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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

behold
lay eyes on verb see with attention; `behold Christ!`

beholden(p)
adjective under a moral obligation to someone

behoove
behove verb be appropriate or necessary; `It behooves us to reflect on this matter`

beige
adjective of a light greyish-brown color

Beijing
Peking noun capital of the People`s Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city

being
beingness noun the state or fact of existing; `a point of view gradually coming into being`; `laws in existence for centuries`

Beira
noun a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel

bejewel
jewel verb adorn or decorate with precious stones; `jeweled dresses`

Bel
noun Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil

Bel and the Dragon
noun an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel

bel canto
noun a style of operatic singing

bel esprit
noun a witty or clever person with a fine mind

belabor
belabour verb to work at or to absurd length; `belabor the obvious`

belabour
belabor verb beat soundly

Belamcanda
genus Belamcanda noun a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae

Belarus
Republic of Belarus noun a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet

Belarusian
adjective of or pertaining to Belarus or to the people or culture of Belarus

Belarusian monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Belarus

belated
late adjective after the expected or usual time; delayed; `a belated birthday card`; `I`m late for the plane`; `the train is late`; `tardy children are sent to the principal`; `always tardy in making dental appointments`

belay
noun something to which a mountain climber`s rope can be secured

belaying pin
noun a wood or metal bar to which a rope can be secured (as on a ship or in mountain climbing)

belch
belching noun a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth

beldam
beldame noun a woman of advanced age

Belem
Para noun port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin

belemnite
noun a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae

belemnitic
adjective of or relating to belemnites

Belemnitidae
family Belemnitidae noun family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods

Belemnoidea
order Belemnoidea noun order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas

Belfast
capital of Northern Ireland noun capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland

belfry
noun a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung

Belgian
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people; `the Belgian Queen`

Belgian endive
French endive noun young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head

Belgian franc
noun formerly the basic unit of money in Belgium

Belgian hare
leporide noun red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare

Belgian sheepdog
Belgian shepherd noun hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep

Belgian waffle
noun thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce

Belgium
Kingdom of Belgium noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Belgrade
Beograd noun capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube

belief
noun any cognitive content held as true

believably
adverb in a believable manner; `he acted believably sincere`

believe
verb accept as true; take to be true; `I believed his report`; `We didn`t believe his stories from the War`; `She believes in spirits`

believe
verb judge or regard; look upon; judge; `I think he is very smart`; `I believe her to be very smart`; `I think that he is her boyfriend`; `The racist conceives such people to be inferior`

believer
worshiper noun a person who has religious faith

believer
noun a supporter who accepts something as true

believing
noun the cognitive process that leads to convictions; `seeing is believing`

Belisarius
noun Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians

belittle
verb lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; `don`t belittle your colleagues`

belittled
diminished 1 small adjective made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); `her comments made me feel small`

belittling
deprecating adjective tending to diminish or disparage; `belittling comments`; `managed a deprecating smile at the compliment`; `deprecatory remarks about the book`; `a slighting remark`

Belize
British Honduras noun a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control

Belize dollar
noun the basic unit of money in Belize

bell
toll noun the sound of a bell being struck; `saved by the bell`; `she heard the distant toll of church bells`

Bell
Alexander Melville Bell noun a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

bell apple
sweet cup noun the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle

bell arch
noun a round arch resting on corbels

bell book
noun a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded

bell buoy
gong buoy noun a buoy with a bell on it

bell captain
noun the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel

bell cote
bell cot noun a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof

bell deck
noun a floor under the bells of an open belfry

bell founder
noun a person who casts metal bells

bell foundry
noun a foundry where bells are cast

bell gable
noun an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote

bell heather
fine-leaved heath noun common low European shrub with purple-red flowers

bell jar
bell glass noun a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases

bell metal
noun bronze with 3 or 4 parts copper to 1 part tin; used in making bells

bell pepper
noun large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties

bell push
noun a button that is pushed to ring a bell

bell ringer
noun something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; `the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer`; `scored a bull`s eye`; `hit the mark`; `the president`s speech was a home run`

bell ringing
carillon noun playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

bell seat
balloon seat noun a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs)

bell tent
noun a bell-shaped tent

bell the cat
verb take a risk; perform a daring act; `Who is going to bell the cat?`

bell tower
noun a tower that supports or shelters a bell

bell-bottomed
bell-bottom adjective (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom; `bell-bottomed trousers`

bell-like call
noun a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell

bell-shaped
adjective having a convex shape that resembles a bell

belladonna
noun an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally

belladonna lily
naked lady 1 Amaryllis belladonna noun amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers

bellarmine
longbeard noun a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

bellbird
noun any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call

bellbottom trousers
bell-bottoms noun trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s

bellboy
bellman noun someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels

belle
noun a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals; `she was the belle of the ball`

Belle Isle cress
early winter cress noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida

Bellerophon
noun (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)

belles-lettres
belles lettres noun creative writing valued for esthetic content

belletristic
adjective written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content

bellicosity
bellicoseness noun a natural disposition to fight

bellied
bellying adjective curving outward

belligerence
belligerency noun hostile or warlike attitude or nature

belligerence
pugnacity noun a natural disposition to be hostile

belligerency
noun fighting; acts of overt warfare; `the outbreak of hostilities`

belligerent
fighting adjective engaged in war; `belligerent (or warring) nations`; `a fighting war`

belligerently
hostilely adverb in a belligerent hostile manner; `he pushed her against the wall belligerently`

Bellingham
noun a town in northeastern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border

Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini noun Italian composer of operas (1801-1835)

Bellis
genus Bellis noun daisy

bellow
bellowing noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); `his bellow filled the hallway`

bellows
noun a mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument