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  • BEFLAGGEDadjective1 finderDecorated or hung with a flag or flags.
  • BEFLEAverb1 finderTo pester, as fleas do.
  • BEFLECKverb3 findersto cover with small spots or flecks
  • BEFLOWERverb4 findersTo cover with flowers.
  • BEFOGverb18 findersTo envelop in fog or smoke.
  • BEFOOLverbMiddle English7 findersTo make a fool out of (someone); to fool, trick, or deceive (someone).
  • BEFOREprepositionProto-Indo-European4 findersEarlier than (in time).
  • BEFOREHANDadverbOld French23 findersAt an earlier or preceding time.
  • BEFORTUNEverb2 findersTo befall; to happen to.
  • BEFOULverb95 findersTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
  • BEFOULERnoun29 findersOne who befouls.
  • BEFOULMENTnoun7 findersThe act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
  • BEFRIENDverb46 findersTo become a friend of (someone), to make friends with (someone).
  • BEFRINGEverb1 finderTo furnish or adorn with a fringe.
  • BEFUDDLEverb15 findersTo perplex, confuse (someone).
  • BEGADinterjection5 findersAn expression of surprise, shock etc.
  • BEGARnounPersian2 findersA system of forced labour in parts of India.
  • BEGARSnounPersian1 finderA system of forced labour in parts of India.
  • BEGAZEverb2 findersTo gaze at.
  • BEGEMverb4 findersTo adorn (as if) with gems.
  • BEGETverbProto-Germanic66 findersTo produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
  • BEGGARDOMSnoun1 finderThe realm or state of beggars.
  • BEGGARHOODnounMiddle English1 finderThe condition or state of being a beggar.
  • BEGGARLINESSnoun1 finderThe state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.
  • BEGGARLYadjectiveMiddle English4 findersIn the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
  • BEGGARYnoun1 finderThe state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
  • BEGIFTverbMiddle English2 findersTo entrust; endow.
  • BEGILDverb2 findersTo cover with gold, or to make golden (in color, or figuratively).
  • BEGINverbProto-Germanic13 findersTo start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
  • BEGIRDverbProto-Germanic6 findersTo bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
  • BEGIRDLEverb2 findersTo encircle or surround, as with a girdle.
  • BEGLAMOURverb3 findersTo make glamorous.
  • BEGLOOMverb2 findersTo make gloomy; darken.
  • BEGNAWverbOld English3 findersTo gnaw; to eat away at.
  • BEGOverbProto-Germanic4 findersTo go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
  • BEGONEinterjection89 findersExpressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away.
  • BEGONIAnounFrench64 findersAny plant of the large genus of Begonia.
  • BEGRIMEverb3 findersTo ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also , to make (something) dirty; to soil.
  • BEGROANverbMiddle English3 findersTo groan about; bewail; groan at.
  • BEGRUDGEverbMiddle English6 findersTo grudge about or over; be envious or covetous.
  • BEGRUDGERnoun2 findersOne who begrudges.
  • BEGRUDGERYnoun1 finderresentment or envy of the success of a peer; criticism of ostentatious display of success.
  • BEGUILEverbMiddle Dutch183 findersTo deceive or delude (using guile).
  • BEGUILEMENTnoun5 findersThe action or process of beguiling; the characteristic of being beguiling.
  • BEGUILERnounMiddle English61 findersA person who beguiles.
  • BEGUINEnounFrench61 findersA ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
  • BEGUMverb22 findersTo daub or cover with gum.
  • BEGUNKverbScots1 finderTo befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
  • BEHALFnounOld English3 findersThe interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.
  • BEHAVEverbOld English14 findersTo conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
  • BEHAVERnoun3 findersSomeone or something that behaves.
  • BEHAVIORnounLatin36 findersHuman conduct relative to social norms.
  • BEHAVIORALadjective44 findersOf or relating to behavior.
  • BEHAVIORISMnoun12 findersAn approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely igno
  • BEHAVIORISTnoun17 findersOne who studies behavior of humans or animals.
  • BEHAVIOURALadjective19 findersOf or pertaining to behaviour.
  • BEHEADverbOld English20 findersTo deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
  • BEHEADALnoun1 finderBeheading.
  • BEHEADERnounMiddle English1 finderOne who beheads or decapitates.
  • BEHEADINGverb24 finderspresent participle and gerund of behead
  • BEHESTnounProto-Germanic186 findersA command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
  • BEHINDprepositionOld English17 findersAt or to the back or far side of.
  • BEHOLDverbOld English38 findersTo look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
  • BEHOLDENadjectiveMiddle English317 findersObligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
  • BEHOLDERnounMiddle English39 findersSomeone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
  • BEHOOFnounOld English23 findersThat which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
  • BEHOOVEverb162 findersTo befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove.
  • BEHOVEverbProto-Indo-European60 findersTo befit, to suit.
  • BEHOVEFULadjectiveMiddle English4 findersNeedful or proper; beneficial; behoving.
  • BEHOVELYadjectiveMiddle English3 findersNecessary; advantageous.
  • BEHOWLverb6 findersTo howl at.
  • BEIGEnounAncient Greek48 findersA colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
  • BEIGNETnounFrench30 findersA fritter (with a fruit or vegetable filling).
  • BEINadjectiveProto-Indo-European6 findersWealthy; well-to-do.
  • BEINGverbMiddle English8 finderspresent participle and gerund of be
  • BEJADEverb2 findersTo tire.
  • BEJESUITverb1 finderTo subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
  • BEKNAVEverb7 findersTo treat as a knave.
  • BEKNIGHTverb29 findersTo make a knight of.
  • BELABORverb5 findersUS spelling of belabour.
  • BELABOURverb1 finderTo labour about; labour over; to work hard upon; to ply diligently.
  • BELACEverb1 finderTo fasten, as with a lace or cord.
  • BELACEDadjective2 findersBordered or adorned with lace.
  • BELAHnoun2 findersbeefwood
  • BELAHSnoun1 finderbeefwood
  • BELATEverb8 findersTo impede; cause something to be late; delay; benight.
  • BELATEDadjective62 findersAffected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
  • BELAUDverb1 finderTo load with praise; praise greatly; extol.
  • BELAYverbOld English115 findersTo make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
  • BELAYERnoun19 findersA person who belays.
  • BELCHverbProto-Germanic45 findersTo expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
  • BELCHERnoun12 findersSomeone who belches.
  • BELDAMEnounLatin8 findersA grandmother.
  • BELEAGUERverbMiddle Low German3 findersTo besiege; to surround with troops.
  • BELEAGUEREDadjective10 findersBesieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
  • BELEAGUERMENTnoun3 findersThe fact or state of beleaguering; a state of blockade or siege.
  • BELEMNITEnounAncient Greek4 findersAny member of the extinct order †Belemnitida of Mesozoic marine cephalopods, very similar in many ways to the modern squid and closely related to the modern cuttlefish.
  • BELFRIEDadjective1 finderFurnished with a belfry or belfries.
  • BELFRYnounProto-Germanic70 findersA tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.
  • BELGARDnounItalian4 findersA loving look, an amorous glance.

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