English English Dictionary

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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.

Bias (v. t.)

To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

Bias (adv.)

In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

Bias (n.)

A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

Bias (n.)

A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

Bias (a.)

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

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 (a.)

Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.

Bias (n.)

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

Biased (imp. & p. p.)

of Bias

Biases (pl. )

of Bias

Biasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bias

Biauriculate (a.)

Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.

Biauriculate (a.)

Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.