betrayer | (noun) a person who says one thing and does another | Synonyms: double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer |
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(noun) one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | Synonyms: blabber, informer, rat, squealer |
betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
betrothed | (adjective) pledged to be married | Synonyms: bespoken, engaged |
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(noun) the person to whom you are engaged | - |
better | (adjective) (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another | - |
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(adjective) (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness | - |
(adjective) (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable | Synonyms: best |
(adjective) more than half | - |
(noun) something superior in quality or condition or effect | - |
(noun) the superior one of two alternatives | - |
(noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: bettor, punter, wagerer |
(noun) a superior person having claim to precedence | - |
(adverb) comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. | - |
(adverb) from a position of superiority or authority | Synonyms: best |
(verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate |
(verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, improve, meliorate |
(verb) surpass in excellence | Synonyms: break |
bettering | (adjective) changing for the better | - |
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betterment | (noun) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better | Synonyms: amelioration, melioration |
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(noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: advance, improvement |
(noun) an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility | - |
betting | (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | Synonyms: card-playing, dissipated, gambling, sporting |
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bettong | (noun) short-nosed rat kangaroo | - |
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bettor | (noun) someone who bets | Synonyms: better, punter, wagerer |
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betulaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family | - |
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between | (adverb) in between | Synonyms: 'tween |
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(adverb) in the interval | Synonyms: betwixt |
betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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betwixt | (adverb) in the interval | Synonyms: between |
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bevatron | (noun) a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts | - |
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bevel | (noun) a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size | Synonyms: bevel square |
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(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: cant, chamfer |
(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | Synonyms: chamfer |
beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
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bevy | (noun) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground) | - |
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(noun) a large gathering of people of a particular type | - |
bewail | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, deplore, lament |
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beware | (verb) be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to | Synonyms: mind |
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bewhisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: whisker |
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bewhiskered | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, whiskered, whiskery |
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bewilder | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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(verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, discombobulate, throw |
bewildered | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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bewilderedly | (adverb) in a bewildered manner | - |
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bewilderingly | (adverb) in a bewildering and confusing manner | Synonyms: confusingly |
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bewilderment | (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement |
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bewitch | (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
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(verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: enchant, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
bewitched | (adjective) captured, as if under a spell | Synonyms: ensorcelled |
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bewitchery | (noun) magnetic personal charm | Synonyms: animal magnetism, beguilement |
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bewitching | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating |
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bewitchingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: captivatingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly |
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bewitchment | (noun) a magical spell | Synonyms: enchantment |
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bewray | (verb) reveal unintentionally | Synonyms: betray |
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bey | (noun) the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire | - |
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(noun) (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt | - |
beyond | (adverb) over and above | - |
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(adverb) farther along in space or time or degree | - |
(adverb) on the farther side from the observer | - |
bezant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezzant, byzant, solidus |
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bezel | (noun) a sloping edge on a cutting tool | - |
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bezique | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: penuchle, pinochle, pinocle |
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bezzant | (noun) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: bezant, byzant, solidus |
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