Words starting with be

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

bear means: contain or hold; have within

bear away means: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

bear cat means: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

bear claw means: claw of a bear; often used in jewelry

bear claw means: an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery

bear claw means: almond-flavored yeast-raised pastry shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw

bear cub means: a young bear

bear down means: exert a force or cause a strain upon

bear down means: pay special attention to

bear down means: exert full strength

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

83 means: being three more than eighty

agglutinating activity means: the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

antiphrasis means: the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

antiprotozoal means: a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa

bone dry means: without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone

bull fiddle means: largest and lowest member of the violin family

calcination means: the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

combinable means: able to or tending to combine

cyrus the elder means: king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)

gioacchino pecci means: Italian pope from 1878 to 1903 who was interested in the advancement of learning and who opened the Vatican secret archives to all scholars

maidservant means: a female domestic

mouse-ear hawkweed means: European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium

paddle steamer means: a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels

paraboloid reflector means: a concave reflector used to produce a parallel beam when the source is placed at its focus or to focus an incoming parallel beam

plough horse means: a horse used to pull a plow

shanghaier means: a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship

so to speak means: as if it were really so

so to speak means: in a manner of speaking

spleenwort means: any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium

st. elias range means: a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory