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- English Word Bismer Definition A rule steelyard.
- English Word Bismer Definition The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
- English Word Bismillah Definition An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.
- English Word Bismite Definition Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.
- English Word Bismuth Definition 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.
- English Word Bismuthal Definition Containing bismuth.
- English Word Bismuthic Definition Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.
- English Word Bismuthiferous Definition Containing bismuth.
- English Word Bismuthine Definition Alt. of Bismuthinite
- English Word Bismuthinite Definition Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.
- English Word Bismuthous Definition Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.
- English Word Bismuthyl Definition Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.
- English Word Bison Definition The aurochs or European bison.
- English Word Bison Definition 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.
- English Word Bispinose Definition Having two spines.
- English Word Bisque Definition Unglazed white porcelain.
- English Word Bisque Definition A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
- English Word Bisque Definition A white soup made of crayfish.
- English Word Bissextile Definition 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.
- English Word Bissextile Definition Pertaining to leap year.
- English Word Bisson Definition Purblind; blinding.
- English Word Bister Definition Alt. of Bistre
- English Word Bistipuled Definition Having two stipules.
- English Word Bistort Definition An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
- English Word Bistouries Definition of Bistoury
- English Word Bistoury Definition 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.
- English Word Bistre Definition A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
- English Word Bistre Definition See Bister.
- English Word Bisulcate Definition Having two grooves or furrows.
- English Word Bisulcate Definition Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.