| bell | (noun) a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | - |
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| (noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | Synonyms: buzzer, doorbell |
| (noun) the flared opening of a tubular device | - |
| (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument | Synonyms: chime, gong |
| (noun) the sound of a bell being struck | Synonyms: toll |
| (noun) the shape of a bell | Synonyms: bell shape, campana |
| (noun) (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. | Synonyms: ship's bell |
| (verb) attach a bell to | - |
| belladonna | (noun) an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally | - |
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| (noun) perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine | Synonyms: Atropa belladonna, belladonna plant, deadly nightshade |
| bellarmine | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: greybeard, long-beard, longbeard |
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| bellbird | (noun) any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call | - |
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| bellbottom | (adjective) (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom | Synonyms: bell-bottom, bell-bottomed |
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| bellboy | (noun) someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | Synonyms: bellhop, bellman |
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| belle | (noun) a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals | - |
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| belletristic | (adjective) written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
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| bellflower | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: campanula |
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| bellhop | (noun) someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | Synonyms: bellboy, bellman |
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| bellicose | (adjective) having or showing a ready disposition to fight | Synonyms: battleful, combative |
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| bellicoseness | (noun) a natural disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicosity |
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| bellicosity | (noun) a natural disposition to fight | Synonyms: bellicoseness |
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| bellied | (adjective) having a belly | - |
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| (adjective) curving outward | Synonyms: bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant |
| belligerence | (noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: aggressiveness, pugnacity |
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| (noun) hostile or warlike attitude or nature | Synonyms: belligerency |
| belligerency | (noun) fighting; acts of overt warfare | Synonyms: hostilities |
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| (noun) hostile or warlike attitude or nature | Synonyms: belligerence |
| belligerent | (adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | Synonyms: aggressive |
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| (adjective) engaged in war | Synonyms: militant, war-ridden, warring |
| (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, combatant, fighter, scrapper |
| belligerently | (adverb) with hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner | Synonyms: hostilely |
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| belling | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree |
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| bellman | (noun) someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | Synonyms: bellboy, bellhop |
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| bellow | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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| (verb) shout loudly and without restraint | Synonyms: bawl |
| (verb) make a loud noise, as of animal | Synonyms: roar |
| bellower | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller |
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| bellowing | (noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | Synonyms: bellow, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl |
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| bellows | (noun) (used in the plural) a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument | - |
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| bellpull | (noun) a handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc. | - |
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| bellwether | (noun) sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell | - |
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| (noun) someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity | - |
| bellwort | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: merry bells, wild oats |
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| belly | (noun) the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | - |
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| (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: abdomen, stomach, venter |
| (noun) a protruding abdomen | Synonyms: paunch |
| (noun) the hollow inside of something | - |
| (noun) a part that bulges deeply | - |
| (verb) swell out or bulge out | Synonyms: belly out |
| bellyache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: gastralgia, stomach ache, stomachache |
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| (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| bellyacher | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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| bellyband | (noun) a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon | - |
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| (noun) a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
| bellybutton | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus |
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| bellyful | (noun) an undesirable overabundance | - |
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| bellying | (adjective) curving outward | Synonyms: bellied, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant |
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| bellylaugh | (verb) laugh a deep, hearty laugh | - |
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| bellyless | (adjective) lacking a prominent belly | Synonyms: flat-bellied |
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