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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bilharziose: bilharzia
biliaire: biliary
bilicyanine: bilicyanin
bilieux: bilious (suffering from real or supposed liver disorder)
bilig: A wide, flat stone used especially for cooking crêpes.
biligenèse: biligenesis
biline: bilin
bilingue: bilingual (speaking two languages)
bilinguisme: bilingualism, the condition of being bilingual
bilinéaire: bilinear
bilinéariser: to bilinearize
bilirubine: bilirubin
bilitère: biliteral
biliverdine: biliverdin
bilié: bile; bilious
bill: bill (draft UK law); bill (invoice in a restaurant etc)
billard: billiards; pool table; operating table
billard électrique: synonym of flipper (“pinball”)
bille: tree trunk (chopped down, ready for sawing); railway sleeper; rolling pin
bille: marble (spherical ball); ball; ball bearing; dimwit
bille en tête: unhesitatingly, audaciously, boldly; rashly, recklessly, without thinking, on a whim
biller: to turn a piece of wood placed on a support; to flatten dough with a rolling pin; to place balls of solder on a component in preparation for welding to a printed circuit board
billet: note, a brief message; ticket; ellipsis of billet de banque (“banknote”)
billet d'humeur: short opinion piece; op-ed
billet d'écrou: (written order to turn oneself in to prison)
billet de banque: a banknote, physical unit of paper currency
billet de logement: billet (written order to quarter soldiers)
billet de rentrée: A ticket enabling a pupil to join a class after an absence.
billet doux: billet-doux
billet à gratter: a scratch-off, scratch card (lottery ticket containing sections covered with an opaque waxy film which may be removed by scratching to reveal symbols that show whether or not a prize has been won)
billet à ordre: promissory note
billeter: to label, tag
billette: billet (firewood); billet
billetterie: ticket office
billeté: billeté; tagged, labelled
billevesée: nonsense, frivolity
billiard: quadrillion (10¹⁵)
billion: trillion (10¹²); billion (10⁹)
billionaire: billionaire
billionième: billionth
billon: A log or hunk of wood; billon; ridge (in a ploughed field)
billonnage: ridging (in fields, etc.); counterfeiting coinage
billonner: to make or circulate counterfeit coinage; to ridge (in fields)
billot: block
bilobé: bilobed, bilobate (having two lobes)
biloculaire: bilocular
biloquer: to plough deeply
biloute: cock, penis; male friend
bimane: two-handed
bimbelot: Traditional children's toy (dolls, wooden animals etc); knickknack, tat
bimbeloterie: knickknacks (or their manufacture and selling)
bimensuel: bimonthly (a publication issued twice a month)
bimensuel: fortnightly, semimonthly, bimonthly, biweekly (occurring twice a month)
bimensuellement: fortnightly, bimonthly
bimestre: bimester (term of two months)
bimestriel: bimonthly (once every two months); bimestrial
bimestriellement: bimonthly, two-monthly
bimillénaire: bimillenary
bimillénaire: bimillenary
bimodal: bimodal