5-letter words starting with be
- befit — If something befits a person or thing, it is suitable or appropriate for them.
- befog — to surround with fog
- begad — an emphatic exclamation
- began — Began is the past tense of begin.
- begar — compulsory labour, usually without payment; slave labour
- begat — simple past tense of beget.
- begem — to decorate with gems
- beget — To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- begot — Begot is the past tense of beget.
- begum — (in Pakistan and certain other Muslim countries) a woman of high rank, esp the widow of a prince
- begun — Begun is the past participle of begin.
- behan — Brendan. 1923–64, Irish writer, noted esp for his plays The Quare Fellow (1954) and The Hostage (1958) and for an account of his detention as a member of the Irish Republican Army, Borstal Boy (1958)
- beige — Something that is beige is pale brown in colour.
- beigy — resembling the colour beige
- being — Being is the present participle of be1.
- beira — a port in E Mozambique: terminus of a transcontinental railway from Lobito, Angola, through the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Pop: 566 000 (2005 est)
- bejas — a member of a group of nomadic, predominantly Muslim peoples of northeastern Sudan.
- bejel — a nonvenereal syphilis occurring mainly among children in certain subtropical areas of southern Africa and southeastern Asia, caused by the spirochete strain Treponema pallidum endemicum.
- bekaa — a broad valley in central Lebanon, between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains
- bekah — a half shekel
- belah — an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina cristata, yielding a useful timber
- belau — Palau
- belay — to make fast (a line) by securing to a pin, cleat, or bitt
- belch — If someone belches, they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach.
- belee — to position on the sheltered side
- belem — a port in N Brazil, the capital of Pará state, on the Pará River: major trading centre for the Amazon basin. Pop: 2 097 000 (2005 est)
- belg. — Belgian
- belga — a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs
- belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- bella — a feminine name
- belle — A belle is a beautiful woman, especially the most beautiful woman at a party or in a group.
- bello — Andrés [ahn-dres] /ɑnˈdrɛs/ (Show IPA), 1781–1865, Venezuelan poet, philologist, and educator.
- bells — Acton [ak-tuh n] /ˈæk tən/ (Show IPA) pen name of Anne Brontë.
- belly — The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
- belon — a type of European oyster
- below — If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
- belyi — Andrei (ʌnˈdreɪ), real name Boris Nikolayevich Bugaev. 1880–1934, Russian poet, novelist, and critic: a leading exponent of symbolism. His novels include Petersburg (1913)
- bemad — to cause to become mad
- bemba — a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau
- bembo — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1470–1547, Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1539). His treatise Prose della volgar lingua (1525) helped to establish a standard form of literary Italian
- bemix — to mix thoroughly
- bemud — to cover with mud
- bench — A bench is a long seat of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on.
- benda — Julien (ʒyljɑ̃). 1867–1956, French philosopher and novelist, who defended reason and intellect and attacked the influence of Bergson: author of La Trahison des clercs (1927)
- bends — the severe pain in the limbs, joints, and abdomen during decompression sickness
- bendy — A bendy object bends easily into a curved or angled shape.
- benes — Eduard (ˈeːduart). 1884–1948, Czech statesman; president of Czechoslovakia (1935–38; 1946–48) and of its government in exile (1939–45)
- benet — to trap (something) in a net
- benga — a Kenyan popular music featuring guitars