Belle-lettrist (n.) One versed in belles-lettres.
Bellerophon (n.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.
Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
Belletristic (a.) Alt. of Belletristical
Belletristical (a.) Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres.
Bell-faced (a.) Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.
Bellflower (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.
Bellflower (n.) A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple.
Bellibone (n.) A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness; a fair maid.
Bellic (a.) Alt. of Bellical
Bellical (a.) Of or pertaining to war; warlike; martial.
Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.
Bellicosely (adv.) In a bellicose manner.
Bellicous (a.) Bellicose.
Bellied (a.) Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
Belligerence (n.) Alt. of Belligerency
Belligerency (n.) The quality of being belligerent; act or state of making war; warfare.
Belligerent (p. pr.) Waging war; carrying on war.
Belligerent (p. pr.) Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
Belligerent (n.) A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
Belligerently (adv.) In a belligerent manner; hostilely.
Belling (n.) A bellowing, as of a deer in rutting time.
Bellipotent (p. pr.) Mighty in war; armipotent.
Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.
Bellman (n.) A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours.
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells.
Bell-mouthed (a.) Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.
Bellon (n.) Lead colic.
Bellona (n.) The goddess of war.
Bellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Bellow
Bellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bellow
Bellow (v.) To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
Bellow (v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
Bellow (v. t.) To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.
Bellow (n.) A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.
Bellower (n.) One who, or that which, bellows.
Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.
Bell pepper () A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.
Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
Belluine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal.
Bellwether (n.) A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.
Bellwether (n.) Hence: A leader.
Bellwort (n.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
Bellies (pl. ) of Belly
Belly (n.) That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
Belly (n.) The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.
Belly (n.) The womb.
Belly (n.) The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
Belly (n.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
Bellied (imp. & p. p.) of Belly
Bellying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belly
Belly (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.
Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
Bellyache (n.) Pain in the bowels; colic.
Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
Bellyband (n.) A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.
Bellyband (n.) A band of canvas, to strengthen a sail.
Bellybound (a.) Costive; constipated.
Bellycheat (n.) An apron or covering for the front of the person.
Bellycheer (n.) Good cheer; viands.
Bellycheer (v. i.) To revel; to feast.
Bellyful (n.) As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough.
Belly-god (n.) One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.
Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Belocked (imp. & p. p.) of Belock
Belock (v. t.) To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
Belomancy (n.) A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future.
Belonged (imp. & p. p.) of Belong
Belonging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belong
Belong (v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
Belong (v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
Belong (v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
Belong (v. i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.
Belong (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.
Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
Belonging (n.) That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects.
Belonging (n.) That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.
Belonging (n.) Family; relations; household.
Belonite (n.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
Belooche Beloochee (a.) Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants.
Belooche Beloochee (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan.
Belord (v. t.) To act the lord over.
Belord (v. t.) To address by the title of "lord".
Beloved (imp. & p. p.) of Belove
Belove (v. t.) To love.
Beloved (p. p. & a.) Greatly loved; dear to the heart.
Beloved (n.) One greatly loved.
Below (prep.) Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
Below (prep.) Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.
Below (prep.) Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
Below (adv.) In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.
Below (adv.) On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
Below (adv.) In hell, or the regions of the dead.
Below (adv.) In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.
Below (adv.) In some part or page following.
Belowt (v. t.) To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to.
Belsire (n.) A grandfather, or ancestor.
Belswagger (n.) A lewd man; also, a bully.