| bialy | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialystoker |
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| bialystoker | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialy |
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| biannual | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year | Synonyms: biyearly, half-yearly, semiannual |
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| biannually | (adverb) twice a year | - |
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| bias | (adjective) slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric | - |
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| (noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: preconception, prejudice |
| (noun) a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | Synonyms: diagonal |
| (verb) cause to be biased | Synonyms: predetermine |
| (verb) influence in an unfair way | - |
| 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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| bib | (noun) a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating | - |
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| (noun) top part of an apron; covering the chest | - |
| (verb) drink moderately but regularly | Synonyms: tipple |
| bibbed | (adjective) having a bib | - |
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| bible | (noun) a book regarded as authoritative in its field | - |
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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 | - |
| bibliographer | (noun) someone trained in compiling bibliographies | - |
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| 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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| bibliography | (noun) a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.) | - |
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| bibliolatrous | (adjective) given to Bible-worship | - |
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| bibliolatry | (noun) the worship of the Bible | Synonyms: Bible-worship |
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| bibliomania | (noun) preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books | - |
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| bibliomaniacal | (adjective) characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania | - |
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| bibliophile | (noun) someone who loves (and usually collects) books | Synonyms: book lover, booklover |
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| bibliophilic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
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| bibliopole | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopolist |
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| bibliopolic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliopoles | - |
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| bibliopolist | (noun) a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books) | Synonyms: bibliopole |
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| bibliothec | (noun) a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services | Synonyms: librarian |
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| bibliotheca | (noun) a collection of books | - |
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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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| bibliotics | (noun) the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity | - |
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| bibliotist | (noun) someone who engages in 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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| bicarbonate | (noun) a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate | Synonyms: hydrogen carbonate |
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| bicentenary | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentennial |
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| (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentennial |
| bicentennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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| (noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
| bicentric | (adjective) having two centers | - |
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| bicephalous | (adjective) having two heads | - |
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| biceps | (noun) any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm) | - |
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| bichloride | (noun) a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule | Synonyms: dichloride |
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| bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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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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| bicker | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
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| (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble |
| bickering | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
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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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| (noun) a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points | Synonyms: bicorne |
| bicornate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous |
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| bicorne | (noun) a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points | Synonyms: bicorn |
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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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| (noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: premolar |
| bicuspidate | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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| bicycle | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: bike, cycle, wheel |
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| (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bike, cycle, pedal, wheel |
| bicycler | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicyclist, biker, cyclist, wheeler |
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| bicyclic | (adjective) having molecules consisting of two fused rings | - |
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| bicycling | (noun) riding a bicycle | - |
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| bicyclist | (noun) a person who rides a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycler, biker, cyclist, wheeler |
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| bicylindrical | (adjective) having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes | - |
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| bid | (noun) an attempt to get something | Synonyms: play |
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| (noun) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | Synonyms: tender |
| (noun) (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | Synonyms: bidding |
| (noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bidding, command, dictation |
| (verb) ask someone in a friendly way to do something | Synonyms: invite |
| (verb) invoke upon | Synonyms: wish |
| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, conjure, entreat, press |
| (verb) propose a payment | Synonyms: offer, tender |
| (verb) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | Synonyms: call |
| (verb) make a serious effort to attain something | - |
| biddable | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: acquiescent |
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| bidder | (noun) someone who makes an offer | - |
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| (noun) someone who makes a bid at cards | - |
| bidding | (noun) a request to be present | Synonyms: summons |
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| (noun) (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | Synonyms: bid |
| (noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something | Synonyms: bid, command, dictation |
| biddy | (noun) young bird especially of domestic fowl | Synonyms: chick |
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| (noun) adult female chicken | Synonyms: hen |
| bide | (verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, stay |
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| bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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| bidet | (noun) a basin for washing genitals and anal area | - |
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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 |
| (noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season | - |
| biennially | (adverb) every two years | Synonyms: biyearly |
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| bier | (noun) a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial | - |
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| (noun) a coffin along with its stand | - |
| 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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| biff | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: clout, lick, poke, punch, slug |
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| (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: pommel, pummel |
| 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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| bifocals | (noun) (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision | - |
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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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| (verb) divide into two branches | - |
| (verb) split or divide into two | - |
| bifurcated | (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts | - |
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| bifurcation | (noun) the act of splitting into two branches | - |
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| (noun) the place where something divides into two branches | - |
| (noun) a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) | - |
| 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 |
| (adverb) in a boastful manner | Synonyms: boastfully, large, vauntingly |
| (adverb) in a major way | - |
| (adverb) on a grand scale | - |
| (adverb) extremely well | - |
| bigamist | (noun) someone who marries one person while already legally married to another | - |
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| bigamous | (adjective) of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first | - |
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