| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| bias | noun | A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line., A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination., A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference., A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias., Inclined to one side; swelled on one side., Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth., In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias., To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess. |
| bibb | noun | A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3. |
| bice | noun | Alt. of Bise |
| bise | noun | A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; — called also blue bice., A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; — nearly the same as the mistral., See Bice. |
| bide | verb t. | To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay., To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be., To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo., To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide. |
| bier | noun | A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave., A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. |
| bigg | noun | Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind., To build., See Big, n. & v. |
| biga | noun | A two-horse chariot. |
| bike | noun | A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. |
| bikh | noun | The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself. |
| bile | noun | A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters., Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one’s bile., A boil. |
| bilk | verb t. | To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor., A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk., A cheat; a trick; a hoax., Nonsense; vain words., A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. |
| bill | noun | A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal., To strike; to peck., To join bills, as doves; to caress in fondness., The bell, or boom, of the bittern, A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; — used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill., A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff., One who wields a bill; a billman., A pickax, or mattock., The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke., To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill., A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law., A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document., A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law., A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill., An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor’s claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer’s bill., Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, etc., To advertise by a bill or public notice., To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods. |
| bin- | A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-. | |
| bind | verb t. | To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner., To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams., To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; — sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound., To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part., To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels., To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment., To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book., Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other., To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant., To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; — sometimes with out; as, bound out to service., To tie; to confine by any ligature., To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat., To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction., To exert a binding or restraining influence., That which binds or ties., Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine., Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron., A ligature or tie for grouping notes. |
| bine | noun | The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant. |
| bing | noun | A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. |
| bink | noun | A bench. |
| bion | present participle | The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon. |
| bird | noun | Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)., A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves., Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird., Fig.: A girl; a maiden., To catch or shoot birds., Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. |
| birk | noun | A birch tree., A small European minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus). |
| birl | verb t. & i. | To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin., To pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse. |
| birr | verb i. | To make, or move with, a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion., A whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel., A rush or impetus; force. |
| birt | noun | A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. |
| bis- | pref. | A form of Bi-, sometimes used before s, c, or a vowel. |
| bish | noun | Same as Bikh. |
| bisk | noun | Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together., See Bisque. |
| bite | verb t. | To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man., To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food., To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth., To cheat; to trick; to take in., To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground., To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?, To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent; as, it bites like pepper or mustard., To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing., To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer., To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites., The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite., The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects., The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog’s or snake’s bite; the bite of a mosquito., A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting., The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another., A cheat; a trick; a fraud., A sharper; one who cheats., A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper. |
| bitt | noun | See Bitts., To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away. |