Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 44
Billy goat (n.) A male goat. [Colloq.] Billyo
Billy goat (n.) Male goat [syn: billy, billy goat, he-goat].
Bilobate (a.) 【動】有兩葉的，分成兩葉的；【植】有兩裂片的 Divided into two lobes or segments.
Bilobate (a.) Having two lobes; "a bilobate leaf" [syn: bilobate, bilobated, bilobed].
Bilobed (a.) Bilobate.
Bilobed (a.) Having two lobes; "a bilobate leaf" [syn: bilobate, bilobated, bilobed].
Bilocation (n.) 分身；分身術； 一個人同時在兩地出現，亦即同時身在兩處； 在二地同時出現 Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints. -- Tylor.
Bilocation (n.) The ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations.
Bilocular (a.) Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp. -- Gray.
Bilocular (a.) Divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule" [syn: bilocular, biloculate].
Bilsted (n.) (Bot.) See Sweet gum.
Bilsted (n.) A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap [syn: sweet gum, sweet gum tree, bilsted, red gum, American sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua].
Biltong (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. -- H. R. Haggard.
Biltong (n.) Meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun.
Bimaculate (a.) Having, or marked with, two spots.
Bimana (n. pl.) (Zool.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.
Bimanous (a.) (Zool.) Having two hands; two-handed.
Bimarginate (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells.
Bimastism (n.) (Anat.) The condition of having two mammae or teats.
Bimedial (a.) (Geom.) 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.) (Gram.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence. -- J. W. Gibbs.
Bimensal (a.) See Bimonthly, a. [Obs. or R.]
Bimestrial (a.) Continuing two months. [R.]
Bimestrial (a.) Occurring every two months; "bimonthly visits" [syn: bimonthly, bimestrial].
Bimestrial (a.) Two months long; lasting 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. [archaic]
Bimetallic (a.) Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc.
Bimetallic (a.) Pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals; "in a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender" [syn: bimetallistic, bimetallic].
Bimetallic (a.) Formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together [syn: bimetal, bimetallic].
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.
Note: The words bim['e]tallisme and monom['e]tallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [1869]. -- Littr['e].
Bimetallism (n.) A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio.
Bimetallist (n.) An advocate of bimetallism.
Bimonthly (a.) (a. & adv.) 隔月（的）；兩月一次（的） Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications.
Bimonthly (n.) 雙月刊 A bimonthly publication.
Bimonthly (adv.) Once in two months.
Bimonthly (adv.) Twice a month; "salaries are paid semimonthly" [syn: semimonthly, bimonthly].
Bimonthly (adv.) Every two months; "the bill was payable bimonthly".
Bimonthly (a.) Occurring twice a month; "a semimonthly publication" [syn: semimonthly, bimonthly].
Bimonthly (a.) Occurring every two months; "bimonthly visits" [syn: bimonthly, bimestrial].
Bimonthly (n.) A periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year).
Bimuscular (a.) (Zool.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.
Binned (imp. & p. p.) of Bin.
Binning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bin.
Bin (v. t.) 把……放入（或貯藏在）箱（或倉）中 To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
Bin () An old form of Be and Been. [Obs.]
Bin- () A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.
Bin (n.) （貯藏穀物等的）箱子，容器，倉 [C] A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
Bin (n.) A container; usually has a lid.
Bin (n.) The quantity contained in a bin [syn: bin, binful].
Bin (n.) An identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself [syn: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit number].
Bin (v.) Store in bins.
Binal (a.) Twofold; double. [R.] "Binal revenge, all this." -- Ford.
Binarseniate (n.) (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. -- Graham.
Binary (n.) 一雙，一對；雙體；二進位數 That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. -- Fotherby.
Binary (a.) 二元的；二進位的；由二部分構成的 Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
Binary arithmetic, That in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. -- Davies & Peck.
Binary compound (Chem.), A compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements.
Binary logarithms, A system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is the logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448.
Binary measure (Mus.), Measure divisible by two or four; common time.
Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), Nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species.
Binary scale (Arith.), A uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two.
Binary star (Astron.), A double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity.
Binary theory (Chem.), The theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.
Binary (a.) Of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base; "a binary digit".
Binary (a.) Consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms); "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system has two as its base".
Binary (n.) A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation [syn: binary star, binary, double star].
Binary (n.) A pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system; "the same source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for different operating systems" [syn: binary, binary program].
Binary () Base two. A number representation consisting of zeros and ones used by practically all computers because of its ease of implementation using digital electronics and Boolean algebra.
Binary () Binary file.
Binary () A description of an operator which takes two arguments. See also unary, ternary. (2005-02-21)
Binate (a.) (Bot.) Double; growing in pairs or couples. -- Gray.
Binate (a.) Growing in two parts or in pairs; "binate leaves".
Binaural (a.) Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.
Binaural (a.) Relating to or having or hearing with two ears; "binaural hearing" [syn: binaural, biaural] [ant: monaural].
Bindle (pl. Bindles) (n.) (US and Canada slang) 流浪漢的鋪蓋捲 A bundle carried by a hobo (usually containing his possessions), often on a stick slung over the shoulder; a blanket roll.
Bindle (pl. Bindles) (n.) (US and Canada slang) Any bundle or package; specifically one containing narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, or morphine.
Bindle stiff (n.) 流浪者 Hobo; especially : one who carries his clothes or bedding in a bundle.
Bound (imp.) of Bind.
Bound (p. p.) of Bind.
Bounden () of Bind.
Binding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bind.
Bind (v. t.) 捆，綁；紮，束；包紮 [（+up）]；裝訂 To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
Bind (v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing. -- Job xxviii. 11.
Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. -- Luke xiii. 16.
Bind (v. t.) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
Bind (v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
Bind (v. t.) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
Bind (v. t.) To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
Bind (v. t.) To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. -- Milton.
Bind (v. t.) (Law) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. -- Abbott.
Bind (v. t.) (Law) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
To bind over, To put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
To bind to, To contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
To bind up in, To cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.
Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
Bind (n.) That which binds or ties.
Bind (n.) Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
Bind (n.) (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. -- Kirwan.
Bind (n.) (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Bind (v. i.) 黏結，黏合；（衣服等）過緊；裝訂 To tie; to confine by any ligature.
They that reap must sheaf and bind. -- Shak.
Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. -- Mortimer.
Bind (v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
Bind (v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence. -- Locke.
Bind (n.) Something that hinders as if with bonds.
Bind (v.) Stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to].
Bind (v.) Create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
ond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond].
Bind (v.) Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: unbind].
Bind (v.) Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: bind, bandage].
Bind (v.) Secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss].
Bind (v.) Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige, bind, hold, obligate].
Bind (v.) Provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather".
Bind (v.) Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant: unbrace, unlace, untie].
Bind (v.) Form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen".
Bind (v.) Cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" [syn: constipate, bind].
BIND () Berkeley Internet Name Domain [software] (Unix) Berkeley Internet Name Domain.
BIND (BIND) An implementation of a DNS server developed and distributed by the University of California at Berkeley.
Many Internet hosts run BIND, and it is the ancestor of many commercial implementations. (1997-12-15)
Binder (n.) （書籍）裝訂工；捆縛（或包紮）者 [C]；捆縛（或包紮）用具；繩索，帶子 [C]；黏結劑 [C] [U]；夾子，紙夾 [C]；割捆機；（收割機上的）捆縛裝置 [C]；【律】保證書；臨時契約 [C] One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.
Binder (n.) Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.
Binder (n.) A pair of stiff oblong covers, sometimes detachable, designed for insertion of paper pages to create a book-like document, such as in a loose-leaf binder.
Binder (n.) A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves [syn: binder, reaper binder].
Binder (n.) Something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface.
Binder (n.) Holds loose papers or magazines [syn: binder, ring-binder].
Binder (n.) Something used to tie or bind [syn: binder, ligature].
Bindery (n.) 裝訂所 A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.
Bindery (n.) A workshop where books are bound.
Bindery, () A Novell Netware database that contains definitions for entities such as users, groups, and workgroups. The bindery allows the network supervisor to design an organised and secure operating environment based on the individual requirements of each of these entities.
The bindery has three components: objects, properties, and property data sets. Objects represent any physical or logical entity, including users, user groups, file servers.
Properties are characteristics of each object (e.g. passwords, account restrictions, internetwork addresses).
Property data sets are the values assigned to an entity's bindery properties.
[Netware Version 3.11 "Concepts" documentation (a glossary of Netware-related terms)].
(1996-03-07)
Bindheimite (n.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.
Binding (a.) That binds; obligatory.
Binding (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
Binding (n.) Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.
Binding (n. pl.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
Bindingly (adv.) So as to bind.
Bindingness (n.) The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.
Bindweed (n.) A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.
Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.
Binervate (a.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.
Binervate (a.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.
Bing (n.) A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood.
Biniodide (n.) Same as Diiodide.
Bink (n.) A bench.
Binnacle (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.
Binny (n.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.
Binocle (n.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.
Binocular (a.) 雙眼的；雙眼用的 Having two eyes. "Most animals are binocular." -- Derham.
Binocular (a.) Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.
Binocular (a.) Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope. -- Brewster.
Binocular (n.) 雙筒望遠鏡；雙目顯微鏡 A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
Binocular (a.) Relating to both eyes; "binocular vision".
Binocularly (adv.) In a binocular manner.
Binoculars (n.) 雙筒望遠鏡 An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes [syn: binoculars, field glasses, opera glasses].
Binoculate (a.) Having two eyes.
Binomial (n.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 - 3.
Binomial (a.) Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.
Binomial (a.) Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs.
Binominal (a.) Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.
Binominous (a.) Binominal.
Binotonous (a.) Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.
Binous (a.) Same as Binate.
Binoxalate (n.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
Binoxide (n.) Same as Dioxide.
Binturong (n.) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.
Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleate
Binucleate (a.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.
Binucleolate (a.) Having two nucleoli.
Bioblast (n.) Same as Bioplast.
Biocellate (a.) Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.
Biochemistry (n.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
Biodiversity (n.) 生物多樣性；生物歧異性；生物龐雜度 The diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirable".
Biodynamics (n.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.