| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| beaconless | adjective | Having no beacon. |
| beadleship | noun | The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. |
| bead proof | Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters., A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. | |
| beadswoman | noun | Alt. of Bedeswoman |
| bedeswoman | noun | Fem. of Beadsman. |
| bean caper | A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. | |
| bear’s-ear | noun | A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf. |
| bear’s-paw | noun | A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament. |
| beatifical | adjective | Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. |
| beatifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Beatify |
| beau ideal | A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model. | |
| beau monde | The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. | |
| beautifier | noun | One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful. |
| beautified | imp. & past participle | of Beautify |
| beautiless | adjective | Destitute of beauty. |
| beaverteen | noun | A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. |
| beccabunga | noun | See Brooklime. |
| beccaficos | plural | of Beccafico |
| beclouding | present participle & vb. noun | of Becloud |
| becomingly | adverb | In a becoming manner. |
| bedabbling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedabble |
| bedazzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedazzle |
| bedchamber | noun | A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. |
| bedclothes | noun pl. | Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. |
| bedevilled | imp. & past participle | of Bedevil |
| bedeviling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedevil |
| bedraggled | imp. & past participle | of Bedraggle |
| bedrenched | imp. & past participle | of Bedrench |
| bedswerver | noun | One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow. |
| beech tree | The beech. | |
| beetlehead | noun | A stupid fellow; a blockhead., The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover. |
| beforehand | adverb | In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; — often followed by with., By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime., In comfortable circumstances as regards property; forehanded. |
| beforetime | adverb | Formerly; aforetime. |
| befriended | imp. & past participle | of Befriend |
| beggarhood | noun | The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars. |
| beggestere | noun | A beggar. |
| begrudging | present participle & vb. noun | of Begrudge |
| behindhand | adverb & adjective | In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds., In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. |
| behoovable | adjective | Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. |
| behooveful | adjective | Advantageous; useful; profitable. |
| bejaundice | verb t. | To infect with jaundice. |
| bejewelled | of Bejewel | |
| bejeweling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bejewel |
| belaboring | present participle & vb. noun | of Belabor |
| belectured | imp. & past participle | of Belecture |
| bel-esprit | noun | A fine genius, or man of wit. |
| belgravian | adjective | Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic. |
| believable | adjective | Capable of being believed; credible. |
| belittling | present participle & vb. noun | of Belittle |
| belladonna | noun | An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade., A species of Amaryllis (A. belladonna); the belladonna lily. |
| bell crank | A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. | |
| bell-faced | adjective | Having the striking surface convex; — said of hammers. |
| bellflower | noun | A plant of the genus Campanula; — so named from its bell-shaped flowers., A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. |
| bell metal | A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; — used for making bells. | |
| bellwether | noun | A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck., Hence: A leader. |
| bellybound | adjective | Costive; constipated. |
| bellycheat | noun | An apron or covering for the front of the person. |
| bellycheer | noun | Good cheer; viands., To revel; to feast. |
| belswagger | noun | A lewd man; also, a bully. |
| benedicite | noun | A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel., An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !. |
| benedictus | adjective | The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); — so named from the first word of the Latin version. |
| benefactor | noun | One who confers a benefit or benefits. |
| beneficent | adjective | Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. |
| beneficial | adjective | Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; — followed by to., Receiving, or entitled to have or receive, advantage, use, or benefit; as, the beneficial owner of an estate., King. |
| benevolent | adjective | Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give to good objects; kind; charitable. |
| benevolous | adjective | Kind; benevolent. |
| benighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Benight |
| benignancy | noun | Benignant quality; kindliness. |
| bent grass | Same as Bent, a kind of grass. | |
| benthamism | noun | That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions. |
| benthamite | noun | One who believes in Benthamism. |
| benumbment | noun | Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. |
| bepommeled | imp. & past participle | of Bepommel |
| bequeathed | imp. & past participle | of Bequeath |
| bequeathal | noun | The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. |
| bereaving. | present participle & vb. noun | of Bereave |
| bergmaster | noun | See Barmaster. |
| berkeleian | adjective | Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy. |
| bernardine | adjective | Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks., A Cistercian monk. |
| bes-antler | noun | Same as Bez-antler. |
| bescribble | verb t. | To scribble over. |
| beseeching | present participle & vb. noun | of Beseech, Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. |
| beslavered | imp. & past participle | of Beslaver |
| besmearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Besmear |
| besmirched | imp. & past participle | of Besmirch |
| besmutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Besmut |
| bespangled | imp. & past participle | of Bespangle |
| bespeaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Bespeak |
| bespeckled | imp. & past participle | of Bespeckle |
| bespitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bespit |
| bespotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bespot |
| besprinkle | verb t. | To sprinkle over; to scatter over. |
| bestiality | noun | The state or quality of being bestial., Unnatural connection with a beast. |
| bestialize | verb t. | To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize. |
| besticking | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestick |
| bestirring | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestir |
| bestowment | noun | The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal., That which is given or bestowed. |
| bestraddle | verb t. | To bestride. |
| bestraught | adjective | Out of one’s senses; distracted; mad. |
| bestrewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestrew |
| bestridden | past participle | of Bestride |
| bestriding | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestride |
| bestudding | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestud |
| betelguese | noun | A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion. |
| bete noire | Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear. | |
| bethinking | present participle & vb. noun | of Bethink |
| bethlemite | noun | An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea., An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite., One of an extinct English order of monks. |
| bethumping | present participle & vb. noun | of Bethump |
| betokening | present participle & vb. noun | of Betoken |
| betrayment | noun | Betrayal. |
| betrimming | present participle & vb. noun | of Betrim |
| betrothing | present participle & vb. noun | of Betroth |
| betterment | noun | A making better; amendment; improvement., An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; — generally used in the plural. |
| bettermost | adjective | Best. |
| betterness | noun | The quality of being better or superior; superiority., The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard. |
| bevel gear | A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet. | |
| bewailable | adjective | Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable. |
| bewailment | noun | The act of bewailing. |
| bewildered | imp. & past participle | of Bewilder, Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind. |
| bewitching | present participle & vb. noun | of Bewitch, Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. |
| bewitchery | noun | The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. |
| bewondered | imp. & past participle | of Bewonder |
| bewrayment | noun | Betrayal. |
| bez-antler | noun | The second branch of a stag’s horn. |