Biaxi Coronsas
Patridomos of House Biaxi during the events of The Prince of Nothing.

Biaxi Sankas
Biaxi Sankas is a Patridomos of House Biaxi during the events of The Aspect-Emperor , and an important member of the New Congregate . Sankas became a secret lover of the Blessed Empress Esmenet and was assisting her in ruling the tumultuous Empire in her husband's absence. He died in mysterious circumstances, having fallen from the ladder. It is revealed that Kelmomas was not behind his murder, and even Thelli didn't know the truth. The mystery of Sankas's death was not revealed in the books. Biaxi Tarpellas beceme Patridomos after his death.

Biaxi Scoulas
Biaxi Scoulas is the second Knight-Commander, slain at Mengedda .

Biaxi Scoulas

Title(s): Knight-Commander
Lived: 4075 - 4111
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Knight-Commander of the Shrial Knights

Biaxi Scoulas

Title(s): Knight-Commander
Lived: 4075 - 4111
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Knight-Commander of the Shrial Knights

Biaxi Sompas
Biaxi Sompas is the General of the Kidruhil following the death of General Thallei Numemarius in Nagogris . Sompas is the eldest son of Biaxi Coronsas , Patridomos of House Biaxi .

Biaxi Sompas

Title(s): General
Lived: 4068 -
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: General of the Kidruhil
Relatives: Biaxi Coronsas (father)
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Biaxi Sompas

Title(s): General
Lived: 4068 -
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: General of the Kidruhil
Relatives: Biaxi Coronsas (father)
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Biaxi Tarpellas
Gen­er­al of the Nansur con­tin­gent of the Great Ordeal.

bi
-
-in most branches of science bi
- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two
-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.
-in the composition of chemical names bi
- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. be
- and di
- are often used interchangeably.

biacid
-having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts;
-- said of bases. see diacid.

biacuminate
-having points in two directions.

biangular
-having two angles or corners.

biangulate
-alt. of biangulated

biangulated
-biangular.

biangulous
-biangular.

biantheriferous
-having two anthers.

biarticulate
-having, or consisting of, tow joints.

bias
-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.

biased
-of bias

biases
-of bias

biasing
-of bias

biauriculate
-having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
-having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.

biaxal
-alt. of biaxial

biaxial
-having two axes; as, biaxial polarization.

bib
-a small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
-an arctic fish (gadus luscus), allied to the cod;
-- called also pout and whiting pout.
-a bibcock.
-alt. of bibbe
-to drink; to sip; to tipple.

bibacious
-addicted to drinking.

bibacity
-the practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.

bibasic
-having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts;
-- said of acids. see dibasic.

bibb
-a bibcock. see bib, n., 3.

bibbe
-to drink; to tipple.

bibber
-one given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler;
-- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.

bibble
-babble
-idle talk; babble.

bibbs
-pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

bibcock
-a cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.

bibirine
-see bebeerine.

bibitory
-of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

bible
-a book.
-the book by way of eminence,
-- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the scriptures of the old and new testaments;
-- sometimes in a restricted sense, the old testament; as, king james's bible; douay bible; luther's bible. also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the jews; as, a rabbinical bible.
-a book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the koran is often called the mohammedan bible.
-a book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.

bibler
-a great drinker; a tippler.

biblical
-pertaining to, or derived from, the bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.

biblicality
-the quality of being biblical; a biblical subject.

biblically
-according to the bible.

biblicism
-learning or literature relating to the bible.

biblicist
-one skilled in the knowledge of the bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the scriptures.

bibliograph
-bibliographer.

bibliographer
-one who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.

bibliographic
-alt. of bibliographical

bibliographical
-pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books.

bibliographies
-of bibliography

bibliography
-a history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

bibliolater
-alt. of bibliolatrist

bibliolatrist
-a worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.

bibliolatry
-book worship, esp. of the bible;
-- applied by roman catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the bible over that of the pope or the church, and by protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the scriptures.

bibliological
-relating to bibliology.

bibliology
-an account of books; book lore; bibliography.
-the literature or doctrine of the bible.

bibliomancy
-a kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

bibliomania
-a mania for acquiring books.

bibliomaniac
-one who has a mania for books.
-relating to a bibliomaniac.

bibliomaniacal
-pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

bibliopegic
-relating to the binding of books.

bibliopegist
-a bookbinder.

bibliopegistic
-pertaining to the art of binding books.

bibliopegy
-the art of binding books.

bibliophile
-a lover of books.

bibliophilism
-love of books.

bibliophilist
-a lover of books.

bibliophobia
-a dread of books.

bibliopolar
-of or pertaining to the sale of books.

bibliopole
-one who sells books.

bibliopolic
-alt. of bibliopolar

bibliopolism
-the trade or business of selling books.

bibliopolist
-same as bibliopole.

bibliopolistic
-of or pertaining to bibliopolism.

bibliotaph
-alt. of bibliotaphist

bibliotaphist
-one who hides away books, as in a tomb.

bibliothec
-a librarian.

bibliotheca
-a library.

bibliothecal
-belonging to a library.

bibliothecary
-a librarian.

bibliotheke
-a library.

biblist
-one who makes the bible the sole rule of faith.
-a biblical scholar; a biblicist.

bibracteate
-furnished with, or having, two bracts.

bibulous
-readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.
-inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.

bibulously
-in a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.

bicalcarate
-having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

bicallose
-alt. of bicallous

bicallous
-having two callosities or hard spots.

bicameral
-consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.

bicapsular
-having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp.

bicarbonate
-a carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate;
-- sometimes called supercarbonate.

bicarbureted
-alt. of
-retted

bicarinate
-having two keel
-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.

bicaudal
-having, or terminating in, two tails.

bicaudate
-two
-tailed; bicaudal.

bicched
-pecked; pitted; notched.

bice
-alt. of bise

bicentenary
-of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.
-the two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.

bicentennial
-consisting of two hundred years.
-occurring every two hundred years.
-the two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

bicephalous
-having two heads.

biceps
-a muscle having two heads or origins;
-- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

bichir
-a remarkable ganoid fish (polypterus bichir) found in the nile and other african rivers. see brachioganoidei.

bichloride
-a compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element;
-- called also dichloride.

bicho
-see jigger.

bichromate
-a salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate;
-- called also dichromate.

bichromatize
-to combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.

bicipital
-having two heads or origins, as a muscle.
-pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.
-dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.

bicipitous
-having two heads; bicipital.

bicker
-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.

bickered
-of bicker

bickerer
-one who bickers.

bickering
-of bicker
-a skirmishing.
-altercation; wrangling.

bickerment
-contention.

bickern
-an anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

bicolligate
-having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

bicolor
-alt. of bicolored

bicolored
-of two colors.

biconcave
-concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebrae.

biconjugate
-twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice.

biconvex
-convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

bicorn
-alt. of bicornous

bicorned
-alt. of bicornous

bicornous
-having two horns; two
-horned; crescentlike.

bicorporal
-having two bodies.

bicorporate
-double
-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

bicostate
-having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

bicrenate
-twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.

bicrescentic
-having the form of a double crescent.

bicrural
-having two legs.

bicuspid
-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.

bicuspidate
-having two points or prominences; ending in two points;
-- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.

bicyanide
-see dicyanide.

bicycle
-a light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. it has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

bicycler
-one who rides a bicycle.

bicyclic
-relating to bicycles.

bicycling
-the use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle.

bicyclism
-the art of riding a bicycle.

bicyclist
-a bicycler.

bicycular
-relating to bicycling.

bid
-of bid
-of bid
-to make an offer of; to propose. specifically : to offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).
-to offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.
-to proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
-to order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
-to invite; to call in; to request to come.
-imp. & p. p. of bid.
-an offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.
-to pray.
-to make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

bidale
-an invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.

biddable
-obedient; docile.

bidden
-of bid
-p. p. of bid.

bidder
-one who bids or offers a price.

biddery ware
-a kind of metallic ware made in india. the material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened.

bidding
-of bid
-command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
-the act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.

bidding prayer
-the prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.
-the prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.

biddy
-a name used in calling a hen or chicken.
-an irish serving woman or girl.

bide
-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.

bided
-of bide

bident
-an instrument or weapon with two prongs.

bidental
-having two teeth.

bidentate
-having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two
-toothed.

bidet
-a small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
-a kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.

bidigitate
-having two fingers or fingerlike projections.

biding
-of bide
-residence; habitation.

bield
-a shelter. same as beild.
-to shelter.

biennial
-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.

biennially
-once in two years.

bier
-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.

bierbalk
-a church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.

biestings
-alt. of beestings

bifacial
-having the opposite surfaces alike.

bifarious
-twofold; arranged in two rows.
-pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

bifariously
-in a bifarious manner.

biferous
-bearing fruit twice a year.

biffin
-a sort of apple peculiar to norfolk, eng.
-a baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.

bifid
-cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.

bifidate
-see bifid.

bifilar
-two
-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance.

biflabellate
-flabellate on both sides.

biflagellate
-having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.

biflorate
-alt. of biflorous

biflorous
-bearing two flowers; two
-flowered.

bifold
-twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc.

bifoliate
-having two leaves; two
-leaved.

bifoliolate
-having two leaflets, as some compound leaves.

biforate
-having two perforations.

biforine
-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
-bifurcate.

biform
-having two forms, bodies, or shapes.

biformed
-having two forms.

biformity
-a double form.

biforn
-before.

biforous
-see biforate.

bifronted
-having two fronts.

bifurcate
-alt. of bifurcated
-to divide into two branches.

bifurcated
-two
-pronged; forked.

bifurcation
-a forking, or division into two branches.

bifurcous
-see bifurcate, a.

big
-having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
-great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce;
-- often figuratively.
-having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. as applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
-alt. of bigg
-alt. of bigg

big
-bellied
-having a great belly; as, a big
-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

big
-wigged
-characterized by pomposity of manner.

biga
-a two
-horse chariot.

bigam
-a bigamist.

bigamist
-one who is guilty of bigamy.

bigamous
-guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.

bigamy
-the offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.

bigaroon
-the large white
-heart cherry.

bigarreau
-alt. of bigaroon

bigeminate
-having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired;
-- said of a decompound leaf.

bigential
-including two tribes or races of men.

bigeye
-a fish of the genus priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.

bigg
-barley, especially the hardy four
-rowed kind.
-to build.
-see big, n. & v.

biggen
-to make or become big; to enlarge.

bigger
-compar. of big.

biggest
-superl. of big.

biggin
-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

bigging
-a building.

biggon
-alt. of biggonnet

biggonnet
-a cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.

bigha
-a measure of land in india, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.

bighorn
-the rocky mountain sheep (ovis / caprovis montana).

bight
-a corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
-a bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the bight of benin.
-the double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

biglandular
-having two glands, as a plant.

bigly
-in a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.

bigness
-the state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

bignonia
-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.

bignoniaceous
-of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

bigot
-a hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.
-a person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. in an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.
-bigoted.

bigoted
-obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others.

bigotedly
-in the manner of a bigot.

bigotry
-the state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow
-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.
-the practice or tenets of a bigot.

bigwig
-a person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society.

bihydroguret
-a compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance.

bijou
-a trinket; a jewel;
-- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.

bijoutry
-small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.

bijoux
-of bijou

bijugate
-having two pairs, as of leaflets.

bijugous
-bijugate.

bike
-a nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

bikh
-the east indian name of a virulent poison extracted from aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.

bilabiate
-having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.

bilaciniate
-doubly fringed.

bilalo
-a two
-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of manila.

bilamellate
-alt. of bilamellated

bilamellated
-formed of two plates, as the stigma of the mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

bilaminar
-alt. of bilaminate

bilaminate
-formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.

biland
-a byland.

bilander
-a small two
-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in holland.

bilateral
-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.

bilaterality
-state of being bilateral.

bilberries
-of bilberry

bilberry
-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.

bilbo
-a rapier; a sword; so named from bilbao, in spain.
-a long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.

bilboes
-of bilbo

bilboquet
-the toy called cup and ball.

bilcock
-the european water rail.

bildstein
-same as agalmatolite.

bile
-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.

bilection
-that portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.

bilestone
-a gallstone, or biliary calculus. see biliary.

bilge
-the protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle.
-that part of a ship's hull or bottom which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground.
-bilge water.
-to suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
-to bulge.
-to fracture the bilge of, or stave in the bottom of (a ship or other vessel).
-to cause to bulge.

bilged
-of bilge

bilging
-of bilge

bilgy
-having the smell of bilge water.

biliary
-relating or belonging to bile; conveying bile; as, biliary acids; biliary ducts.

biliation
-the production and excretion of bile.

biliferous
-generating bile.

bilifuscin
-a brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. it is a derivative of bilirubin.

bilimbi
-alt. of bilimbing

bilimbing
-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.

biliment
-a woman's ornament; habiliment.

bilin
-a name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. it is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.

bilinear
-of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coordinates.

bilingual
-containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.

bilingualism
-quality of being bilingual.

bilinguar
-see bilingual.

bilinguist
-one versed in two languages.

bilinguous
-having two tongues, or speaking two languages.

bilious
-of or pertaining to the bile.
-disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
-choleric; passionate; ill tempered.

biliousness
-the state of being bilious.

biliprasin
-a dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones.

bilirubin
-a reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.

biliteral
-consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root of a sanskrit verb.
-a word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters.

biliteralism
-the property or state of being biliteral.

biliverdin
-a green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

bilk
-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.

bilked
-of bilk

bilking
-of bilk

bill
-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.

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.

bill broker
-one who negotiates the discount of bills.

bill holder
-a person who holds a bill or acceptance.
-a device by means of which bills, etc., are held.

billage
-same as bilge.

billard
-an english fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish.

billbeetle
-alt. of billbug

billboard
-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.

billbug
-a weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. see curculio.

billed
-of bill
-furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird;
-- used in composition; as, broad
-billed.

billet
-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.

billet
-doux
-a love letter or note.

billeted
-of billet

billethead
-a round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

billeting
-of billet

billets
-doux
-of billet
-doux

billfish
-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
-a printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.

billhook
-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
-of or pertaining to the game of billiards.

billiards
-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.

billing
-of bill
-caressing; kissing.

billingsgate
-a market near the billings gate in london, celebrated for fish and foul language.
-coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.

billion
-according to the french and american method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the english method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. see numeration.

billman
-one who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax.

billmen
-of billman

billon
-an alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

billot
-bullion in the bar or mass.

billow
-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.

billowed
-of billow

billowing
-of billow

billowy
-of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.

billposter
-alt. of billsticker

billsticker
-one whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

billy
-a club; esp., a policeman's club.
-a slubbing or roving machine.

billy goat
-a male goat.

billyboy
-a flat
-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.

bilobate
-divided into two lobes or segments.

bilobed
-bilobate.

bilocation
-double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant;
-- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.

bilocular
-divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.

bilsted
-see sweet gum.

biltong
-lean meat cut into strips and sun
-dried.

bimaculate
-having, or marked with, two spots.

bimana
-animals having two hands;
-- a term applied by cuvier to man as a special order of mammalia.

bimanous
-having two hands; two
-handed.

bimarginate
-having a double margin, as certain shells.

bimastism
-the condition of having two mammae or teats.

bimedial
-applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

bimembral
-having two members; as, a bimembral sentence.

bimensal
-see bimonthly, a.

bimestrial
-continuing two months.

bimetallic
-of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.

bimetallism
-the legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value;
-- in opposition to monometallism.

bimetallist
-an advocate of bimetallism.

bimonthly
-occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.
-a bimonthly publication.
-once in two months.

bimuscular
-having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

bin
-a box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
-to put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
-an old form of be and been.

bin
-
-a euphonic form of the prefix bi
-.

binal
-twofold; double.

binarseniate
-a salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base.

binary
-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
-double; growing in pairs or couples.

binaural
-of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.

bind
-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.

binder
-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.

bindery
-a place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.

bindheimite
-an amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

binding
-of bind
-that binds; obligatory.
-the act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
-anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.
-the transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.

bindingly
-so as to bind.

bindingness
-the condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.

bindweed
-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.

bine
-the winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.

binervate
-two
-nerved;
-- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.
-having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.

bing
-a heap or pile; as, a bing of wood.

biniodide
-same as diiodide.

bink
-a bench.

binnacle
-a case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.

binned
-of bin

binning
-of bin

binny
-a large species of barbel (barbus bynni), found in the nile, and much esteemed for food.

binocle
-a dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double
-barreled field glass or an opera glass.

binocular
-having two eyes.
-pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.
-adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope.
-a binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

binocularly
-in a binocular manner.

binoculate
-having two eyes.

binomial
-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.

binominal
-of or pertaining to two names; binomial.

binominous
-binominal.

binotonous
-consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.

binous
-same as binate.

binoxalate
-a salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

binoxide
-same as dioxide.

binturong
-a small asiatic civet of the genus arctilis.

binuclear
-alt. of binucleate

binucleate
-having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.

binucleolate
-having two nucleoli.

bioblast
-same as bioplast.

biocellate
-having two ocelli (eyelike spots);
-- said of a wing, etc.

biochemistry
-the chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

biodynamics
-the doctrine of vital forces or energy.

biogen
-bioplasm.

biogenesis
-alt. of biogeny

biogenetic
-pertaining to biogenesis.

biogenist
-a believer in the theory of biogenesis.

biogeny
-a doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents;
-- opposed to abiogenesis.
-life development generally.

biognosis
-the investigation of life.

biographer
-one who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as plutarch.

biographic
-alt. of biographical

biographical
-of or pertaining to biography; containing biography.

biographies
-of biography

biographize
-to write a history of the life of.

biography
-the written history of a person's life.
-biographical writings in general.

biologic
-alt. of biological

biological
-of or relating to biology.

biologist
-a student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biology
-the science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. it has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

biolysis
-the destruction of life.

biolytic
-relating to the destruction of life.

biomagnetic
-relating to biomagnetism.

biomagnetism
-animal magnetism.

biometry
-measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

bion
-the physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.

bionomy
-physiology.

biophor biophore
-one of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. see pangen, in supplement.

bioplasm
-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.

bioplasmic
-pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.

bioplast
-a tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast.

bioplastic
-bioplasmic.

biorgan
-a physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function;
-- distinguished from idorgan.

biostatics
-the physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.

biostatistics
-vital statistics.

biotaxy
-the classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.

biotic
-relating to life; as, the biotic principle.

biotite
-mica containing iron and magnesia, generally of a black or dark green color;
-- a common constituent of crystalline rocks. see mica.

bipalmate
-palmately branched, with the branches again palmated.

biparietal
-of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other.

biparous
-bringing forth two at a birth.

bipartible
-capable of being divided into two parts.

bipartient
-dividing into two parts.
-a number that divides another into two equal parts without a remainder.

bipartile
-divisible into two parts.

bipartite
-being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty.
-divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions.

bipartition
-the act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided.

bipectinate
-alt. of bipectinated

bipectinated
-having two margins toothed like a comb.

biped
-a two
-footed animal, as man.
-having two feet; two
-footed.

bipedal
-having two feet; biped.
-pertaining to a biped.

bipeltate
-having a shell or covering like a double shield.

bipennate
-alt. of bipennated

bipennated
-having two wings.

bipennis
-an ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

bipetalous
-having two petals.

bipinnaria
-the larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free
-swimming stage.

bipinnate
-alt. of bipinnated

bipinnated
-twice pinnate.

bipinnatifid
-doubly pinnatifid.

biplicate
-twice folded together.

biplicity
-the state of being twice folded; reduplication.

bipolar
-doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.

bipolarity
-bipolar quality.

bipont
-alt. of bipontine

bipontine
-relating to books printed at deuxponts, or bipontium (zweibrucken), in bavaria.

bipunctate
-having two punctures, or spots.

bipunctual
-having two points.

bipupillate
-having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.

bipyramidal
-consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

biquadrate
-the fourth power, or the square of the square. thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4.

biquadratic
-of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power.
-a biquadrate.
-a biquadratic equation.

biquintile
-an aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle
-- that is, twice 72 degrees.

biradiate
-alt. of biradiated

biradiated
-having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.

biramous
-having, or consisting of, two branches.

birch
-a tree of several species, constituting the genus betula; as, the white or common birch (b. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (b. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (b. papyracea); the yellow birch (b. lutea); the black or cherry birch (b. lenta).
-the wood or timber of the birch.
-a birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
-a birch
-bark canoe.
-of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
-to whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

birched
-of birch

birchen
-of or relating to birch.

birches
-of birch

birching
-of birch

bird
-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.

bird cage
-alt. of birdcage

bird cherry
-a shrub (prunus padus ) found in northern and central europe. it bears small black cherries.

bird fancier
-one who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
-one who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.

bird of paradise
-the name of several very beautiful birds of the genus paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting new guinea and the adjacent islands. the males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

bird pepper
-a species of capsicum (capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral
-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers.

bird's nest
-alt. of bird's
-nest

bird's
-beak
-a molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.

bird's
-eye
-seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's
-eye view.
-marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's
-eye diaper; bird's
-eye maple.
-a plant with a small bright flower, as the adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (primula farinosa), and species of veronica, geranium, etc.

bird's
-eye maple
-see under maple.

bird's
-foot
-a papilionaceous plant, the ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.

bird's
-mouth
-an interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate;
-- commonly called crow's
-foot in the united states.

bird's
-nest
-the nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
-the nest of a small swallow (collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of china and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
-an orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus neottia (n. nidus
-avis.)

bird's
-nesting
-hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

bird's
-tongue
-the knotgrass (polygonum aviculare).

bird
-eyed
-quick
-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

bird
-witted
-flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.

birdbolt
-a short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
-anything which smites without penetrating.

birdcage
-a cage for confining birds.

birdcall
-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.

birdcatcher
-one whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.

birdcatching
-the art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.

birder
-a birdcatcher.

birdie
-a pretty or dear little bird;
-- a pet name.

birdikin
-a young bird.

birding
-birdcatching or fowling.

birdlet
-a little bird; a nestling.

birdlike
-resembling a bird.

birdlime
-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
-a little bird; a nestling.

birdman
-a fowler or birdcatcher.

birdseed
-canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

birectangular
-containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.

bireme
-an ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.

biretta
-same as berretta.

birgander
-see bergander.

birk
-a birch tree.
-a small european minnow (leuciscus phoxinus).

birken
-to whip with a birch or rod.
-birchen; as, birken groves.

birkie
-a lively or mettlesome fellow.

birl
-to revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.
-to pour (beer or wine); to ply with drink; to drink; to carouse.

birlaw
-a law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs; a rustic or local law or by
-law.

birostrate
-alt. of birostrated

birostrated
-having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks.

birr
-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.

birred
-of birr

birring
-of birr

birrus
-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.

birse
-a bristle or bristles.

birt
-a fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

birth
-the act or fact of coming into life, or of being born;
-- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
-lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
-the condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
-the act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
-that which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
-origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
-see berth.

birthday
-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
-the land of one's birth; one's inheritance.

birthing
-anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

birthless
-of mean extraction.

birthmark
-some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth.

birthnight
-the night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years.

birthplace
-the town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.

birthright
-any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.

birthroot
-an herbaceous plant (trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

birthwort
-a genus of herbs and shrubs (aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties.

bis
-twice;
-- a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

bis
-
-a form of bi
-, sometimes used before s, c, or a vowel.

bisa antelope
-see oryx.

bisaccate
-having two little bags, sacs, or pouches.

biscayan
-of or pertaining to biscay in spain.
-a native or inhabitant of biscay.

biscotin
-a confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit.

biscuit
-a kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.
-a small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.
-earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.
-a species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.

biscutate
-resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

bise
-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.

bisect
-to cut or divide into two parts.
-to divide into two equal parts.

bisected
-of bisect

bisecting
-of bisect

bisection
-division into two parts, esp. two equal parts.

bisector
-one who, or that which, bisects; esp. (geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle.

bisectrix
-the line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.

bisegment
-one of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude.

biseptate
-with two partitions or septa.

biserial
-alt. of biseriate

biseriate
-in two rows or series.

biserrate
-doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves.
-serrate on both sides, as some antennae.

bisetose
-alt. of bisetous

bisetous
-having two bristles.

bisexous
-bisexual.

bisexual
-of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

bisexuous
-bisexual.

biseye
-p. p. of besee.

bish
-same as bikh.

bishop
-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.

bishop sleeve
-a wide sleeve, once worn by women.

bishop's cap
-a plant of the genus mitella; miterwort.

bishop's length
-a canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. the half bishop measures 45 by 56.

bishop's
-weed
-an umbelliferous plant of the genus ammi.
-goutweed (aegopodium podagraria).

bishop's
-wort
-wood betony (stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (nigella damascena), or devil
-in
-a
-bush.

bishop
-stool
-a bishop's seat or see.

bishopdom
-jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.

bishoped
-of bishop
-of bishop

bishoping
-of bishop
-of bishop

bishoplike
-resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.

bishoply
-bishoplike; episcopal.
-in the manner of a bishop.

bishopric
-a diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
-the office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.

bisie
-to busy; to employ.

bisilicate
-a salt of metasilicic acid;
-- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. the bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

bisk
-soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.
-see bisque.

bismare
-alt. of bismer

bismer
-shame; abuse.
-a rule steelyard.
-the fifteen
-spined (gasterosteus spinachia).

bismillah
-an adjuration or exclamation common among the mohammedans.

bismite
-bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.

bismuth
-one of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. it is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. it melts at 507¡ fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. it is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. specific gravity 9.8. atomic weight 207.5. symbol bi.

bismuthal
-containing bismuth.

bismuthic
-of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.

bismuthiferous
-containing bismuth.

bismuthine
-alt. of bismuthinite

bismuthinite
-native bismuth sulphide;
-- sometimes called bismuthite.

bismuthous
-of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.

bismuthyl
-hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.

bison
-the aurochs or european bison.
-the american bison buffalo (bison americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of north america, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the rocky mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.

bispinose
-having two spines.

bisque
-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.

bissextile
-leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of february on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. but one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
-pertaining to leap year.

bisson
-purblind; blinding.

bister
-alt. of bistre

bistipuled
-having two stipules.

bistort
-an herbaceous plant of the genus polygonum, section bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. its root is used in medicine as an astringent.

bistouries
-of bistoury

bistoury
-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.

bistre
-a dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
-see bister.

bisulcate
-having two grooves or furrows.
-cloven; said of a foot or hoof.

bisulcous
-bisulcate.

bisulphate
-a sulphate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.

bisulphide
-a sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, fes2;
-- less frequently called bisulphuret.

bisulphite
-a salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.

bisulphuret
-see bisulphide.

bit
-the part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.
-fig.: anything which curbs or restrains.
-to put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
-imp. & p. p. of bite.
-a part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. hence: a small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
-somewhat; something, but not very great.
-a tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. see bitstock.
-the part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
-the cutting iron of a plane.
-in the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
-3d sing. pr. of bid, for biddeth.
-of bite
-of bite

bitake
-to commend; to commit.

bitangent
-possessing the property of touching at two points.
-a line that touches a curve in two points.

bitartrate
-a salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.

bitch
-the female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.
-an opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.

bite
-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.

biter
-one who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.
-one who cheats; a sharper.

biternate
-doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.

bitheism
-belief in the existence of two gods; dualism.

biting
-of bite
-that bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.

biting in
-the process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. see etch.

bitingly
-in a biting manner.

bitless
-not having a bit or bridle.

bitstock
-a stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

bitt
-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.

bittacle
-a binnacle.

bitted
-of bit

bitten
-of bite
-p. p. of bite.
-terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse.

bitter
-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.

bitter spar
-a common name of dolomite;
-- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. see dolomite.

bitterbump
-the butterbump or bittern.

bitterful
-full of bitterness.

bittering
-a bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

bitterish
-somewhat bitter.

bitterling
-a roachlike european fish (rhodima amarus).

bitterly
-in a bitter manner.

bittern
-a wading bird of the genus botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
-the brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
-a very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.

bitterness
-the quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.
-a state of extreme impiety or enmity to god.
-dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.

bitternut
-the swamp hickory (carya amara). its thin
-shelled nuts are bitter.

bitterroot
-a plant (lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of idaho, montana, etc. it gives the name to the bitter root mountains and river. the indians call both the plant and the river spaet'lum.

bitters
-a liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.

bittersweet
-sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (fig.), pleasant but painful.
-anything which is bittersweet.
-a kind of apple so called.
-a climbing shrub, with oval coral
-red berries (solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. the whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. the branches are the officinal dulcamara.
-an american woody climber (celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds;
-- also called roxbury waxwork.

bitterweed
-a species of ambrosia (a. artemisiaefolia); roman worm wood.

bitterwood
-a west indian tree (picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug jamaica quassia is obtained.

bitterwort
-the yellow gentian (gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.

bitting
-of bit

bittock
-a small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance.

bittor bittour
-the bittern.

bitts
-a frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.

bitume
-bitumen.

bitumed
-smeared with bitumen.

bitumen
-mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; jew's pitch. it occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the dead and caspian seas. it is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. see asphalt.
-by extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

bituminate
-to treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen.

bituminated
-of bituminate

bituminating
-of bituminate

bituminiferous
-producing bitumen.

bituminization
-the process of bituminizing.

bituminize
-to prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.

bituminized
-of bituminize

bituminizing
-of bituminize

bituminous
-having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.

biuret
-a white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, c2o2n3h5, formed by heating urea. it is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.

bivalency
-the quality of being bivalent.

bivalent
-equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

bivalve
-a mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. the shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam,
-- or by one, as in the oyster. see mollusca.
-a pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
-having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels.

bivalved
-having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve.

bivalvous
-bivalvular.

bivalvular
-having two valves.

bivaulted
-having two vaults or arches.

bivector
-a term made up of the two parts / + /1 /
-1, where / and /1 are vectors.

biventral
-having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum.

bivial
-of or relating to the bivium.

bivious
-having, or leading, two ways.

bivium
-one side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.

bivouac
-the watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.
-an encampment for the night without tents or covering.
-to watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army.
-to encamp for the night without tents or covering.

bivouacked
-of bivouac

bivouacking
-of bivouac

biweekly
-occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.
-a publication issued every two weeks.

biwreye
-to bewray; to reveal.

bizantine
-see byzantine.

bizarre
-odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.

bizet
-the upper faceted portion of a brilliant
-cut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. see brilliant, n.