Index of English words, starting with "be"

(1) - Beagle (n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
(2) - Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

(1) - Beak (n.) A magistrate or policeman.
(2) - Beak (n.) A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
(3) - Beak (n.) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
(4) - Beak (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
(5) - Beak (n.) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
(6) - Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
(7) - Beak (n.) Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
(8) - Beak (n.) The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
(9) - Beak (n.) The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
(10) - Beak (n.) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
(11) - Beak (n.) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
(12) - Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.

(1) - Beaked (a.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
(2) - Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

(1) - Beaker (n.) An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.
(2) - Beaker (n.) A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.

(1) - Beam (v. i.) To emit beams of light.
(2) - Beam (v. t.) To send forth; to emit; -- followed ordinarily by forth; as, to beam forth light.
(3) - Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.
(4) - Beam (n.) Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.
(5) - Beam (n.) A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.
(6) - Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam.
(7) - Beam (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
(8) - Beam (n.) The straight part or shank of an anchor.
(9) - Beam (n.) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being called the fore beam, the other the back beam.
(10) - Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.
(11) - Beam (n.) The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which bears the antlers, or branches.
(12) - Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
(13) - Beam (n.) The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.
(14) - Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
(15) - Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.