| bear | (noun) massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws | - |
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| (noun) an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price | - |
| bearberry | (noun) chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas | - |
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| (noun) deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States | Synonyms: Ilex decidua, possum haw, winterberry |
| (noun) shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada | Synonyms: bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus |
| bearcat | (noun) arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair | Synonyms: Arctictis bintourong, binturong |
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| beard | (noun) tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface | Synonyms: byssus |
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| (noun) hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals | - |
| (noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: face fungus, whiskers |
| (noun) a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality) | - |
| (noun) a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses | - |
| beardedness | (noun) The quality of having a beard. | - |
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| bearer | (noun) a messenger who bears or presents | - |
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| (noun) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | Synonyms: pallbearer |
| (noun) the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it | Synonyms: holder |
| (noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something | Synonyms: carrier, toter |
| bearing | (noun) a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily | - |
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| (noun) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield | Synonyms: armorial bearing, charge, heraldic bearing |
| (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: comportment, mien, presence |
| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: carriage, posture |
| (noun) the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies | Synonyms: aim, heading |
| (noun) relevant relation or interconnection | - |
| bearnaise | (noun) a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice | - |
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| bearskin | (noun) tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | Synonyms: busby, shako |
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| (noun) the pelt of a bear | - |
| bearwood | (noun) shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada | Synonyms: bearberry, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus |
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| bugbear | (noun) an object of dread or apprehension | Synonyms: hobgoblin |
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| (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo |
| childbearing | (noun) the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child | Synonyms: accouchement, childbirth, vaginal birth |
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| crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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| cudbear | (noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: archil, orchil |
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| cupbearer | (noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine | - |
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| forbear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forebear |
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| forbearance | (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting | - |
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| (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: longanimity, patience |
| forebear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forbear |
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| goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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| graybeard | (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: greybeard, Methuselah, old man |
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| greybeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
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| (noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: graybeard, Methuselah, old man |
| longbeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, greybeard, long-beard |
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| macebearer | (noun) an official who carries a mace of office | Synonyms: mace, macer |
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| overbearingness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: domineeringness, imperiousness |
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| pallbearer | (noun) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral | Synonyms: bearer |
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| talebearer | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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| torchbearer | (noun) a leader in a campaign or movement | - |
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| trainbearer | (noun) one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion | - |
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