| abreast | (adjective) being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge | Synonyms: au courant, au fait, up on |
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| (adverb) alongside each other, facing in the same direction | - |
| beanfeast | (noun) an annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees | - |
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| beast | (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna |
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| (noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: brute, savage, wildcat, wolf |
| beastliness | (noun) unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being deliberately mean | Synonyms: meanness |
| beastly | (adjective) resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | Synonyms: bestial, brutal, brute, brutish |
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| (adjective) (informal) very unpleasant | Synonyms: god-awful, hellish |
| (adverb) in a beastly manner | - |
| breast | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest | - |
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| (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty |
| (noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | Synonyms: chest |
| (noun) meat carved from the breast of a fowl | Synonyms: white meat |
| (verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: front |
| (verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: summit |
| (verb) meet at breast level | - |
| breastbone | (noun) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | Synonyms: sternum |
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| breasted | (adjective) having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds | - |
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| breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| breastless | (adjective) without a breast | - |
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| breastpin | (noun) a decorative pin worn by women | Synonyms: broach, brooch |
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| breastplate | (noun) armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass | Synonyms: aegis, egis |
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| breaststroke | (noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
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| (verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
| breaststroker | (noun) someone who swims the breaststroke | - |
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| breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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| cotoneaster | (noun) any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits | - |
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| east | (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward the east | - |
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| (noun) a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, eastward |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point | - |
| (adverb) to, toward, or in the east | - |
| eastbound | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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| easter | (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easterly |
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| easterly | (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: eastern |
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| (adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: eastern |
| (noun) a wind from the east | Synonyms: east wind, easter |
| (adverb) from the east | - |
| eastern | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world | - |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States | - |
| (adjective) lying toward or situated in the east | - |
| (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: easterly |
| (adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: easterly |
| easterner | (noun) an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. | - |
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| easternmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: eastmost |
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| eastmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: easternmost |
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| eastside | (adjective) of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan | - |
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| eastward | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastbound |
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| (noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees | Synonyms: due east, E, east |
| (adverb) toward the east | Synonyms: eastwards |
| eastwards | (adverb) toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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| feast | (noun) something experienced with great delight | - |
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| (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: fete, fiesta |
| (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, spread |
| (noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: banquet |
| (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
| (verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
| (verb) gratify | Synonyms: feed |
| feasting | (noun) eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) | Synonyms: banqueting |
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| hippeastrum | (noun) amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers | Synonyms: Hippeastrum puniceum |
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| least | (adjective) the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree | - |
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| (noun) something that is of no importance | - |
| (adverb) used to form the superlative, smallest in size or degree | Synonyms: to the lowest degree |
| leastways | (adverb) if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | Synonyms: at any rate, at least, leastwise |
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| leastwise | (adverb) if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | Synonyms: at any rate, at least, leastways |
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| noreaster | (noun) a storm blowing from the northeast | Synonyms: northeaster |
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| northeast | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeasterly, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeasterly |
| (noun) a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
| (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeastward |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point | - |
| (adverb) to, toward, or in the northeast | Synonyms: nor'-east, north-east |
| northeaster | (noun) a storm blowing from the northeast | Synonyms: noreaster |
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| northeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the northeast | Synonyms: northeast |
| northeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including the New England states, New York, and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeasterly |
| northeastward | (adjective) toward the northeast | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees | Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeast |
| (adverb) in a northeastward direction | Synonyms: northeastwardly |
| northeastwardly | (adverb) in a northeastward direction | Synonyms: northeastward |
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| oleaster | (noun) any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits | - |
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| redbreast | (noun) small Old World songbird with a reddish breast | Synonyms: Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, robin, robin redbreast |
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| southeast | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeasterly, southeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the southeast | Synonyms: southeasterly |
| (noun) a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city | - |
| (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeastward |
| (noun) the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point | - |
| (adverb) to, toward, or in the southeast | Synonyms: sou'-east, south-east |
| southeaster | (noun) a strong wind from the southeast | Synonyms: sou'easter |
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| southeasterly | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeastern |
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| (adjective) coming from the southeast | Synonyms: southeast |
| southeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeasterly |
| southeastward | (adjective) toward the southeast | - |
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| (noun) the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees | Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeast |
| (adverb) in a southeastward direction | Synonyms: southeastwardly |
| southeastwardly | (adverb) in a southeastward direction | Synonyms: southeastward |
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| yeast | (noun) any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division | - |
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| (noun) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey | Synonyms: barm |
| yeastlike | (adjective) of or resembling or containing yeast | Synonyms: yeasty |
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| yeasty | (adjective) of or resembling or containing yeast | Synonyms: yeastlike |
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| (adjective) exuberantly creative | - |
| (adjective) marked by spirited enjoyment | Synonyms: barmy, zestful, zesty |