Index of English words, starting with "by"

(1) - Byroad (n.) A private or obscure road.

(1) - Byronic (a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.

(1) - Byssus (n.) Asbestus.
(2) - Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
(3) - Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.
(4) - Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.