English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Billmen (pl. )

of Billman

Billon (n.)

An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

Billot (n.)

Bullion in the bar or mass.

Billow (n.)

A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

Billow (n.)

A great wave or flood of anything.

Billow (v. i.)

To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.

Billowed (imp. & p. p.)

of Billow

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

of Billow

Billowy (a.)

Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.

Billposter (n.)

Alt. of Billsticker

Billsticker (n.)

One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

Billy (n.)

A club; esp., a policeman's club.

Billy (n.)

A slubbing or roving machine.

Billy goat

A male goat.

Billyboy (n.)

A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.

Bilobate (a.)

Divided into two lobes or segments.

Bilobed (a.)

Bilobate.

Bilocation (n.)

Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.

Bilocular (a.)

Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.

Bilsted (n.)

See Sweet gum.