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Filtering: BI | Found: 651 words.
Bi-
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In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.
Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.
Having points in two directions.
Having two angles or corners.
Alt. of Biangulated
Biangular.
Biangular.
Having two anthers.
Having, or consisting of, tow joints.
Bias
8 defs
A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
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Biauriculate
2 defs
Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Alt. of Biaxial
Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization.
Bib
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A bibcock.
Addicted to drinking.
The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.
Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.
A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.
To drink; to tipple.
One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.
Idle talk; babble.
Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.
See Bebeerine.
Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.
Bible
4 defs
A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible.
A great drinker; a tippler.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.
The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject.
According to the Bible.
Learning or literature relating to the Bible.
One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.
Bibliographer.
One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.
Alt. of Bibliographical
Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books.
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A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.
Alt. of Bibliolatrist
A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.
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 ...
Relating to bibliology.
Bibliology
2 defs
An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.
A mania for acquiring books.
Bibliomaniac
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One who has a mania for books.
Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.