| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| by-end | noun | Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. |
| bygone | adjective | Past; gone by., Something gone by or past; a past event. |
| byland | noun | A peninsula. |
| by-law | noun | A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government., A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside. |
| byname | verb t. | To give a nickname to. |
| bypath | noun | A private path; an obscure way; indirect means. |
| byplay | noun | Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds. |
| byroad | noun | A private or obscure road. |
| byssin | noun | See Byssus, n., 1. |
| byssus | noun | A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk., A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc., An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads., Asbestus. |
| byword | noun | A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency., The object of a contemptuous saying. |
| bywork | noun | Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business. |
| byzant | noun | Alt. of Byzantine |