3. Pregnant, enceinte, with child, in the family way.
Big-bellied, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied, abdominous.
Bight, n. 1. [Naut.] Bend, coil.
2. Bay, inlet, cove.
Bigot, n. Zealot, fanatic, enthusiast, dogmatist.
Bigoted, a. Prejudiced, crotchety, mulish, intolerant, narrow-minded, wrong-headed, self-opinionated, over-zealous, creed-bound, wedded to an opinion.
Bigotry, n. Prejudice, intolerance, blind zeal.
Big-sounding, a. High-sounding.
Big-wig, n. [Colloquial.] Person of consequence.
Big-wigged, a. Consequential, pompous, self-important.
Bijou, n. [Fr.] Jewel, trinket, elegant ornament.
Bijoutry, n. Jewelry, jewels, trinkets.
Bi-labiate, a. (Bot.) Two-lipped.
Bilbo, n. Rapier, short sword.
Bilboes, n. pl. Shackles, fetters, gyves, chains.
Bile, n. Gall.
Bileduct, n. Biliary duct, hepatic duct.
Biliary calculus, Gall-stone.
Biliary duct, Bileduct, hepatic duct.
Bilk, v. a. Deceive (by not fulfilling an engagement), disappoint, elude.
Bill, n. 1. Beak, mandible, neb.
2. Account, charges, reckoning, score.
3. Statement of particulars.
4. Draft of a law, projected law.
Bill of exchange, Draft.
Billet, n. Note, short letter.
Billet, v. a. Assign (to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.
Billet-doux, n. [Fr.] Love-letter.
Billing and Cooing, Blandishment.
Billingsgate, n. Ribaldry, blackguardism, foul or profane language.
Billow, n. Wave, surge, breaker.
Bin, n. Bunker, crib.
Binary, a. Dual, double, consisting of two.
Bind, v. a. 1. Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon.
2. Enwrap, put a bandage upon.
3. Tie, fasten, secure by a bond.
4. Engage, oblige, obligate, make responsible, lay under obligation.
5. Confirm, ratify, sanction.
6. Put a border round.
Binding, n. 1. Bandage, band, fillet.
2. Cover, covering.
Binding, a. 1. Astringent, contracting, styptic.
2. Obligatory, valid.
Binoxide, n. Deutoxide.
Biography, n. 1. Life, memoir, history of a person's life.
2. Biographical writings.
Bird, n. Fowl, fowl of the air.
Birth, n. 1. Nativity, coming into life.
2. Lineage, extraction, descent, race, family, line, ancestry.
Birthday, n. 1. Natal day.
2. Anniversary of one's birth.
Bisect, v. a. Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve.
Bisection, n. Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts.