8-letter words starting with bi
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bimanual — using or requiring both hands
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- bimbette — a woman who is considered sexually attractive but unintelligent
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- bimester — a period of two months
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binaries — binary file
- binarism — the state of being binary
- binarity — a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
- bination — celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- bindable — capable of being tied by a rope
- bindweed — Bindweed is a wild plant that winds itself around other plants and makes it difficult for them to grow.
- bing xin — (Xie Wanying) 1900–1999, Chinese writer.
- bingeing — a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- binomial — a mathematical expression consisting of two terms, such as 3x + 2y
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biocycle — the cycling of chemicals through the biosphere
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- biogenic — produced or originating from a living organism
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
- biolytic — able to destroy life.
- biometer — a device for measuring the production of carbon dioxide in functioning tissue
- biometry — the analysis of biological data using mathematical and statistical methods
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
- biosolid — relating to residue from treated sewage
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biotoxin — a toxic substance produced by a living organism
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biphasic — having two phases
- biphenyl — a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C6H5C6H5
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- biradial — showing both bilateral and radial symmetry, as certain sea anemones
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch