Index of English words, starting with "be"

(1) - Benne (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

(1) - Bennet (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.

(1) - Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
(2) - Bent (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
(3) - Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
(4) - Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
(5) - Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
(6) - Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
(7) - Bent (v.) A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
(8) - Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
(9) - Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
(10) - Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
(11) - Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
(12) - Bent () imp. & p. p. of Bend.
(13) - Bent () of Bend

(1) - Benthal (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.