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10-letter words containing be

  • bell glass — a bell-shaped glass jar or cover for protecting delicate instruments, bric-a-brac, or the like, or for containing gases or a vacuum in chemical experiments.
  • bell metal — an alloy of copper and tin, with some zinc and lead, used in casting bells
  • bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
  • bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period
  • bell tower — a tower containing a bell or bells; belfry
  • bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
  • bellabella — a member of a branch of the Kwakiutl Indians inhabiting central coastal British Columbia.
  • bellacoola — a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
  • belladonna — either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade
  • bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
  • belle isle — an island in the Atlantic, at the N entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, between Labrador and Newfoundland. Area: about 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
  • belletrist — a writer of belles-lettres
  • belleville — a city in SW Illinois.
  • bellflower — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
  • bellhanger — a person who mounts bells
  • bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
  • bellinzona — a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)
  • bellperson — a bellhop.
  • bellwether — If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
  • belly flop — a dive into water in which the body lands horizontally
  • belly girt — girth (def 2).
  • belly pack — fanny pack.
  • belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
  • belly-bust — belly-flop.
  • belly-flop — to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
  • belly-land — (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear.
  • belly-like — resembling a belly
  • belly-slam — belly-flop.
  • belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
  • bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
  • bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
  • belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
  • belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
  • belowdecks — below a ship's deck
  • belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
  • belt drive — a transmission system using a flexible belt to transfer power
  • beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • beltsville — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • bemedalled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
  • bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
  • ben lomond — a mountain in W central Scotland, on the E side of Loch Lomond. Height: 973 m (3192 ft)
  • ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
  • benacerraf — Baruj. 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens
  • bench hook — a device with a hooklike part fitting over the front edge of a workbench as a means of preventing an object from slipping toward the rear of the bench.
  • bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
  • bench seat — a seat for more than one person
  • bench show — an exhibition of small animals, esp. dogs, or cats, displayed on benches and competing for awards on the basis of how closely they conform to ideal standards for the breed
  • bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
  • bench test — the critical evaluation of a new or repaired component, device, apparatus, etc, prior to installation to ensure that it is in perfect condition
  • bench vice — a vice mounted on a workbench
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