsky's Pathétique.
B movie
B movie: originally the low-budget second feature of a Hollywood double bill (1930s–1950s), later any cheap genre film; associated with Poverty Row studios, Val Lewton, and the 1948 Paramount Decree's end of the system.