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Some as Burnoose.

Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Having two hands; two-handed.

Binominal. [Obs.]

Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.

Same as Binate.

ng the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. Milton. Bituminous coal, a kind of coal which yields, when heated, a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It burns with a yellow smoky flame. -- Bituminous limestone, a mineral of a bro…

Generating mucus.

Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles.

See Burnoose.

Burdensome. [Obs.] "Burdenous taxations." Shak.

A combination cloak and hood worn by women. [Variously written bournous, bernouse, bornous, etc.]

Harsh-sounding.

Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.

Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.

Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.] Blount. The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n.

Of the goat kind.

Of a pertaining to flesh; fleshy. A distinct carnose muscle. Ray.

Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

Having a sound caused by a cavity. Cavernous body, a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. -- Cavernous respiration, a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.…