Vocabulary : Byssiferous to By-stroke

Byssiferous : Bearing a byssus or tuft.
Byssin : See Byssus, n., 1.
Byssine : Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.
Byssoid : Byssaceous.
Byssolite : An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Byssus : A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. ;; A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc. ;; An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads. ;; Asbestus.
Byssuses : of Byssus
Bystander : One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
By-street : A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
By-stroke : An accidental or a slyly given stroke.

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