Word Meanings - CHILDHOOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

• 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.
• Belittling
  of Belittle
• Betwixt
  In the space which separates; between.
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• Bent
  of Bend
• Which
  Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Berate
  To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
• CHILDERMASDAY
  A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Besnow
  To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Belletristic
  Alt. of Belletristical
• Bevy
  A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• Benedictional
  A book of benedictions.
• BEARSFOOT
  A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Bergamot
  A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.

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