Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behowl
bejewels
bejewels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bejewel
bellflowers
bellflowers
noun
plural of bellflower
bellowers
bellowers
noun
plural of bellower
bellows
bellows
noun
(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
(informal or archaic) The lungs.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
A 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 alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
plural of bellow
verb
(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.
(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bellow
bellowsful
bellowsful
noun
Enough to fill a bellows.
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
bellwethers
bellwethers
noun
plural of bellwether
bellworts
bellworts
noun
plural of bellwort
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
belows
belowstairs
belowstairs
adv
Alternative form of below stairs.
belswagger
belswagger
noun
(obsolete) A bully.
(obsolete) A lewd man.
beltways
beltways
noun
plural of beltway
beltwise
beltwise
adv
In the manner of a belt, looped around something.
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
bendways
bendways
adv
Bendwise.
bendwise
bendwise
adv
(heraldry) Diagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
bescrawl
bescrawl
verb
(transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.
besew
besew
verb
(transitive) To sew.
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
beshadowed
beshadowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshadow
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
beshow
beshow
noun
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; the candlefish or sablefish.
beshower
beshrew
beshrew
verb
(transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.
(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
beshrewed
beshrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshrew
beshrewing
beshrewing
verb
present participle of beshrew
beshrews
beshrews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshrew
beslow
besnow
besnow
verb
To scatter like snow, or as if like snow.
To snow on; to cover with snow, or as if with snow.
To whiten with snow, or as with snow.
besnowed
besnowed
adj
Covered or laden with snow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besnow
besnowing
besnowing
verb
present participle of besnow
besnows
besnows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besnow
bespawl
bespawl
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To daub, make foul, or soil (someone or something) with spawl or spittle.
bespew
bespew
verb
(obsolete) To soil or daub with spew; vomit on; foul with vomit.
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
bestowable
bestowable
adj
Capable of being bestowed.
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowal
bestowal
noun
The act of bestowing.
bestowals
bestowals
noun
plural of bestowal
bestowed
bestowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestow
bestower
bestower
noun
One who bestows.
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestowment
bestowment
noun
Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed.
The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal
bestows
bestows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestow
bestraw
bestrew
bestrew
verb
(transitive) To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.
(transitive) To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
bestrewed
bestrewed
verb
simple past tense of bestrew
bestrewing
bestrewing
verb
present participle of bestrew
bestrewment
bestrewn
bestrewn
verb
past participle of bestrew
bestrews
bestrews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestrew
bestrow
bestrow
verb
Alternative form of bestrew
bestrowed
bestrowed
verb
simple past tense of bestrow
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bestrows
bestrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestrow
beswarm
beswarm
verb
(transitive) To swarm over; to envelop in a swarm.
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
beswarms
beswarms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beswarm
besweatered
besweatered
Adjective
Wearing a sweater.
besweeten
besweeten
verb
(literary, rare) Sublimely sweeten.
beswelter
beswim
beswinge
beswinge
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scourge; beat.
beswink
beswink
verb
(obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour
beswitch
betweenness
betweenness
noun
(graph theory, countable) A measure of the number of geodesic paths through a node or edge.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being between.
betweens
betweens
noun
plural of between
betweentimes
betweentimes
adv
In an interim period; meanwhile.
betweenwhiles
betweenwhiles
adv
from time to time; now and again
bewailers
bewailers
noun
plural of bewailer
bewails
bewails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewail
bewares
bewares
verb
(obsolete) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beware
bewash
bewash
verb
(transitive, rare) To wash all over; drench with water.
bewaste
bewaste
verb
(transitive) To waste utterly or completely.
bewearies
beweeps
beweeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beweep
bewest
bewest
prep
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To the west of.
bewhisker
bewhisker
verb
(transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bewhisper
bewhisper
verb
(transitive, rare) To whisper.
bewhistle
bewigs
bewigs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewig
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewilders
bewilders
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewilder
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
bewitcheries
bewitcheries
noun
plural of bewitchery
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
beworms
beworries
beworries
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beworry
beworship
bewpers
bewraps
bewraps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewrap
bewrayers
bewrayers
noun
plural of bewrayer
bewrays
bewrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewray
bhubaneswar
bhubaneswar
Proper noun
State capital of Odisha, India.
biasways
biaswise
bigwiggedness
bigwiggism
bigwiggism
noun
Alternative form of bigwigism
bigwigs
bigwigs
noun
plural of bigwig
bikeways
bikeways
noun
plural of bikeway
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
billowiest
billowiest
adj
superlative form of billowy: most billowy
billowiness
billowiness
noun
The state or quality of being billowy.
billows
billows
noun
plural of billow
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of billow
bindweeds
bindweeds
noun
plural of bindweed
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
birdwise
birdwise
adv
In the manner of a bird.
birtwhistle
bishopweed
bishopweed
noun
Alternative form of bishopsweed
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
bittersweet
bittersweet
adj
Both bitter and sweet.
Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.
Of bittersweet color.
The break-up was very bittersweet; they both hurt to end it, but were glad it was over.
noun
(US) A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.
A pinkish-orange color. Any color in between scarlet and orange.
A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.
Any variety of clam in the family Glycymerididae
Bittersweetness.
Solanum dulcamara.
bittersweetly
bittersweetly
adv
In a bittersweet manner.
bittersweetness
bittersweetness
noun
The state or condition of being bittersweet.
bittersweets
bittersweets
noun
plural of bittersweet
bitterweeds
bitterweeds
noun
plural of bitterweed
bitwise
bitwise
adj
(computing) Treating a value as a series of bits rather than a numerical quantity.
biweeklies
biweeklies
noun
plural of biweekly
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
bladderworts
bladderworts
noun
plural of bladderwort
bladewise
bladewise
adj
In the manner of a blade.
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blaws
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blewits
blewits
noun
A type of edible mushroom.
blisterweed
blisterwort
blountstown
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
blowballs
blowballs
noun
plural of blowball
blowbys
blowbys
noun
plural of blowby
blowcase
blowers
blowers
noun
plural of blower
blowess
blowess
noun
(obsolete, vulgar) A prostitute; a courtesan.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.