name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #10948)
noun: A surname.
adjective: Initialism of based on experience, mentioned in job offers where compensation is to be negotiated.
adjective: Initialism of bind on equip. [(online gaming) Describing a piece of equipment (armor, weapons, accessories) that becomes bound to a player character when equipped by them. The player may sell/trade/give it to another character so long as they have not used it. After use, the player may only sell it to an in-game vendor or discard it, destroying the item. Used mainly on quest rewards and moderate to rare drops. Compare to bind on pickup.]
noun: Initialism of basis of estimate.
noun: Initialism of buffered oxide etch, a mixture of ammonia and hydrofluoric acid used to isotropically etch silicon oxide in microfabrication
noun: Initialism of board of education.
noun: Initialism of barrel of oil equivalent. (a unit of energy)
noun: Initialism of Blue Ocean Event, a hypothetical future point in time at which the Arctic Sea loses almost all of its ice.
noun: Initialism of BoletÃn Oficial del Estado, the official gazette of the Spanish Government.
