Webster's Dictionary 1913

2917

Bitume

Bi‐tume″ (�), n. [F. See Bitumen.] Bitumen. May.

2918

Bitumed

Bi‐tumed″ (�), a. Smeared with bitumen. “The hatches caulked and bitumed.” Shak.

2919

Bitumen

Bi‐tu″men (�), n. [L. bitumen: cf. F. bitume. Cf. Béton.] 1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural ...

2920

Bitumen process

Bi‐tu″men proc″ess. (Photog.) Any process in which advantage is taken of the fact that prepared bitumen is rendered insoluble by exposure to light, as in photolithography.

2921

Bituminate

Bi‐tu″mi‐nate (bĭ‐tū″mĭ‐nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bituminated; p. pr. & vb. n.Bituminating.] [L. bituminatus, p. p. of bituminare to bituminate. See Bitumen.] To treat or impregn...

2922

Bituminiferous

Bi‐tu′mi‐nif″er‐ous (�), a. [Bitumen + -ferous.] Producing bitumen. Kirwan.

2923

Bituminization

Bi‐tu′mi‐ni‐za″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. bituminisation.] The process of bituminizing. Mantell.

2924

Bituminize

Bi‐tu″mi‐nize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bituminized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bituminizing.] [Cf. F. bituminiser.] To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.

2925

Bituminous

Bi‐tu″mi‐nous (�), a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux.] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.Near that bituminous lake where Sodom fla...

2926

Biuret

Bi″u‐ret (�), n. [Pref. bi- + urea.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, C2O2N3H5, formed by heating urea. It is intermediate between urea and cyanuric acid.

2927

Bivalency

Biv″a‐len‐cy (�), n.(Chem.) The quality of being bivalent.

2928

Bivalent

Biv″a‐lent (�), a. [L. bis twice + valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.

2929

Bivalve

Bi″valve (�), n. [F. bivalve; bi- (L. bis) + valve valve.] 1. (Zoöl.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament ...

2930

Bivalve (2)

Bi″valve (�), a. [Pref. bi- + valve.] (Zoöl. & Bot.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels.

2931

Bivalved

Bi″valved (�), a. Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve.

2932

Bivalvous

Bi‐val″vous (�), a. Bivalvular.

2933

Bivalvular

Bi‐val″vu‐lar (�), a. Having two valves.

2934

Bivaulted

Bi‐vault″ed (�), a. [Pref. bi- + vault.] Having two vaults or arches.

2935

Bivector

Bi‐vec″tor (�), n. [Pref. bi- + vector.] (Math.) A term made up of the two parts � + �1 �-1, where � and �1 are vectors.

2936

Biventral

Bi‐ven″tral (�), a. [Pref. bi- + ventral.] (Anat.) Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum.

2937

Bivial

Biv″i‐al (�), a. Of or relating to the bivium.

2938

Bivious

Biv″i‐ous (�), a. [L. bivius; bis twice + via way.] Having, or leading, two ways.Bivious theorems and Janus-faced doctrines.Sir T. Browne.

2939

Bivium

‖Biv″i‐um (�), n. [L., a place with two ways. See Bivious.] (Zoöl.) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), wh...

2940

Bivouac

Biv″ouac (�), n. [F. bivouac, bivac, prab. fr. G. beiwache, or beiwacht; bei by, near + wachen to watch, wache watch, guard. See By, and Watch.] (Mil.) (a) The watch of a whole ...

2941

Bivouac (2)

Biv″ouac, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bivouacked (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bivouacking.] (Mil.) (a) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army. (b) To encamp for the night without tents...

2942

Biweekly

Bi″week′ly (�), a. [Pref. bi- + weekly.] Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. — n. A publication issued every two weeks. — Bi″week″ly, adv.

2943

Biwreye

Bi‐wreye″ (�), v. t. To bewray; to reveal.