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- BEGUNKTo befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
- BEHALFThe interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
- BEHAVETo conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
- BEHEADTo deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
- BEHESTA command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
- BEHOLDTo look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
- BEHOLDENObligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
- BEHOLDERSomeone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
- BEHOOFThat which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
- BEHOVETo befit, to suit.
- BEHOVEFULNeedful or proper; beneficial; behoving.
- BEHOVELYNecessary; advantageous.
- BEIGNETA fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
- BEINGpresent participle and gerund of be
- BELAYTo make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- BELCHTo expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
- BELEAGUERTo besiege; to surround with troops.
- BELFRYA tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
- BELIETo lie around; encompass.
- BELIEFMental acceptance of a claim as true.
- BELIEVETo accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
- BELIEVERA person who believes; especially regarding religion.
- BELIEVINGpresent participle and gerund of believe
- BELIKETo make like; simulate.
- BELLETRISTA person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
- BELLOWSA device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to
- BELONGTo have its proper place.
- BELOVEsimple past of belive
- BELOVEDMuch loved, dearly loved.
- BELOWLower in spatial position than.
- BELOWSLower in spatial position than.
- BELTERA maker or worker of belts.
- BEMEANTo mean; signify; inform.
- BEMETETo measure.
- BEMIRETo soil with mud or a similar substance.
- BEMOANTo moan or complain about (something).
- BENAMETo swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
- BENEA prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
- BENEATHBelow or underneath.
- BENIGHTTo overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
- BENTsimple past and past participle of bend
- BEQUEATHTo give or leave by will; to give by testament.
- BERAYTo make foul; befoul; soil.
- BEREBarley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
- BEREAVETo deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
- BEREFTsimple past and past participle of bereave
- BERGENA large rucksack.
- BERGHAANVerreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
- BERLINA four-wheeled carriage with a separate sheltered seat behind the body.
- BERMA narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope. (Can we verify this sense?)
- BERTHChiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks
- BESEETo look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
- BESEECHTo beg or implore something of (a person).
- BESHADOWTo cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
- BESHINETo shine around or upon.
- BESHREWTo invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
- BESIDENext to; at the side of.
- BESIEGETo beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- BESINGTo sing of or sing about; celebrate in song or poetry; sing the praises of; praise; laud.
- BESITTo sit around; sit about; besiege.
- BESMEARTo smear over, to smear all over, to daub.
- BESMIRCHTo make dirty.
- BESNOWTo snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
- BESNOWEDCovered or laden with snow.
- BESOMA broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
- BESPEAKTo speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
- BESPITTo spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
- BESPOTTo make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
- BESPOUSETo marry
- BESPREADTo spread over; to cover with.
- BESPRENTsimple past and past participle of besprenge
- BESPRINKLEDSprinkled.
- BESTsuperlative form of good: most good.
- BESTAINEDStained all over, completely stained or discoloured.
- BESTIALLYIn a bestial manner.
- BESTILLTo make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
- BESTIRTo put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
- BESTREWTo strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
- BESTRIDETo be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
- BETAKETo take over to; take across (to); deliver.
- BETHINKTo think about, to recollect.
- BETIDESAt any early period.
- BETIMETo occur; betide.
- BETIMESIn good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
- BETOKENTo signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
- BETWEENIn the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
- BEWAILTo wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for.
- BEWARETo use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
- BEWITCHTo cast a spell upon.
- BEWRAPTo wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
- BEWRAYTo accuse; malign; speak evil of.
- BEWRAYERA betrayer or divulger.
- BEWRAYINGThe act or process of divulging or revealing information
- BEYONDFurther away than.
- BIBLEAlternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”).
- BIDINGAn awaiting; expectation.
- BIGGTo build.
- BIGLYIn a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale.
- BIGOTOne who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
- BIJWONERA member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.