Bewildering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewilder
Bewilder (v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.
Bewildered (a.) Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
Bewilderedness (n.) The state of being bewildered; bewilderment.
Bewildering (a.) Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties.
Bewilderment (n.) The state of being bewildered.
Bewilderment (n.) A bewildering tangle or confusion.
Bewinter (v. t.) To make wintry.
Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
Bewitched (imp. & p. p.) of Bewitch
Bewitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewitch
Bewitch (v. t.) To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
Bewitch (v. t.) To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.
Bewitchedness (n.) The state of being bewitched.
Bewitcher (n.) One who bewitches.
Bewitchery (n.) The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.
Bewitching (a.) Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming.
Bewitchment (n.) The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.
Bewitchment (n.) The power of bewitching or charming.
Bewondered (imp. & p. p.) of Bewonder
Bewonder (v. t.) To fill with wonder.
Bewonder (v. t.) To wonder at; to admire.
Bewrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Bewrap
Bewrap (v. t.) To wrap up; to cover.
Bewray (v. t.) To soil. See Beray.
Bewrayed (imp. & p. p.) of Bewray
Bewraying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bewray
Bewray (v. t.) To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray.
Bewrayer (n.) One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer.
Bewrayment (n.) Betrayal.
Bewreck (v. t.) To wreck.
Bewreke (v. t.) To wreak; to avenge.
Bewrought (a.) Embroidered.
Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.
Beylic (n.) The territory ruled by a bey.
Beyond (prep.) On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.
Beyond (prep.) At a place or time not yet reached; before.
Beyond (prep.) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
Beyond (prep.) In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.
Beyond (adv.) Further away; at a distance; yonder.
Bezant (n.) A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants.
Bezant (n.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.
Bezant (n.) A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
Bez-antler (n.) The second branch of a stag's horn.
Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Bezique (n.) A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
Bezoardic (a.) Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar.
Bezoardic (n.) A medicine containing bezoar.
Bezoartic (a.) Alt. of Bezoartical
Bezoartical (a.) Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing.
Bezonian (n.) A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Bezzled (imp. & p. p.) of Bezzle
Bezzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bezzle
Bezzle (v. t.) To plunder; to waste in riot.
Bezzle (v. i.) To drink to excess; to revel.
Bhang (n.) 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.
Bhunder (n.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.
Bi- () In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.
Bi- () 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.
Biacid (a.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.
Biacuminate (a.) Having points in two directions.
Biangular (a.) Having two angles or corners.
Biangulate (a.) Alt. of Biangulated
Biangulated (a.) Biangular.
Biangulous (a.) Biangular.
Biantheriferous (a.) Having two anthers.
Biarticulate (a.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints.
Biases (pl. ) of Bias
Bias (n.) 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.
Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.
Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Bias (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.
Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Bias (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Bias (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.
Biased (imp. & p. p.) of Bias
Biasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bias
Bias (v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Biauriculate (a.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Biauriculate (a.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.
Biaxal (a.) Alt. of Biaxial
Biaxial (a.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization.
Bib (n.) A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
Bib (n.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.
Bib (n.) A bibcock.
Bib (v. t.) Alt. of Bibbe
Bibbe (v. t.) To drink; to tipple.
Bib (v. i.) To drink; to sip; to tipple.
Bibacious (a.) Addicted to drinking.
Bibacity (n.) The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling.
Bibasic (a.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.
Bibb (n.) A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.
Bibber (n.) One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.
Bibble-babble (n.) Idle talk; babble.
Bibbs (n. pl.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
Bibcock (n.) A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle.
Bibirine (n.) See Bebeerine.
Bibitory (a.) Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.
Bible (n.) A book.