| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| aftereffect | (noun) any result that follows its cause after an interval | - |
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| (noun) a delayed effect of a drug or therapy | - |
| antefix | (noun) carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles | - |
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| areflexia | (noun) absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage | - |
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| artefact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artifact |
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| artefactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artifactual |
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| balefire | (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | Synonyms: bonfire |
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| baleful | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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| (adjective) deadly or sinister | Synonyms: baneful |
| balefully | (adverb) in a baleful manner | - |
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| balefulness | (noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: maleficence, mischief |
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| baneful | (adjective) deadly or sinister | Synonyms: baleful |
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| (adjective) exceedingly harmful | Synonyms: deadly, pernicious, pestilent |
| banefully | (adverb) in a noxiously baneful way | Synonyms: perniciously |
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| barefaced | (adjective) with no effort to conceal | Synonyms: bald |
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| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
| barefacedly | (adverb) without shame | Synonyms: shamelessly, unashamedly |
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| barefoot | (adjective) without shoes | Synonyms: barefooted, shoeless |
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| (adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefooted |
| barefooted | (adjective) without shoes | Synonyms: barefoot, shoeless |
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| (adverb) without shoes on | Synonyms: barefoot |
| battlefield | (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor |
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| battlefront | (noun) the line along which opposing armies face each other | Synonyms: front, front line |
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| battleful | (adjective) having or showing a ready disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicose, combative |
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| beef | (noun) cattle that are reared for their meat | Synonyms: beef cattle |
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| (noun) informal terms for objecting | Synonyms: bitch, gripe, kick, squawk |
| (noun) meat from an adult domestic bovine | Synonyms: boeuf |
| (verb) complain | Synonyms: bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| beefalo | (noun) hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds | Synonyms: cattalo |
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| beefburger | (noun) a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients | Synonyms: burger, hamburger |
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| beefcake | (noun) a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire | - |
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| beefeater | (noun) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch | Synonyms: yeoman, yeoman of the guard |
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| beefsteak | (noun) a beef steak usually cooked by broiling | - |
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| beefwood | (noun) a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber | Synonyms: balata, balata tree, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata |
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| (noun) any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork | - |
| (noun) tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood | Synonyms: Grevillea striata |
| (noun) tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood | Synonyms: scrub beefwood, Stenocarpus salignus |
| (noun) any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork | - |
| beefy | (adjective) muscular and heavily built | Synonyms: buirdly, burly, husky, strapping |
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| befall | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, happen |
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| (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, betide |
| befit | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: beseem, suit |
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| befitting | (adjective) appropriate to | - |
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| befittingly | (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: appropriately, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably |
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| befog | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| befogged | (adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink | Synonyms: befuddled |
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| befool | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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| (verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: fool, gull |
| befooling | (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: stultification |
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| before | (adverb) at or in the front | Synonyms: ahead, in front |
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| (adverb) earlier in time; previously | Synonyms: earlier |
| beforehand | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: advance |
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| (adverb) ahead of time; in anticipation | Synonyms: ahead, in advance |
| befoul | (verb) spot, stain, or pollute | Synonyms: defile, foul, maculate |
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| befouled | (adjective) made dirty or foul | Synonyms: fouled |
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| befoulment | (noun) the state of being polluted | Synonyms: defilement, pollution |
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| befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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| befuddle | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) make stupid with alcohol | Synonyms: fuddle |
| befuddled | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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| (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: addled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
| (adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink | Synonyms: befogged |
| befuddlement | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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| belief | (noun) any cognitive content held as true | - |
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| (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: feeling, impression, notion, opinion |
| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| benefaction | (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will | Synonyms: benevolence |
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| (noun) a contribution of money or assistance | - |
| benefactor | (noun) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) | Synonyms: helper |
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| benefactress | (noun) a woman benefactor | - |
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| benefic | (adjective) exerting a favorable or beneficent influence | - |
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| benefice | (noun) an endowed church office giving income to its holder | Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice |
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| (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
| beneficed | (adjective) having a benefice | - |
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| beneficence | (noun) the quality of being kind or helpful or generous | - |
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| (noun) doing good; feeling beneficent | - |
| beneficent | (adjective) doing or producing good | - |
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| (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor | Synonyms: benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic |
| beneficial | (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being | Synonyms: good |
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| beneficially | (adverb) in a beneficial manner | - |
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| beneficiary | (adjective) having or arising from a benefice | - |
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| (noun) the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: benefactive role |
| (noun) the recipient of funds or other benefits | Synonyms: donee |
| beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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| beneficiation | (noun) crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques | Synonyms: mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing |
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| benefit | (noun) something that aids or promotes well-being | Synonyms: welfare |
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| (noun) a performance to raise money for a charitable cause | - |
| (noun) financial assistance in time of need | - |
| (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: gain, profit |
| (verb) be beneficial for | Synonyms: do good |
| bereft | (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation | Synonyms: bereaved, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing |
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| (adjective) unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love | Synonyms: lovelorn, unbeloved |
| biodefence | (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | Synonyms: biodefense, biological defence, biological defense |
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| biodefense | (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents | Synonyms: biodefence, biological defence, biological defense |
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| birefringence | (noun) splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly | Synonyms: double refraction |
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| birefringent | (adjective) relating to or characterized by double refraction | - |
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| blameful | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable |
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| bluefin | (noun) largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics | Synonyms: bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus |
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| (noun) flesh of very large tuna | Synonyms: bluefin tuna |
| bluefish | (noun) bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters | Synonyms: Pomatomus saltatrix |
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| (noun) fatty bluish flesh of bluefish | - |
| bonefish | (noun) slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons | Synonyms: Albula vulpes |
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| bottlefeed | (verb) feed (infants) with a bottle | - |
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| bottleful | (noun) the quantity contained in a bottle | Synonyms: bottle |
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| brief | (adjective) concise and succinct | - |
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| (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: abbreviated |
| (adjective) of short duration or distance | - |
| (noun) a condensed written summary or abstract | - |
| (noun) a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case | Synonyms: legal brief |
| (verb) give essential information to someone | - |
| briefcase | (noun) a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books | - |
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| briefing | (noun) detailed instructions, as for a military operation | - |
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| briefless | (adjective) (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients | - |
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| briefly | (adverb) for a short time | - |
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| (adverb) in a concise manner; in a few words | Synonyms: concisely, in brief, in short, shortly |
| briefness | (noun) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | Synonyms: brevity, transience |
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| (noun) the temporal property of being very short | - |
| briefs | (noun) (used in the plural) short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts) | Synonyms: Jockey shorts |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calefaction | (noun) the property of being warming | Synonyms: incalescence |
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| calefactive | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactory |
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| calefactory | (adjective) serving to heat | Synonyms: calefactive |
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| carefree | (adjective) cheerfully irresponsible | Synonyms: devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy |
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| (adjective) free of trouble and worry and care | Synonyms: unworried |
| carefreeness | (noun) the trait of being without worry or responsibility | - |
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| (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness |
| careful | (adjective) exercising caution or showing care or attention | - |
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| (adjective) cautiously attentive | Synonyms: heedful |
| (adjective) mindful of the future in spending money | Synonyms: thrifty |
| (adjective) full of cares or anxiety | - |
| (adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity | Synonyms: deliberate, measured |
| carefully | (adverb) taking care or paying attention | - |
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| (adverb) as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | Synonyms: cautiously, with kid gloves |
| carefulness | (noun) the quality of being careful and painstaking | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: caution, cautiousness |
| carrefour | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: crossing, crossroad, crossway, intersection |
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| caseful | (noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: case |
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| cefadroxil | (noun) a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef) | Synonyms: Ultracef |
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| cefoperazone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections | Synonyms: Cefobid |
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| cefotaxime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Claforan |
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| ceftazidime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections | Synonyms: Fortaz, Tazicef |
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| ceftriaxone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Rocephin |
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| cefuroxime | (noun) a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges | Synonyms: Ceftin, Zinacef |
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| centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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| chanceful | (adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | Synonyms: chancy, dicey, dodgy |
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| changeful | (adjective) such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change | Synonyms: changeable |
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| changefulness | (noun) the quality of being changeable and variable | Synonyms: inconstancy |
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| cheeseflower | (noun) erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States | Synonyms: cheese, high mallow, Malva sylvestris, tall mallow |
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