6-letter words containing b, l
- beadle — (formerly, in the Church of England) a minor parish official who acted as an usher and kept order
- beagle — A beagle is a short-haired black and brown dog with long ears and short legs. It is kept as a pet or sometimes used for hunting.
- bearly — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
- becall — to use insulting words about someone
- becalm — to calm down
- beclog — to clog (something) up, to block thoroughly
- becurl — to cover with curls
- bedeal — (transitive, obsolete) To deprive (of).
- bedell — Obsolete spelling of beadle.
- bedlam — Bedlam means a great deal of noise and disorder. People often say 'It was bedlam' to mean 'There was bedlam'.
- bedlem — Alternative spelling of bedlam.
- bedral — a minor official in the Scottish Episcopal Church, similar but not identical to the English beadle
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- befall — If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you.
- befell — to happen or occur.
- beflag — to decorate with flags
- beflea — to infest with fleas
- beflum — idle, deceptive, or cajoling speech
- befool — to make a fool of
- befoul — to make dirty or foul; soil; defile
- begall — to make sore by rubbing
- begild — to decorate or cover with gold
- beglad — to make glad
- begulf — to engulf or overwhelm
- behalf — interest, part, benefit, or respect (only in the phrases on (someone's) behalf, on or US and Canadian in behalf of, in this (or that) behalf)
- beheld — Beheld is the past tense of behold.
- behold — If you behold someone or something, you see them.
- behowl — to howl at
- belace — to decorate with lace
- belady — to call (someone) a lady
- belamy — a close friend
- belate — to cause to be late
- belaud — to praise highly
- belaya — a river in S Russia, flowing generally NW from the Urals to the Kama River. 880 miles (1416 km) long.
- beldam — an old woman, esp an ugly or malicious one; hag
- beleap — to leap over
- belfry — The belfry of a church is the top part of its tower, where the bells are.
- belgae — an ancient Celtic people who in Roman times inhabited present-day Belgium and N France
- belgic — of Belgium
- belial — a demon mentioned frequently in apocalyptic literature: identified in the Christian tradition with the devil or Satan
- belied — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
- belies — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- belike — perhaps; maybe
- belive — speedily
- belize — a state in Central America, on the Caribbean Sea: site of a Mayan civilization until the 9th century ad; colonized by the British from 1638; granted internal self-government in 1964; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981. Official language: English; Carib and Spanish are also spoken. Currency: Belize dollar. Capital: Belmopan. Pop: 334 297 (2013 est). Area: 22 965 sq km (8867 sq miles)
- bellay — Joachim du (ʒɔaʃɛ̃ dy). 1522–60, French poet, a member of the Pléiade
- belled — the cry of a rutting stag or hunting dog.
- belloc — Hilaire (ˈhɪlɛə, hɪˈlɛə). 1870–1953, British poet, essayist, and historian, born in France, noted particularly for his verse for children in The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales (1907)
- bellow — If someone bellows, they shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.