BITUMINATE
BITU'MINATE, verb transitive To impregnate with bitumen.
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BITUMINATED
BITU'MINATED, adjective Impregnated with bitumen.
BITUMINIFEROUS
BITUMINIF'EROUS, adjective [bitumen and fero, to produce.]Producing bitumen.
BITUMINIZE
BITU'MINIZE, verb transitive To form into, or impregnate with bitumen.
BITUMINOUS
BITU'MINOUS, adjective Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.Limestone is of a lamellar structure, susceptible of polish, of a brown or bl...
BIVALVE
BI'VALVE, noun [Latin bis, twice, and valve. Latin valva]An animal having two valves, or a shell consisting of two parts which open and shut. Also a pericarp in which the seed-c...
BIVALVOUS
BIVALV'OUS, adjective Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and the seed cases of certain plants.
BIVALVULAR
BIVALV'ULARBIVAULT'ED, adjective [Latin bis, twice, and vault.] Having two vaults or arches.
BIVAULTED
BIVAULT'ED, a. [L. bis, twice, and vault.] Having two vaults or arches.
BIVENTRAL
BIVENT'RAL, adjective [Latin bis and venter, belly.] Having two bellies; as a biventral muscle.
BIVIOUS
BIV'IOUS, adjective [Latin bivius; bis and via, way.] Having two ways, or leading two ways.
BIVOUAC
BIVOUAC, noun [Latin vigilo.] The guard or watch of a whole army, as in cases of great danger of surprise or attack.BIVOUAC, verb transitive To watch or be on guard, as a whole ...
BIXWORT
BIX'WORT, noun A plant.
BIZA
BIZA, noun A coin of Pegu, of the value of half a ducat; also, a weight.
BLAAST
BLA'AST, noun [Eng. blaze, which is primarily a blowing or swelling.]1. A gust or puff of wind; or a sudden gust of wind.2. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument.3. Any pe...
BLAB
BLAB, verb transitive1. To utter or tell in a thoughtless manner; to publish secrets or trifles without discretion. It implies, says Johnson, rather thoughtlessness than treache...
BLABBER
BLAB'BER, noun A tattler; a tell-tale.
BLABBING
BLAB'BING, participle present tense Telling indiscreetly what ought to be concealed; tattling.
BLACK
BLACK, adjective1. Of the color of night; destitute of light; dark.2. Darkened by clouds; as the heavens black with clouds.3. Sullen; having a cloudy look or countenance.4. Atro...
BLACK-BIRD
BLACK'-BIRD, noun [black and bird.] In England, the merula, a species of turdus, a singing bird with a fine note, but very loud. In America, this name is given to different bird...
BLACK-BROWED
BLACK'-BROWED, adjective [black and brow.] Having black eye-brows; gloomy; dismal; threatening; as a black-browed gust.
BLACK-BRYONY
BLACK-BRY'ONY, noun [black and bryony.] A plant, the Tamus.
BLACK-CAP
BLACK-CAP, noun [black and cap.] A bird, the Motacilla atricapilla, or mock-nightingale; so called from its black crown. It is common in Europe.1. In cookery, an apple roasted t...
BLACK-CHALK
BLACK-CHALK, noun A mineral of a bluish black color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.BLACK'-COCK, noun [black and cock....
BLACK-FACED
BLACK'-FACED, adjective Having a black face.BLACK'-FISH, noun [black and fish.] A fish in the Orontes, about twenty inches long, in shape resembling the sheat-fish. Its eyes are...
BLACK-FOREST
BLACK-FOREST, noun [black and forest.] A forest in Germany, in Swabia; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest.
BLACK-FRIAR
BLACK-FRIAR, noun Black-friars is a name given to the Dominican Order, called also Predicants and preaching friars; in France, Jacobins.BLACK'-GUARD, noun [said to be of black a...