Barnacle :: Barnacle (sing.) Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.

Bernacle :: Bernacle (n.) See Barnacle.

Bernicle :: Bernicle (n.) A bernicle goose.

Bicycle :: Bicycle (n.) A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

Bicycler :: Bicycler (n.) One who rides a bicycle.

Binnacle :: Binnacle (n.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night..

Binocle :: Binocle (n.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass..

Binuclear :: Binuclear (a.) Alt. of Binucleat.

Binucleate :: Binucleate (a.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells..

Binucleolate :: Binucleolate (a.) Having two nucleoli.

Bittacle :: Bittacle (n.) A binnacle.

Booking Clerk :: Booking clerk () A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office..

Calicle :: Calicle (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian..

Calycle :: Calycle (n.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside..

Calycled :: Calycled (a.) Calyculate.

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A song; esp. a little song or hymn.

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament..

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poe.

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..

Canticles :: Canticles (pl. ) of Canticl.

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

Carbuncled :: Carbuncled (a.) Set with carbuncles.

Carbuncled :: Carbuncled (a.) Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.

Cardiacle :: Cardiacle (n.) A pain about the heart.

Caruncle :: Caruncle (n.) Alt. of Caruncul.

Caudicle :: Caudicle (n.) Alt. of Caudicul.

Caulicle :: Caulicle (n.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle..

Chanticleer :: Chanticleer (n.) A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing..

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