8-letter words starting with be
- beheadal — a beheading
- beheader — a person who beheads another
- behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- beholden — If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you.
- beholder — The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it.
- behooved — to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on: It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially.
- behooves — use; advantage; benefit: The money was spent for his own behoof.
- behovely — useful
- being as — You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- beinness — the state of being comfortable
- bejabers — by Jesus!
- bejesuit — to convert to Jesuitism
- bejumble — to jumble up
- beknight — to esteem
- belabour — If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
- belamour — a beloved person
- belandre — bilander.
- belaunde — Fernando [fer-nahn-daw] /fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fernando Belaúnde Terry) 1913?–2002, Peruvian architect and statesman: president 1963–68, 1980–85.
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- belfried — with a belfry
- belgique — a kingdom in W Europe, bordering the North Sea, N of France. 11,779 sq. mi. (30,508 sq. km). Capital: Brussels.
- belgorod — city in W European Russia, on the Donets River: pop. 318,000
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- believed — 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.
- believer — If you are a great believer in something, you think that it is good, right, or useful.
- believes — 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.
- beliquor — to cause to be drunk
- belitong — Billiton.
- belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- belitung — island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea, between Borneo & Sumatra: 1,866 sq mi (4,833 sq km)
- belizean — of or relating to Belize or its inhabitants
- bell 103 — (protocol) The original variant of V.21 created by AT&T when they had a telephone system monopoly in the USA.
- bell cow — a cow, especially the lead cow of a herd, having a bell attached to a collar around its neck so that the herd can be located easily.
- bell jar — a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect flower arrangements or fragile ornaments or to cover apparatus in experiments, esp to prevent gases escaping
- bell lap — the final lap in a race of repeated circuits, signaled by the ringing of a bell.
- bellaire — a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- bellbind — a twining, bindweed-type climber with fleshy roots
- bellbird — any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)
- bellcote — a small roofed structure for bells
- belleter — a person who makes bells
- bellevue — city in NW Wash.: suburb of Seattle: pop. 110,000
- bellmawr — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- bellmore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- bellotto — Bernardo [ber-nahr-doh;; Italian ber-nahr-daw] /bərˈnɑr doʊ;; Italian bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Canaletto) 1720–80, Italian painter.
- bellowed — to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
- bellpull — a handle or rope that is pulled to ring a bell
- bellpush — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- bellwood — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.