1857, of certain muscles that "adjust," or make fit together; agent noun in Latin form from adjust (v.).

"in an asexual manner, agamically," 1857; see asexual + -ly (2).

"travel guide," 1857, from German printer and bookseller Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) whose popular travel guides began the custom of rating places with one to four stars. The Baedeker raids by the Luftwaffe in April and May 1942 targeted British cultural and historical sites.

1857, "anything common or trite;" 1878, "triteness, triviality," from French banalité (17c.), from banal "hackneyed, commonplace" (see banal). Earlier in reference to restrictions on grain-milling, etc., in feudal tenure in France and French Canada.

in baseball, player whose defensive position is at one of the three bases, by 1857, from base (n.) + man (n.).

1857, name of a pool in Jerusalem (John v.2), from Greek Bethesda, from Aramaic (Semitic) beth hesda "house of mercy," or perhaps "place of flowing water." Popular among some Protestant denominations as a name for religious meeting houses.

1857, "having or appearing to have two lips;" see bi- "two" + labial. In linguistics, of consonants pronounced with both lips, 1878. Alternative bilabiate is attested from 1794.

"pertaining to both ears," 1857, from Latin bini "twofold, two apiece" (see binary) + aural. In reference to sound reproduction from electronic recordings, 1933.

also bio-chemistry, "the chemistry of life," 1857, from bio- "life" + chemistry.

also bitheism, "belief in two gods" (typically a good and an evil one), 1857, from bi- "two" + -theism.