| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| beaches | plural | of Beach |
| beached | imp. & past participle | of Beach, Bordered by a beach., Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached. |
| beading | present participle & vb. noun | of Bead, Molding in imitation of beads., The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky. |
| bealing | p. pr & vb. noun | of Beal |
| beaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Beam, Emitting beams; radiant. |
| beamful | adjective | Beamy; radiant. |
| beamily | adverb | In a beaming manner. |
| beamlet | noun | A small beam of light. |
| bearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bear, The manner in which one bears or conducts one’s self; mien; behavior; carriage., Patient endurance; suffering without complaint., The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection., Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect., The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing., That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall., The portion of a support on which anything rests., Improperly, the unsupported span; as, the beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports., The part of an axle or shaft in contact with its support, collar, or boxing; the journal., The part of the support on which a journal rests and rotates., Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms — commonly in the pl., The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship’s position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W., The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer., The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast. |
| bearded | imp. & past participle | of Beard, Having a beard. |
| beardie | noun | The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. |
| bearish | adjective | Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. |
| beastly | adjective | Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast., Characterizing the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of man; brutal; filthy., Abominable; as, beastly weather. |
| beating | present participle & vb. noun | of Beat, The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows., Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart., Pulsative sounds. See Beat, n., The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction. |
| beatify | verb t. | To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness., To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment., To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of “the blessed” and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized. |
| beaufet | noun | A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. |
| beaufin | noun | See Biffin. |
| beauish | noun | Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. |
| beautie | plural | of Beauty |
| bebleed | verb t. | To make bloody; to stain with blood. |
| beblood | verb t. | Alt. of Bebloody |
| because | conj. | By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that., In order that; that. |
| becharm | verb t. | To charm; to captivate. |
| becking | present participle & vb. noun | of Beck |
| becloud | verb t. | To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud. |
| becomed | adjective | Proper; decorous. |
| bedding | present participle & vb. noun | of Bed, A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter., The state or position of beds and layers. |
| bedagat | noun | The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. |
| bedcord | noun | A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed. |
| bedegar | noun | A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties. |
| bedelry | noun | Beadleship. |
| bedevil | verb t. | To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment., To spoil; to corrupt. |
| bedewed | imp. & past participle | of Bedew |
| bedewer | noun | One who, or that which, bedews. |
| bedgown | noun | A nightgown. |
| bedight | past participle | of Bedight, To bedeck; to array or equip; to adorn. |
| bedizen | verb t. | To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste. |
| bedouin | noun | One of the nomadic Arabs who live in tents, and are scattered over Arabia, Syria, and northern Africa, esp. in the deserts., Pertaining to the Bedouins; nomad. |
| bedpost | noun | One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead., Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. |
| bedroom | noun | A room or apartment intended or used for a bed; a lodging room., Room in a bed. |
| bedside | noun | The side of a bed. |
| bedsite | noun | A recess in a room for a bed. |
| bedsore | noun | A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed. |
| bedtick | noun | A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed. |
| bedtime | noun | The time to go to bed. |
| bedward | adverb | Towards bed. |
| bedwarf | verb t. | To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. |
| beeches | plural | of Beech |
| beechen | adjective | Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech. |
| beehive | noun | A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. |
| beeswax | noun | The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed. |
| beetled | imp. & past participle | of Beetle |
| befrill | verb t. | To furnish or deck with a frill. |
| begging | present participle & vb. noun | of Beg |
| beggary | noun | The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty., Beggarly appearance., Beggarly. |
| beghard | noun | Alt. of Beguard |
| beguard | noun | One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins. |
| begnawn | of Begnaw | |
| begonia | noun | A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-sided, and often exhibit brilliant colors. |
| begrave | verb t. | To bury; also, to engrave. |
| begrime | verb t. | To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. |
| beguile | verb t. | To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure., To elude, or evade by craft; to foil., To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. |
| beguine | noun | A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows. |
| behaved | imp. & past participle | of Behave |
| behight | imp. | of Behight, of Behight, To promise; to vow., To give in trust; to commit; to intrust., To adjudge; to assign by authority., To mean, or intend., To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be., To call; to name; to address., To command; to order., A vow; a promise. |
| behoten | of Behight | |
| behoove | verb t. | To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; — mostly used impersonally., To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due., Advantage; behoof. |
| bejewel | verb t. | To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. |
| beknave | verb t. | To call knave. |
| belabor | verb t. | To ply diligently; to work carefully upon., To beat soundly; to cudgel. |
| belaced | imp. & past participle | of Belace |
| belated | imp. & past participle | of Belate, Delayed beyond the usual time; too late; overtaken by night; benighted. |
| belayed | of Belay | |
| belched | imp. & past participle | of Belch |
| belcher | noun | One who, or that which, belches. |
| beldame | noun | Grandmother; — corresponding to belsire., An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag. |
| beleave | verb t. & i. | To leave or to be left. |
| beleper | verb t. | To infect with leprosy. |
| belgard | noun | A sweet or loving look. |
| belgian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Belgium., A native or inhabitant of Belgium. |
| belibel | verb t. | To libel or traduce; to calumniate. |
| belying | present participle & vb. noun | of Belie |
| believe | noun | To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine., To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith., To think; to suppose. |
| belight | verb t. | To illuminate. |
| belimed | imp. & past participle | of Belime |
| belling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bell, A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time. |
| bellied | adjective | Having (such) a belly; puffed out; — used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied., of Belly |
| bellman | noun | A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. |
| bellona | noun | The goddess of war. |
| bellows | noun sing. & pl. | An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. |
| bellies | plural | of Belly |
| beloved | imp. & past participle | of Belove, Greatly loved; dear to the heart., One greatly loved. |
| belsire | noun | A grandfather, or ancestor. |
| belting | present participle & vb. noun | of Belt, The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively. |
| beltane | noun | The first day of May (Old Style)., A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland. |
| beltein | noun | Alt. of Beltin |
| beluted | imp. & past participle | of Belute |
| bemired | imp. & past participle | of Bemire |
| bemourn | verb t. | To mourn over. |
| ben nut | The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa. | |
| benamed | past participle | of Bename |
| benempt | of Bename, Promised; vowed., Named; styled. | |
| benches | plural | of Bench |
| benched | imp. & past participle | of Bench |
| bencher | noun | One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court., An alderman of a corporation., A member of a court or council., One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler. |
| bending | present participle & vb. noun | of Bend, The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. |
| bendlet | noun | A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend. |
| beneath | preposition | Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of., Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens., Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming., In a lower place; underneath., Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath. |
| benefic | adjective | Favorable; beneficent. |
| benefit | noun | An act of kindness; a favor conferred., Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit., A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use., Beneficence; liberality., Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments., To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit., To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change. |
| bengali | noun | The language spoken in Bengal. |
| bengola | noun | A Bengal light. |
| benight | verb t. | To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure., To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day’s journey or task., To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light. |
| benison | noun | Blessing; beatitude; benediction. |
| benshee | noun | See Banshee. |
| benthal | adjective | Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean. |
| benzene | noun | A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum. |
| benzile | noun | A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical. |
| benzine | noun | A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; — called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc., Same as Benzene. |
| benzoic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. |
| benzoin | noun | A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume., A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources., The spicebush (Lindera benzoin). |
| benzole | noun | Alt. of Benzol |
| benzoyl | noun | A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds. |
| bepaint | verb t. | To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint. |
| bepinch | verb t. | To pinch, or mark with pinches. |
| beprose | verb t. | To reduce to prose. |
| bequest | noun | The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B., That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift., To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. |
| bequote | verb t. | To quote constantly or with great frequency. |
| berated | imp. & past participle | of Berate |
| berdash | noun | A kind of neckcloth. |
| bereave | verb t. | To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; — with of before the person or thing taken away., To take away from., To take away. |
| beretta | noun | Same as Berretta. |
| bergylt | noun | The Norway haddock. See Rosefish. |
| berhyme | verb t. | To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about. |
| bernese | adjective | Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants., A native or natives of Bern. |
| berried | adjective | Furnished with berries; consisting of a berry; baccate; as, a berried shrub., of Berry |
| berries | plural | of Berry |
| berserk | noun | Alt. of Berserker |
| berstle | noun | See Bristle. |
| berthed | imp. & past participle | of Berth |
| bertram | noun | Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum). |
| besaiel | noun | Alt. of Besayle |
| besaile | noun | Alt. of Besayle |
| besayle | noun | A great-grandfather., A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. |
| besaint | verb t. | To make a saint of. |
| bescorn | verb t. | To treat with scorn. |
| beseech | verb t. | To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore., Solicitation; supplication. |
| beshone | imp. & past participle | of Beshine |
| beshine | verb t. | To shine upon; to illumine. |
| beshrew | verb t. | To curse; to execrate. |
| besides | adverb | Alt. of Beside, Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside. |
| besiege | verb t. | To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. |
| beslave | verb t. | To enslave. |
| beslime | verb t. | To daub with slime; to soil. |
| besmear | verb t. | To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. |
| besmoke | verb t. | To foul with smoke., To harden or dry in smoke. |
| besnuff | verb t. | To befoul with snuff. |
| besogne | noun | A worthless fellow; a bezonian. |
| besomed | imp. & past participle | of Besom |
| besomer | noun | One who uses a besom. |
| bespawl | verb t. | To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle. |
| bespoke | imp. | of Bespeak, of Bespeak, imp. & p. p. of Bespeak. |
| bespake | of Bespeak | |
| bespeak | verb t. | To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor., To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate., To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances., To speak to; to address., To speak., A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) |
| bespice | verb t. | To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. |
| bespirt | verb t. | Same as Bespurt. |
| bespurt | verb t. | To spurt on or over; to asperse. |
| bestain | verb t. | To stain. |
| bestead | imp. & past participle | of Bestead, To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place., To put in peril; to beset., To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. |
| bestial | adjective | Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts., Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual., A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial. |
| bestuck | imp. & past participle | of Bestick, imp. & p. p. Bestick. |
| bestick | verb t. | To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce. |
| bestill | verb t. | To make still. |
| bestorm | verb i. & t. | To storm. |
| bestrew | verb t. | To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. |
| bestrid | of Bestride, of Bestride | |
| beswike | verb t. | To lure; to cheat. |
| betting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bet |
| betaine | noun | A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; — called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste. |
| betaken | past participle | of Betake |
| beteela | noun | An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. |
| bethink | verb t. | To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; — generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought., To think; to recollect; to consider. |
| bethumb | verb t. | To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. |
| bethump | verb t. | To beat or thump soundly. |
| betided | imp. & past participle | of Betide |
| betimes | adverb | In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early., In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. |
| betitle | verb t. | To furnish with a title or titles; to entitle. |
| betoken | verb t. | To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens., To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm. |
| betroth | verb t. | To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; — used esp. of a woman., To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one’s troth to., To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. |
| betrust | verb t. | To trust or intrust. |
| bettong | noun | A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo. |
| betulin | noun | A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; — called also birch camphor. |
| betutor | verb t. | To tutor; to instruct. |
| between | preposition | In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia., Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two., Belonging in common to two; shared by both., Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion., With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations., In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o’clock., Intermediate time or space; interval. |
| betwixt | preposition | In the space which separates; between., From one to another of; mutually affecting. |
| beveled | imp. & past participle | of Bevel, Alt. of Bevelled |
| bevered | imp. & past participle | of Bever |
| beviled | adjective | Alt. of Bevilled |
| bewhore | verb t. | To corrupt with regard to chastity; to make a whore of., To pronounce or characterize as a whore. |
| bewitch | verb t. | To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery., To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. |
| bewreck | verb t. | To wreck. |
| bewreke | verb t. | To wreak; to avenge. |
| bezique | noun | A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points. |
| bezzled | imp. & past participle | of Bezzle |