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  • English Word Bezzle Definition To drink to excess; to revel.
  • English Word Bezzled Definition of Bezzle
  • English Word Bezzling Definition of Bezzle
  • English Word Bhang Definition An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.
  • English Word Bhunder Definition An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.
  • English Word Bi- Definition In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.
  • English Word Bi- Definition 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.
  • English Word Biacid Definition Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.
  • English Word Biacuminate Definition Having points in two directions.
  • English Word Biangular Definition Having two angles or corners.
  • English Word Biangulate Definition Alt. of Biangulated
  • English Word Biangulated Definition Biangular.
  • English Word Biangulous Definition Biangular.
  • English Word Biantheriferous Definition Having two anthers.
  • English Word Biarticulate Definition Having, or consisting of, tow joints.
  • English Word Bias Definition 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.
  • English Word Bias Definition A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
  • English Word Bias Definition A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
  • English Word Bias Definition A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
  • English Word Bias Definition Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
  • English Word Bias Definition Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
  • English Word Bias Definition In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
  • English Word Bias Definition To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
  • English Word Biased Definition of Bias
  • English Word Biases Definition of Bias
  • English Word Biasing Definition of Bias
  • English Word Biauriculate Definition Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
  • English Word Biauriculate Definition Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.
  • English Word Biaxal Definition Alt. of Biaxial
  • English Word Biaxial Definition Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization.