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Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.
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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.
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Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.
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The aurochs or European bison.
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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.
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See Bisque.
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Alt. of Bistre
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Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.
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Alt. of Bismuthinite
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Bisulcate.
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A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.
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of Bistoury
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See Bister.
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Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.
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Containing bismuth.
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Containing bismuth.
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See Bisulphide.
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Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.
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An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
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Alt. of Bismer
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