Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume ABBi`a·cu"mi·nate (?), a. [Pref. bi- + acuminate.] (Bot.) Having points in two directions. Bi·an"gu·lar (?), a. [Pref. bi- + angular.] Having two angles or corners. Bi·an"gu·late (?), Bi·an"gu·la`ted (?), a. [Pref. bi- + angulate, angulated.] Biangular. Bi·an"gu·lous (?), a. [Pref. bi- + angulous.] Biangular. [R.] Bi·an"nu·al (?), a. [Pref. bi- + annual.] Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual. Bi·an`ther·if"er·ous (?), a. [Pref. bi- + antherigerous.] (Bot.) Having two anthers. Bi`ar·tic"u·late (?), a. [Pref. bi- + articulate.] (Zoöl.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints. Bi"as (bī"as), n.; pl. Biases (-ĕz). [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See Bi-, and cf. Face.] 1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. 2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. |