7-letter words containing n, b
- beknave — to treat as a knave
- beknown — known about
- belgian — Belgian means belonging or relating to Belgium or to its people.
- belinda — a feminine name: dim. Linda
- belling — the cry of a rutting stag or hunting dog.
- bellini — Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1430–1516, Italian painter of the Venetian school, noted for his altarpieces, landscapes, and Madonnas. His father Jacopo (?1400–70) and his brother Gentile (?1429–1507) were also painters
- bellman — a man who rings a bell, esp (formerly) a town crier
- bellona — the Roman goddess of war
- belmont — Alva Ertskin Smith Vanderbilt [urt-skin] /ˈɜrt skɪn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.
- beltane — an ancient Celtic festival with a sacrificial bonfire on May Day. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- belting — the material used to make a belt or belts
- beltman — (formerly) the member of a beach life-saving team who swam out with a line attached to his belt
- belying — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- ben hur — a historical novel (1880) by Lew Wallace.
- ben oil — the seed of a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, that yields an oil (ben oil) used in manufacturing cosmetics and lubricating delicate machinery.
- ben-zvi — Itzhak (ˈjɪtsxak). 1884–1963, Israeli statesman; president (1952–63)
- benares — Varanasi
- bencher — a member of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court, usually a judge or a Queen's Counsel
- bendery — a city in E central Moldavia, SE of Kishinev.
- bendigo — a city in SE Australia, in central Victoria: founded in 1851 after the discovery of gold. Pop: 68 715 (2001)
- bending — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- bendlet — a narrow diagonal stripe on a heraldic shield
- beneath — Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing.
- benefic — beneficent
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- benelux — The Benelux countries are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
- benempt — past participles of bename.
- bengali — Bengali means belonging or relating to Bengal, or to its people or language.
- benicia — a town in W California.
- benight — to shroud in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benison — a blessing, esp a spoken one
- bennett — Alan. born 1934, British actor and playwright. His plays include Forty Years On (1968), The Old Country (1977), The Madness of George III (1991), The History Boys (2004), and the monologues for television Talking Heads (1987, 1998)
- bennies — Benzedrine, especially in tablet form.
- benomyl — a fungicide, derived from imidazole, used on cereal and fruit crops: suspected of being carcinogenic
- bent on — curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
- bentham — Jeremy. 1748–1832, British philosopher and jurist: a founder of utilitarianism. His works include A Fragment on Government (1776) and Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)
- benthic — of or relating to a benthos.
- benthon — the aggregate of organisms that live on or in the benthos.
- benthos — the animals and plants living at the bottom of a sea or lake
- bentley — Edmund Clerihew. 1875–1956, English journalist, noted for his invention of the clerihew
- benzene — Benzene is a clear, colourless liquid which is used to make plastics.
- benzine — a volatile mixture of the lighter aliphatic hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum
- benzoic — of, containing, or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin
- benzoin — a gum resin containing benzoic acid, obtained from various trees of the genus Styrax, esp S. benzoin of Java and Sumatra, and used in ointments, perfume, etc
- benzoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group C6H5CO-
- bepaint — to dye; paint over
- bergman — (Ernst) Ingmar (ˈiŋmar). 1918–2007, Swedish film and stage director, whose films include The Seventh Seal (1956), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), Scenes from a Marriage (1974), Autumn Sonata (1978), and Fanny and Alexander (1982)
- bergson — Henri Louis (ɑ̃ri lwi). 1859–1941, French philosopher, who sought to bridge the gap between metaphysics and science. His main works are Memory and Matter (1896, trans. 1911) and Creative Evolution (1907, trans. 1911): Nobel prize for literature 1927
- berline — a limousine with a glass partition between the front and rear seats
- bernard — Claude (klod). 1813–78, French physiologist, noted for his research on the action of secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver