# BL

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'''BL''' (or similar) may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
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* [Boys' love](/source/Boys'_love), a Japanese term for fiction featuring romantic relationships between male characters
* [BL Publishing](/source/BL_Publishing), a division of the wargames manufacturing company, Games Workshop
* ''[Boston Legal](/source/Boston_Legal)'', a US legal comedy-drama
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==Businesses and organizations==
* [Balmer Lawrie](/source/Balmer_Lawrie), an Indian central public sector undertaking conglomerate
* [Bell Labs](/source/Bell_Labs), an audio-technology research and design enterprise
* [Boys' Latin School of Maryland](/source/Boys'_Latin_School_of_Maryland), a US private school
* [Brisbane Lions](/source/Brisbane_Lions), an Australian rules football team in the Australian Football League
* [British Library](/source/British_Library), the UK's national library
* [British Leyland](/source/British_Leyland), a former UK vehicle manufacturing company
* [Pacific Airlines](/source/Pacific_Airlines) (IATA code BL), a low-cost airline
* [Lytvyn Bloc](/source/Lytvyn_Bloc), a Ukrainian political party

==Food and drink==
* [Bitter lemon](/source/Bitter_lemon), a carbonated soft drink
* [Bud Light](/source/Bud_Light), an American lager beer

==Law==
* [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) (B.L.), an undergraduate degree in law
* [Barrister](/source/Barrister)-at-Law, a degree and professional qualification in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Nigeria.

==Places==
* [BL postcode area](/source/BL_postcode_area), UK, covering Bolton and Bury in Greater Manchester
* [Bakerloo line](/source/Bakerloo_line), a London Underground line
* [Banja Luka](/source/Banja_Luka), a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* [Saint Barthélemy](/source/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy) [ISO country code ''BL''], a Caribbean overseas collectivity of France
* [Basel-Landschaft](/source/Basel-Landschaft) (Basel-Country), a canton of Switzerland
* [Province of Belluno](/source/Province_of_Belluno), Italy (car-license plate abbreviation ''BL'')
* [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) (FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram ''BL''), a central South American country
* [Brazil](/source/Brazil), LOC MARC code

==Science and technology==
=== Mathematics and computing ===
* [<b style="font-family:sans-serif">BL</b> (logic)](/source/BL_(logic)), basic fuzzy logic
* [BL register](/source/BL_register), the low byte of an X86 16-bit BX register
* [Bootloader](/source/Booting)

===Health and medicine===
*Accupressure or [acupuncture point](/source/acupuncture_point)s, e.g., BL-34 or BL-54
*[Burkitt's lymphoma](/source/Burkitt's_lymphoma), a disease
*[Borderline lepromatous leprosy](/source/Borderline_lepromatous_leprosy), a disease

=== Other uses in science and technology ===
* [B − L](/source/B_%E2%88%92_L) (B minus L), in physics
* [Backhoe loader](/source/Backhoe_loader), an engineering vehicle
* [Black light](/source/Black_light), a lamp which operates near the ultraviolet range of light
* [Carl Ludwig Blume](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Blume), botanist, abbreviated Bl.
* [Breech-loading weapon](/source/British_ordnance_terms), designated BL in British artillery
* One of the [Thiele/Small](/source/Thiele%2FSmall) electromechanical parameters of loudspeakers <!--specifically measuring magnetism-->

==Other uses==
* [Ы](/source/%D0%AB), Yery or Yeru, a letter in the Cyrillic script, which resembles lowercase B and L written together (bl) 
* BL, [braille](/source/braille) shorthand for blind
* [Bakerloo line](/source/Bakerloo_line), a London Underground line
* [Bill of lading](/source/Bill_of_lading), a receipt issued by a shipping carrier
* ''Blessed'', an honorific prefix given to [beatified](/source/beatification) Catholics
* [Blue Line (Washington Metro)](/source/Blue_Line_(Washington_Metro))
* [Body language](/source/Body_language), a form of non-verbal communication
* [Bhutia-Lepcha](/source/Bhutia-Lepcha), an ethnic grouping of people for which there are reserved seats in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, in India
* BL, the production code of the second generation [Mazda3/Axela](/source/Mazda3)
* Aceh ([vehicle registration](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Indonesia) prefix BL)

==See also==
* [List of BL dramas](/source/List_of_BL_dramas)

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