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11-letter words starting with be

  • below decks — If someone or something is below decks, they are inside a ship in the part of it that is underneath the deck.
  • belowground — underground
  • belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
  • belt course — an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall
  • belt pulley — a pulley used to operate a conveyor belt
  • belt sander — a sander that uses an endless abrasive belt driven by an electric motor.
  • belt-course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • belted tire — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • ben trovato — appropriate and characteristic even if untrue; happily invented or discovered.
  • ben yehudah — Eliezer [el-ee-ez-er] /ˌɛl iˈɛz ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1922, Jewish scholar, born in Lithuania.
  • benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
  • bench check — a test made on an engine or other machine or device in a workshop rather than under field conditions.
  • bench lathe — a lathe mounted on a workbench
  • bench press — a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowers it again
  • bench screw — a wooden or metal screw rotated by a handle fixed to one end within a threaded block fixed to a workbench: used with various jaws to form a vise.
  • bench table — a course of masonry forming a bench at the foot of a wall.
  • bench-press — a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets.
  • benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
  • benchwarmer — a player who is usually on the bench; reserve
  • bend dexter — the ordinary bend, extending from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
  • bend double — When you bend double, you bend the top half of your body downwards a long way.
  • benderboard — pliable, lightweight board used for making concrete patios, in gardens, and as woven fencing: often 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) wide and 1/4 to 1/2 inch (0.6 to 1.2 cm) thick and made from California redwood.
  • bendy straw — a drinking straw which is bent towards the top end
  • benedict ii — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
  • benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
  • benedict ix — died 1056? pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
  • benedict vi — died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
  • benedict xi — (Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
  • benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
  • benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
  • benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
  • benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
  • benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
  • benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
  • benefactive — of or relating to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son.
  • benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
  • benefactrix — benefactress.
  • beneficence — the act of doing good; kindness
  • beneficiary — Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.
  • beneficiate — to process (ores) through reduction
  • benefitting — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
  • beneplacito — an indication of approval
  • benevolence — inclination or tendency to help or do good to others; charity
  • bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
  • bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
  • beni mellal — a city in central Morocco.
  • benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
  • benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
  • benjaminite — a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
  • bensenville — a town in NE Illinois.
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