| BAUHINIA | • bauhinia n. Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees. • Bauhinia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – tropical flowering plants, including many decorative trees. • BAUHINIA n. a plant of the Bauhinia genus of tropical trees. |
| BIENNIUM | • biennium n. A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations. • BIENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of two years. |
| BIGUINES | • BIGUINE n. (French) a dance of French West Indian origin, also BEGUINE. |
| BIUNIQUE | • biunique adj. (Mathematics, of two sets) that have a one-to-one correspondence in each direction. • BIUNIQUE adj. being a type of correspondence between two sets. |
| BRIGUING | • briguing v. Present participle of brigue. • BRIGUING n. canvassing. |
| BRUISING | • bruising v. Present participle of bruise. • bruising adj. That bruises. • bruising adj. Wearisome, arduous. |
| BRUITING | • bruiting v. Present participle of bruit. • bruiting n. The act of one who bruits something; the promulgation of news or rumours. • BRUIT v. (French) to spread by rumour. |
| BUCATINI | • bucatini n. A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it. • BUCATINI n. pasta in the form of long thin hollow tubes. |
| BUILDING | • building n. (Uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction. • building n. (Countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof. • building v. Present participle of build. |
| BUISTING | • buisting v. Present participle of buist. • BUIST v. to mark a sheep with tar. |
| BURINIST | • burinist n. One who engraves with a burin. • BURINIST n. one who works with the burin, an engraver's tool. |
| BURKINIS | • burkinis n. Plural of burkini. • BURKINI n. a swimming costume which covers the whole body with the exception of the face, hands, and feet, suitable for wear by Muslim women, also BURQUINI. |
| BURQUINI | • BURQUINI n. a swimming costume which covers the whole body with the exception of the face, hands, and feet, suitable for wear by Muslim women, also BURKINI. |
| IMBRUING | • imbruing v. Present participle of imbrue. • IMBRUE v. to drench, also EMBRUE. |
| NIOBIUMS | • niobiums n. Plural of niobium. • NIOBIUM n. a metallic element, formerly called columbium. |
| NUBILITY | • nubility n. The property or state of being nubile. • NUBILITY n. the quality of being nubile. |
| QUIBLINS | • QUIBLIN n. (obsolete) a quibble, also QUILLET. |
| SUBTILIN | • subtilin n. A particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. • SUBTILIN n. an antibiotic. |
| UROBILIN | • urobilin n. (Biochemistry) A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen… • UROBILIN n. a brown pigment in faeces and sometimes urine. |