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background (of a person)

kapapori

kapapori: social, community rank

backswimmer

kaumuri

bacteria

huakita

bad circulation (anatomy)

te rere pūroto o te toto

reretoto hē, totorere kino

baking soda

pēkena houra

houra tunutunu

balance

taurite

tairite

balance (n)

whārite

balance, electronic

whārite hiko

balance, scales (n)

whārite

whakatairite

balance, spring

whārite waea pokai

whārite pūnikoniko

balanced equation

whārite tautika

balanced force

tōpana taurite

balloon

pūangi

banana

māika [also refers to an orchid with edible tuber Orthocerus trictum]

panana

Banks Peninsula

Horomaka

Banks Peninsula tree weta (Hemideina ricta)

pūtangatanga o Horomaka (Hemideina ricta)

bar code

waehere pae

huna-panga

barley

pāri

pāre

barometer

ine pēhanga hau

basal granule

pūpata tūāpapa

basalt

karā

basalt

ōnewa

basalt magma

tokarewa karā

base

waikawa kore

base

kawakore

base (Ō mataora)

matū-pū

base [biol]

tūāpapa

base [chem.]

kawakore, waikawakore

base-pairing rule

tikanga whakapūrua matū-pū

2005

battery

pūhiko

battery, electrical cell

pūhiko

bauxite

toka konumohe

be absorbed

whenumi

beaker

ipurau

bearing

tukuhurihuri

become clear (of milk)

piari kē ake te miraka

beech, black & mountain

tāwhai, tāwai rauriki

(Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides and var solandri)

beetroot

taro whero, kōkura

beetroot

kōkura

behaviour

whanonga

behavioural adaptation

urutaunga whanonga

belief

whakapono

berry (fleshy fruit with several pips)

kākano patatini

poroporo, hua patatini

Beta particle

matūriki peta

bicarbonate ion

hauwai pākawa waro (HCO3-)

biceps

uarua

bicycle pump

papu paihikara

Pāpu pahikara

Big Bang theory

Ariā Pahū Nui

bile

waiate

binary fission

whaiuri tāruarua

binocular microscope

whārahi karurua

binoculars

karurua

binomial theorem

ture tohurua

biochemical process

tukanga matūora

biochemistry

matūkoiora

biological clock

karaka koiora

biological control agent

kaiwhakatina koiora

biological diversity

rerenga rauropi

rerenga koiora

biological parent

matua koiora

biological principles

mātāpono koiora, tikanga ōmataora

mātāpono mataora, tikanga mataora

biological process

tukanga koiora, tukanga mataora

biological reason

take mataora, take koiora

biological-control

whakahaere rauropi, whakatina rauropi

biologist

kaimātai koiora, kaimātai mataora

tohunga mataora, tohunga koiora,

biomedical engineering

raweke rongoā koiora

biophysics

ahupūngao koiora

biosphere

ao rauropi

biotechnology

hangarauropi, hangarau koiora, hangarau mataora

bird

manu

bird migration

pīrere manu

hekenga manu

birth rate

pāpātanga whānautanga

bisect

weherua

bisection method

tikanga weherua

black hole

honea kore

rua pango, kōhao pango

black orchid

hūperei (Gastrodia cunninghamii)

perei [?]

bladder

pukumimi, tōngāmimi

bleach

wai whakakōmā

blight

kōmae

blind spot

pūwāhi kūiti

blind spot

kite tapa

blonde

renga

blood cell

pūtau toto

blood flow

rerenga toto

blood poisoning

paitinitanga toto

tāokenga toto

blood pressure

pēhanga o te toto

pēhanga toto

blood vessel

ia toto

board game

poripori

body cell

pūtau tinana

body fluid

taikiri

wē tinana

body fluid, lymph

taikiri

wē taikiri

body function

taumahi tinana

body temperature

pāmahana ōroto

pākiri tinana, pāmahana tinana

body’s internal environment

taiao āroto o te tinana

boiling point

ira koropupū

hūnga

boiling point

ira koropupū (BP)

boiling tube

ipuipu nui

bond

hononga

bond angle

koki hononga

bonding

honohono

bonding, chemical

hononga matū

honohono matū, rīanga

bone

wheua (kararehe)

iwi, kōiwi, poroiwi

bony fish

ika iwiiwi

boss

rarawe, kuku

(architecture, construction)

botanist

kaimātai huaota

tohunga otaota / huaota

botanist

kaihuaota

botany

huaota

bottle, for solutions

pātara wairewa

bottleneck effect

pānga puru

2005

bottom of leaf

tahararo o te rau

tua o te rau

boundary, interface

kotikoti papatahi, mata weherua, tawhā weherua

tauroherohe

bow

tauihu

bracken

rauaruhe

rarauwhe

brain damage

mate roro

brainstorm

mahere whakaaro

brainstorm

ōhia manomano

branch (large)

rūhā

branch (small)

peka

branched

rārātini

mangamanga

branchlet, twig

rārā

brass

kuratea / parāhe

brass

parāhe / kuratea

break down

ngāwherewhere

break down

whakapopo

popo

break, of the waters

pakaru te wai

pākaru te wai

breakdown

ngawhere

breath, out of

pūkā

breathalyser

tātarihā, pūrere tātārihā, pūrere hā

breathe

hā

breathe in

whakangā

hā whakaroto, hēhē whakaroto

breathe out

whakahā

breathing difficulty

whakahāhā

breeding

whakatupu

breeding

tāuri

breeding season

wā tāuri

breeding trial

whakamātau tāuri

brick

porouku

bridge

arawhata

arawhiti

bright fringe

māhitihiti mumura

brightness

pīataata

brittle

kotihetihe

kōtihetihe, mōwhakiwhaki

brochure

puka whakamōhio

mātārere

broken down

ngawheretia

broken skin

kiri pihore

bromine

pūkeha; pūkane [TM]

bronchile

riuhauiti

ngongohauiti

bronchiole

pūaraiti

bronchus

riuhau

ngongohau

bronze

rauwhero

bubble

popohuka, mirumiru

bug (fermentation)

tipu

build up

emiemi

building

hangatanga

building block, formation, structure

hanganga

building material

rawa hanga whare, rawa hangahanga

bulb

pūrama

bulb holder

whakakopa pūrama

pae pūrama, puringa pūrama

bulb, plant

tōpuku

bulk

rahinga

nuinga

bungy jumping

hūpeke hererapa, peke waehere

Bunsen burner

muratahi

burette

puoto takirere

burn

ngiha

tahu, kā, wera

business

pakihi

business card

kāri pakihi

but-2-yne, 2-butyne

waiwaro toru-2-pūwaro, 2-waiwaro toru pūwaro

butane

pūwaro (C4H10)

butanoic acid

waikawa pūwaro

2005

butene

waiwaro rua pūwaro

butyne

waiwaro toru pūwaro