6-letter words containing be
- berber — Berber means belonging or relating to a particular Muslim people in North Africa, or to their language or customs.
- bercow — John (Simon). born 1963, British Conservative politician; speaker of the House of Commons from 2009
- berean — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- bereft — If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it.
- bergen — a large rucksack with a capacity of over 50 litres
- berger — Thomas, 1924–2014, U.S. novelist.
- bergie — a vagabond, esp one living on the slopes of Table Mountain in the Western Cape province of South Africa
- berime — to celebrate in verse.
- bering — Vitus (ˈviːtʊs). 1681–1741, Danish navigator, who explored the N Pacific for the Russians and discovered Bering Island and the Bering Strait
- berith — the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
- berley — bait scattered on water to attract fish
- berlin — the capital of Germany (1871–1945 and from 1990), formerly divided (1945–90) into the eastern sector, capital of East Germany, and the western sectors, which formed an exclave in East German territory closely affiliated with West Germany: a wall dividing the sectors was built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989 and the city was formally reunited in 1990: formerly (1618–1871) the capital of Brandenburg and Prussia. Pop: 3 388 477 (2003 est)
- bermed — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- bernie — a male given name, form of Bernard.
- bertha — a wide deep capelike collar, often of lace, usually to cover up a low neckline
- bertie — a male or female given name.
- berwyn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- besant — Annie, née Wood. 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India
- beseem — to be suitable for; befit
- beshow — a sablefish.
- beside — Something that is beside something else is at the side of it or next to it.
- besigh — to sigh for or over
- besing — to sing about joyfully
- beslan — a town in the North Ossetian Republic in Russia: scene of a massacre in 2004 when Chechen extremists held a school hostage, leading to a siege in which 344 people were killed. Pop: 35 550 (2002)
- besmut — to blacken with smut
- besnow — to whiten
- besoin — need
- besort — the type of company that is befitting
- bespit — to cover with spittle
- bespot — to mark with spots or blemishes
- bessel — Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics
- bessie — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bestar — to decorate with stars
- bested — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- bestie — Your bestie is your best friend.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- bestud — to set with studs
- betake — to apply (oneself) to
- betcha — I bet you
- beteem — to accord or allow
- bethel — an ancient town in the West Bank, near Jerusalem: in the Old Testament, the place where the dream of Jacob occurred (Genesis 28:19)
- betide — to happen or happen to; befall (often in the phrase woe betide (someone))
- betime — to befall, happen
- betise — folly or lack of perception
- betoil — to worry
- betony — a Eurasian plant, Stachys (or Betonica) officinalis, with a spike of reddish-purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- betook — simple past tense of betake.
- betoss — to toss about
- betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.