bi-

alternative bin- · alternative bis- · alternative bir-

1. Two in number.

   biaxial

   2 more examples

   biarticular

   bicoloured

2. Having or possessing two of the root word's quality.

   bikont

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   biangular

   biantheriferous

   bicardial

3. Both: referring to two as a set.

   bicaval

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   biacetabular

   biallelic

4. Being different in two ways with respect to the root.

   biaffine

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   biadjoint

   biclonal

5. Forked, divided by two, halved; (chemistry, proscribed) half

   bifurcate

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   bicapitate

   bicarinate

6. Double, twofold.

   bifarious

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   bialgebroid

   biarticulated

7. Bisexual, relating to bisexuality.

   biphobia

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   bicentric

   biromantic

8. anatomyBilateral, on both sides of the body.

   biconcave

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   biballism

9. Twice.

   biannual

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   biannual

   biconjugate

10. Every two; a rate of once every two.

    biannual

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    bicentennial

11. A pair of; composed of two.

    bibrow

    1 more example

    bicomplex

12. chemistryUsed for the digit two to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.

    un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + un- (“1”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbiunium (“element 121”)

    Synonyms: di-, duo-

1. alternativebefore vowelAlternative form of bio-.

   biont