Word origins

• biblio-book
• bibliochresisThe use of books.
• bibliokleptA person who steals books.
• bibliologyThe study of the history of books and the art of printing.
• bibliopegyThe art of bookbinding.
• bibliophageA person who loves to read books; a bookworm.
• bibliopoesyThe making of books.
• bikontA eukaryotic cell with two flagella; thought to be the ancestor of all plants.
• biochoreA group of similar biotopes.
• -biontForms nouns for a discrete living organism that has a specified mode of living.
• biopedturbationThe mixing or disturbance of soil by living organisms, as opposed to disturbance of other media such as sediment or leaf litter.
• biotaxyThe classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
• blast cellA cell that produces something, such as a fibroblast or osteoblast.
• blastemaA clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from which an organ or body part will develop, either during the normal growth of an embryo or in the regeneration of a lost body part.
• blastesisBudding or growth of new mineral crystals in solid rock.
• blasto-bud; budding; germination
• blastophthoriaDegeneration of the germ cells as a result of poisoning by syphilis, lead, alcohol, opium, etc.
• blenno-Mucus.
• blennophobeA person who has blennophobia.
• blennophobiaThe irrational fear of slime.
• blennorrhoeaA flow of mucus.
• blepharalRelating to the eyelids
• blepharo-Eyelid.
• blepharoneyelid.
• bloodflowerAny plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
• bomphiologiaExaggeration done in a self-aggrandizing manner, as a braggart; pompous, bombastic speech wherein small or trivial things are described with great, gasping words.
• boneseedAn upright shrub in the sunflower family (Osteospermum moniliferum, syn. Chrysanthemoides monilifera), native to South Africa but is an invasive pest in Australia and New Zealand.
• BorborianA Borborite.
• borborigmusA rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
• BorboriteA member of an ancient libertine Gnostic sect, said to be descended from the Nicolaitans.
• boreo-northern
• bothriumA protruding cup or small groove used for adhesion, especially in cestodes.
• botry-Cluster of grapes.
• botryogenA hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral.
• botryoidA determinate inflorescence, similar to a raceme, taking the form of flowers arranged alongside an axis.
• botryoliteA variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
• bouleutescounsellor
• boustrophedicSynonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
• boustrophedicallySynonym of boustrophedonically (“as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”).
• boustrophedonallySynonym of boustrophedonically (“as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”).
• boustrophedonicWritten as a boustrophedon (such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines).
• boustrophedonicallyAs a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner (such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines).
• boustrophicSynonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
• brachelytrousThat has short elytrons
• brachiologiabrevity in speech.
• brachistochroneA cycloid; the curve of fastest descent between two points.
• brachysmUnusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
• brachytypousOf a short form.
• bradyonA tardyon.
• branchio-Relating to the gills of a fish
• branchiostegalOf or pertaining to the operculum that covers the gill slits of fish
• brepho-baby
• British IslesAn archipelago of Northern Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and many smaller islands.
• brizomancyA form of Ancient Greek divination by the interpretation of dreams with the aid of the goddess Brizo; hence, divination by dreams.
• bromatologyThe study of food.
• bromopneaThe condition of having bad breath.
• broncho-relating to bronchi and the airways
• bronchorrhoncusA bronchial tumor that may obstruct the flow of air.
• bronchotomeAn instrument for cutting into the bronchi.
• brontideA sound like that of distant thunder, some of which may have seismic origins.
• bronto-thunder
• brontographA tracing or chart showing the phenomena accompanying a thunderstorm.
• brontomancyDivination by thunder.
• brontometerAn instrument for noting or recording the phenomena that accompany a thunderstorm.
• bruxomaniaCompulsive grinding of the teeth.
• bryo-moss
• bryotoxinAny of a group of toxins found in organisms of genus Bryophyllum.
• bugoniaAn ancient Mediterranean ritual based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.
• bunodontWhose cusps are rounded, not sharp peaks.
• bunolophodontHaving molars with transverse ridges and rounded cusps on the occlusal surface
• bunoselenodontHaving teeth whose inner cusps have the form of blunt cones and the outer ones of longitudinal crescents
• buphthalmosAbnormal enlargement of the eyeball.
• but-Denotes the presence of four carbon atoms in the parent chain when forming names of organic compounds.
• butyric acidEither of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₇COOH, occurring in animal milk fat.
• bynedestinA globulin found in malt.
• CabeiriA group of enigmatic chthonic deities worshipped by a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus.
• cachaemiaA degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
• caco-bad, defective
• cacochymiaA vitiated state of the humours, or bodily fluids.
• cacodaemonA wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
• cacodaemonicdaemonic
• cacodemonAn evil or malevolent spirit.
• cacodemonicDemonic.
• cacodylThe dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As-
• cacoepyThe mispronunciation of words.
• cacoethicIll-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical.
• caconymAn incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
• cacophobiaThe fear of ugliness or ugly people.
• cacosynthetonThe poor placement of words.
• cacothymiaAn unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.
• cacotopiaA dystopia; the worst possible world.
• cacoxeniteA soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)₂₅(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17H₂O.
• calasirislong Egyptian garment, with tassels or fringe at the bottom
• caldesmonA particular calmodulin-binding protein.
• caligynephobiaThe fear of beautiful women.
• calli-beautiful
• CallinusAn Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th-century Ancient Greek poet from Ephesus,
• callipygousSynonym of callipygian.
• calyceraceousOf or relating to the Calyceraceae.
• CalydonAn Ancient Greek city in the country of Aetolia, north of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece, on the west bank of the river Evenus.