5-letter words containing be
- besit — to suit; fit
- besom — a broom, esp one made of a bundle of twigs tied to a handle
- besot — to stupefy or muddle by narcotics or infatuation
- besti — shame; embarrassment
- bests — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- betel — an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
- bethe — Hans Albrecht (hans ˈalbrɛçt). 1906–2005, US physicist, born in Germany; noted for his research on astrophysics and nuclear physics: Nobel prize for physics 1967
- béton — a type of concrete prepared in France
- betsy — a feminine name
- betta — any of a genus (Betta) of brightly colored gouramies of Southeast Asia, esp. an aquarium species (B. splendens)
- bette — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- betti — Ugo (ˈuɡo). 1892–1953, Italian writer, noted esp for his plays, including La Padrona (1927), Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (1949), and La Regina e gli insorte (1951)
- betty — a type of short crowbar
- beuys — Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf). 1921–86, German artist, a celebrated figure of the avant-garde, noted esp for his sculptures made of felt and animal fat
- bevan — a stupid or unfashionable male
- bevel — a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
- bever — a snack
- bevin — Ernest. 1881–1951, British Labour statesman and trade unionist, who was largely responsible for the creation of the Transport and General Workers' Union (1922): minister of labour (1940–45); foreign secretary (1945–51)
- bevor — the armour that protects the lower part of the face
- bevue — a careless error
- bevvy — If you have a few bevvies, you have a few alcoholic drinks.
- bewet — to make wet
- bewig — to cover with a wig
- beyle — Marie Henri [ma-ree ahn-ree] /maˈri ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) real name of Stendhal.
- bezel — the sloping face adjacent to the working edge of a cutting tool
- bezos — Jeff. real name Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. born 1964, US entrepreneur: founder (1994) and CEO of the online retailer Amazon
- bombe — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- buber — Martin. 1878–1965, Jewish theologian, existentialist philosopher, and scholar of Hasidism, born in Austria, whose works include I and Thou (1923), Between Man and Man (1946), and Eclipse of God (1952)
- caber — A caber is a long, heavy, wooden pole. It is thrown into the air as a test of strength in the traditional Scottish sport called 'tossing the caber'.
- cabet — Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- combe — coomb
- cubeb — a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries
- cubed — cut into cubes
- cuber — a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
- cubes — Plural form of cube.
- cyber — Of, relating to, or characteristic of the culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality.
- daube — a braised meat stew
- debel — to overcome or beat (an opponent) in combat
- ebbed — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ebbet — a type of newt
- ebert — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- ebery — Eye dialect of every.
- embed — Fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.
- ember — A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.
- fiber — a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
- gabel — (UK, legal, obsolete) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.
- gabes — Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- garbe — a wheat-sheaf
- geber — (Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.