| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| bibacity | noun | The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. |
| bibirine | noun | See Bebeerine. |
| bibitory | adjective | Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling. |
| biblical | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority. |
| bibulous | verb t. | Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper., Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling. |
| bicaudal | adjective | Having, or terminating in, two tails. |
| bickered | imp. & past participle | of Bicker |
| bickerer | noun | One who bickers. |
| biconvex | adjective | Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens. |
| bicorned | adjective | Alt. of Bicornous |
| bicrural | adjective | Having two legs. |
| bicuspid | adjective | Alt. of Bicuspidate, One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n. |
| bicycler | noun | One who rides a bicycle. |
| bicyclic | adjective | Relating to bicycles. |
| biddable | adjective | Obedient; docile. |
| bidental | adjective | Having two teeth. |
| biennial | adjective | Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election., Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second., Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination., A plant which exists or lasts for two years. |
| bierbalk | noun | A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals. |
| bifacial | adjective | Having the opposite surfaces alike. |
| biferous | adjective | Bearing fruit twice a year. |
| bifidate | adjective | See Bifid. |
| biforate | adjective | Having two perforations. |
| biforine | noun | An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Araceae. It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged. |
| biforked | adjective | Bifurcate. |
| biformed | adjective | Having two forms. |
| biforous | adjective | See Biforate. |
| bigamist | noun | One who is guilty of bigamy. |
| bigamous | adjective | Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage. |
| bigaroon | noun | The large white-heart cherry. |
| bignonia | noun | A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus. |
| bijoutry | noun | Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc. |
| bijugate | adjective | Having two pairs, as of leaflets. |
| bijugous | adjective | Bijugate. |
| bilander | noun | A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. |
| bilberry | noun | The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit., Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum. |
| biliment | noun | A woman’s ornament; habiliment. |
| bilinear | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coordinates. |
| billeted | imp. & past participle | of Billet |
| billfish | noun | A name applied to several distinct fishes, The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species., The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus)., The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish., The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus). |
| billhead | noun | A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts. |
| billhook | noun | A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter. |
| billiard | adjective | Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. |
| billowed | imp. & past participle | of Billow |
| billyboy | noun | A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. |
| bilobate | adjective | Divided into two lobes or segments. |
| bimanous | adjective | Having two hands; two-handed. |
| bimedial | adjective | Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square). |
| bimensal | adjective | See Bimonthly, a. |
| binaural | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears. |
| bindweed | noun | A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. |
| binnacle | noun | A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. |
| binomial | noun | An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 – 3., Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root., Having two names; — used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs. |
| binoxide | noun | Same as Dioxide. |
| bioblast | noun | Same as Bioplast. |
| biologic | adjective | Alt. of Biological |
| biolysis | noun | The destruction of life. |
| biolytic | adjective | Relating to the destruction of life. |
| biometry | noun | Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life. |
| bioplasm | noun | A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm. |
| bioplast | noun | A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast. |
| biparous | adjective | Bringing forth two at a birth. |
| bipennis | noun | An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle. |
| biramous | adjective | Having, or consisting of, two branches. |
| birching | present participle & vb. noun | of Birch |
| birdbolt | noun | A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them., Anything which smites without penetrating. |
| birdcage | noun | A cage for confining birds. |
| birdcall | noun | A sound made in imitation of the note or cry of a bird for the purpose of decoying the bird or its mate., An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall. |
| birdikin | noun | A young bird. |
| birdlike | adjective | Resembling a bird. |
| birdlime | noun | An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares., To smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. |
| birdling | noun | A little bird; a nestling. |
| birdseed | noun | Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds. |
| birthday | noun | The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement., The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one’s birth., Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities. |
| birthdom | noun | The land of one’s birth; one’s inheritance. |
| birthing | noun | Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. |
| biscayan | adjective | Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain., A native or inhabitant of Biscay. |
| biscotin | noun | A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit. |
| bisected | imp. & past participle | of Bisect |
| bisector | noun | One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle. |
| biserial | adjective | Alt. of Biseriate |
| bisetose | adjective | Alt. of Bisetous |
| bisetous | adjective | Having two bristles. |
| bisexous | adjective | Bisexual. |
| bisexual | adjective | Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes. |
| bishoped | imp. & past participle | of Bishop, of Bishop |
| bishoply | adjective | Bishoplike; episcopal., In the manner of a bishop. |
| bistoury | noun | A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface. |
| bitheism | noun | Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism. |
| bitingly | adverb | In a biting manner. |
| bitstock | noun | A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace. |
| bittacle | noun | A binnacle. |
| bitterly | adverb | In a bitter manner. |
| bivalent | present participle | Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad. |
| bivalved | adjective | Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve. |
| bivector | noun | A term made up of the two parts / + /1 /-1, where / and /1 are vectors. |
| biweekly | adjective | Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly., A publication issued every two weeks. |