English English Dictionary

Formed of, or having, two laminae, or thin plates.

A byland.

A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.

Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.

Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body.

State of being bilateral.

of Bilberry

The European whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); also, its edible bluish black fruit.

Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum.

A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain.

A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.

of Bilbo

The toy called cup and ball.

The European water rail.

Same as Agalmatolite.

A boil.

A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile.

That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.

A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary.