English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Biltong (n.)

Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.

Bimaculate (a.)

Having, or marked with, two spots.

Bimana (n. pl.)

Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

Bimanous (a.)

Having two hands; two-handed.

Bimarginate (a.)

Having a double margin, as certain shells.

Bimastism (n.)

The condition of having two mammae or teats.

Bimedial (a.)

Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

Bimembral (a.)

Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence.

Bimensal (a.)

See Bimonthly, a.

Bimestrial (a.)

Continuing two months.

Bimetallic (a.)

Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.

Bimetallism (n.)

The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism.

Bimetallist (n.)

An advocate of bimetallism.

Bimonthly (a.)

Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.

Bimonthly (n.)

A bimonthly publication.

Bimonthly (adv.)

Once in two months.

Bimuscular (a.)

Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

Bin

An old form of Be and Been.

Bin (v. t.)

To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

Bin (n.)

A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.