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565 words match “BIS”

BISEXUOUS a.
Bisexual.
BISEYE p.
of Besee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Evil biseye, ill looking. [Obs.]
BISH n.
Same as Bikh.
BISHOP n. 8 definitions
t, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( J. B.…
BISHOP SLEEVE n.
A wide sleeve, once worn by women.
BISHOP'S CAP n.
A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow.
BISHOP'S LENGTH n.
A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.
BISHOP'S-WEED n. 2 definitions
An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
BISHOP'S-WORT n.
Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.
BISHOP-STOOL n.
A bishop's seat or see.
BISHOPDOM n.
Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. "Divine right of bishopdom." Milton.
BISHOPLIKE a.
Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke.
BISHOPLY a. 2 definitions
Bishoplike; episcopal. [Obs.]
BISHOPRIC n. 2 definitions
A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
BISIE v.
To busy; to employ. [Obs.]
BISILICATE n.
use the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.
BISK n. 2 definitions
See Bisque.
BISKARA BOIL; BISKARA BUTTON n.
Same as Aleppo boil.
BISMARE; BISMER n.
Shame; abuse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BISMER n. 2 definitions
A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
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