| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| beaconing | present participle & vb. noun | of Beacon |
| beaconage | noun | Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively. |
| beadhouse | noun | Alt. of Bedehouse |
| bedehouse | noun | An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors., Same as Beadhouse. |
| beadsnake | noun | A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black. |
| beaminess | noun | The state of being beamy. |
| beamingly | adverb | In a beaming manner; radiantly. |
| beam tree | A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple. | |
| bearberry | noun | A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond. |
| beardless | adjective | Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful., Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat. |
| bearhound | noun | A hound for baiting or hunting bears. |
| beasthood | noun | State or nature of a beast. |
| beastings | noun pl. | See Biestings. |
| beastlike | adjective | Like a beast. |
| beatified | imp. & past participle | of Beatify |
| beatitude | noun | Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss., Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues., Beatification. |
| beauseant | noun | The black and white standard of the Knights Templars. |
| beauteous | adjective | Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. |
| beautiful | adjective | Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. |
| bebeerine | noun | Alt. of Bebirine |
| beblubber | verb t. | To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered. |
| becalming | noun | of Becalm |
| beccafico | noun | A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc. |
| beckoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Beckon |
| beclipped | imp. & past participle | of Beclip |
| beclouded | imp. & past participle | of Becloud |
| becripple | verb t. | To make a cripple of; to cripple; to lame. |
| bedabbled | imp. & past participle | of Bedabble |
| bedashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedash |
| bedaubing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedaub |
| bedazzled | imp. & past participle | of Bedazzle |
| bedecking | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedeck |
| bedfellow | noun | One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one’s couch. |
| bedighted | of Bedight | |
| bedimming | present participle & vb. noun | of Bedim |
| bedlamite | noun | An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. |
| bedrabble | verb t. | To befoul with rain and mud; to drabble. |
| bedraggle | verb t. | To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. |
| bedribble | verb t. | To dribble upon. |
| bedridden | verb i. | Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. |
| bedrizzle | verb t. | To drizzle upon. |
| bed screw | A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching., A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces. | |
| bedspread | noun | A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. |
| bedstaves | plural | of Bedstaff |
| bed steps | Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height. | |
| bedwarfed | imp. & past participle | of Bedwarf |
| bee-eater | noun | A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors., An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. |
| beefeater | noun | One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person., One of the yeomen of the guard, in England., An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. |
| beefsteak | noun | A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling. |
| beelzebub | noun | The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal. |
| beemaster | noun | One who keeps bees. |
| beerhouse | noun | A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse. |
| beeriness | noun | Beery condition. |
| beestings | noun | Same as Biestings., The first milk given by a cow after calving. |
| befalling | present participle & vb. noun | of Befall |
| befitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Befit, Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting. |
| beflatter | verb t. | To flatter excessively. |
| befogging | present participle & vb. noun | of Befog |
| befooling | present participle & vb. noun | of Befool |
| befortune | verb t. | To befall. |
| befouling | present participle & vb. noun | of Befoul |
| befuddled | imp. & past participle | of Befuddle |
| begemming | present participle & vb. noun | of Begem |
| begetting | present participle & vb. noun | of Beget |
| beggaring | present participle & vb. noun | of Beggar |
| beggarism | noun | Beggary. |
| beginning | present participle & vb. noun | of Begin, The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states., That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source., That which is begun; a rudiment or element., Enterprise. |
| begirding | present participle & vb. noun | of Begird |
| beglerbeg | noun | The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier. |
| begriming | present participle & vb. noun | of Begrime |
| begrudged | imp. & past participle | of Begrudge |
| beguiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Beguile, Alluring by guile; deluding; misleading; diverting. |
| beguinage | noun | A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines. |
| beheading | present participle & vb. noun | of Behead |
| beholding | present participle & vb. noun | of Behold, Obliged; beholden., The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. |
| behooving | present participle & vb. noun | of Behoove |
| bejeweled | imp. & past participle | of Bejewel |
| belabored | imp. & past participle | of Belabor |
| beleaguer | verb t. | To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. |
| belecture | verb t. | To vex with lectures; to lecture frequently. |
| belemnite | noun | A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. |
| belepered | imp. & past participle | of Beleper |
| beliefful | adjective | Having belief or faith. |
| believing | present participle & vb. noun | of Believe, That believes; having belief. |
| belittled | imp. & past participle | of Belittle |
| bellibone | noun | A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid. |
| bellicose | adjective | Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. |
| bellicous | adjective | Bellicose. |
| bellowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bellow |
| bellyache | noun | Pain in the bowels; colic. |
| bellyband | noun | A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth., A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly., A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail. |
| belly-god | noun | One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure. |
| belomancy | noun | A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. |
| belonging | present participle & vb. noun | of Belong, That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects., That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance., Family; relations; household. |
| belvedere | noun | A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect. |
| belzebuth | noun | A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil. |
| bemeeting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bemeet |
| bemoaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Bemoan |
| bemonster | verb t. | To make monstrous or like a monster. |
| benedight | adjective | Blessed. |
| beneficed | imp. & past participle | of Benefice, Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. |
| benefited | imp. & past participle | of Benefit |
| benefiter | noun | One who confers a benefit; — also, one who receives a benefit. |
| bengalese | adjective | Of or pertaining to Bengal., A native or natives of Bengal. |
| benighted | imp. & past participle | of Benight |
| benignant | adjective | Kind; gracious; favorable. |
| benignity | noun | The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness., Mildness; gentleness., Salubrity; wholesome quality. |
| benjamite | noun | A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| benthamic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism. |
| benumbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Benumb |
| benzamide | noun | A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds. |
| benzoline | noun | Same as Benzole., Same as Amarine. |
| bepinched | imp. & past participle | of Bepinch |
| beplaster | verb t. | To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub. |
| bequethen | old p. p. of Bequeath. | |
| beraining | present participle & vb. noun | of Berain |
| berberine | noun | An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants. |
| bergander | noun | A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake. |
| bergomask | noun | A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. |
| berhyming | present participle & vb. noun | of Berhyme |
| berna fly | A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury. | |
| berserker | noun | One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds., One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker. |
| berylline | adjective | Like a beryl; of a light or bluish green color. |
| beryllium | noun | A metallic element found in the beryl. See Glucinum. |
| berylloid | noun | A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; — so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl. |
| bescatter | verb t. | To scatter over., To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. |
| bescratch | verb t. | To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. |
| bescumber | verb t. | Alt. of Bescummer |
| bescummer | verb t. | To discharge ordure or dung upon. |
| beseecher | noun | One who beseeches. |
| beseeming | present participle & vb. noun | of Beseem, Appearance; look; garb., Comeliness., Becoming; suitable. |
| besetting | present participle & vb. noun | of Beset, Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin. |
| besetment | noun | The act of besetting, or the state of being beset; also, that which besets one, as a sin. |
| beshining | present participle & vb. noun | of Beshine |
| besieging | present participle & vb. noun | of Besiege, That besieges; laying siege to. |
| beslabber | verb t. | To beslobber. |
| beslobber | verb t. | To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise. |
| beslubber | verb t. | To beslobber. |
| besmeared | imp. & past participle | of Besmear |
| besmearer | noun | One that besmears. |
| besmutted | imp. & past participle | of Besmut |
| besotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Besot |
| bespangle | verb t. | To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering. |
| bespatter | verb t. | To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains., To asperse with calumny or reproach. |
| bespeaker | noun | One who bespeaks. |
| bespeckle | verb t. | To mark with speckles or spots. |
| bespitten | of Bespit | |
| bespotted | imp. & past participle | of Bespot |
| bestarred | imp. & past participle | of Bestar |
| besteaded | of Bestead | |
| bestially | adverb | In a bestial manner. |
| bestirred | imp. & past participle | of Bestir |
| bestowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bestow |
| bestrewed | imp. | of Bestrew, of Bestrew |
| bestudded | imp. & past participle | of Bestud |
| betel nut | The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime. | |
| bethought | imp. & past participle | of Bethink, imp. & p. p. of Bethink. |
| bethlehem | noun | A hospital for lunatics; — corrupted into bedlam., In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. |
| bethumped | imp. & past participle | of Bethump |
| betokened | imp. & past participle | of Betoken |
| betrapped | imp. & past participle | of Betrap |
| betraying | present participle & vb. noun | of Betray |
| betrimmed | imp. & past participle | of Betrim |
| betrothed | imp. & past participle | of Betroth |
| betrothal | noun | The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. |
| bettering | present participle & vb. noun | of Better |
| betumbled | imp. & past participle | of Betumble |
| betutored | imp. & past participle | of Betutor |
| bevelling | of Bevel | |
| bevelment | noun | The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. |
| bewailing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bewail, Wailing over; lamenting. |
| beweeping | present participle & vb. noun | of Beweep |
| bewitched | imp. & past participle | of Bewitch |
| bewitcher | noun | One who bewitches. |
| bewrapped | imp. & past participle | of Bewrap |
| bewraying | present participle & vb. noun | of Bewray |
| bewrought | adjective | Embroidered. |
| bezoardic | adjective | Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar., A medicine containing bezoar. |
| bezoartic | adjective | Alt. of Bezoartical |