Bib"u*lous*ly, adv. In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. De Quincey.
Bi*cal"ca*rate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + calcarate.] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.
{ Bi*cal"lose (&?;), Bi*cal"lous (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or hard spots. Gray.
Bi*cam"er*al (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + camera.] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.
Bi*cap"su*lar (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp.
Bi*car"bon*ate (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.
{Bi*car"bu*ret`ed or -ret`ted } (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + carbureted.] (Chem.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]
Bi*car"i*nate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + carinate.] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.
Bi*cau"dal (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + caudal.] Having, or terminating in, two tails.
Bi*cau"date (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + caudate.] Two-tailed; bicaudal.
Bic"ched (&?;), a. [Of unknown origin.] Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bicched bones, pecked, or notched, bones; dice.
{ Bice, Bise } (&?;), n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.
Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.
Bi*cen"te*na*ry (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + centenary.] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.
Bi`cen*ten"ni*al, a. [Pref. bi- + centennial.] 1. Consisting of two hundred years.