Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z bygoing The action of passing by or happening incidentally in passing. bygone Having been or happened in the distant past. bygones Things that happened in the past. Bygott A surname. Bygrave A village and civil parish of North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL258873). byground Ground or a piece of ground lying out of the way. byheart To recite from memory. byhearting Memorisation; recitation. byhove To suit; to befit. Byington A surname. byion nebenion byke A bisexual woman. Bykhaw A city in Mahilyow Oblast, Belarus. byknife A secondary knife carried beside a dagger or short sword. Bykowski A surname from Polish. byland A peninsula. bylands A locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges and the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia bylane A secondary lane. bylaw A local custom or law of a settlement or district. bylee A small two-wheeled vehicle drawn by two oxen. Byler A surname. Byles A surname. bylina A traditional East Slavic oral epic narrative poem. byline A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name. bylined Having a byline. byliner A journalist who writes bylines. Bylong A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. Bylsma A surname from West Frisian. bymatter Something beside the main business; a side incident; a trivial, unimportant matter. bymoviral Of or relating to the bymoviruses. bymovirus Any virus of the genus Bymovirus byname Synonym of epithet, a descriptive and distinguishing additional name. Bynarowicz A surname. Bynea A village east of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SS5499). bynedestin A globulin found in malt. Bynes A surname, notably borne by Amanda Bynes. Byng A surname. bynin A protein that replaces hordein when barley is malted. Bynoe A surname. Bynum A surname. byobu A type of folding screen byock A male ostrich's black and white wing feather. byoyomi A system of time control in some board games, especially go and shogi, in which the player is assigned a number of additional periods (of a fixed time per move) when their initial allotted time runs out. bypass A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district. bypassability The quality of being bypassable. bypassable Capable of being bypassed. bypasser One who or that which bypasses. bypast past bypath An unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway. byplay Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action. bypoll Synonym of by-election. Byram A surname. byrampaut A woven material of cotton and linen, from India. Byrd A surname. Byrdstown A town, the county seat of Pickett County, Tennessee, United States. byre A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in. byreman A man employed to look after cows in a byre. byrewoman A woman employed to look after cows in a byre. Byrge A surname. byrlady Used as an exclamation of surprise or anger. byrlakin An exclamation of surprise or vehemence. Byrn A surname. Byrne A surname from Irish. Byrnes A surname. Byrneside A locality in the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia. Byrness A small village in Rochester parish, northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NT7602). byrnie A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs. byroad A road less frequented than a highway; a byway. Byrock A locality in the Bogan council area, Bourke council area, Brewarrina council area and the Cobar council area, northern New South Wales, Australia. Byrom A surname. Byron A surname from Old English. Byronesque Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes. Byronian Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings. Byroniana Objects, materials, or documents relating to the poet and politician Lord Byron. Byronic Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) or his writings. Byronically In a Byronic fashion. Byronics The style of the poet Lord Byron. Byronish Resembling or characteristic of British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) or his writings. Byronism Admiration or emulation of the poet Lord Byron. Byronist A proponent of Byronism. Byronize To make something, or someone, more Byronic byrrhid Any member of the family Byrrhidae. byrrhoid Any member of the Byrrhoidea superfamily of beetles. Byrum A surname. byrunning Going by; passing; current. bysack A wallet. Bysaki An Indian variety of seedlac. bysitter One sitting near or nearby. bysmalith A volcanic plug. Bysouth A surname from Old English. byspeech An incidental or casual speech not directly relating to the point. byspel An example. byssaceous Like byssus; consisting of fine interwoven fibres or threads. byssal Of or pertaining to the byssi, filaments secreted by certain bivalves. byssally By means of byssi byssate Relating to, or possessing a byssus byssiferous Bearing a byssus or tuft. byssine Made of, or resembling, silk; silken. byssinosis A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments. byssinotic Afflicted with, or pertaining to, byssinosis. byssogenous Secreting or producing byssus. byssoid Synonym of byssaceous. byssolite An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende. byssolitic Of or relating to the mineral byssolite. byssus The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured. bystander A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator. bystanderish Of, or characteristic of a bystander. bystanderism The tendency to observe a situation without getting involved. bystandership The role of being a bystander, not taking any active part. bystanding Standing nearby; having the role of bystander. bystreet An obscure, private, or secondary street; a byroad or byway. bystrite A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellow mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur. Bystrom A surname from Swedish. bystrowianid Any extinct chroniosuchian of the family Bystrowianidae bytalk incidental conversation, chit-chat; small talk byte A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word. bytecode P-code (various forms of instruction sets designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter as well as being suitable for further compilation into machine code). bytecoded encoded using bytecode byter A chunk of data having a size of so many bytes. bytesexual Capable of operating in either big-endian or little-endian mode. bytestring A text string treated as a series of single bytes rather than a series of characters of possibly varying storage size. bytewise In terms of bytes, or one byte at a time. bythitid Any fish in the family Bythitidae, the brotulas. bythograeid Any member of the family Bythograeidae. bytime A period of leisure; spare time bytown A subsidiary or subordinate town bytownite A plagioclase feldspar, the fifth member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. Bytownite is rare, and normally occurs in small grains in lime-rich igneous rocks. Clear pale yellow crystals have come from Mexico and Oregon. byturid Any beetle in the family Byturidae. Byun A surname from Korean. bywalk a secluded or private walk Bywater A surname. byway A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path. Bywell A small village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0461). bywoner A poor tenant farmer who labours for the owner and does some farming of his own. Bywong A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area and the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. byword A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase. bywork Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side. byzaanchy A four-stringed vertical spike fiddle used in the traditional music of Tuva. Byzantiac Synonym of Byzantine. byzantievite A brown trigonal mineral containing boron, barium, calcium, flourine, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, titanium, and yttrium. byzantine Of or pertaining to Byzantium. Byzantineness The quality of being Byzantine. Byzantinesque Characteristic of Byzantine art or culture. Byzantinism Byzantine characteristics generally. Byzantinist A student of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantinization The process of making something Byzantine. Byzantinize To make Byzantine. Byzantinological Of or relating to Byzantinology. Byzantinologist One who studies Byzantinology. Byzantinology Byzantine studies.