| bedbug | (noun) bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood | Synonyms: bed bug, chinch, Cimex lectularius |
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| bedchamber | (noun) a room used primarily for sleeping | Synonyms: bedroom, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room |
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| bedclothes | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedding |
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| bedcover | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedspread, counterpane, spread |
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| bedded | (adjective) having a bed or beds as specified | - |
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| (adjective) deposited or arranged in horizontal layers | Synonyms: stratified |
| bedder | (noun) an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed | Synonyms: bedding plant |
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| bedding | (noun) coverings that are used on a bed | Synonyms: bed clothing, bedclothes |
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| (noun) material used to provide a bed for animals | Synonyms: bedding material, litter |
| bedeck | (verb) decorate | Synonyms: bedight, deck |
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| bedesman | (noun) a person who is paid to pray for the soul of another | Synonyms: beadsman |
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| bedevil | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment |
| bedevilment | (noun) the act of harassing someone | Synonyms: badgering, torment, worrying |
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| bedew | (verb) cover with drops of dew or as with dew | - |
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| bedewed | (adjective) wet with dew | Synonyms: dewy |
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| bedfast | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedrid, bedridden, sick-abed |
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| bedfellow | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedmate |
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| (noun) a temporary associate | - |
| bedframe | (noun) the framework of a bed | Synonyms: bedstead |
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| bedground | (noun) an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night | Synonyms: bed-ground, bed ground |
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| bedhop | (verb) be sexually active with more than one partner | Synonyms: bed-hop, sleep around |
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| bedight | (verb) decorate | Synonyms: bedeck, deck |
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| bedim | (verb) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight | Synonyms: benight |
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| (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: obscure, overcloud |
| bedimmed | (adjective) made dim or indistinct | - |
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| bedizen | (verb) dress up garishly and tastelessly | Synonyms: dizen |
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| (verb) decorate tastelessly | - |
| bedlam | (noun) a state of extreme confusion and disorder | Synonyms: chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness |
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| bedlamite | (noun) an archaic term for a lunatic | - |
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| bedless | (adjective) without a bed | - |
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| bedmate | (noun) a person with whom you share a bed | Synonyms: bedfellow |
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| bedpan | (noun) a shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination | - |
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| bedpost | (noun) any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead | - |
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| bedraggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: draggle |
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| bedraggled | (adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down |
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| (adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud | Synonyms: draggled |
| bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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| bedrid | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedridden, sick-abed |
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| bedridden | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed |
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| bedrock | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, basics, fundamental principle, fundamentals |
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| (noun) solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil | - |
| bedroll | (noun) bedding rolled up for carrying | - |
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| bedroom | (noun) a room used primarily for sleeping | Synonyms: bedchamber, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room |
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| bedside | (noun) space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person) | - |
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| bedsit | (noun) a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) | Synonyms: bedsitter, bedsitting room |
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| bedsitter | (noun) a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing) | Synonyms: bedsit, bedsitting room |
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| bedsore | (noun) a chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients) | Synonyms: decubitus ulcer, pressure sore |
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| bedspread | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, counterpane, spread |
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| bedspring | (noun) (usually in the plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed | - |
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| bedstead | (noun) the framework of a bed | Synonyms: bedframe |
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| bedstraw | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Galium | - |
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| bedtime | (noun) the time you go to bed | - |
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| bedwetter | (noun) someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed | Synonyms: bed wetter, wetter |
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| bee | (noun) any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species | - |
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| (noun) a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions | - |
| beebalm | (noun) bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America | Synonyms: bee balm, garden balm, lemon balm, Melissa officinalis, sweet balm |
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| (noun) perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads | Synonyms: bee balm, bergamot mint, Monarda didyma, oswego tea |
| (noun) perennial herb of North America | Synonyms: bee balm, Monarda fistulosa |
| beebread | (noun) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae | Synonyms: ambrosia |
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| beech | (noun) any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions | Synonyms: beech tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles | Synonyms: beechwood |
| beechen | (adjective) consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree | - |
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| beechnut | (noun) small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees | - |
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| beechwood | (noun) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles | Synonyms: beech |
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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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| beehive | (noun) a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees | Synonyms: hive |
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| (noun) any workplace where people are very busy | - |
| (noun) a hairdo resembling a beehive | - |
| (noun) a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree | Synonyms: hive |
| beekeeper | (noun) a farmer who keeps bees for their honey | Synonyms: apiarist, apiculturist |
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| beekeeping | (noun) the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | Synonyms: apiculture |
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| beeline | (noun) the most direct route | - |
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| beep | (noun) a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | Synonyms: bleep |
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| (verb) call, summon, or alert with a beeper | - |
| (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: blare, claxon, honk, toot |
| beeper | (noun) an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged | Synonyms: pager |
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| beer | (noun) a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops | - |
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| beery | (adjective) smelling of beer | - |
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| beeswax | (noun) a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs | - |
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| (verb) cover with beeswax | - |
| beet | (noun) round red root vegetable | Synonyms: beetroot |
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| (noun) biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris, common beet |
| beetle | (adjective) jutting or overhanging | Synonyms: beetling |
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| (noun) insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings | - |
| (noun) a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing | Synonyms: mallet |
| (verb) beat with a beetle | - |
| (verb) fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle | - |
| (verb) be suspended over or hang over | Synonyms: overhang |
| beetleweed | (noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
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| beetling | (adjective) jutting or overhanging | Synonyms: beetle |
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| beetroot | (noun) round red root vegetable | Synonyms: beet |
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| (noun) beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris rubra |
| 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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| beg | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: implore, pray |
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| (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: solicit, tap |
| (verb) dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted | - |
| (verb) ask to obtain free | - |
| beget | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire |
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| begetter | (noun) a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) | Synonyms: father, male parent |
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| beggar | (noun) a pauper who lives by begging | Synonyms: mendicant |
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| (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: pauperise, pauperize |
| (verb) be beyond the resources of | - |
| beggarly | (adjective) marked by poverty befitting a beggar | Synonyms: mean |
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| (adjective) (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | Synonyms: mean |
| beggarman | (noun) a man who is a beggar | - |
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| beggarweed | (noun) West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil | Synonyms: Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum |
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| beggarwoman | (noun) a woman who is a beggar | - |
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