belfry | (noun) a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung | - |
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(noun) a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building | Synonyms: campanile |
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 |
bellflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: campanula |
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bellyful | (noun) an undesirable overabundance | - |
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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 |
benficiate | (verb) subject to a reduction process | - |
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benzofuran | (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins | Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone |
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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 |
biface | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: bifacial |
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bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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biff | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: clout, lick, poke, punch, slug |
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(verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: pommel, pummel |
bifid | (adjective) divided into two lobes | - |
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bifilar | (adjective) having or using two filaments | - |
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biflagellate | (adjective) having two flagella | - |
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bifocal | (adjective) having two foci | - |
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bifocals | (noun) (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision | - |
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bifoliate | (adjective) having two leaves | - |
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biform | (adjective) having or combining two forms | - |
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bifurcate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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(verb) divide into two branches | - |
(verb) split or divide into two | - |
bifurcated | (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts | - |
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bifurcation | (noun) the act of splitting into two branches | - |
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(noun) the place where something divides into two branches | - |
(noun) a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) | - |
billfish | (noun) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw | - |
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(noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | Synonyms: gar, needlefish |
(noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus |
(noun) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | Synonyms: saury, Scomberesox saurus |
billfold | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: notecase, pocketbook, wallet |
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binful | (noun) the quantity contained in a bin | Synonyms: bin |
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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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biofeedback | (noun) a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them | - |
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bioflavinoid | (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation | Synonyms: citrin, vitamin P |
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biosafety | (noun) safety from exposure to infectious agents | - |
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bipinnatifid | (adjective) pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid | - |
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birdfeeder | (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder |
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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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bisulfate | (noun) a salt or an ester of sulphuric acid with the chemical formula HSO4-. | Synonyms: hydrogen sulfate |
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blackface | (noun) the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro | - |
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blackfish | (noun) female salmon that has recently spawned | - |
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(noun) small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school | Synonyms: black whale, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale |
(noun) large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: tautog, Tautoga onitis |
blackfly | (noun) small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals | Synonyms: black fly, buffalo gnat |
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(noun) blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets | Synonyms: Aphis fabae, bean aphid |
blameful | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable |
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blastoff | (noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination | Synonyms: shot |
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blindfold | (adjective) wearing a blindfold | Synonyms: blindfolded |
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(noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes | - |
(verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
blindfolded | (adjective) wearing a blindfold | Synonyms: blindfold |
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blissful | (adjective) completely happy and contented | - |
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blissfully | (adverb) in a blissful manner | - |
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blissfulness | (noun) a state of extreme happiness | Synonyms: bliss, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air |
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bloodleaf | (noun) any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage | - |
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blowfish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: globefish, puffer, pufferfish |
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(noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: puffer, pufferfish, sea squab |
blowfly | (noun) large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds | Synonyms: blow fly |
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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 | - |
bluff | (adjective) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | Synonyms: bold, sheer |
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(adjective) bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured | - |
(noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards | Synonyms: four flush |
(noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | - |
(noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) | - |
(verb) frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | - |
(verb) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand | Synonyms: bluff out |
bluffer | (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people | Synonyms: four-flusher |
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bluffly | (adverb) in a blunt direct manner | Synonyms: bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly |
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bluffness | (noun) good-natured frankness | - |
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blushful | (adjective) of blush color | Synonyms: rosy |
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(adjective) having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset | Synonyms: blushing, red-faced |
boarfish | (noun) fish with a projecting snout | Synonyms: Capros aper |
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(noun) fish with large eyes and long snouts | - |
boastful | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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boastfully | (adverb) in a boastful manner | Synonyms: big, large, vauntingly |
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boastfulness | (noun) outspoken conceit | Synonyms: vainglory |
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bobfloat | (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobber, cork |
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boeuf | (noun) meat from an adult domestic bovine | Synonyms: beef |
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boffin | (noun) (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research | - |
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boffo | (adjective) resoundingly successful and popular | - |
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boldface | (noun) a typeface with thick heavy lines | Synonyms: bold, bold face |
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(verb) print in boldface | - |
bombproof | (adjective) able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells | Synonyms: shellproof |
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(noun) a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids | Synonyms: air-raid shelter, bomb shelter |
(verb) make safe against bombings | - |
bonefish | (noun) slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons | Synonyms: Albula vulpes |
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bonfire | (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration | Synonyms: balefire |
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boniface | (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: host, innkeeper |
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bookfair | (noun) bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause | Synonyms: book fair |
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(noun) fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books | Synonyms: book fair |
bookshelf | (noun) a shelf on which to keep books | - |
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botfly | (noun) stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals | - |
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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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botuliform | (adjective) long with rounded ends | - |
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bouffant | (adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing | Synonyms: puffy |
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(noun) a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance | - |
bouffe | (noun) opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken | Synonyms: comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique |
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bountiful | (adjective) producing in abundance | Synonyms: plentiful |
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(adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
bountifully | (adverb) in a bountiful manner | Synonyms: bounteously, plenteously, plentifully |
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bountifulness | (noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: amplitude, bounty |
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bowfin | (noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | Synonyms: Amia calva, dogfish, grindle |
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bowfront | (adjective) having an outward curving front | - |
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bowlful | (noun) the quantity contained in a bowl | Synonyms: bowl |
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boxfish | (noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates | Synonyms: trunkfish |
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boxful | (noun) the quantity contained in a box | Synonyms: box |
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boyfriend | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, fellow, swain |
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breadfruit | (noun) a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts | - |
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(noun) native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread | Synonyms: Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit tree |
breadstuff | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: bread, staff of life |
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(noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread | - |