| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| biacid | adjective | Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; — said of bases. See Diacid. |
| biases | plural | of Bias |
| biased | imp. & past participle | of Bias |
| biaxal | adjective | Alt. of Biaxial |
| bibber | noun | One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; — chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber. |
| bibler | verb t. | A great drinker; a tippler. |
| biceps | noun | A muscle having two heads or origins; — applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh. |
| bichir | noun | A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei. |
| bicker | noun | A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub., To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight., To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle., To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame., A skirmish; an encounter., A fight with stones between two parties of boys., A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention. |
| bicorn | adjective | Alt. of Bicornous |
| bidden | past participle | of Bid, p. p. of Bid. |
| bidale | noun | An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man’s house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. |
| bidder | noun | One who bids or offers a price. |
| biding | present participle & vb. noun | of Bide, Residence; habitation. |
| bident | noun | An instrument or weapon with two prongs. |
| biffin | noun | A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng., A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple. |
| bifold | adjective | Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. |
| biform | adjective | Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. |
| biforn | preposition & adverb | Before. |
| bigamy | noun | The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. |
| bigeye | noun | A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye. |
| biggen | verb t. & i. | To make or become big; to enlarge. |
| bigger | adjective | compar. of Big. |
| biggin | noun | A child’s cap; a hood, or something worn on the head., A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; — so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor., Alt. of Bigging |
| biggon | noun | Alt. of Biggonnet |
| bigwig | adjective | A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. |
| bijoux | plural | of Bijou |
| bilalo | noun | A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila. |
| biland | noun | A byland. |
| bilged | imp. & past participle | of Bilge |
| bilked | imp. & past participle | of Bilk |
| billed | imp. & past participle | of Bill, Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; — used in composition; as, broad-billed. |
| billet | noun | A small paper; a note; a short letter., A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence., To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses., A small stick of wood, as for firewood., A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron., An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round., A strap which enters a buckle., A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap., A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. |
| billon | noun | An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage. |
| billot | noun | Bullion in the bar or mass. |
| billow | noun | A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind., A great wave or flood of anything., To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. |
| bimana | noun pl. | Animals having two hands; — a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. |
| binned | imp. & past participle | of Bin |
| binary | adjective | Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things)., That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. |
| binate | adjective | Double; growing in pairs or couples. |
| binder | noun | One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books., Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; — esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building. |
| binous | adjective | Same as Binate. |
| biogen | noun | Bioplasm. |
| biotic | adjective | Relating to life; as, the biotic principle. |
| bipont | adjective | Alt. of Bipontine |
| birder | noun | A birdcatcher. |
| birdie | noun | A pretty or dear little bird; — a pet name. |
| bireme | noun | An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars. |
| birken | verb t. | To whip with a birch or rod., Birchen; as, birken groves. |
| birkie | noun | A lively or mettlesome fellow. |
| birlaw | noun | A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by-law. |
| birred | imp. & past participle | of Birr |
| birrus | noun | A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head. |
| bisect | verb t. | To cut or divide into two parts., To divide into two equal parts. |
| biseye | p. p. of Besee. | |
| bishop | noun | A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director., In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see., In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents., A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop’s miter; — formerly called archer., A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar., An old name for a woman’s bustle., To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor., To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. |
| bismer | noun | Shame; abuse., A rule steelyard., The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia). |
| bisque | noun | Unglazed white porcelain., A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet., A white soup made of crayfish. |
| bisson | adjective | Purblind; blinding. |
| bister | noun | Alt. of Bistre |
| bistre | noun | A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood., See Bister. |
| bitted | imp. & past participle | of Bit |
| bitake | verb t. | To commend; to commit. |
| bitten | past participle | of Bite, p. p. of Bite., Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse. |
| biting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bite, That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. |
| bitter | noun | AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts., Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes., Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day., Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant., Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach., Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable., Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters., To make bitter. |
| bitume | noun | Bitumen. |
| biuret | noun | A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid. |
| bivial | adjective | Of or relating to the bivium. |
| bivium | noun | One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra. |