| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| beach comber | A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber. | |
| bean trefoil | A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). | |
| bearing rein | A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse’s head up; — called in the United States a checkrein. | |
| beche de mer | The trepang. | |
| becomingness | noun | The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. |
| bed-moulding | noun | The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. |
| bee larkspur | (Bot.) See Larkspur. | |
| befriendment | noun | Act of befriending. |
| beggarliness | noun | The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness. |
| belaying pin | A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed. | |
| beleaguering | present participle & vb. noun | of Beleaguer |
| belletristic | adjective | Alt. of Belletristical |
| belligerence | noun | Alt. of Belligerency |
| belligerency | noun | The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare. |
| bell-mouthed | adjective | Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. |
| bellows fish | A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; — called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish. | |
| benefactress | noun | A woman who confers a benefit. |
| beneficeless | adjective | Having no benefice. |
| beneficently | adverb | In a beneficent manner; with beneficence. |
| beneficially | adverb | In a beneficial or advantageous manner; profitably; helpfully. |
| bene placito | At or during pleasure., At pleasure; ad libitum. | |
| benting time | The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. | |
| beplastering | present participle & vb. noun | of Beplaster |
| bequeathable | adjective | Capable of being bequeathed. |
| bequeathment | noun | The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest. |
| bespattering | present participle & vb. noun | of Bespatter |
| besprinkling | present participle & vb. noun | of Besprinkle, The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over. |
| bestializing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestialize |
| bethlehemite | noun | Alt. of Bethlemite |
| bewilderment | noun | The state of being bewildered., A bewildering tangle or confusion. |