| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| backhandedness | noun | State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods. |
| bacteriologist | noun | One skilled in bacteriology. |
| bacterioscopic | adjective | Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination. |
| baggage master | One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. | |
| baltimore bird | Alt. of Baltimore oriole | |
| baromacrometer | noun | An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant. |
| barometrically | adverb | By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations. |
| barometrograph | noun | A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure. |
| baryto-calcite | noun | A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium. |
| basisphenoidal | adjective | Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult. |
| basommatophora | noun pl. | A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. |
| baunscheidtism | noun | A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid. |
| beggar’s ticks | The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity. | |
| belle-lettrist | noun | One versed in belles-lettres. |
| belles-lettres | noun pl. | Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; — used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant. |
| belletristical | adjective | Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. |
| benedictionary | noun | A collected series of benedictions. |
| beneficialness | noun | The quality of being beneficial; profitableness. |
| bessemer steel | Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; — so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. | |
| bethabara wood | A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. | |
| bewilderedness | noun | The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. |
| bibliographies | plural | of Bibliography |
| bibliomaniacal | adjective | Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac. |
| bibliopegistic | adjective | Pertaining to the art of binding books. |
| bibliopolistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. |
| bidding prayer | The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon., The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. | |
| bird’s-nesting | noun | Hunting for, or taking, birds’ nests or their contents. |
| bismuthiferous | adjective | Containing bismuth. |
| bittor bittour | noun | The bittern. |
| bituminiferous | adjective | Producing bitumen. |
| bituminization | noun | The process of bituminizing. |
| blanch holding | A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise. | |
| blandiloquence | noun | Mild, flattering speech. |
| blandiloquious | adjective | Fair-spoken; flattering. |
| blastodermatic | adjective | Alt. of Blastodermic |
| blench holding | See Blanch holding. | |
| blobber-lipped | adjective | Having thick lips. |
| blood-boltered | adjective | Having the hair matted with clotted blood. |
| blotting paper | A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. | |
| boisterousness | noun | The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness. |
| bonnes bouches | plural | of Bonne bouche |
| booking office | An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship., An office where passage tickets are sold. | |
| boroughmongery | noun | The practices of a boroughmonger. |
| borraginaceous | adjective | See Borage, n., etc. |
| bougainvillaea | noun | A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts. |
| bouleversement | noun | Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down. |
| bourbon whisky | See under Whisky. | |
| brachycephalic | adjective | Alt. of Brachycephalous |
| brachydiagonal | adjective | Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism., The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism. |
| brachypinacoid | noun | A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis. |
| branchiomerism | noun | The state of being made up of branchiate segments. |
| branchiostegal | adjective | Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes., A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix. |
| breathableness | noun | State of being breathable. |
| breathlessness | noun | The state of being breathless or out of breath. |
| breech-loading | adjective | Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle. |
| bristle-shaped | adjective | Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. |
| broadspreading | adjective | Spreading widely. |
| brobdingnagian | adjective | Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic., A giant. |
| broken-bellied | adjective | Having a ruptured belly. |
| broken-hearted | adjective | Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. |
| brother german | A brother by both the father’s and mother’s side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. | |
| brother-in-law | noun | The brother of one’s husband or wife; also, the husband of one’s sister; sometimes, the husband of one’s wife’s sister. |
| buckler-headed | adjective | Having a head like a buckler. |
| bureaucratical | adjective | Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy. |
| burr millstone | See Buhrstone. | |
| burying ground | Alt. of Burying place |