BC
/ˌbiːˈsiː
/abbreviation
1Before Christ (used to indicate that a date is before the Christian era).
2British Columbia (in official postal use).
Usage
bc is normally written in small capitals and placed after the numerals, as in 72 bc (not bc 72). Compare with AD.
- Byronic
- by-rote
- by rule
- by sea
- byssal
- byssinosis
- byssus
- bystander
- bystreet
- byte
- by the book
- by the bye
- by the by (or bye)
- by the day
- by the dozen
- by the grace of God
- by the gross
- by the head
- by the minute
- by themselves
- by the numbers
- by the same (or that or this) token
- by the same token
- by the skin of one's teeth
- by the sweat of one's brow