7-letter words containing b, e
- basoche — a guild of medieval Parisian lawyers, granted the privilege of performing religious plays and known for abusing this privilege by performing comic plays instead
- basques — Plural form of basque.
- bassein — a city in Myanmar, on the Irrawaddy delta: a port on the Bassein River (the westernmost distributary of the Irrawaddy). Pop: 231 000 (2005 est)
- basterd — Misspelling of bastard.
- basters — Plural form of baster.
- bastide — a large manor house in the south of France
- batable — debatable; disputable
- batched — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- batcher — anything that makes something into batches
- batches — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- bateaux — Also, batteau. Nautical. Chiefly Canadian and Southern U.S.. a small, flat-bottomed rowboat used on rivers. a half-decked, sloop-rigged boat used for fishing on Chesapeake Bay; skipjack. (in some regions) a scow.
- bateful — (obsolete) Exciting contention; contentious.
- bateson — William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.
- bathers — a swimming costume
- batiste — a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses
- batlike — any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs.
- batsmen — Plural form of batsman.
- batteau — bateau (def 1).
- battell — Obsolete spelling of battle.
- battels — (at some universities) the account of a member of a college for board, provisions, and other college expenses
- battens — Plural form of batten.
- battero — a heavy club
- batters — Plural form of batter.
- battery — Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
- batties — Plural form of batty.
- battled — Simple past tense and past participle of battle.
- battler — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- battles — Plural form of battle.
- batture — A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
- battute — a beat.
- batuque — a Brazilian round dance of African origin.
- baubles — a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
- bauchle — an old worn shoe
- baulked — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- baulker — Someone who baulks.
- bautzen — a town in E Germany, in Saxony: site of an indecisive battle in 1813 between Napoleon's army and an allied army of Russians and Prussians. Pop: 42 160 (2003 est)
- bauxite — Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained.
- bawbees — Plural form of bawbee.
- bawbles — Plural form of bawble.
- bawdier — Comparative form of bawdy.
- bay ice — smooth sea ice formed in the sheltered waters of an arctic or antarctic bay.
- bayelsa — a state of Nigeria, on the Niger river delta on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Yenagoa. Pop: 1 703 358 (2006). Area: 10 773 sq km (4159 sq miles)
- bayonet — A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
- bayonne — a port in SW France: a commercial centre for the Basque region. Pop: 45 636 (2006)
- bayside — On or near the shore of a bay.
- bazaine — François Achille [frahn-swa a-sheel] /frɑ̃ˈswa aˈʃil/ (Show IPA), 1811–88, French general and marshal.
- be cast — (of a sheep) to have fallen and been unable to rise
- be good — do not misbehave
- be like — to say, think, or feel
- be off! — go away!