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Bete Noire
- noun -
- a detested person;
- A person or thing that one particularly dislikes
Bethlemite
- - An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.
Bichloride
- noun - a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule
Biquintile
- - An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees.
Bishoplike
- - Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.
Bissextile
- - Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
Bisulphide
- - A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.
Bisulphite
- - A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
Bituminise
- verb - treat with bitumen
Bituminize
- verb - treat with bitumen