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Pertaining to basalt; formed of, or containing, basalt; as basaltic lava.

Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n.

Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.

Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro- positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous. Graham.

Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) as, a Batavian legion. Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.

Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.

Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n.

Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n.

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast. Beastly divinities and droves of gods. Prior.

Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. Thomas. -- n.

Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Of or pertaining to Belgium. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Belgæ, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean. How unlike their Belgic sires of old. Goldsmith.

Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.

Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial. [Obs.] "Bellic Cæsar." Feltham.