Science and medicine

• Base pair
  Base pair
  In molecular biology and genetics, the linking between two nitrogenous bases on opposite complementary DNA or certain types of RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds is called a base pair...
  
  , in genetics
• Before Present
  Before Present
  Before Present years is a time scale used in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred. Because the "present" time changes, standard practice is to use AD 1950 as the origin of the age scale, reflecting the fact that radiocarbon...
  
   (sometimes "Before Physics"), a time scale used in many scientific disciplines to mean years before 1950; commonly used for dates established by radiocarbon dating
• Bell's Palsy
  Bell's palsy
  Bell's palsy is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunction of the cranial nerve VII that results in the inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause...
  
  , a generally temporary paralysis of the face
• Benzoyl peroxide
  Benzoyl peroxide
  Benzoyl peroxide is an organic compound in the peroxide family. It consists of two benzoyl groups bridged by a peroxide link. Its structural formula is [C6H5C]2O2. It is one of the most important organic peroxides in terms of applications and the scale of its production...
  
  , an acne and teeth whitening medicine, abbreviated as "BP" to modify a commercial name such as "Clearasil BP"
• Binding potential
  Binding potential
  In pharmacokinetics and receptor-ligand kinetics the binding potential is a combined measure of the density of "available" neuroreceptors and the affinity of a drug to that neuroreceptor.- Description :Consider a ligand receptor binding system...
  
  
• Binge/purge, a characteristic of bulimia nervosa
  Bulimia nervosa
  Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging or consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time, followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed, usually by purging and/or by laxative, diuretics or excessive exercise. Bulimia nervosa is...
  
  
• BIOSIS Previews
  BIOSIS Previews
  BIOSIS Previews is an English-language, bibliographic database service, with abstracts and citation indexing. It is part of Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge suite. Content that was originally integrated from the BIOSIS company before the merger in 2004 is now part of the Web of Knowledge...
  
  
• Bisphosphonates
• Bipolar disorder
  Bipolar disorder
  Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic–depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or...
  
  , in psychiatry
• Blood pressure
  Blood pressure
  Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. When used without further specification, "blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, BP varies...
  
  , in medicine
• Boiling point
  Boiling point
  The boiling point of an element or a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the environmental pressure surrounding the liquid....
  
  , in chemistry
• Boron phosphide
  Boron phosphide
  Boron phosphide is a chemical compound of boron and phosphorus. It is a semiconductor .-History:Crystals of boron phosphide have been synthesized by Henri Moissan as early as in 1891 .-Appearance:...
  
  
• Bp star, in astronomy a peculiar star of class B
• British Pharmacopoeia
  British Pharmacopoeia
  The British Pharmacopoeia is an annual published collection of quality standards for UK medicinal substances. It is used by individuals and organizations involved in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacture and testing....
  
  , a collection of medical standards, abbreviated as "BP" to signal a conforming ingredient, as in "Hydrocortisone BP"
• Brown–Peterson cohomology
  Brown–Peterson cohomology
  In mathematics, Brown–Peterson cohomology is a generalized cohomology theory introduced by, depending on a choice of prime p. It is described in detail by .Its representing spectrum is denoted by BP.-Complex cobordism and Quillen's idempotent:...
  
  
• Base pointer register in 16-bit X86 architecture
• Baseband processor
  Baseband Processor
  A baseband processor is a device in a smartphone that manages all the radio functions . This may not include wi-fi and/or bluetooth...
  
  

Business

• BP Canada
• BP, IATA code for Air Botswana
  Air Botswana
  Air Botswana Corporation is the national airline of Botswana, with its head office on the grounds of Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone...
  
  
• Bharat Petroleum
  Bharat Petroleum
  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited is a state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, India. In 2011, Fortune Global 500 ranked the company of 272.- History :...
  
  , an Indian oil company
• Banco Popular, a financial institution in Puerto Rico
• Banco de Portugal
  Banco de Portugal
  The Banco de Portugal is the central bank of the Republic of Portugal. Established by a royal charter of 19 November 1846 to act as a commercial bank and issuing bank, it came about as the result of a merger of the Banco de Lisboa and the Companhia de Confiança Nacional, an investment company...
  
  , the central bank of Portugal
  Portugal
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
  
   and an integral part of the European System of Central Banks
  European System of Central Banks
  The European System of Central Banks is composed of the European Central Bank and the national central banks of all 27 European Union Member States.-Functions:...
  
  
• Boston Pizza
  Boston Pizza
  Boston Pizza is a Canadian-based restaurant chain which owns and franchises locations in Canada, the United States and Mexico.-History:...
  
  , a Canadian restaurant chain
• Broadcast Programming, a distributor of radio format
  Radio format
  A radio format or programming format not to be confused with broadcast programming describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. Radio formats are frequently employed as a marketing tool, and constantly evolve...
  
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• Better Place, a company creating market-based transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles
• Basis point
  Basis point
  A basis point is a unit equal to 1/100 of a percentage point or one part per ten thousand...
  
  , in finance
• British Petroleum, an oil company

Places

• Baldwin Park (disambiguation), multiple places
• Bechuanaland Protectorate, the forerunner of modern Botswana
• FIPS and (obsolete) NATO country code for the Solomon Islands
  Solomon Islands
  Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
  
  
• Bridgewater Place
  Bridgewater Place
  Bridgewater Place, nicknamed The Dalek, is an office and residential skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is the tallest building in Yorkshire, and has held this record since being topped out in September 2005...
  
  , a skyscraper in Leeds, England
• Bletchley Park
  Bletchley Park
  Bletchley Park is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, England, which currently houses the National Museum of Computing...
  
  , a British cryptography installation sometimes referred to as "BP" so that those making inquiries would assume the speaker meant British Petroleum without the speaker having to directly lie
• Budapest
  Budapest
  Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
  
  , capital of Hungary

People

• B-P, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
  Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
  Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Bt, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB , also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement....
  
   (1857-1941), founder of the world Scouting movement
• BP, Benny Parsons
  Benny Parsons
  Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...
  
   (1941-2007), NASCAR champion and commentator
• Barbara Perry
  Barbara Perry
  Barbara Mazzel Anne Perry MP, , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Auburn for the Australian Labor Party since 2001. Perry is the Shadow Minister for Ageing, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Family and Community...
  
   NSW Labor politician

Music

• Bloc Party
  Bloc Party
  Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
  
  , a British indie rock band
• Bohlen–Pierce scale, a musical scale
• Blackwater Park
  Blackwater Park
  Blackwater Park is the fifth studio album by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. It was released on February 27, 2001 through Music for Nations and Koch Records...
  
  , an album by the band Opeth
• Brooklyn Philharmonic
  Brooklyn Philharmonic
  The Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, commonly known as the Brooklyn Philharmonic, is an American orchestra based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City...
  
  
• Bubblegum pop
  Bubblegum pop
  Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, often using unknown singers.Bubblegum's classic period ran from 1967 to 1972...
  
  , a genre of commercialized pop music

Other

• Bp (digraph), a digraph
• British Parliamentary Style
  British Parliamentary Style
  British Parliamentary style debate is a common form of academic debate. It has gained support in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Europe, Africa, Philippines and United States, and has also been adopted as the official style of the World Universities Debating Championship and European...
  
  , a debating style
• Boerenpartij, a Dutch political party
• Batting practice, in baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
  
• IF Brommapojkarna
  IF Brommapojkarna
  IF Brommapojkarna, also called BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is the largest football club in Europe in terms of the number of active teams of all ages - in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players....
  
  , a Swedish football team
• Baseball Prospectus
  Baseball Prospectus
  Baseball Prospectus is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball. BP has a staff of regular columnists and provides advanced statistics as well player and team performance projections on the site...
  
  , a statistical website and series of annuals
• Bp, in genealogy, indicating a person is baptized
• Bp., placed after the name of a Christian saint, denoting that the saint was a bishop
  Bishop
  A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
  
  
• Blue Pikmin, a creature originally from the Pikmin series of video games
• A variant of the Mazda B engine
  Mazda B engine
  The Mazda B-series engine is a small-sized, iron-block, inline four-cylinder with belt-driven SOHC and DOHC valvetrain ranging in displacement from 1.1L to 1.8L. It was used from front-wheel drive economy applications to the turbocharged full-time 4WD 323 GTX and rear-wheel drive Miata as well as...
  
  
• Beer pong
  Beer pong
  Beer pong, also known as Beirut, is a drinking game in which players throw a ping pong ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of beer on the other end. The game typically consists of two two-to-four-player teams and multiple cups set up, in triangle formation, on each side...
  
  , a drinking game
• Blank Pages
  Blank Pages
  blank Pages is a London based theatre company, specialising in new writing.-Concept:Every three months, two new plays are written by specially commissioned playwrights, giving their take on a topic inspired by recent news events...
  
  , a theatre company
• Black powder, in pyrotechnics
• Boarding pass
  Boarding pass
  A boarding pass is a document provided by an airline during check-in, giving a passenger permission to board the airplane for a particular flight. As a minimum, it identifies the passenger, the flight number, and the date and scheduled time for departure...
  
  , in transport
• Blood play, in BDSM
  BDSM
  BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
  
  
• Black Pearl (disambiguation)
• Burnout Paradise
  Burnout Paradise
  Burnout Paradise is the seventh game in the Burnout racing video game series. It was developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in January 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and on February 5, 2009 for Microsoft Windows...
  
  , a video game