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Definitions: BI-

BI-

1. In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.

2. In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domain	Definitions
Computing	BI // Common written abbreviation for Breidbart Index. Source: Jargon File.
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Crosswords: BI-

English words defined with "BI-": Bin-, Bis- ♦ Di-, Dis- ♦ Super-. (references)

Etymologies containing "BI-": Biacid, Biacuminate, Biangular, Biangulous, Biannual, Biantheriferous, Biarticulate, Biauriculate, Bibasic, Bibracteate, Bicalcarate, Bicameral, Bicapsular, Bicarbonate, Bicarinate, Bicaudal, Bicaudate, Bicentenary, Bichloride, Biconcave, Biconjugate, Biconvex, Bicorporal, Bicorporate, Bicostate, Bicrenate, Bicrescentic, Bicrural, bicycle, Bidigitate, Bifacial, Bifilar, Biflabellate, Biflagellate, Bifold, Bifoliate, Bifoliolate, Biformed, Bifronted, bigeminate, bigential, Biglandular, Bihydroguret, Bilabiate, Bilaciniate, Bilocation, Bilocular, Bimaculate, Bimarginate, Bimastism, Bimedial, Bimensal, bimolecular, Bimuscular, Binucleolate, Bipalmate, Biparietal, Bipeltate, Bipetalous, Bipinnatifid, Biplicate, bipolar, Biprism, Bipunctate, Bipupillate, Bipyramidal, Biquadrate, Biquintile, Biramous, Birectangular, Bisaccate, Biscutate, Bisegment, Biseptate, Biserrate, Bisexual, Bistipuled, Bisulcate, Bisulphate, Bisulphide, Bisulphuret, Bitangent, Biternate, Bitheism, Biuret, Bivaulted, Bivector, Biventral. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BI-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (bi-), Czech (bi-), French (bi-), German (bi-), Italian (bi-), Portuguese (bi-), Spanish (bi-), Swedish (ancillary, bi-, dubbel-, incidental, secondary, subsidiary).

Domain	Title
Books	Hetero-olettamuksesta moninaisuuteen : lesbot, homot, bi- ja transihmiset sosiaali- ja terveyspalveluiden asiakkaina (reference) (more book examples)
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"BI-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BI-" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	4	175,879

Language		Translations for "BI-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		bi-, dy- (di-). (various references)

Arabic		‏ثنائي (bilateral, binary, dual, duet, duo, duple, pair, twofold, twosome). (various references)

Bulgarian		изискващ две, идващ на всеки две, дву-. (various references)

Chinese		双 (Double, doubles). (various references)

Czech		bi-. (various references)

French		bi-. (various references)

German		bi-. (various references)

Hungarian		kettõs (binary, double, dual, duplex, geminate, twin, twofold, twosome). (various references)

Italian		bi-. (various references)

Manx		daa- (prefix bi-). (various references)

Pig Latin		i-bay

Portuguese		bi-. (various references)

Russian		в двух направлениях, происходящий дважды в. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dvo-. (various references)

Spanish		bi-. (various references)

Swedish		bi- (ancillary, dubbel-, incidental, secondary, subsidiary). (various references)

Turkish		iki kere (twice), iki (ambi-, amphi-, brace, couple, dual, duo-, dyad, twain, two, two-), çift (ambi-, amphi-, binary, brace, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, double, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, dyad, even, geminate, pair, twin, yoke). (various references)

Ukranian		дво-. (various references)

Welsh		dau- (two). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cuspidem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Words ending with "i-": Tri-. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bi.
	Words containing the letters "b-i"
	+1 letter: bib, bid, big, bin, bio, bis, bit, biz, dib, fib, gib, jib, lib, mib, nib, obi, rib, sib.
	+2 letters: abri, bail, bait, bani, bias, bibb, bibs, bice, bide, bids, bier, biff, bigs, bike, bile, bilk, bill, bima, bind, bine, bins, bint, bios, bird, birk, birl, birr, bise, bisk, bite, bits, bitt, bize, blin, blip, boil, brie, brig, brim, brin, brio, bris, brit, crib, dibs, drib, fibs, gibe, gibs, glib, iamb, ibex, ibis, inby, isba, jibb, jibe, jibs, kibe, libs, limb, mibs, nibs, obia, obis, obit, ribs, sibb, sibs, snib, vibe.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 49 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001001 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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