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All derived from 9,053 borrowed from 5,710 learned borrowing from 1,127 calque of 209 semantic loan from 2 biliprasin A dark green pigment found in small quantities in human gallstones. biloquium The ability to speak in two different voices, especially as a ventriloquist. bimanous Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb). bimembral Having two members. bimillennial The 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening. binomen A name having two parts. biostrome A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms bipinnaria The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. Bipont Relating to books printed at Zweibrücken in Bavaria. birotate Two-wheeled. bisexous Bisexual, hermaphroditic (having both male and female parts or functions). bissextile Being or having an intercalary day, particularly the quadrennial leap day of the Julian and Gregorian calendars traditionally placed as a "second sixth" day before March 1st. bisulcous bisulcate biune Both two and one at the same time (for example, Jesus Christ as God the Son and the Son of Man). bivious Having, or leading, two ways. blandation flattery blandiloquence Flattering or cajoling speech; (sometimes more loosely) grandiloquence. blandiloquent Speaking, or spoken, in a mild, flattering manner. blatteration blather; foolish talk blatteroon A senseless babbler or boaster. blite The plant Amaranthus blitum, purple amaranth. boation Bellowing. Bognor Regis A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ9399). bojite A type of hornblendic gabbro. bombic acid An acid obtained from the silkworm, now found to be acetic acid. bombilate To hum or buzz. bombycinous silken; made of silk bombylious Buzzing like a bumblebee. bona fides Sincerity, good faith. boniform Naturally good-moraled. bordage The low-level tenure by which a bordar held his cottage. bordar A person ranking below villeins and above serfs in the social hierarchy of a manor, holding just enough land to feed a family (about five acres) and required to provide labour on the demesne on specified days of the week. botuliform Having the shape of a sausage botulotoxin botulinum toxin bovial Of or pertaining to cattle. boviculture The rearing and care of cattle. boviform Shaped like an ox. brachio- Arm. brachiolaria The second stage of larval development in many sea stars, following the bipinnaria bracteate Having bracts. branchiform Gill-shaped. brassinazole The triazole β-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-α-methyl-α-phenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol that inhibits brassinosteroid biosynthesis brassinin The indole phytoalexin methyl (1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)carbamodithioate present in Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris) brassinolide A brassinosteroid that promotes cell elongation and division. brassinosteroid Any of a family of steroidal plant hormones produced by members of the genus Brassica; the brassins brevi- Short. breviloquence A pertinent and terse style of speech; a style of speech exhibiting brevity. brevipen A brevipennate (short-winged) bird, in a former proposed classification, Brevipennes brevipennate short-winged; having short wings. brevirostral Having a short beak or bill brevium 23491Pa, a short-lived isotope of protactinium. Briarean Relating to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; many-handed. bronch- bronchus, relating to the trachea, or airways to the lungs. broomrape Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants. brumal Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry. brumation A lethargic state that some ectothermic animals, such as many reptiles, assume during cold conditions. Partly analogous to hibernation, but physiological differences include that brumation does not depend on stored fat, but rather on reduced metabolic activity. Brunonian Of or relating to John Brown (physician, born 1735), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation. brutum fulmen A judgement without effect. buccinal Shaped or sounding like a trumpet. bucco- buccal; related to the cheek. bucculent Possessing a wide mouth. Buckland Monachorum A village and civil parish in West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4968). bucranium The depiction of the head of an ox, as ornamental flourishes in architectural works. bufogenin A particular enzyme inhibitor derived from a toad toxin. bufoniform Resembling a toad. bufonite A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations. bulbiform Shaped like a bulb. bulbule A small bulb; a bulblet. bulliform Having a blistered appearance; bullate. bullition The action of boiling. buprestidan Any of a number of jewel beetles of the family Buprestidae, usually with shiny metallic colours. butyro- butyric substance. by Jove Invocation of the Roman god Jupiter. by Jupiter Invocation of the Roman god Jupiter. byssate Relating to, or possessing a byssus byssine Made of, or resembling, silk; silken. c. Century. c̄ With. cachinnate To laugh immoderately, loudly, or too often. cacuminal Pertaining to a point, top, or crown. cacuminate To make sharp or pointed. cacuminous Having a pyramidal top. cadency Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family. caducibranchiate With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians (most amphibians do this) in which the gills do not remain in adult life, but generally turn into legs. caducicorn Having deciduous horns or antlers. caducous Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development. caecilian Any of a group of burrowing amphibians of the order Gymnophiona that resemble earthworms or snakes. caesious Having a blue color very low in chroma. calamiferous Having or producing reeds. calamitic Rod-shaped; long and thin. calathiform Basket-shaped. calcarate Having a spur; spurred. calcation Synonym of trampling, the act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling. calcatory Synonym of winepress, particularly a location where grapes are crushed underfoot to produce juice or wine. calceate Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders. calceated Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as distinguished from the barefoot mendicant orders. calced Synonym of shod, wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) religious orders that do not eschew normal footwear. calceiform Shoe-shaped, shaped like a shoe. calcigerous Containing lime. calcimine A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.