7-letter words containing be
- beeswax — Beeswax is wax that is made by bees and used especially for making candles and furniture polish.
- beetfly — a muscid fly, Pegomyia hyoscyami: a common pest of beets and mangel-wurzels
- beetled — Projecting over.
- beetler — a person who operates a beetling machine,
- beetles — Plural form of beetle.
- befalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befall.
- befleck — to fleck all over
- beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
- beggary — extreme poverty or need
- begging — asking for money, food, etc
- beghard — a member of a Christian brotherhood that was founded in Flanders in the 13th century and followed a life based on that of the Beguines
- begloom — to make gloomy
- begonia — A begonia is a garden plant which has large brightly coloured leaves.
- begored — smeared with a sticky substance
- begorra — an emphatic exclamation, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
- begrime — to make dirty; soil
- begroan — to groan at or about
- beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- beguine — a dance of South American origin in bolero rhythm
- behaved — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- behaver — something or someone who behaves
- behenic — of or derived from behenic acid; docosanoic.
- behight — a vow or promise
- behoove — If it behooves you to do something, it is right, necessary, or useful for you to do it.
- behrens — Peter. 1868–1940, German architect
- behring — Emil (Adolf) von (ˈeːmiːl fɔn). 1854–1917, German bacteriologist, who discovered diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1901
- behrman — S(amuel) N(athaniel)1893-1973; U.S. playwright
- beignet — a square deep-fried pastry served hot and sprinkled with icing sugar
- beijing — the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the northeast in Beijing municipality (traditionally in Hebei province); the country's second largest city: dates back to the 12th century bc; consists of two central walled cities, the Outer City (containing the commercial quarter) and the Inner City, which contains the Imperial City, within which is the Purple or Forbidden City; many universities. Pop: 10 849 000 (2005 est)
- beinked — being daubed with ink
- bejesus — an exclamation of surprise, emphasis, etc, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
- bejewel — to decorate with or as if with jewels
- beknave — to treat as a knave
- beknown — known about
- belabor — If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
- belarus — a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)
- belasco — David1853-1931; U.S. theatrical producer, playwright, & actor
- belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
- belayed — Nautical. to fasten (a rope) by winding around a pin or short rod inserted in a holder so that both ends of the rod are clear.
- belayer — a person who controls the safety rope for a climber
- belcher — a person who belches
- beldame — an old woman, especially an ugly one; hag.
- belfast — the capital of Northern Ireland, a port on Belfast Lough in Belfast district, Co Antrim and Co Down: became the centre of Irish Protestantism and of the linen industry in the 17th century; seat of the Northern Ireland assembly and executive. Pop: 281 000 (2011 est)
- belfort — a fortress town in E France: strategically situated in the Belfort Gap between the Vosges and the Jura mountains. Pop: 50 417 (1999)
- belgard — a loving gaze
- belgaum — a city in India, in Karnataka: cotton, furniture, leather. Pop: 399 600 (2001)
- belgian — Belgian means belonging or relating to Belgium or to its people.
- belgium — a federal kingdom in NW Europe: at various times under the rulers of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, France, and the Netherlands before becoming an independent kingdom in 1830. It formed the Benelux customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1948 and was a founder member of the Common Market, now the European Union. It consists chiefly of a low-lying region of sand, woods, and heath (the Campine) in the north and west, and a fertile undulating central plain rising to the Ardennes Mountains in the southeast. Languages: French, Flemish (Dutch), German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Brussels. Pop: 10 444 268 (2013 est). Area: 30 513 sq km (11 778 sq miles)
- beliefs — something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
- believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.