9-letter words containing b, c, e
- beachside — situated near a beach
- beachwear — Beachwear is the things people wear for swimming.
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- bear claw — a sweet, almond-flavored breakfast pastry made with yeast dough and shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
- beat back — to force to retreat; drive back
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beccaccia — a woodcock
- beccafico — any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of
- becquerel — Antoine Henri (ɑ̃twan ɑ̃ri). 1852–1908, French physicist, who discovered the photographic action of the rays emitted by uranium salts and so instigated the study of radioactivity: Nobel prize for physics 1903
- becripple — to make or cause to become crippled.
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- bed check — an inspection conducted soon after bedtime or during the night, as in a barracks or dormitory, to determine the presence or absence of persons required by regulation to be in bed.
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- bedecking — Present participle of bedeck.
- bedjacket — A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
- bee block — bee2 (def 1).
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beechnuts — Plural form of beechnut.
- beechwood — wood from a beech tree
- beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belection — bolection.
- belgicism — a word or expression used by Belgians when speaking French or Dutch
- bell arch — a round arch resting on prominent corbels.
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bench dog — a dog on exhibit at a dog show before and after competition in the show ring.
- benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
- benchless — without a bench or benches
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- benchrest — a tablelike support for a target rifle used in target practice.
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- bescatter — to scatter or strew about
- beseeched — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
- best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
- beta cell — B cell (def 2).
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bev curls — long locks of hair, considered to be typical of a certain kind of unfashionable male
- bewitched — to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.