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- bebeerine — an alkaloid, resembling quinine, obtained from the bark of the greenheart and other plants
- bebington — a town in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: docks and chemical works. Pop: 57 066 (2001)
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- bed linen — Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases.
- bed liner — a stiff, durable plastic lining used to protect the bed and side walls of the cargo space of some pickup trucks
- bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
- bedecking — Present participle of bedeck.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- bee-sting — a sting from a bee
- beefiness — The characteristic of being beefy.
- beelining — Present participle of beeline.
- beestings — the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- befitting — proper or right; suitable
- begetting — (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- beggingly — in a begging manner
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- beguiling — Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive.
- beguinage — a convent for members of the Beguine sisterhood
- beheading — the action of decapitating someone
- beholding — to observe; look at; see.
- beingless — having no existence
- beingness — the state of being or existing
- believing — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- bellowing — to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
- belonging — secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
- belt line — a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
- bendingly — in a curving direction or manner
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- benzamine — eucaine.
- benzidine — a grey or reddish poisonous crystalline powder that is used mainly in the manufacture of dyes, esp Congo red. Formula: NH2(C6H4)2NH2
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- berberine — a yellow bitter-tasting alkaloid obtained from barberry and other plants and used medicinally, esp in tonics. Formula: C20H19NO5
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- berg wind — a hot dry wind in South Africa blowing from the plateau down to the coast
- bernstein — Leonard. 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)
- beseeming — to be fit for or worthy of; become: conduct that beseems a gentleman.
- besetting — tempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin)
- beta line — beta (def 6).
- bettering — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- bevelling — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
- bickering — to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
- biestings — beestings
- bigeminal — happening in pairs