Word Meanings - CONTRACTEDNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness; selfishness.

• 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.
• Betwixt
  In the space which separates; between.
• Bellwort
  A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
• Bedbug
  A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
• 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.
• Benevolence
  The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
• Beetle brow
  An overhanging brow.
• Berserk
  Alt. of Berserker
• Beholden
  of Behold
• Bestarred
  of Bestar
• Bear's-breech
  See Acanthus, n., 1.
• Bevy
  A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
• Belonging
  of Belong
• Bedeviling
  of Bedevil
• 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.
• Benignly
  In a benign manner.
• Befittingly
  In a befitting manner; suitably.
• Besaile
  Alt. of Besayle
• Bejade
  To jade or tire.
• Bestraddle
  To bestride.

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