Index of English words, starting with "bi"

(1) - Bishop (v. t.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
(2) - Bishop (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
(3) - Bishop (n.) An old name for a woman's bustle.
(4) - Bishop (n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar.
(5) - Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
(6) - Bishop (n.) In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
(7) - Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.
(8) - Bishop (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.

(1) - Bishopric (n.) The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.
(2) - Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.

(1) - Bismuth (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.

(1) - Bison (n.) The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.
(2) - Bison (n.) The aurochs or European bison.

(1) - Bisque (n.) A white soup made of crayfish.
(2) - Bisque (n.) A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
(3) - Bisque (n.) Unglazed white porcelain.