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- BELIETo lie around; encompass.
- BELIEFMental acceptance of a claim as true.
- BELIEROne who or that which belies.
- 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.
- BELIQUOREDDrunken.
- BELITTLETo disparage, depreciate, or minimize the importance, value, merit, or significance of someone or something.
- BELITTLEROne who belittles.
- BELIVETo remain, stay.
- BELLBOYA male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands.
- BELLEAn attractive woman.
- BELLETRISTA person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
- BELLETRISTICOf, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
- BELLHOPAn employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands.
- BELLIBONEA beautiful and nice woman.
- BELLICOSEWarlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
- BELLOWThe deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
- 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
- BELLYThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
- BELOMANCIESStudying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
- BELOMANCYStudying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
- BELONGTo have its proper place.
- BELONGEROne who belongs; a member.
- BELOVEsimple past of belive
- BELOVEDMuch loved, dearly loved.
- BELOWLower in spatial position than.
- BELOWDECKSBelow the main deck of a ship.
- BELOWGROUNDBeneath the surface of the ground; underground.
- BELOWSLower in spatial position than.
- BELTA band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- BELTEDsimple past and past participle of belt
- BELTERA maker or worker of belts.
- BELTLESSNot wearing or not possessing a belt. Not wearing a seatbelt.
- BELTMANA person who operates and maintains a conveyor belt.
- BELTWAYA freeway that encircles a city.
- BELUGAA whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
- BELVEDEREA turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
- BEMAA platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
- BEMADTo make mad.
- BEMAULTo maul thoroughly or completely.
- BEMEANTo mean; signify; inform.
- BEMEDALTo award a medal to; to adorn with a medal.
- BEMETETo measure.
- BEMIRETo soil with mud or a similar substance.
- BEMISTTo cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
- BEMIXTo mix around or about; mingle.
- BEMOANTo moan or complain about (something).
- BEMOANEROne who bemoans.
- BEMOCKTo ridicule or mock.
- BEMOUTHTo mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
- BEMUSETo confuse or bewilder.
- BEMUSEDLYIn a bemused manner
- BENAMETo swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
- BENCHA long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- BENCHERA senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
- BENCHIERResembling or characteristic of a bench.
- BENCHIESTResembling or characteristic of a bench.
- BENCHLESSWithout a bench or benches.
- BENCHMARKA standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
- BENCHTOPThe surface of a bench or workbench.
- BENCHYResembling or characteristic of a bench.
- BENDTo cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- BENDAYTo use the Ben Day printing and photoengraving technique.
- BENDEROne who, or that which, bends.
- BENDLETA diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.
- BENDWISEDiagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
- BENDYHaving the ability to be bent easily.
- BENEA prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
- BENEATHBelow or underneath.
- BENEDICKA recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
- BENEDICTA newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
- BENEDICTIVEOf, relating to, or being a benediction or blessing.
- BENEDIGHTBlessed; benedict.
- BENEFACTTo benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
- BENEFACTORSomebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
- BENEFICFavorable; beneficent.
- BENEFICELand granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
- BENEFICIALHelpful or good to something or someone.
- BENEFICIARYOne who benefits or receives an advantage.
- BENEFITAn advantage; help or aid from something.
- BENETTo catch in a net; ensnare.
- BENIGHTTo overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
- BENIGHTEDOvertaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
- BENIGHTEDLYIn a benighted manner.
- BENIGHTEROne who benights or keeps others in darkness.
- BENTsimple past and past participle of bend
- BENTHICPertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
- BENTHOSThe flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
- BENTHOSCOPEA deep-sea submersible, consisting of a hollow sphere made of steel, able to bring a person to depths of a few thousand feet.
- BENTOA Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
- BENTWOODLengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
- BENTYAbounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.
- BENUMBTo make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
- BENZALA transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO. NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia on benzoyl chloride and by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.
- BENZOATEAny salt or ester of benzoic acid.
- BENZOICPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
- BENZOLAn impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.
- BENZOYLA univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C6H5CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group.