Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
beray |
verb t. |
To make foul; to soil; to defile. |
berbe |
noun |
An African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet. |
bergh |
noun |
A hill. |
berme |
noun |
A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch., A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank. |
berob |
verb t. |
To rob; to plunder. |
beroe |
noun |
A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora. |
berry |
noun |
Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc., A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry., The coffee bean., One of the ova or eggs of a fish., To bear or produce berries., A mound; a hillock. |
berth |
noun |
Convenient sea room., A room in which a number of the officers or ship’s company mess and reside., The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf., An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment., A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in., To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the Adelaide., To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship’s company. |
beryl |
noun |
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium. |