Billet, v. a. Assign (to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.

Billet-doux, n. [Fr.] Love-letter.

Billing and Cooing, Blandishment.

Billingsgate, n. Ribaldry, blackguardism, foul or profane language.

Billow, n. Wave, surge, breaker.

Bin, n. Bunker, crib.

Binary, a. Dual, double, consisting of two.

Bind, v. a. 1. Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon.

2. Enwrap, put a bandage upon.

3. Tie, fasten, secure by a bond.

4. Engage, oblige, obligate, make responsible, lay under obligation.

5. Confirm, ratify, sanction.

6. Put a border round.

Binding, n. 1. Bandage, band, fillet.

2. Cover, covering.

Binding, a. 1. Astringent, contracting, styptic.

2. Obligatory, valid.

Binoxide, n. Deutoxide.

Biography, n. 1. Life, memoir, history of a person's life.

2. Biographical writings.

Bird, n. Fowl, fowl of the air.

Birth, n. 1. Nativity, coming into life.

2. Lineage, extraction, descent, race, family, line, ancestry.

Birthday, n. 1. Natal day.

2. Anniversary of one's birth.

Bisect, v. a. Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve.

Bisection, n. Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts.

Bishop, n. 1. Prelate.

2. Bustle, tournure.

Bishopric, n. Diocese, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop.

Bison, n. [U. S.] Buffalo.

Bissextile, n. Leap-year.

Bit, n. 1. Mouth-piece of a bridle.

2. Mouthful, morsel, crumb, fragment, scrap.

3. Whit, tittle, jot, iota, particle, atom, grain, mite, ace, scintilla.

Bitch, n. Slut, female dog.

Bite, v. a. 1. Gnaw, chew, champ.

2. Blast, nip (as frost).

3. Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, diddle, impose upon, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon.

Biting, a. 1. Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

2. Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.

3. Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing.

Bitter, a. 1. That tastes like wormwood.

2. Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless.

3. Severe, harsh, stern.

4. Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous.

Bitter-apple, n. Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter-cucumber.

Bitter-cucumber, n. Bitter-apple.

Bitterness, n. 1. Bitter taste.

2. Spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred, malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will.

3. Asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper, bad blood.

4. Distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret, despondency.

Bitter-sweet, n. Woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

Bivalve, a. Two-valved, bivalvular.

Bivalved, a. Two-valved, bivalvular.

Bivalvular, a. Two-valved, bivalve.

Bivouac, n. and v. n. Halt for the night (without encamping).

Bizarre, a. [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical.

Blab, v. a. Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out.

Blab, v. n. Tattle, prattle, prate, blow, tell tales, tell a secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school.

Blab, n. Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale.

Black, a. 1. Dark, ebon, inky, atramentous, swarthy, murky, dusky, pitchy, dingy, Cimmerian.

2. Wicked, atrocious, villanous, heinous, flagitious, diabolic, infernal, hellish, outrageous, monstrous, horrible.

Black, n. 1. Black color.

2. Mourning, black garment.

3. Negro, blackamoor, black man.

Blackamoor, n. Negro, black.

Black art, Magic, conjuration, sorcery, necromancy, magical art.

Blackball, v. a. Exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote.

Blackcap, n. Blackcap warbler, mock-nightingale (Corucca atricapilla).