Occurring twice a year and also called semiannual.
Biax
A ge trademark for the biaxial family of high-efficiency and long-life compact fluorescent lamps.
Bib or bibb
Faucet with a nozzle that is bent downward and used for outdoor hose connections. Also called a bibcock.
Bib or bibcock
A water faucet to which a hose may be attached, also called a hose bib or sill cock.
Bicolour
A flower with petals which bear two distinctly different colors.
Biconvex
Convex on both sides.
Bicottura
Method for producing tile by firing it twice (first fire is for body, second is to fuse glazes or patterns in glaze onto the body). Usually, there are two glazes on the tile, first a non-transparent glaze on the body, then a transparent glaze on the surface.
Bid
Stated price given to perform a job.
Bid abstract
Listing of jobs that government agencies have been awarded, showing the unit prices.
Bid and asked
Real estate term describing the price wanted by the seller as opposed to the price a purchaser is willing to pay.
