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Bell GlassnounMWEa bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gasesverified
Bell JarnounMWEa bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gasesverified
Bell MorelnounMWEa morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the topverified
Bell PeppernounMWElarge bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varietiesverified
Bella SombranounMWEfast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leavesverified
Belladonnanounan alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinallyverified
Belladonna LilynounMWEamaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowersverified
Belladonna PlantnounMWEperennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berriesverified
Bellbirdnounany of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like callverified
Bellflowernounany of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowersverified
Bellingnouna noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married coupleverified
Bellows FishnounMWEsmall bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouthverified
Bells of IrelandnounMWEaromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyxverified
Bellwortnounany of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowersverified
Belly DancenounMWEa Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomenverified
Belly DancingnounMWEa Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomenverified
Belly FloppernounMWEa dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the waterverified
Belly WhoppernounMWEa dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the waterverified
Bellybandnouna cloth band that is worn around the waist, as on infants until the navel has healedverified
Belt AmmunitionnounMWEammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gunverified
Belt BagnounMWEa small pouch (usually with a zipper) that attaches to a belt and is worn around the waistverified
Belted AmmunitionnounMWEammunition, usually of small caliber, loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gunverified
Belted KingfishernounMWEgreyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chestverified
Beltwaynouna highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the centerverified
Bench HooknounMWEany of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing)verified
Bench PressnounMWEa weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upwardverified
Bench WarrantnounMWEa warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to courtverified
BenchmarknounA standard, or point of reference, against which things may be compared or assessed.Metric
Bend DexternounMWEdiagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower leftverified
Bendernouna pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batterverified
Bendy TreenounMWEpantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowersverified
Benefactive RolenounMWEthe semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clauseverified
Beneficiationnouncrushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniquesverified
Benefit AlbumnounMWEconcept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy causeverified