Word Meanings - BENIGHTMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The condition of being benighted.
- Bearberry
A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond. - Beleft
of Beleave - Betso
A small brass Venetian coin. - Bedbug
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. - Bemeeting
of Bemeet - BECHUANAS
A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive. - Beetle brow
An overhanging brow. - Benzoyl
A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds. - Beholden
of Behold - Beshow
A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish. - Bear's-breech
See Acanthus, n., 1. - Belibel
To libel or traduce; to calumniate. - Betwixt
In the space which separates; between. - Bedeviling
of Bedevil - Bemourn
To mourn over. - BEELINE
The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line. "A bee line for the brig." Kane. - Befittingly
In a befitting manner; suitably. - Bepuffed
Puffed; praised. - Bejade
To jade or tire. - Beslaver
To defile with slaver; to beslobber.
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