8-letter words containing be
- bechuana — a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beckmann — Ernst Otto (ɛrnst ˈɔːto). 1853–1923, German chemist: devised the Beckmann thermometer, used for measuring small temperature changes in liquids
- becknell — William, c1790–1865, U.S. frontier trader: opened Santa Fe Trail 1822.
- beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- beclothe — to put clothes on (someone)
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- becudgel — to arm with a cudgel
- bed bolt — a bolt on a bed for attaching a side rail to the head or foot.
- bed down — If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed.
- bed load — the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- bed rest — a period of resting in bed
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bed-rest — a prolonged rest in bed, as in the treatment of an illness.
- bed-roll — bedding that rolls up for portability and is used especially for sleeping out-of-doors.
- bed-sore — an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- bedabble — to make wet or damp in such a way as to make dirty or untidy
- bedaggle — to soil the bottom of (garments) by trailing through dirt
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- bedaubed — Simple past tense and past participle of bedaub.
- bedazzle — to dazzle or confuse, as with brilliance
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedcover — a bedspread
- beddable — sexually attractive
- bedeafen — to deafen
- bedecked — If a place is bedecked with flags or other ornaments, these things have been hung up to decorate it.
- bedeguar — a moss-like growth found on rosebushes, caused by a reaction by the bush to the egg-laying process of the gall wasp or gallfly
- bedesman — beadsman
- bedevils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil.
- bedewing — Present participle of bedew.
- bedframe — the framework of a bed
- bediaper — to put a nappy on
- bedights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedight.
- bedimmed — Simple past tense and past participle of bedim.
- bedimple — to form dimples in
- bedivere — the loyal knight who is with the dying King Arthur and sees him off to Avalon
- bedizens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedizen.
- bedlamer — a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- bedlight — a bedlamp.
- bedmaker — a person who constructs beds
- bedotted — covered with dots; speckled
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
- bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
- bedquilt — a padded bedcover