| BICHORD | • bichord n. (Music) A chord of two notes played at the same time. • bichord adj. (Music, of a musical instrument) Having two strings. • BICHORD adj. of a musical instrument, having two strings, esp. two strings for each note. |
| BIGHORN | • bighorn n. Certain North American species of sheep. • BIGHORN n. a kind of wild sheep. |
| BIMORPH | • bimorph n. A cantilever that consists of two active layers: piezoelectric and metal. • BIMORPH n. a device consisting of two crystals cemented together. |
| BIOHERM | • bioherm n. (Geology) A massive, unlayered, mound-shape body in discordant relationship to the surrounding layered… • bioherm n. (Geology) A mass of rock constructed from the remains of marine organisms such as coral or algae. • BIOHERM n. a mound of material laid down by sedentary marine organisms, esp. a coral reef. |
| BIOPHOR | • biophor n. (Obsolete, genetics) A supposed supramolecular unit of heredity. • BIOPHOR n. a hypothetical unit of living matter, also BIOPHORE. |
| BOARISH | • boarish adj. Swinish; brutal; cruel. • BOARISH adj. swinish; brutal. |
| BOHRIUM | • bohrium n. A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bh) with an atomic number of 107. • BOHRIUM n. a radioactive element. |
| BOORISH | • boorish adj. Behaving as a boor; rough in manners. • BOORISH adj. rude. |
| BOTHRIA | • bothria n. Plural of bothrium. • BOTHRIUM n. (Latin) a groove on a tapeworm. |
| BRIOCHE | • brioche n. A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin. • brioche n. A knitted cushion for the feet. • BRIOCHE n. (French) a kind of soft roll, made with eggs, butter, flour and yeast. |
| BRONCHI | • bronchi n. Plural of bronchus. • BRONCHUS n. (Latin) one of the main forks of the windpipe. |
| PIBROCH | • pibroch n. A series of musical variations for the bagpipes, usually martial or funerary in nature. • PIBROCH n. (Gaelic) a dirge or martial theme for bagpipes. |
| RHOMBIC | • rhombic adj. Having the characteristics of a rhombus. • RHOMBIC adj. of or like a rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram, also RHOMBICAL. |
| RHOMBOI | • rhomboi n. Plural of rhombos. • RHOMBOS n. (Greek) a bullroarer, a kind of rattle. |
| THROMBI | • thrombi n. Plural of thrombus. • THROMBUS n. (Greek) a clot occluding a blood vessel. |