biannual | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year | Synonyms: biyearly, half-yearly, semiannual |
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bias | (adjective) slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric | - |
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biased | (adjective) favoring one person or side over another | Synonyms: colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted |
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biaural | (adjective) relating to or having or hearing with two ears | Synonyms: binaural |
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biauricular | (adjective) relating to the two auditory openings | - |
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biaxal | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxate, biaxial |
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biaxate | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxial |
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biaxial | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate |
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bibbed | (adjective) having a bib | - |
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bibless | (adjective) lacking a bib | - |
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biblical | (adjective) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | Synonyms: scriptural |
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(adjective) in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people | - |
bibliographic | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographical |
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bibliographical | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographic |
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bibliolatrous | (adjective) given to Bible-worship | - |
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bibliomaniacal | (adjective) characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania | - |
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bibliophilic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
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bibliopolic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliopoles | - |
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bibliothecal | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecarial |
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bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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bibliotic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliotics | - |
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bibulous | (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: boozy, drunken, sottish |
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bicameral | (adjective) composed of two legislative bodies | - |
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(adjective) consisting of two chambers | Synonyms: two-chambered |
bicapsular | (adjective) divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule | - |
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bicentenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentennial |
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bicentennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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bicentric | (adjective) having two centers | - |
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bicephalous | (adjective) having two heads | - |
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bichromated | (adjective) treated or combined with bichromate | - |
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bichrome | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic |
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bicipital | (adjective) having two heads or points of origin as a biceps | - |
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bicolor | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic |
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bicolored | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic |
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bicolour | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicoloured, dichromatic |
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bicoloured | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, dichromatic |
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biconcave | (adjective) concave on both sides | Synonyms: concavo-concave |
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biconvex | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform |
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bicorn | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicornate, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous |
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bicornate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous |
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bicorned | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicornate, bicornuate, bicornuous |
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bicornuate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuous |
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bicornuous | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuate |
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bicuspid | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspidate |
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bicuspidate | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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bicyclic | (adjective) having molecules consisting of two fused rings | - |
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bicylindrical | (adjective) having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes | - |
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biddable | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: acquiescent |
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bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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bidirectional | (adjective) reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions | - |
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biennial | (adjective) having a life cycle lasting two seasons | Synonyms: two-year |
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(adjective) occurring every second year | Synonyms: biyearly |
biface | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: bifacial |
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bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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bifid | (adjective) divided into two lobes | - |
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bifilar | (adjective) having or using two filaments | - |
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biflagellate | (adjective) having two flagella | - |
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bifocal | (adjective) having two foci | - |
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bifoliate | (adjective) having two leaves | - |
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biform | (adjective) having or combining two forms | - |
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bifurcate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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bifurcated | (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts | - |
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big | (adjective) above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | Synonyms: large |
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(adjective) conspicuous in position or importance | Synonyms: large, prominent |
(adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
(adjective) generous and understanding and tolerant | Synonyms: large, magnanimous |
(adjective) marked by intense physical force | - |
(adjective) significant | - |
(adjective) prodigious | Synonyms: heavy |
(adjective) serious or severe | Synonyms: bad |
(adjective) loud and firm | - |
(adjective) (of animals) fully developed | Synonyms: adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup |
(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
(adjective) feeling self-importance | Synonyms: swelled, vainglorious |
(adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
bigamous | (adjective) of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first | - |
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bigeminal | (adjective) occurring in pairs | - |
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bigeneric | (adjective) resulting from a cross between species of different genera | - |
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bigger | (adjective) large or big relative to something else | Synonyms: larger |
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biggish | (adjective) somewhat large | Synonyms: largish |
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bigheaded | (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
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bighearted | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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bigmouthed | (adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, blabby, talkative |
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bignoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae | - |
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bigoted | (adjective) blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others | - |
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bilabial | (adjective) of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips | - |
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bilabiate | (adjective) having two lips | Synonyms: two-lipped |
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bilateral | (adjective) having two sides or parts | Synonyms: two-sided |
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(adjective) affecting or undertaken by two parties | - |
(adjective) having identical parts on each side of an axis | Synonyms: bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral |
bilgy | (adjective) smelling like bilge water | - |
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biliary | (adjective) relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder | - |
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(adjective) relating to or containing bile | Synonyms: bilious |
bilinear | (adjective) linear with respect to each of two variables or positions | - |
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bilingual | (adjective) using or knowing two languages | - |
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bilious | (adjective) relating to or containing bile | Synonyms: biliary |
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(adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
(adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: liverish, livery |
billed | (adjective) having a beak or bill as specified | - |
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billiard | (adjective) of or relating to billiards | - |
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billion | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States | - |
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(adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain | - |
billionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one billion in counting order | - |
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billowing | (adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges | Synonyms: billowy, surging |
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billowy | (adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges | Synonyms: billowing, surging |
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bilobate | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobated, bilobed |
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bilobated | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobate, bilobed |
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bilobed | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobate, bilobated |
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bilocular | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: biloculate |
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biloculate | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: bilocular |
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bimanual | (adjective) requiring two hands or designed for two people | Synonyms: two-handed |
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bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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(adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
bimetal | (adjective) formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together | Synonyms: bimetallic |
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bimetallic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallistic |
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(adjective) formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together | Synonyms: bimetal |
bimetallistic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallic |
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bimillenial | (adjective) of or relating to a bimillennium | - |
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bimodal | (adjective) of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes | - |
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bimolecular | (adjective) relating to or affecting two molecules | - |
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bimonthly | (adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimestrial |
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(adjective) occurring twice a month | Synonyms: semimonthly |
bimorphemic | (adjective) consisting of two morphemes | - |
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bimotored | (adjective) having two motors | - |
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