Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
bilabiate |
adjective |
Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers. |
bilaminar |
adjective |
Alt. of Bilaminate |
bilateral |
adjective |
Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties., Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body. |
bilboquet |
noun |
The toy called cup and ball. |
bildstein |
noun |
Same as Agalmatolite. |
bilection |
noun |
That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection. |
bilestone |
noun |
A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary. |
biliation |
noun |
The production and excretion of bile. |
bilimbing |
noun |
The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideae or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. |
bilingual |
adjective |
Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary. |
bilinguar |
adjective |
See Bilingual. |
bilirubin |
noun |
A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment. |
biliteral |
adjective |
Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a Sanskrit verb., A word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters. |
billboard |
noun |
A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on., A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board. |
bill book |
|
A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. |
billeting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Billet |
billiards |
noun |
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished. |
billowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Billow |
bilocular |
adjective |
Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp. |